Coelho () is a Portuguese surname meaning "rabbit". Notable people with the surname include: *

Arnaldo Cézar Coelho Arnaldo David Cézar Coelho (born 15 January 1943) is a former football referee. He was the first Brazilian, indeed the first non-European, to take charge of the FIFA World Cup final when he officiated in the 1982 final between Italy and West ...

, Brazilian football referee * Bento Coelho da Silveira (ca. 1630-1708), Portuguese painter * Carlos Coelho, Portuguese politician * Carlos Pinto Coelho, Portuguese journalist, writer, photographer and media professor. * Claire Coelho, Australian football (soccer) player. * Duarte Coelho, Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator *

Dyego Rocha Coelho Dyego Rocha Coelho (born 22 March 1983), known simply as Coelho as a player, is a Brazilian professional football manager and former player. He Is currently in charge of Inter de Limeira. Playing career Born in São Paulo, Coelho was a Corinth ...

, Brazilian football player * Eduardo Teixeira Coelho, maker of comic books * Eduardo Prado Coelho, Portuguese writer, journalist, columnist and university professor. *

Eliane Coelho Eliane Coelho (born in 1951 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian soprano singer. She was a soprano in the Frankfurt Opera and performed dozens of roles at the Vienna Staatsoper. Biography Coelho began studying architecture at a college in Rio de ...

, Brazilian soprano * Elzo Coelho, Brazilian football player * Evelina Coelho, Portuguese artist * Fabián Coelho, Uruguayan football player *

Gaspar Coelho Gaspar Coelho ( – 1590) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary. He replaced Francisco Cabral as the Superior and Vice-Provincial of the Jesuit mission in Japan during the late 16th century. He catalyzed the disfavor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi against t ...

, Portuguese Jesuit *

Gonçalo Coelho Gonçalo Coelho ( fl. 1501–04) was a Portuguese explorer who belonged to a prominent family in northern Portugal. He commanded two expeditions (1501–02 and 1503–04) which explored much of the coast of Brazil. Biography In 1501 Coelho was se ...

, Portuguese explorer * Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto, Brazilian writer, politician, and professor *

Humberto Coelho Humberto Manuel de Jesus Coelho (born 20 April 1950) is a Portuguese retired Association football, footballer and Manager (association football), manager. In a career mainly associated with S.L. Benfica, Benfica, the Defender (association footba ...

, Portuguese football player *

Jaime Luiz Coelho Jaime Luiz Coelho (; July 26, 1916 – August 5, 2013) was a Brazilian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Until his death at the age of 97 he was one of the oldest bishops in the Church and one of the oldest Brazilian bishops. Early life ...

(1916–2013), Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop * Jackson Avelino Coelho, commonly known as Jajá, Brazilian footballer born 1986 * Jackson Coelho Silva, Brazilian footballer *

José Dias Coelho José Dias Coelho (1923 in Pinhel – 1961 in Lisbon) was a Portugal, Portuguese painter and sculptor, an anti-fascist and an important member of the Portuguese Communist Party. In his youth, José Dias Coelho joined the Antifascist Academic Fron ...

, Portuguese painter and sculptor *

José da Silva Coelho José da Silva Coelho was a Goan writer who was the author of several dozen pieces of wickedly satirical short fiction in the 1920s and 1930s, published for the most part in the Portuguese-language newspaper ''O Heraldo''. He is 'easily the mo ...

, Goan Catholic writer *

Manuel Rodrigues Coelho Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (ca. 15551635) was a Portuguese organist and composer. He is the first important Iberian keyboard composer since Cabezón. Coelho was born in Elvas around 1555 and probably received early education at the Elvas Cathedral. ...

, Portuguese organist and composer * Maria de Belém Roseira Martins Coelho Henriques de Pina, Portuguese politician * Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade, Angolan poet and politician *

Nicolau Coelho Nicolau Coelho (c.1460, in Felgueiras – 1502, off the coast of Mozambique) was an expert Portuguese navigator and explorer during the age of discovery. He participated in the discovery of the route to India by Vasco da Gama where he commande ...

, Portuguese explorer *

Nuno André Coelho Nuno André da Silva Coelho (; born 7 January 1986) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Born in Penafiel, Coelho reached FC Porto from northern neighbours F.C. Penafiel aged 18, and spe ...

, Portuguese footballer *

Nuno Miguel Prata Coelho Nuno Miguel Prata Coelho (born 23 November 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays mainly as a defensive midfielder but also as a central defender. Club career Born in Covilhã, Coelho moved from hometown club S.C. Covilhã to ...

, Portuguese footballer *

Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho de Souza (, ; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His novel ''The Alchemist'' became an international best-seller and he has published 28 more books ...

, Brazilian lyricist and novelist *

Paulo de Almeida Coelho Paulo de Almeida Coelho, ComIH is a Paralympic track and field athlete from Portugal competing mainly in category T11 track running events. He competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he won a gold medal in the men's ...

, Portuguese Paralympic athlete *

Pedro Passos Coelho Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho (; born 24 July 1964) is a Portuguese politician and university guest lecturer who was the 118th prime minister of Portugal, in office from 2011 to 2015. He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) b ...

, Portuguese politician and prime minister * Sara Pinto Coelho, Portuguese writer and playwright *

Tony Coelho Anthony Lee Coelho (born June 15, 1942) is an American politician from California who served in the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the primary sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act and is ...

, American congressman * Joseph Coelho, poet

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