Coelho

Coelho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ku'eʎu]) is a Portuguese surname of Jewish origin meaning "rabbit". The Coelho’s are a historically known Sephardic Jewish family with connection to the once thriving Jewish communities of Spain and Portugal.^[1] The families history bears deep ties to the persecution experienced by Jews during the inquisition in Portugal. Descendants in Portugal and Latin America with the surname Coelho have a likely Jewish origin.^[2] Notable people with the surname include:

• Arnaldo Cézar Coelho, Brazilian football referee
• Bento Coelho da Silveira (ca. 1630-1708), Portuguese painter
• Carlos Coelho, Portuguese politician
• Carlos Pinto Coelho, Portuguese journalist, writer, photographer and media professor.
• Claire Coelho, Australian football (soccer) player
• Dorothea Coelho, American game show host
• Duarte Coelho, Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator
• Dyego Rocha Coelho, Brazilian football player
• Eduardo Teixeira Coelho, maker of comic books
• Eduardo Prado Coelho, Portuguese writer, journalist, columnist and university professor.
• Eliane Coelho, Brazilian soprano
• Elzo Coelho, Brazilian football player
• Evelina Coelho, Portuguese artist
• Fabián Coelho, Uruguayan football player
• Gaspar Coelho, Portuguese Jesuit
• Gonçalo Coelho, Portuguese explorer
• Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto, Brazilian writer, politician, and professor
• Humberto Coelho, Portuguese football player
• Jaime Luiz Coelho (1916–2013), Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop
• Jackson Avelino Coelho, commonly known as Jajá, Brazilian footballer born 1986
• Jackson Coelho Silva, Brazilian footballer
• José Dias Coelho, Portuguese painter and sculptor
• José da Silva Coelho, Goan Catholic writer
• Joseph Coelho, British poet and children's book author
• Manuel Rodrigues Coelho, Portuguese organist and composer
• Maria de Belém Roseira Martins Coelho Henriques de Pina, Portuguese politician
• Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade, Angolan poet and politician
• Nicolau Coelho, Portuguese explorer
• Nuno André Coelho, Portuguese footballer
• Nuno Miguel Prata Coelho, Portuguese footballer
• Paulo Coelho, Brazilian lyricist and novelist
• Paulo de Almeida Coelho, Portuguese Paralympic athlete
• Pedro Passos Coelho, Portuguese politician and prime minister
• Sara Pinto Coelho, Portuguese writer and playwright
• Tony Coelho, American congressman

• Engenheiro Coelho, a municipality in São Paulo state in Brazil.
• Pedro Manuel Oliveira Martins (born 1988), known as Coelho, Portuguese futsal player
• Conejo, a Spanish-language surname, variant of Coelho

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Coelho.
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