Kings
* João I of Portugal * João II of Portugal * João III of Portugal * João IV of Portugal * João V of Portugal * João VI of Portugal * João I of Kongo, ruled 1470–1509 * João II of Lemba or João Manuel II of Kongo, ruled 1680–1716 * Dharmapala of Kotte, last King of the Kingdom of Kotte, reigned 1551–1597Princes
* João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537–1554), son of John III * Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842–1861)Arts and literature
* João Borsch, Portuguese musician * João Bosco, Brazilian musician * João Cabral de Melo Neto, Brazilian poet and diplomat * João César Monteiro, Portuguese film director * Joao Constancia, Filipino singer, actor and dancer * João Donato, Brazilian musician * João de Deus de Nogueira Ramos, Portuguese poet * João do Rio, Brazilian writer * João Frederico Ludovice, German-born Portuguese architect and goldsmith *Sportspeople
Footballers
* João Félix, Portuguese footballer * João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer * João Mário (footballer, born January 1993), Portuguese footballer * João Pereira (disambiguation), several Portuguese footballers * João Pinto, Portuguese footballer * João Cancelo, Portuguese footballer * João Tomás, Portuguese footballer * Lucas João, Portuguese/Angolan footballer * Joãozinho (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer * João Pedro (footballer, born 2001), Brazilian footballer * João Paulo (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballerOther sportspeople
* João Almeida (cyclist), Portuguese road cyclist * João Barbosa, Portuguese racing driver * João Brenha, Portuguese beach volleyball player * João Cunha e Silva, Portuguese tennis player * João Fonseca (tennis), Brazilian tennis player * João Havelange, Brazilian president of FIFA from 1974–1998 * João José, Portuguese volleyball player * João Moreira, jockey currently based in Hong Kong * João José Pereira, Portuguese triathlete * João Sousa, Portuguese tennis player * João Souza, Brazilian tennis player * João Souza (fencer), Brazilian fencerOther people
* João Amoêdo, Brazilian engineer and company administrator * João Biehl, Brazilian anthropologist * João Cravinho (1936–2025), Portuguese politician * João Gomes Cravinho (born 1964), Portuguese diplomat and politician, son of João Cravinho * João Dias (born 1973), Portuguese politician * João Doria, Brazilian politician * João Teixeira de Faria, Brazilian faith healer * João Armando Gonçalves, head of the World Organization of the Scout Movement * João Goulart, 27th president of Brazil * João Lourenço, current President of Angola and previous Minister of Defence * João Magueijo, Portuguese cosmologist * João Marinho Neto (born 1912), Brazilian supercentenarian, current world's oldest living man * João da Nova, 15th-century Portuguese explorer * João Ramalho (1493–1582), Portuguese explorer and adventurer, attributed as the first bandeirante * João Rodrigues Cabrilho, 16th-century Portuguese explorer * João de Trasto, 15th-century Portuguese explorer * João Gonçalves Zarco, Portuguese navigator, co-discoverer of the Madeira islands * John of God or João de Deus, Iberian saintSee also
* São João (disambiguation), Portuguese for Saint John * '' João and the Knife'', a 1972 Dutch-Brazilian film by George Sluizer * John of Portugal (disambiguation), multiple peopleReferences