Dias is a common
surname
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in the
Portuguese language
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, and therefore in Portugal and Brazil. It is cognate to the
Spanish language
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surname ''
Díaz''.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Albertina Dias
Maria Albertina da Costa Dias Pereira (born 26 April 1965 in Miragaia) is a former Portuguese long-distance runner. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. She was the first female Portuguese ...
, Portuguese long-distance runner
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Aline Dias, Brazilian actress
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Alycia Dias
Alycia Dias is a Pakistani playback singer, who is best known for singing the Urdu language serials. Her career began with her participation in the reality show '' LG Awaaz Banaye Star'', where she became the semi-finalist at the age of 17. She ...
(born 1992), Pakistani playback singer
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Ana Dias (photographer) (born 1984), Portuguese photographer
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André Dias, Brazilian football player
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Annesley Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhalese comedian
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Avani Dias
Avani Dias (born 15 November 1991) is a Sri Lankan Australian journalist and radio presenter. She is currently posted as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)'s international foreign correspondent for ...
(born 1991/1992), Sri Lankan-Australian journalist
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Bartolomeu Dias (1450–1500), Portuguese explorer
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Bennet Dias Gunasekera (1919–2002), Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman and politician
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Cello Dias
Marcelo "Cello" Dias is a Brazilian musician. He is the bassist of Against All Will and former bassist of Soulfly.
Biography
The Mist
Dias began his career in 1988 playing bass for the Brazilian thrash metal band The Mist, who had just c ...
, Brazilian guitarist for Against All Will
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Daniel Dias Gunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman and politician
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Denny Dias
Dennis Dias (born December 12, 1946) is an American guitarist, best known for being a founding member of Steely Dan.
Career
Dias was working with his own band out of his basement in Hicksville, New York, when he placed an ad in ''The Village Vo ...
, American guitarist
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Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe
Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe also simply known as Dilrukshi Dias is the 46th Solicitor General of Sri Lanka. She has held several posts during her career including the position of Director General of the Bribery Commission. In September 2019, s ...
, 46th
Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
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Dinis Dias
Dinis Dias was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer who sailed down the coast of West Africa, passing the Senegal River and reaching the Cape Verde Peninsula for the first time.
In 1445, as Dias was beginning to enter old age and made the decision ...
, Portuguese explorer
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Diogo Dias
Diogo Dias, also known as Diogo Gomes, was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer. He was the brother of Bartolomeu Dias and discovered some of the Cape Verde islands together with António Noli.
Serving with da Gama
In 1497 on the first Portugu ...
, Portuguese explorer
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Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos
Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (born 5 March 1950), known as Nandó, is an Angolan politician who was the first vice president of Angola from February 2010 to September 2012. He was the prime minister of Angola from 2002 to 2008 and presid ...
, Angolan politician
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Fernando Dias van Dúnem, Angolan politician
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Filipe Oliveira Dias
Filipe Oliveira Dias (October 16, 1963 – October 15, 2014) was a Portuguese architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connectio ...
, Portuguese architect
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Gaspar Dias
Gaspar Dias (died 1671), a Portuguese painter, studied at Rome under Raphael and Michelangelo, and on his return home devoted himself to the production of church pictures. He died at Lisbon.
References
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Year of birth unknown
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(ca. 1560–1590), Portuguese Mannerist painter
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Gonçalves Dias
Antônio Gonçalves Dias (; August 10, 1823November 3, 1864) was a Brazilian Romantic poet, playwright, ethnographer, lawyer and linguist. A major exponent of Brazilian Romanticism and of the literary tradition known as " Indianism", he is f ...
, Brazilian poet
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Jagath Dias
Major General Jagath Dias, WWV, RWP, RSP, USP (born December 26, 1960) is a Sri Lankan general, who served as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army. He was the General Officer Commanding, 57 Division and 56 Division. He was the Sri Lan ...
, Sri Lankan
Sinhalese
Sinhala may refer to:
* Something of or related to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka
* Sinhalese people
* Sinhala language, one of the three official languages used in Sri Lanka
* Sinhala script, a writing system for the Sinhala language
** Sinha ...
Army general, former Deputy Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Germany, Switzerland, and the Vatican
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Jacqueline Maria Dias
Jacqueline Maria Dias is a nurse and professor of nursing from Karachi, Pakistan.
Education
She did her Diploma in Nursing at the Aga Khan University's School of Nursing in 1985. She then worked at the Aga Khan University Hospital for a few ye ...
, Pakistani nursing professor
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Kaitlyn Dias
Caitlin () is a female given name of Irish origin. Historically, the Irish name Caitlín was anglicized as Cathleen or Kathleen. In the 1970s, however, non-Irish speakers began pronouncing the name according to English spelling rules as , which ...
(born 1999), Child actress, voice of
Riley Andersen
''Inside Out'' is an American media franchise created by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen. It takes place inside the mind of a girl named Riley, with multiple personified emotions administer her thoughts and actions. The franchise is produce ...
from
Inside Out
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Lucky Dias
Palandha Pathirage Lakshman Calistus Dias, popularly as Lucky Dias (born 5 February 1949), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and teledrama as well as a producer and director.He entered films in 1986 guided by his mentor, a famous actor and film d ...
(born 1951), Sri Lankan Sinhalese actor and producer
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Luisa Dias Diogo Luisa (Italian and Spanish), Luísa (Portuguese) or Louise ( French) is a feminine given name; it is the feminine form of the given name Louis (Luis), the French form of the Frankish Chlodowig (German Ludwig), from the Germanic elements ''hlo ...
, Prime Minister of
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
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Maria Berenice Dias, Brazilian judge
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Michael Dias, Sri Lankan barrister, academic and jurist who practised in the UK
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Nicholas Dias Abeysingha (1719–1794), Sri Lankan
Maha Mudaliyar
The Maha Mudaliyar ( ''Head Mudaliyar'' or මහ මුදලි) was a colonial title and office in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Head Mudaliyar functioned as the head of the low country native headmen and native aide-de-camp to the Governor of Ceyl ...
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Paulo Dias de Novais
Paulo Dias de Novais (c. 1510 – 9 May 1589), a fidalgo of the Royal Household, was a Portuguese colonizer of Africa in the 16th century and the first Captain-Governor of Portuguese Angola. He was the grandson of the explorer Bartolomeu Dias.
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, Portuguese colonizer of Africa
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Pêro Dias, Portuguese explorer
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Ranga Dias (cricketer), Sri Lankan cricketer
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Ron Dias
Ronald Lionel Dias (February 15, 1937 – July 30, 2013) was an American animator and painter who began his career in 1956 after winning a stamp animation contest organized jointly by the U.S. Post Office, the U.S. Office of Education and Counsel ...
(1937–2013), American animator and painter
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Ron Dias (director) (born 1983), Canadian filmmaker, best known for ''
Bite of a Mango''
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Roy Dias
Roy Luke Dias (born 18 October 1952) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played Tests and ODIs for Sri Lanka.
An elegant and stylish right-handed batsman he played 20 Test matches and became the first Sri Lankan to hit 1,000 Test runs. He ...
(born 1952),
Sri Lankan Chetty
Sri Lankan Chetties (, ) also known as Colombo Chetties, is an ethnicity in the island of Sri Lanka. Formerly considered a Sri Lankan Tamil caste, they were classified as a separate ethnic group in the 2001 census. They were a class of Tamil speak ...
cricketer
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Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Oliveira, Portuguese football player
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Solomon Dias Bandaranaike
Sir Solomon Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilleke Senewiratna Rajakumaruna Kadukeralu Bandaranaike, ( Sinhala: සොලමන් ඩයස් අබේවික්රම ජයතිලක සෙනෙවිරත්න රාජකුමාරු ...
, Ceylonese government administrator
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, Sri Lankan politician
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Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician
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Virna Dias, Brazilian volleyball player
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Ruben Dias,
Manchester City football player
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Dias Gomes
Alfredo de Freitas Dias Gomes () (19 October 1922 – 18 May 1999) was a Brazilian playwright.
He was born on October 19, 1922 in Salvador, Bahia. He started writing plays at age 15 and later wrote soap operas. He wrote the first ever colo ...
, Brazilian writer
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Steven Dias, Indian footballer
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Sumangala Dias
Air Chief Marshal Dambure Liyanage Sumangala Dias, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP is a senior Sri Lankan Air Force Officer who served as Commander of the Air Force from 2019 to 2020. He retired from his position as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Air ...
, Sri Lankan Sinhalese air force officer
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Wakunugoda Gayathri Irosha Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema and TV actress
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Portuguese-language surnames
Surnames from given names