Durão is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Joaquim Durão (1930–2015), Portuguese chess player
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Nuno Durão (born 1962), Portuguese rugby union footballer and coach
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Santa Rita Durão
José de Santa Rita Durão (1722–1784), known simply as Santa Rita Durão, was a Colonial Brazilian Neoclassic poet, orator and Augustinian friar. He is considered a forerunner of " Indianism" in Brazilian literature, with his epic poem ''Car ...
(1722–1784), orator and poet, creator of 'Indianism' in Brazil
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