João is the
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
equivalent of the given name
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Secon ...
. The
diminutive is
Joãozinho and the
feminine is
Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below.
Kings
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João I of Kongo
Nzinga-a-Nkuwu João I (né Nzinga-a-Nkuwu), was the 5th ManiKongo of the Kingdom of Kongo (Kongo-dia-Ntotila in Kikongo language) between 1470 and 1509. He voluntarily converted to Roman Catholicism. He was baptized on 3 May 1491 and took the ...
, ruled 1470–1509
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João II of Lemba João II Nzuzi a Ntamba was a ruler of Lemba and was one of the main Kinlaza claimants to the throne of the Kingdom of Kongo during its civil war, the other being the King of Kibangu. He ruled the Kingdom of Lemba from 1680 to 1716.
Rule
After th ...
or João Manuel II of Kongo, ruled 1680–1716
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Dharmapala of Kotte
Dharmapala or Dom João Dharmapala Peria Bandara (1541 – 27 May 1597) was last king of the Kingdom of Kotte, in present-day Sri Lanka, from 1551 until 27 May 1597. He is also known as Dom João Dharmapala, the first Christian king in Sri Lan ...
, last King of the
Kingdom of Kotte
The Kingdom of Kotte ( si, කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය, Kottay Rajadhaniya), named after its capital, Kotte, was a Sinhalese kingdom that flourished in Sri Lanka during the 15th century.
Kotte, under the rule of Ming-backed ...
, reigned 1551–1597
Princes
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João Manuel, Hereditary Prince of Portugal (1537–1554), son of
John III
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Infante João, Duke of Beja
Infante João, Duke of Beja (; en, John; 16 March 1842 – 27 December 1861) was a Portuguese ''infante'' (prince) and member of the House of Braganza."While remaining patrilineal dynasts of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha according to ...
(1842–1861)
Arts and literature
*
João Bosco
João Bosco de Freitas Mucci, known professionally as João Bosco () is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist. In the 1970s he established his reputation in ''música popular Brasileira'' (Portuguese: "Brazilian pop music") with lyricist ...
, Brazilian musician
*
João Cabral de Melo Neto
João Cabral de Melo Neto (January 6, 1920 – October 9, 1999) was a Brazilian poet and diplomat, and one of the most influential writers in late Brazilian modernism. He was awarded the 1990 Camões Prize and the 1992 Neustadt International Pr ...
, Brazilian poet and diplomat
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Joao Constancia, Filipino singer, actor and dancer
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João Donato
João Donato de Oliveira Neto is a Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist from Brazil. He first worked with Altamiro Carrilho and went on to perform with Antonio Carlos Jobim and Astrud Gilberto.
Career
A professional at the age of 15, Donato play ...
, Brazilian musician
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João de Deus de Nogueira Ramos, Portuguese poet
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João Gilberto
João Gilberto (born João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira – ; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was of ...
, Brazilian musician
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João Guimarães Rosa
João Guimarães Rosa (; 27 June 1908 – 19 November 1967) was a Brazilian novelist, short story writer and diplomat.
Rosa only wrote one novel, '' Grande Sertão: Veredas'' (known in English as ''The Devil to Pay in the Backlands''), a revoluti ...
, Brazilian novelist, short story writer, and diplomat
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João Miguel (actor), Brazilian actor
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João Nogueira, Brazilian musician
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João Pedro Rodrigues
João Pedro Rodrigues (born 24 August 1966) is a Portuguese film director. He is considered to be part of ''The School of Reis'' film family.
Career
Having studied at the School of Theatre and Cinema of Portugal, Rodrigues started his career as a ...
, Portuguese film director
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Maria João Pires
Maria João Alexandre Barbosa Pires (; born 23 July 1944) is a Portuguese classical pianist, widely regarded as one of the leading interpreters of Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin.
Early life and education
Pires was born in Lisbon, Portugal, a posthu ...
, Portuguese pianist
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João Simões Lopes Neto
João Simões Lopes Neto (March 9, 1865 – June 14, 1916) was a Brazilian regionalist writer from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul.
After some unsuccessful business ventures, Neto married at 27. He only wrote four significant works, but never ...
, Brazilian writer
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João Ubaldo Ribeiro
João Ubaldo Ribeiro (January 23, 1941 – July 18, 2014) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor. Several of his books and short stories have been turned into movies and TV series in Brazil. Ribeiro was a member of the B ...
, Brazilian writer, journalist, and professor
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João Vasco Paiva, Portuguese artist
Sportspeople
Footballers
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João Félix
João Félix Sequeira (; born 10 November 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Chelsea, on loan from Atlético Madrid of La Liga, and the Portugal national team. He can also play as a ...
, Portuguese footballer
*
João Moutinho
João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho (; born 8 September 1986) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Portugal national team.
Moutinho began his professional career ...
, Portuguese footballer
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João Mário (footballer, born January 1993)
João Mário Naval da Costa Eduardo (born 19 January 1993), known as João Mário (), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Portugal national team.
He started out at Sporting ...
, Portuguese footballer
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João Pereira (disambiguation), several Portuguese footballers
*
João Pinto, Portuguese footballer
*
João Cancelo
João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo (; born 27 May 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a full-back or as a wing-back for club Manchester City and the Portugal national team.
A creative, skillful, strong, and versatile player, ...
, Portuguese footballer
*
João Tomás
João Henrique Pataco Tomás (born 27 May 1975) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a forward.
He represented mostly Braga (three seasons) and Rio Ave (four) during his 19-year senior career. In his only full season ...
, Portuguese footballer
*
Lucas João, Portuguese/Angolan footballer
*
Joãozinho (footballer, born 1988)
João Natailton Ramos dos Santos or simply Joãozinho (russian: Жоао Натаилтон Рамос Дос Сантос; born 25 December 1988) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right or left winger for Sochi.
Career
...
, Brazilian footballer
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João Pedro (footballer, born 2001)
João Pedro Junqueira Jesus (born 26 September 2001), known as João Pedro, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Watford.
Early and personal life
João Pedro was born in Ribeirão Preto to parents Flavia Junq ...
, Brazilian footballer
*
João Paulo (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer
Other sportspeople
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João Almeida (cyclist)
João Pedro Gonçalves Almeida (; born 5 August 1998 in Caldas da Rainha) is a Portuguese cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
In 2019 Almeida, riding for signed a 2-year contract with World Tour team .
Deceuninck–Quick-St ...
, Portuguese road cyclist
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João Barbosa
João Barbosa (born 11 March 1975 in Porto, Portugal) is a Portuguese auto racing driver. He currently competes in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Sean Creech Motorsport in the LMP3 class. Before the 2021 Six Hours of the Glen, ...
, Portuguese racing driver
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João Brenha, Portuguese beach volleyball player
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João Cunha e Silva
João Cunha e Silva (also known as João Cunha-Silva; born 27 November 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Portugal. He won two doubles titles during his career on the ATP Tour. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world N ...
, Portuguese tennis player
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João Havelange
Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid "João" de Havelange (, ; 8 May 1916 – 16 August 2016) was a Brazilian lawyer, businessman, athlete and centenarian who served as the seventh president of FIFA from 1974 to 1998. His tenure as president is the ...
, Brazilian president of FIFA from 1974–1998
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João José
João Miguel Sequeira José (born 7 June 1978 in Portimão) is a male volleyball player from Portugal. He finished in 8th place with the Men's National Team at the 2002 FIVB Men's World Championship
The 2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Champi ...
, Portuguese volleyball player
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João José Pereira
João José Sales Henriques de Carvalho Pereira (born 28 December 1987) is a Portuguese triathlete who represents Benfica, at club level, and the Portuguese national team.
Career
On 14 June 2015 he finished 8th at the Men's triathlon com ...
, Portuguese triathlete
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João Sousa
João Pedro Coelho Marinho de Sousa (born 30 March 1989), known as João Sousa (), is a Portuguese professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 28 on 16 May 2016 and a doubles ranking of No. 26 on 13 May 2 ...
, Portuguese tennis player
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João Souza
João Olavo Soares de Souza (; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Before receiving a lifetime ban for match-fixing, Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his hi ...
, Brazilian tennis player
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João Souza (fencer), Brazilian fencer
Other people
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João Armando Gonçalves
João Armando Pereira Gonçalves, ComIH of Figueira da Foz, Portugal (born 19 September 1963) is the former chairperson of the World Scout Committee, the main executive body of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. He was a member of ...
, head of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
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João Biehl
João Guilherme Biehl is a Brazilian anthropologist who is the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University, where he is also the Co-Director of the Program of Global Health and Health Policy and where he holds an Old Dominio ...
, Brazilian anthropologist
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João Rodrigues Cabrilho
João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below.
Kings
* ...
, 16th-century Portuguese explorer
*
João Doria
João Agripino da Costa Doria Júnior (; born 16 December 1957) is a Brazilian politician, businessman and journalist who served as Governor of São Paulo, from January 2019 to March 2022. He previously served as the 52nd Mayor of São Paulo fr ...
, Brazilian politician
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John of God
John of God ( pt, João de Deus; es, Juan de Dios; lat, Joannes Dei; March 8, 1495 – March 8, 1550) was a Portuguese soldier turned health-care worker in Spain, whose followers later formed the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, a ...
or João de Deus, Iberian saint
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João Goulart
João Belchior Marques Goulart (1 March 1919 – 6 December 1976), commonly known as Jango, was a Brazilian politician who served as the 24th president of Brazil until a military coup d'état deposed him on 1 April 1964. He was considered the ...
, 27th president of Brazil
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João Gonçalves Zarco
João Gonçalves Zarco ( 1390 – 21 November 1471) was a Portuguese explorer who established settlements and recognition of the Madeira Islands, and was appointed first captain of Funchal by Henry the Navigator.
Life
Zarco was born in Portugal ...
, Portuguese navigator, co-discoverer of the Madeira islands
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João Magueijo, Portuguese cosmologist
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João da Nova
João da Nova ( gl, Xoán de Novoa, Joam de Nôvoa; es, Juan de Nova; ; born c. 1460 in Maceda, Ourense, Galicia; died July 16, 1509 in Kochi, India) was a Portuguese-Galician explorer of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the service of Portuga ...
, 15th-century Portuguese explorer
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João Teixeira de Faria, Brazilian faith healer
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João de Trasto
João de Trasto is the name sometimes given to an obscure (and possibly fictional) Portuguese mariner, who is alleged to have captained the first exploratory expedition dispatched by Prince Henry the Navigator in 1415.
The only record of Joã ...
, 15th-century Portuguese explorer
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João Amoêdo, Brazilian engineer and company administrator
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João Lourenço, current President of Angola and previous Minister of Defence
See also
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São João (disambiguation) São João, Portuguese for "Saint John", may refer to:
Architecture
*Forte de São João (disambiguation)
*Capela de São João Batista (Chapel of St. John the Baptist), Church of São Roque, Lisbon
Places
Brazil
* Barra de São João, Casimir ...
, Portuguese for Saint John
* ''
João and the Knife
João and the knife ( pt, João e a faca; nl, João en het mes) is a 1972 Brazilian drama film directed by Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Brazili ...
'', a 1972 Dutch-Brazilian film by George Sluizer
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John of Portugal (disambiguation), multiple people
References
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Portuguese masculine given names