Viegas (or Viégas) is a
Portuguese surname
A Portuguese name is typically composed of one or two personal names, and a number of family names (rarely one, often two or three, sometimes more). The first additional names are usually the mother's family surname(s) and the father's family surn ...
of
visigothic
The Visigoths (; la, Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were an early Germanic people who, along with the Ostrogoths, constituted the two major political entities of the Goths within the Roman Empire in late antiquity, or what is kno ...
origin.
[https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=viegas ] Notable people with the surname include:
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Acacio Gabriel Viegas (1856–1933), Goan physician
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Ana Viegas (born 1992), Portuguese footballer
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Brás Viegas (1553–1599), Portuguese Jesuit
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Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho
Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, GCTE, GCC, generally known simply as Gago Coutinho (; 17 February 1869 – 18 February 1959) was a Portuguese geographer, cartographer, naval officer, historian and aviator. An aviation pioneer, Gago Coutinho and Sac ...
, Portuguese geographer
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Eba Viegas
Ebanilson "Eba" Domingos de Lima Viegas (born 7 October 1999) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Amora. Born in Portugal, he represents the São Tomé and Príncipe national team.
International career
Viegas made his professional debut ...
(born 1991), Portuguese footballer player
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Edon Júnior Viegas Amaral (born 1994), Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
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Edmilson Viegas (born 1996), Santomean footballer player
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Elizabeth Viegas
Elizabeth Amélia Basílio Viegas, (born 20 January 1985) is an Angolan handball player. She plays for Angolan side Primeiro de Agosto
Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto is a multisports club from Luanda, Angola. The club, founded 1 August 1977, ...
(born 1985), Angolan handball player
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Fabiano Cezar Viegas
Fabiano Cezar Viegas or simply Fabiano (born August 4, 1975 in Getúlio Vargas-RS), is a Brazilian central defender
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game ...
(born 1975), Brazilian footballer
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Fernanda Viégas (born 1971), Brazilian information scientist
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Frederico Viegas
Frederico Viegas (born 25 October 1974) is a former professional race car driver born in Portugal.
Having started his career in karting during 1991, Viegas went on to win the Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
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(born 1974), Portuguese racing driver
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Maria Terezinha Viegas (born 1964), East Timorean politician
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Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão (born 1951), East Timorean politician
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Moninho Viegas, o Gasco {{Infobox noble, type
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(born 950), Portuguese knight
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Manuela Viegas
Manuela Viegas (born 13 October 1957) is a Portuguese film editor and director. She is considered to be part of ''The School of Reis'' film tradition.
An influential film editor since the 1970s, she has edited dozens of films, among them Pedro ...
(born 1957), Portuguese film director and editor
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João Viegas Carrascalão
João Viegas Carrascalão (11 August 1945 – 18 February 2012; Dili, East Timor) was an East Timorese politician. He was one of the candidates in the April 2007 presidential election in East Timor.
He studied topography and surveying in Lu ...
(1945–2012), East Timorese politician
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Joelma Viegas
Joelma Patrícia da Cunha Viegas a.k.a. Cajó, (born October 15, 1986) is a team handball player from Angola. She plays on the Angola women's national handball team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2011 Worl ...
(born 1986), Angolan handball player
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José Viegas Filho
José Viegas Filho (born 14 October 1942 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian diplomat.
José Viegas served as Brazilian Ambassador to Denmark (1995–1998), to Peru (1998–2001) and to Russia (2001–2002). He was Minister of Defence in the Pres ...
(born 1942), Brazilian diplomat
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Ricardo Viegas (born 1992), Portuguese footballer
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Rui Pedro Viegas Silva Gomes Duarte (born 1978), former Portuguese footballer
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Vicente Viegas (born 13th century), Portuguese lord
References
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Portuguese-language surnames