Cavalcanti is an Italian surname, also common in Brazil where it is used by people of ancient Italian origin. In Italy and Brazil the variant Cavalcante is also used. The family came to Brazil in 1560[1]. It may refer to:
Cavalcanti, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro
Alberto Cavalcanti (1897-1982), Brazilian film director
Andrea Cavalcanti, a fictional character in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti (died c. 1280), Florentine philosopher, father of Guido Cavalicanti
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897-1976), Brazilian painter
Giovanni Cavalcanti (chronicler) (1381-c.1451), Florentine chronicler
Giovanni Cavalcanti (poet) (1444-1509), Florentine poet
Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1255-1300), Italian poet
Severino Cavalcanti (born 1930), Brazilian politician
Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1850-1930), first Latin American Cardinal
