Barreto () is a surname of Portuguese origin, also found in the former Portuguese colonies of Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Timor-Leste and Goa as well as Spain and Latin America. In 1786, the title of Conde de Casa Barreto was created by King Charles III of Spain and bestowed upon Jacinto Tomás Barreto of Havana, Cuba. Occasionally, the surname has been spelled Barretto in the United States (e.g. Larry Barretto and Ray Barretto). People with the surname Academics Ada Kouri Barreto (1917-2005), Cuban cardiologist Fausto Barreto (1852-1915), Brazilian philologist Jenny Anne Barretto, Filipina geologist and geophysicist Lourdino Barreto, musicologist Matt A. Barreto (born 1976), American political scientist Paulo S. L. M. Barreto (born 1965), Brazilian cryptographer Artists and writers Alexandra Barreto (born 1975), American actress Bruno Barreto (born 1955) Brazilian film director Chiquita Barreto (born 1947), Paraguayan writer Claudine Barreto (born 1979), Filipino actress Eduardo Barreto (1954-2011), Uruguayan comics artist Don Marino Barreto Jr. (1925-1971), Cuban singer Fábio Barreto (1957–2019), Brazilian filmmaker Federico Barreto (1862-1929), Peruvian poet and writer Guillermo Barreto (1929-1991), Cuban musician Juan Cancio Barreto (born 1950), Paraguayan musician Juan Carlos Barreto (born 1957), Mexican actor Julia Barretto (born 1997), Filipino actress Júlio Francisco Adeodato Barreto (1905-1937) Indo-Portuguese writer Krissann Barretto (born 1995), Indian Television Actress Larry Barretto (1890-1971), American novelist and war correspondent Lia Menna Barreto (born 1959), Brazilian artist Lima Barreto (1881-1922), Brazilian writer Lima Barreto (director) (1906-1982), Brazilian director Luiz Carlos Barreto (born 1928), Brazilian film producer Pepe Barreto, Peruvian-American entertainment reporter Rafael Barreto (singer) (born 1985), Brazilian singer/songwriter Ray Barretto (1929-2006), Puerto Rican-American bandleader and percussionist Rhianne Barreto (born 1997/1998), British actress Román Viñoly Barreto (1914-1970), Uruguayan-Argentine film director Tobias Barreto (1839-1889), Brazilian writer Clergy Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto, Bishop of Sindhudurg Melchior Nunes Barreto, 16th-century missionary Pascual Díaz y Barreto (1876-1936), Mexican prelate Pedro Barreto (born 1944), Peruvian Catholic cardinal Military personnel Antonio Barreto, Sri Lankan Sinhala Karava soldier who gained the title "Prince of Uva" under the name Kuruvita Rala in the Kingdom of Kandy Isabel Barreto (1567-1612), first woman to be a navy Admiral Jorge Otero Barreto (born 1937), American soldier João de Deus Mena Barreto (1874 – 1933), member of the military junta which governed Brazil José Luís Mena Barreto (1817–79), Brazilian military leader Luís do Rego Barreto (1777-1840), Portuguese military leader and colonial administrator Politicians Francisco Barreto (1520-1573), Portuguese military, explorer and Viceroy of Portuguese India (1555-1558) Greg Barreto, American