Americo
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Americo (or Américo) is a Portuguese- and Spanish-language given name, occasionally used as a surname and in other cultures. It is a variant of the name Henry.
English diminutives or hypocorisms include Rico & Eric.
Notable people with the name include:
Pseudonyms
- Américo (born 1977), a Chilean singer
- Americo Boschetti (born 1951), a Puerto Rican musician
- Américo Castilla, an Argentine artist
- Americo Garcia, member of the electronic music duo Boombox Cartel
- Américo Hoss (1914–1990), a Hungarian-Argentine cinematographer
- Americo Makk (1927–2015), a Hungarian-American artist
- Americo Paredes (1915–1999), a Mexican-American author
- Americo Sbigoli (died 1822), an Italian singer
- Pedro Américo (1843–1905), a Brazilian painter, politician, and scientist
- Américo Elísio, literary pseudonym of Brazilian statesman and scientist José Bonifácio de Andrada
Politics and government
- Américo Boavida (1923–1968), an Angolan physician and activist
- Américo Brasiliense de Almeida Melo (1833–1896), a Brazilian politician
- Américo António Cuononoca, an Angolan anthropologist and politician
- Américo Ghioldi (1899–1985), an Argentine educator and activist
- Americo Santiago (born 1951), an American politician
- Américo Tomás (1894–1987), a Portuguese naval officer and politician
