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Gama (surname)

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Pronunciation
  
/ɡæm.ə/

Related names
  
Gamma, Gammarra

Region of origin
  
Southern Europe

Gama (surname)

"Gama", "Da Gama" or "Gamma" is a surname in Portugal and Spain. Originated in southern Europe, is a common surname in Portugal, Spain, Italy and countries colonized by Portugal (as Brazil).

It may refer to:

  • Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer
  • Estêvão da Gama (c.1470), Portuguese explorer and cousin of Vasco da Gama
  • António de Gama Pereira, Portuguese jurist
  • Armando Gama, Portuguese singer
  • Basílio da Gama, Brazilian poet
  • Paulo da Gama, Portuguese explorer and brother of Vasco da Gama
  • Bruno Gama, Portuguese footballer
  • Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese soldier and explorer
  • Diego de Souza Gama Silva, Brazilian footballer
  • Diogo Gama, Portuguese rugby union player
  • Donato Gama da Silva, Brazilian footballer
  • Estêvão da Gama (15th century), Portuguese nobleman and father of Vasco da Gama
  • Estêvão da Gama (16th century), Portuguese explorer and son of Vasco da Gama
  • Francisco de Saldanha da Gama, Portuguese Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon
  • Gabriel Gama, Mexican voice actor
  • Gaspar da Gama, Polish Jew who acted as interpreter in the Portuguese discoveries
  • Isabel Maria de Gama, queen dowager of the Bakongo people
  • Jaime Gama, Portuguese politician
  • Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, Brazilian footballer
  • Owen Da Gama, South African footballer
  • Pio Gama Pinto, Kenyan journalist and politician
  • Vasco da Gama Fernandes, Portuguese politician
  • Antonio de León y Gama, Mexican astronomer, anthropologist and writer
  • Vasco da Gama Rodrigues, Portuguese poet
  • Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer
  • Zainab Amir Gama, Tanzanian politician
  • Gladys Gama, Mexican-American Social Services Director, BA Psychology
  • References

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