Sousa, Souza, de Sousa (literally 'from Sousa'), de Souza or D'Souza ( , ) is a common

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surname, especially in

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(among Catholics in

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), and Galicia. In Africa, the name is common in former Portuguese colonies, especially among people who have some Portuguese and Brazilian roots in

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Etymology and history

The name comes from the

Sousa River The Sousa River ( pt, rio Sousa; ) is a river in Portugal, a tributary of the Douro. It rises in the parish of Friande, Felgueiras, in the Porto District of northwest Portugal, and is a right tributary of the Douro, which it meets at the parish of ...

in northern Portugal, and the first man who used the surname was the noble of

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origin

Egas Gomes de Sousa Egas Gomes de Sousa (1035 -?) was a Portuguese noble of County of Portugal and the first of his line to use the surname Sousa. He was Lord of the House of Sousa and of Felgueiras. Biography He served as governor of the entire region of Entre ...

. Sometimes the spelling is in the archaic form Souza or de Souza, which has occasionally been changed to D'Souza. The Spanish equivalent of this surname is Sosa and it was brought to

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by the Portuguese. During the colonial era, the Portuguese built forts along Brazilian and West African coastal areas for trade, many of which were later used for the slave trade. They also had children with local women, and the children were given their fathers' last names. Some

Afro-Brazilians Afro-Brazilians ( pt, afro-brasileiros; ) are Brazilians who have predominantly African ancestry (see " preto"). Most members of another group of people, multiracial Brazilians or ''pardos'', may also have a range of degree of African ancestry. ...

who returned to Africa also carry this last name. Among those are the descendants of

Francisco Félix de Sousa Francisco Félix de Souza (4 October 1754 – 8 May 1849) was a Brazilian slave trader who was deeply influential in the regional politics of pre-colonial West Africa (namely, current-day Nigeria, Benin, Ghana and Togo). He founded Afro-Braz ...

, a white Portuguese-Brazilian man from Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil, who founded the

De Souza family The De Souza family, otherwise known as the De Sousa family, is a prominent Beninese clan. Its founder, Francisco Felix de Sousa, was the Brazilian-born viceroy of Ouidah in the Kingdom of Dahomey. History After immigrating from Bahia in Brazi ...

on the West African coast. He was once the richest man in the region due to his involvement in its slave trade.

Notable people sharing a variation of the surname Sousa

Scientists, academics and technologists

Gypsyamber D'Souza Gypsyamber D'Souza is an American epidemiologist. She is a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. D'Souza researches infectious diseases (including HPV, HIV, and SARS-CoV-2), cancer prevention, and tr ...

, American epidemiologist * Felix Oswald D'Souza ( born 1961), Biryani Engineer from Bangalore *

Marcelo Damy de Souza Santos Marcelo Damy de Sousa Santos (July 14, 1914 – November 29, 2009) was a Brazilian physicist. Considered as one of the most important educators and researchers in physics in Brazil, along with Cesar Lattes, José Leite Lopes and Mario Schen ...

(1914–2009), Brazilian physicist * Teotonio R. de Souza (1947–2019), Indian historian *

Raissa D'Souza Raissa M. D'Souza is the Associate Dean of Research for the College of Engineering and a Professor of Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Davis as well as an External Professor and member of the Science Bo ...

(born 1969), American theoretical physicist and computer scientist *

Francisco D'Souza Francisco D'Souza (born 23 August 1968) is an Indian-American entrepreneur and businessman, who is the former CEO and Vice Chairman of Cognizant — a Fortune 200 global professional services company – co-founded the NASDAQ-100 company in 1994. ...

(born 1968), Indian American entrepreneur and businessman * Ronald Bon de Sousa Pernes (born 1940), Canadian philosopher

Visual artists

Amadeo de Souza Cardoso Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (14 November 1887 – 25 October 1918) was a Portuguese painter. Belonging to the first generation of Portuguese modernist painters, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso stands out among all of them for the exceptional quality of ...

(1887–1918), Portuguese painter *

Aurélia de Souza Maria Aurélia Martins de Sousa (June 13, 1866 – May 26, 1922) was a Portuguese painter. Biography She was born in Valparaíso, Chile, the fourth of seven children to Portuguese emigrants António Martins de Sousa and Olinda Peres. The famil ...

(1867–1922), Portuguese painter *

Francis Newton Souza Francis Newton Souza (12 April 1924 – 28 March 2002) was an Indian-American British Asian artist. He was a founding member of the Progressive Artists' Group of Bombay. Souza's style exhibited both decadence and primitivism. Early life and ...

(1924–2002), British painter from Goa *

Mauricio de Sousa Mauricio Araújo de Sousa (; born October 27, 1935) is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200 characters for his popular series of children's comic books named "Turma da Mônica" or "Monica's Gang (Currently known as: M ...

(born 1935), Brazilian comic book artist *

Remo D'Souza Remo D'Souza (born Ramesh Gopi Nair; 2 April 1974), is an Indian choreographer, actor, film director and producer, based in Mumbai. He is best known for his works in ''Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'' (2014) and ''Bajirao Mastani'' (2016). In a career ...

(born 1974), Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and film director *

Solomon Souza Solomon Souza (born 1993) is a British-Israeli street artist. He is best known for spray painting portraits of contemporary and historical figures on the metal shutters of the Mahane Yehuda Market ("The Shuk") in Jerusalem, turning them into an ...

(born 1993), Israeli artist, grandson of Francis Newton Souza * Sofia Martins de Sousa (1870–1960), Portuguese painter * Teresa Nunes Alves de Sousa (born 1979), Portuguese artist

Actors and filmmakers

Andria D'Souza Andria D'Souza (AKA Ria D'Souza) is an Indian born in Dubai. She is a TV presenter for Zee Connect, a TV Anchor on'' Zee TV'' and an actor based in India, and is mainly active in Hindi and Malayalam films, such as ''Six X''. Filmography * ' ...

(born 1986), Indian television actress *

Edward de Souza Edward James de Souza (born 4 September 1932) is a British character actor and graduate of RADA, who is of Portuguese-Indian and English descent. Early life De Souza was the only child of Annie Adeline Swift (née Calvert) and Edward Valentine De ...

(born 1932), British actor *

Genelia D'Souza Genelia Deshmukh (née D'Souza; born 5 August 1987) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, D'Souza beg ...

(born 1987), Indian actress *

Karla Souza Karla Susana Olivares Souza (born December 11, 1985) is a Mexican actress known for her roles as Laurel Castillo on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC legal drama series ''How to Get Away with Murder'' and Marina Hayworth on the ABC sitcom ' ...

(born 1985), Mexican actress * Krystal D'Souza (born 1990), Indian television actress * Marjorie de Sousa (born 1980), Venezuelan actress and model *

Waluscha de Sousa Waluscha De Sousa (born 28 November 1979) is an Indian actress and model. She made her debut in the 2016 Hindi film '' Fan''. Early life and education Waluscha De Sousa hails from Goa and is of paternal Portuguese and maternal German descent. ...

(born 1979), Indian actress and model *

Steven E. de Souza Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...

(born 1947), American producer, director and screenwriter *

Sebastian de Souza Sebastian Denis de Souza (born 19 April 1993)''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England and Wales, 1916–2005'' B100D is an English actor. He is best known for playing Matty Levan in the E4 (TV channel), E4 teen drama series ''Skins (TV seri ...

(born 1993), British actor * Ansel D'Souza (born 2007), Portuguese actor

Entrepreneurs

Francis deSouza Francis Aurelio deSouza (; born December 2, 1970) is an American entrepreneur and business executive. He is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Illumina and a member of the Board of Directors of The Walt Disney Company. Referen ...

(born 1970), American entrepreneur and business executive. *

(1754–1849), Portuguese-Brazilian slave trader *

Osmel Sousa Osmel Ricardo Souza Mancilla (born 26 September 1946) is a Cuban-Venezuelan beauty pageant entrepreneur, and the former president of the Miss Venezuela Organization. Prominently known for his excellence in both pageantry and advertising, Sousa ...

(born 1946), Cuban-Venezuelan beauty pageant entrepreneur

Musicians, singers and composers

Carmen Souza Carmen Souza (born 1981) is a Portuguese jazz singer and songwriter of Cape Verdean heritage. She combines traditional forms of Cape Verde with contemporary and traditional jazz. Biography Carmen Souza was born in Lisbon on 20 May 1981, to paren ...

(born 1981), Portuguese-born singer and songwriter of Cape Verde *

Chris de Souza Christopher Edward de Souza (born 6 June 1943) is an English composer, teacher, music director, broadcaster, opera producer and author. He has presented programmes on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, Radio 4 and BBC World Service, World Service. Educa ...

(born 1943), British classical music composer * Gena Desouza (born 1997), Thai singer and actress *

Indigo de Souza Indigo De Souza is an American singer-songwriter from Asheville, North Carolina. Her most recent album, '' Any Shape You Take'', was released in August 2021. She has been noted for creating "intimate, anxious indie rock songs hatwrangle with dis ...

(born 1996), American singer *

João de Sousa Carvalho João de Sousa Carvalho (22 February 1745c. 1798) was the foremost Portuguese composer of his generation. Born in Estremoz, he studied music from 1753 at the Colégio dos Santos Reis in Vila Viçosa, then from 1761 at the Conservatório di San ...

(1745–1798), Portuguese composer of Baroque operas *

John Philip Sousa John Philip Sousa ( ; November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for American military marches. He is known as "The March King" or the "American March King", to dist ...

(1854–1932), American composer of marches *

Luciana Souza Luciana Souza (born 12 July 1966) is a Brazilian jazz singer and composer who also works in classical and chamber music. Her song ''Muita Bobeira'' was featured as a music sample on Windows Vista. Music career Grammy winner Luciana Souza is one ...

(born 1966), Brazilian singer *

Nikhil D'Souza Nikhil D'Souza (born 21 November 1981) is a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Mumbai, India, and is now signed to East West Records of Warner Music UK. Early life Nikhil D'Souza was born and brought up in Mumbai and majored in Geology from ...

(born 1981), Indian-born singer, songwriter and guitarist *

Raul de Souza Raul de Souza (23 August 1934 -– 23 June 2021), also known as Raulzinho, was a Brazilian trombonist who recorded with Sérgio Mendes, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, Milton Nascimento, Sonny Rollins, Hermeto Pascoal, Cal Tjader and the jazz/fusi ...

(1934–2021), Brazilian trombonist *

Steve "Zetro" Souza Steve "Zetro" Souza (born March 24, 1964) is an American musician, best known for his work as lead vocalist with thrash metal band Exodus from 1986 to 1994, and again from 2002 to 2004. He rejoined Exodus for a third time in 2014. Souza is one ...

(born 1964), American thrash metal singer

Writers and journalists

Adelaide Filleul, Marquise de Souza-Botelho Adélaïde-Emilie (sometimes Émilie-Adélaïde) Filleul, Marquise de Souza-Botelho (14 May 176119 April 1836) was a French writer. Biography She was born in Paris. Her mother, Marie Irène Cathérine de Buisson, daughter of the Seigneur de Lon ...

(1761–1836), French novelist *

Amílcar de Sousa Amílcar Augusto Queirós de Sousa (; 1876–1940) was a Portuguese medical doctor, and author of many health books, being the most famous ''O Naturismo'' (''Naturism''), published in 1912. Biography A pioneer of vegetarianism in Portugal, h ...

(1876–1940), Portuguese doctor and author of health books * Christovão Falcão (1512? – 1557), Christovão de Sousa Falcão, Portuguese poet *

Dinesh D'Souza Dinesh Joseph D'Souza (; born April 25, 1961) is an Indian-American right-wing political commentator, author, filmmaker, and conspiracy theorist. He has written over a dozen books, several of them ''New York Times'' best-sellers. In 2012, D' ...

(born 1961), Indian-American conservative political commentator, filmmaker and author *

Francis D'Souza Francis D'Souza is a Canadian television executive and a former broadcaster. He is the Managing Editor of News Programming at CBC, nationally, and a former television news anchor for Citytv in Toronto, Ontario. Biography D'Souza became interest ...

, Canadian television executive and broadcaster * Henrique "Henfil" de Souza Filho (1944–1988), Brazilian cartoonist, caricaturist, journalist and writer *

José de Sousa Saramago José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(1922–2010), Portuguese novelist, Prémio Camões and Nobel Prize in Literature *

Júlio César de Mello e Souza Júlio César de Mello e Souza (Rio de Janeiro, May 6, 1895 – Recife, June 18, 1974), was a Brazilian writer and mathematics teacher. He was well known in Brazil and abroad by his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published unde ...

(1895–1974), Brazilian writer and mathematics professor; used the pen name

Malba Tahan Malba Tahan, full name Ali Yezzid Izz-Edin ibn-Salim Hanak Malba Tahan, was a fictitious Persian people, Persian scholar. He was the creation and frequent pen name of Brazilian author Júlio César de Mello e Souza. Biography According to the dedi ...

* Luís de Sousa (1555–1632), Portuguese monk and writer *

Manuel de Faria e Sousa Manuel de Faria e Sousa (; es, Faria y Sousa; 18 March 1590 – 3 June 1649) was a Portuguese historian and poet. He frequently wrote in Spanish. He was born of an ancient Portuguese noble family, probably at Pombeiro, studied in Braga for s ...

(1590–1649), Portuguese historian and poet * Márcio Souza (born 1946), Brazilian novelist, essayist and playwright *

Na D'Souza Lanard Dsouza ( kn, ಲೇನಾರ್ಡ್; born 6 June 1937) is a novelist and writer in Kannada language living in Sagara, Karnataka, India. He was selected as the President of 80th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in Madikeri in the year 2014 ...

(born 1937), Indian novelist and

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

language writer *

Noémia de Sousa Carolina Noémia Abranches de Sousa Soares, known as Noémia de Sousa (20 September 1926 – 4 December 2002),Anita De Melo"Noémia de Sousa" in ''Dictionary of Literary Biography: African Lusophone Writers''. was a poet from Mozambique who wrote i ...

(1926–2003), Mozambican journalist and poet * Ovídio de Sousa Martins (1928–1999), Cape Verdean poet *

Pete Souza Peter Joseph Souza (born December 31, 1954) is an American photojournalist, the former Chief Official White House Photographer for Presidents of the United States Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama and the former director of the White House Photogra ...

(born 1954), American photojournalist, Chief Official White House photographer *

Tony D'Souza Tony D'Souza is an American novelist, journalist, essayist, reviewer, travel, and short story writer. He has published three novels with the publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt including: ''Whiteman'' (2006), ''The Konkans'' (2008), and ''Mule'' ...

, American novelist, journalist and essayist

Political figures

Aristides de Sousa Mendes Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches () GCC, OL (July 19, 1885 – April 3, 1954) was a Portuguese consul during World War II. As the Portuguese consul-general in the French city of Bordeaux, he defied the orders of Antóni ...

(1885–1954), Portuguese diplomat *

Charles Sousa Anthony Charles Sousa (born September 27, 1958) is a Canadian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament from Mississauga-Lakeshore since December 12, 2022. He previously served as the Minister of Finance for Ontario from 2013 to ...

(born 1958), Canadian politician, Minister of Finance for Ontario from 2007 *

Christopher de Souza Christopher de Souza (born 1976) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament ...

(born 1976), Singaporean Member of Parliament * Dona Ana de Sousa, Ngola Ann Nzinga Mbande ( 1583–1663), Angolan queen * Fitz Remedios Santana de Souza (born 1929), Kenyan lawyer and politician *

Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza Frances Gertrude Claire D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza, (''née'' Russell; born 18 April 1944) is a British scientist and politician. She held the office of Lord Speaker from 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2016. Early life, education and early career ...

(born 1944), British scientist and former Lord Speaker of the House of Lords *

(born 1954), Indian politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Goa *

Herbert de Souza Herbert Jose "Betinho" de Souza (November 13, 1935 – August 9, 1997) was a sociologist and activist against economic injustice and government corruption in Brazil and founder of the Brazilian Institute of Social Analysis and Economics (IB ...

(1935–1997), Brazilian sociologist, politician and activist *

Jerónimo de Sousa Jerónimo Carvalho de Sousa (; born 13 April 1947) is a Portugal, Portuguese politician who served as General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party from the 17th Congress of the Party in November 2004 to the party's National Conference in N ...

(born 1947), Portuguese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party *

Jose Philip D'Souza Jose Philip D'Souza is an Indian politician and member of the Nationalist Congress Party. D'Souza was a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Vasco constituency in South Goa South Goa district is one of two districts that comprises t ...

, Indian politician * José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa (born 1957), Portuguese politician and former Prime Minister of Portugal *

Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas (17 February 1876 – 14 April 1954) was a Brazilian diplomat who was awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations by the Supreme Court of Israel in June 2003, for his actions during World War II in helping Jew ...

(1876–1954), Brazilian diplomat *

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa (; born 12 December 1948) is a Portuguese politician and academic. He is the List of presidents of Portugal, 20th and current president of Portugal, since 9 March 2016. He is a member of the Social Democrati ...

(born 1948), Portuguese politician, currently President of Portugal * Márcio de Souza e Mello (1906–1991), Brazilian former air force general and member of ruling

junta Junta may refer to: Government and military * Junta (governing body) (from Spanish), the name of various historical and current governments and governing institutions, including civil ones ** Military junta, one form of junta, government led by ...

Martim Afonso de Sousa Martim Afonso de Sousa ( – 21 July 1564) was a Portugal, Portuguese ''fidalgo'', List of explorers, explorer and colonial administrator. Life Born in Vila Viçosa, he was commander of the first official Portuguese expedition into mainland of th ...

(c. 1500–1571), Portuguese explorer and first Royal Governor of Brazil * Paulo Renato Souza (1945–2011), Brazilian economist and politician *

Pedro Lopes de Sousa Pedro Lopes de Sousa ( Bordonhos, Portugal - Danture, present day Sri Lanka, 1594) was the 1st Governor of Portuguese Ceylon. The office of Captain-major was abolished in 1594 and de Sousa was appointed in the same year under Philip I of Portu ...

(? - 1594), Portuguese nobleman and first governor of

Portuguese Ceylon Portuguese Ceylon ( pt, Ceilão Português, Sinhala: පෘතුගීසි ලංකාව ''Puruthugisi Lankawa'', Tamil: போர்த்துக்கேய இலங்கை ''Porthukeya Ilankai'') is the name given to the territory ...

* Sabrina De Sousa (born c. 1956), former American diplomat and ex-CIA operative *

Sérgio Sousa Pinto Sérgio Paulo Mendes de Sousa Pinto (born July 29, 1972 in Lisbon) is a Portugal, Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists. Political ...

(born 1972), Portuguese politician, Member of the European Parliament *

Tomé de Sousa Tomé de Sousa (1503–1579) was the first governor-general of the Portuguese colony of Brazil from 1549 until 1553. He was a nobleman and soldier born in Rates, Póvoa de Varzim. Sousa was born a noble and participated in military expeditions in ...

(1503–1579), Portuguese nobleman and first governor-general of Brazil * Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (1869–1957), last president of the First Brazilian Republic *

Boaventura de Sousa Santos Boaventura de Sousa Santos (born November 15, 1940, in Coimbra, Portugal) is a Professor emeritus at the School of Economics at the University of Coimbra, Distinguished Legal Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, Global Le ...

(born 1940), economist and university teacher known for his work on the

World Social Forum The World Social Forum (WSF, pt, Fórum Social Mundial ) is an annual meeting of civil society organizations, first held in Brazil, which offers a self-conscious effort to develop an alternative future through the championing of counter-hegemoni ...

and on Marxism

Athletes

Abigail Conceição de Souza Abigail Conceição de Souza (October 12, 1921 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul – December 27, 2007 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul) was a Brazilian football (soccer) player. He began playing football at the age of twelve. Abigail was ...

(1921–2007), Brazilian footballer *

Adrian D'Souza Adrian Albert D'souza (born 24 March 1984 in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian field hockey goalkeeper, who made his international debut for the men's national team in January 2004 during the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament in Kuala Lump ...

(born 1984), Indian field hockey player * Adriano de Souza (born 1987), Brazilian footballer * Alan Goncalves Sousa (born 1997), Brazilian footballer *

Alexsandro de Souza Alexsandro de Souza (born 14 September 1977), commonly known as Alex, is a Brazilian football manager, pundit and retired footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current head coach of Avaí. Alex is a former captain of th ...

(born 1977), Brazilian footballer *

Antao D'Souza Antao D'Souza (born 17 January 1939) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in six Tests for the Pakistan cricket team, from 1959 to 1962. He was the second Christian from four Christians to play Test cricket for Pakistan. He was a medium pac ...

(born 1939), Pakistani cricketer *

Artur de Sousa Pinga Artur de Sousa, known by his nickname Pinga (July 30, 1909 – July 12, 1963) was a Portuguese footballer and later coach who made his name at FC Porto, where he served until his death in 1963. Playing career Pinga played as forward or inside ...

(1909–1963), Portuguese footballer and coach *

Cássio Alessandro de Souza Cássio is a Brazilian masculine given name, and Cassio is an Italian surname. Cássio or Cassio may refer to: People Given name * Cássio Alessandro de Souza (born 1986), Brazilian footballer * Cássio Alves de Barros (born 1970), Brazilian foo ...

(born 1986), Brazilian footballer * Claudemir de Souza (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Cristiano Pereira de Souza (born 1977), Brazilian footballer *

Darius D'Souza Darius D'Souza (born 11 October 1989) is an Indian born Canadian cricketer. D'Souza is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off spin. He was born in Bombay (today Mumbai), Maharashtra. D'Souza played for Canada Under-19s in the 2010 Un ...

(born 1989), Canadian cricketer * Deivid de Souza (born 1979), Brazilian footballer * Douglas Costa de Souza (born 1990), better known as Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer * Edson Edmar Dias de Souza, Mateus Paraná (born 1987), Brazilian footballer *

Erika de Souza Erika may refer to: Arts and Entertainment * Megatokyo, Hayasaka Erika (''Megatokyo)'' * Erika (Friends), Erika (''Friends'') * Erika (Pokémon), Erika (''Pokémon'') * Erika (Underworld), Erika (''Underworld'') * Girls und Panzer, Erika Itsumi ...

(1982), Brazilian basketball player * Fábio de Souza a.k.a. Fabinho (born 1975), Brazilian footballer *

Frederico Sousa Frederico Abreu Sousa (born Lisbon, 18 August 1978) is a former Portuguese rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a centre. His team was Direito. He was one of the most experienced players for the Portuguese squad, and was a membe ...

(born 1978), Portuguese rugby player * Gesias Calvancante Souza a.k.a. JZ Calvan (born 1983), Brazilian MMA fighter * Givanildo Vieira de Souza a.k.a. Hulk (born 1986), Brazilian footballer * Hélder Wander Sousa de Azevedo e Costa (born 1994), Portuguese footballer * Hélia Souza (born 1970), Brazilian volleyball player *

Hudson de Souza Hudson Santos de Souza (born February 25, 1977) is a Brazilian middle-distance runner who competes mostly over 1500 metres. He has broken a number of South American records in middle-distance events. He has won twice at the South American Cr ...

(born 1977), Brazilian middle distance runner * Jenílson Ângelo de Souza a.k.a. Júnior (1973), Brazilian footballer *

João de Sousa D. João de Sousa (1647Castro, 90 - 28 September 1710) was a Portuguese prelate, Bishop of Porto, Archbishop of Braga and Archbishop of Lisbon. Biography D. João was the son of Tomé de Sousa, 8th Lord of Gouveia with Francisca de Meneses, and ...

(1924–2014), Portuguese rower *

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 ...

(born 1989), Portuguese tennis player * Jorge Luiz Sousa a.k.a. Jorginho (born 1977), Brazilian footballer * José Augusto Oliveira de Sousa (born 1974), Portuguese darts player *

José Carlos Leite de Sousa José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced ...

a.k.a. Sousa (born 1977), Portuguese footballer * José Cristiano de Souza Júnior (born 1977), Brazilian footballer * José Ivanaldo de Souza (born 1975), Brazilian footballer * Kieren D'Souza (born 1993), Indian ultramarathon runner *

Marcelo de Souza Marcelo Alejandro De Souza (born September 30, 1975) is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Boston River in the Uruguayan Segunda División Segunda División Profesional is the second division of professional football ...

(born 1975), Uruguayan footballer * Marcelo de Souza Ramos (born 1978), Brazilian footballer * Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza, a.k.a. Rafinha (born 1985), Brazilian footballer *

Marcus Vinicius de Souza Marcus Vinicius Vieira de Souza (born May 31, 1984), commonly known as Marquinhos Vieira, or simply Marquinhos, is a Brazilian professional basketball player. He currently plays with São Paulo FC in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). He also rep ...

, a.k.a. Marcus Vinicius (born 1984), Brazilian basketball player * Marshall D'Souza (1941–2013), Pakistani-Canadian cricketer *

Nadson Rodrigues de Souza Nadson can refer to: *Alexander Nadson (1926–2015), Apostolic Visitor for the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church *Georgii Nadson Georgii Adamovich Nadson (, Kiev – April 15, 1939) was a Soviet biologist, "one of the pioneers of radioecology in ...

(born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa (born 1970), Portuguese former footballer *

Robert de Pinho de Souza Robert de Pinho de Souza (born 27 February 1981), simply known as Robert, is a Brazilian footballer who last played for Portuguesa as a striker. Club career Early career Born in Salvador, Robert began his professional career with Botafogo ...

a.k.a. Robert (born 1981), Brazilian footballer *

Robson de Souza Robson de Souza ( or , born 25 January 1984), known as Robinho (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. In 1999, at 15 years of age, Robinho was picked by Brazil legend Pelé as his heir apparent and, in 20 ...

a.k.a. Robinho (born 1984), Brazilian footballer *

Rodrigo de Souza Cardoso Rodrigo de Souza Cardoso (born 4 March 1982), known as Souza, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker. Career Flamengo After being the top goal-scorer for the 2006 Brazilian Serie A, playing for Goiás, he then moved on, sign ...

(born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Romário de Souza Faria a.k.a. Romário (born 1966), Brazilian former footballer * Ronaldo Souza dos Santos a.k.a. Jacaré (born 1979), Brazilian MMA fighter * Sidney de Souza (born 1966), Brazilian sprinter * Sidney de Souza (equestrian) (born 1973), Brazilian equestrian *

Silvestre de Sousa Silvestre de Sousa (born 31 December 1980 in São Francisco do Maranhão, Brazil) is a Brazilian flat racing jockey based in Britain. He was champion jockey of Britain in 2015, with 132 winners, and again in 2017 and 2018. Childhood and early ...

(born 1980), Brazilian jockey *

Stephie D'Souza Stephanie "Stephie" D'Souza, ''nee'' Sequeira (26 December 1936 – 11 September 1998) was an Indian sportsperson who represented India in Athletics (sport), athletics and field hockey, women's hockey. Early life Stephanie "Stephie" D Souz ...

(1936–1998), Indian track-and-field athlete and hockey player * Steven Jeffrey Souza, Jr. (born 1989), American baseball player * Tony de Souza (born 1974), Peruvian wrestler *

Uênia Fernandes de Souza Uenia Fernandes de Souza (born August 12, 1984) is a female professional racing cyclist from Brazil. Doping On November 21, 2015, it emerged that de Souza had returned a positive drugs test for Erythropoietin, EPO and was subsequently suspended ...

(born 1984), Brazilian racing cyclist * Vágner Silva de Souza a.k.a. Vágner Love (born 1984), Brazilian footballer

Religious figures

Albert D'Souza Albert D'Souza is a Catholic Church, Catholic (Latin Church) prelate in India who served as the tenth Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra, Archbishop of Agra from 16 February 2007 to 12 November 2020. Birth and education He was born on 4 Au ...

(born 1945), Indian Roman Catholic Bishop *

Aloysius Paul D'Souza Aloysius Paul D'Souza ( knn, अलोय्सिउस पौल डी सोझा (Devanagari), ಎಲೋಷಿಯಸ್ ಪಾವ್ಲ್ ಡಿ'ಸೋಜಾ (Kannada); born 21 June 1941) is the former Bishop of the Roman Catholic Dioce ...

(born 1941), Bishop of the Mangalore Diocese, India * Basil Salvadore D'Souza (1926–1996), Bishop of the Mangalore Diocese, India * Felipa de Souza (1556–1600), Portuguese-Brazilian lesbian convicted and tortured by the Inquisition *

Humberto Sousa Medeiros Humberto Sousa Medeiros, GCIH (October 6, 1915 – September 17, 1983) was a Portuguese-American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Boston from 1970 until his death in 1983, and was created a cardinal in 1973. ...

(1915–1983), Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts *

James deSouza James "Jimmy" deSouza (11 December 1925 – 28 January 2016) was a Catholic priest, teacher, school principal and humanitarian. Biography DeSouza was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He was educated at St Patrick's High School, Karachi. He received his ...

(born 1925), Pakistani Roman Catholic priest *

(1647–1710), Archbishop of Lisbon, Portugal * Norbert D'Souza, president of the All India Catholic Union during 1996–2000

Fictional characters

Anna De Souza Anna Catherine De Souza is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera, ''Emmerdale'', played by Emma Davies. She made her first appearance on 8 July 2008 and left on 6 January 2009. Character creation and development Anna De Souza's arri ...

, in ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...

'' TV series *

Bianca DeSousa '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. The series is now considered the first incarnation and premiered on CTV on October 14, 2001, and then ended on MTV Canada and ...

, in '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' TV series * Lady Christina de Souza, in an episode of the British TV series ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'' *

Daniel Sousa Daniel Sousa may refer to: * Daniel Sousa (director) (born 1974), Portuguese short film director * Daniel Sousa (football manager) (born 1984), Portuguese football manager * Daniel Sousa (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Daniel Jordan Sousa is a fic ...

, in the '' Agent Carter'' TV series and the

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ''Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' is an American television series created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen for ABC, based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and L ...

TV series. *

Donald De Souza Donald De Souza is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera, ''Emmerdale'' played by Michael Jayston. Appearing between 2007 and 2008, Donald arrives as the husband of Nicola Blackstock ( Nicola Wheeler), although their marriage quic ...

, in ''Emmerdale'' TV series * Etienne de Sousa, in ''

Dead Man's Folly ''Dead Man's Folly'' is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in October 1956 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 5 November of the same year. The US edition retailed at $2.95 ...

'', a novel by

Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictiona ...

* Madame Souza, in ''The Triplets of Belleville'' animated film * Miles De Souza, in ''Emmerdale'' TV series * Rodrigo De Souza, in ''

Mozart in the Jungle ''Mozart in the Jungle'' is an American comedy-drama streaming television series developed by Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, Alex Timbers, and Paul Weitz for the video-on-demand service Amazon Prime Video. It received a production order in M ...

'' TV series by Amazon

Other

* Moise de Souza, Beninese construction engineer and traditional aristocrat, head of the

* Dame

Rachel de Souza Dame Rachel Mary de Souza ('' née'' Kenny 1968 at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire) is a British educationalist, and former headteacher. The founding chief executive of the Inspiration Trust she served in that role until March 2021, when she took up ...

(born 1968), British educationalist, and Children's Commissioner for England

References

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