Gonsalves Explained

Gonsalves is an English-language variation of the Portuguese surname Goncalves, meaning 'son of Gonzalo'.

People named Gonsalves include:

Education

• Timothy A. Gonsalves (born 1954), Indian academician and entrepreneur
• Mary Emily Gonsalves (1919–2017), Pakistani Catholic nun who won the Sitara-e-Imtiaz for her services to education

Entertainment

• June Gonsalves (c.1927–2018), British radio broadcaster
• Steve Gonsalves, star on the television series Ghost Hunters Academy
• Tell Father Gonsalves (1953), short story by Indian O. V. Vijayan
• Kartiki Gonsalves (Born 1986), Oscar winning Tamil Filmmaker

Music

• Anthony Gonsalves (1927–2012), 1930s Indian music teacher/arranger
• Anthony Gonsalves, subject of 1977 Bollywood movie Amar Akbar Anthony
  • "My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves" (song) (1977), Bollywood song featured in Amar Akbar Anthony
    • My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves (film) (2007), based on the song
• Paul Gonsalves (1920–1974), American jazz musician
• Virgil Gonsalves (1931–2008), American jazz saxophonist (West Coast)

Sports

• Andrew Gonsalves (born 1978), Guyanese cricketer
• Billy Gonsalves (1908–1977), American soccer player
• Courtney Gonsalves (1950–2013), Guyanese cricketer
• Jermaine Gonsalves (born 1976), British basketball player
• Stephen Gonsalves (born 1994), baseball player
• Vic Gonsalves (1887–1922), Dutch soccer player

Other people

• Colin Gonsalves (born 1952), senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India
• Harold Gonsalves (1926–1945), United States marine and World War II Medal of Honor recipient
• Jacome Gonsalves (1676–1742), Goan missionary to Sri Lanka
• Ralph Gonsalves (born 1946), prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Rob Gonsalves (1959–2017), Canadian painter
• Blaine M. Gonsalves, fictional name for the G.I. Joe character Knockdown from Battleforce 2000

See also

• Gonçalves, Portuguese variation of Gonsalves
• Gonzalez (disambiguation), Spanish equivalent of Gonçalves
  • Gonsales, Portuguese variation of Gonzalez
  • Gonzales (disambiguation), Spanish variation of Gonzalez
• Gonsalvus of Spain (1255–1313), Spanish Franciscan theologian/scholastic philosopher