João

João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below.

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 1551–1597

Princes

João Manuel, Hereditary Prince of Portugal (1537–1554), son of John III

Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842–1861)

Arts and literature

João Bosco, Brazilian musician

João Cabral de Melo Neto, Brazilian poet and diplomat

Joao Constancia, Filipino singer, actor and dancer

João Donato, Brazilian musician

João de Deus de Nogueira Ramos, Portuguese poet

João Gilberto, Brazilian musician

João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian novelist, short story writer, and diplomat

João Miguel (actor), Brazilian actor

João Nogueira, Brazilian musician

João Pedro Rodrigues, Portuguese film director

Maria João Pires, Portuguese pianist

João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer

João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian writer, journalist, and professor

João Vasco Paiva, Portuguese artist

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 footballer

Other 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 Havelange, Brazilian president of FIFA from 1974–1998

João José, Portuguese volleyball player

João José Pereira, Portuguese triathlete

João Sousa, Portuguese tennis player

João Souza, Brazilian tennis player

João Souza (fencer), Brazilian fencer

Other people

João Armando Gonçalves, head of the World Organization of the Scout Movement

João Biehl, Brazilian anthropologist

João Rodrigues Cabrilho, 16th-century Portuguese explorer

João Doria, Brazilian politician

John of God or João de Deus, Iberian saint

João Goulart, 27th president of Brazil

João Gonçalves Zarco, Portuguese navigator, co-discoverer of the Madeira islands

João Magueijo, Portuguese cosmologist

João da Nova, 15th-century Portuguese explorer

João Teixeira de Faria, Brazilian faith healer

João de Trasto, 15th-century Portuguese explorer

João Amoêdo, Brazilian engineer and company administrator

João Lourenço, current President of Angola and previous Minister of Defence

See 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 people

References

Portuguese masculine given names

Masculine given names