Wanderley is a Brazilian surname. The Brazilian family names Vanderlei and Wanderley, now also used as given names, were introduced in Brazil in 1637 by the Dutch cavalry captain Gaspar/Caspar van Niehof van der Leij, who may have been born in Gummersbach.Anne Post, Caspar von Neuhof van der Ley, at the Genealogy of the Neuhof van der Ley family site. (In Dutch and German)Geni:Gaspar van Leij
Notable people and characters with the name include:
Surname Claudio Wanderley Sarmento Neto (born 1982), Brazilian footballer Deraldo Wanderley (born 1956), Brazilian volleyball player Erik Wanderley, Brazilian jiujitsu fighter João Mauricio Wanderley (1815–1889), Brazilian magistrate and politician (1874–1918), a pioneer in Paraná education, the first woman appointed as a teacher by the state government Leandro Silva Wanderley (born 1979), Brazilian footballer Walter Wanderley (1932–1986), Brazilian organist and pianist
Given name Wanderley (footballer, born 1938) (1938–2020), full name Wanderley Machado da Silva, Brazilian football forward Wanderley Alves dos Reis (1945–2012), Brazilian singer-songwriter better known as Wando Wanderley Paiva (born 1946), Brazilian football coach Wanderley Alves de Oliveira (born 1959), Brazilian footballer Wanderley Oliveira (born 1965), Brazilian boxer Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo (1966–2006), Brazilian cyclist Wanderley de Jesus Sousa (born 1986), Brazilian footballer better known as Derley Wanderley (footballer, born 1988), full name Wanderley Santos Monteiro Júnior, Brazilian football forward
Fictional characters Travis Wanderley, a character in American Horror Story: Murder House
See also Vanderlei, a spelling variant of the name Wanderlei, a spelling variant of the name Wanderley, Bahia
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