Pereira (surname)
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- For information about other uses of Pereira, see Pereira (disambiguation).
Pereira is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal, Brazil, and Galicia. It was originally a noble Christian toponym of the Middle Ages.
It has been borne by many people:
- Aires Pereira, Portuguese musician
- Aristides Pereira, Cape Verdean politician
- Anália de Victória Pereira, Angolan politician
- António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça, Portuguese Governor of Angola
- António Maria de Fontes Pereira, Portuguese politician
- Baron Diego Pereira D' Aguilar, Jewish financier
- Caetano de Sousa Pereira, Portuguese Governor of Macau
- Cosme Damiao Pinto Pereira, Portuguese Governor of Macau
- D. Cristovao Pereira de Castro, Portuguese Governor of Macau
- D. Diogo Pereira, Portuguese Governor of Macau
- Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Portuguese explorer
- Fernando Pereira, Dutch photographer
- Francisco Antonio Pereira Coutinho, Portuguese Governor of Macau
- Gabriel Antonio Pereira, Uruguayan political figure
- António Pestana Garcia Pereira, Portuguese lawyer and politician
- Henrique Pereira Rosa, politician from Guinea-Bissau
- Jacob Rodrigues Pereira, one of the inventors of manual language for the deaf
- James Pereira, Brazilian boxer
- João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian musician
- Jonathan Pereira, British pharmacologist
- John "Jack" Pereira, California music educator and orchestra conductor
- José Luciano de Castro Pereira, Portuguese politician
- José Maria Pereira Neves, Cape Verdean politician
- José Pacheco Pereira, Portuguese politician and intellectual
- Kevin Pereira, American TV host
- Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva, Brazilian physician, infectologist and immunologist
- Luiz Pereira de Araújo, Owner of a construction company in Salvador, Brazil from the late 1950's through the mid 1980's
- Marco Pereira, Brazilian musician
- Michaela Pereira, Canadian television personality
- Nuno Álvares Pereira, beatified Portuguese medieval general
- Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro Gomes, Portuguese football player
- Nuno Jorge Pereira Silva Valente, Portuguese football player
- Ricardo Pereira, Portuguese football player
- Sam Pereira, American poet
- Soeiro Pereira Gomes, Portuguese writer
- Steve Pereira, British born editor, poet and writer
- Thiago Pereira, Brazilian swimmer
- Tomás Romero Pereira, Paraguayan politician
- Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes, Brazilian politician
- Washington Luís Pereira de Souza, Brazilian politician
- William Pereira, American architect
[edit] See also
- List of most common surnames in Portugal
- Sephardi Jews
- Pedigree (Jewish Encyclopedia)
- Coat of arms (Jewish Encyclopedia)