Ribeiro

Ribeiro is a Portuguese and Galician surname, also common in Brazil. Origin: Latin riparius, ("small stream" or "by the river"). It is also a wine-making region of central Galicia. In Galicia the surname may have been Castilianized as Riveiro.

* Adriano Leite Ribeiro (born 1982), Brazilian football striker
* Aguinaldo Ribeiro (born 1969), Brazilian politician
* Alfonso Ribeiro (born 1971), American actor/game show host
* Alexandre Ribeiro (born 1981), Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist
* Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro (1874–1939), Brazilian herpetologist and ichthyologist
* Ana Ribeiro (born 1955), Uruguayan historian, writer, and professor
* Anderson Ribeiro (born 1981), Brazilian football player
* André Ribeiro (1966–2021), Brazilian racing driver
* Antonio Ribeiro (soccer) (born 1980), Canadian football (soccer) player
* António Ribeiro (1928–1998), Catholic cardinal from Portugal
* Áureo Ribeiro (born 1979), Brazilian politician
* Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro (born 1944), British surgeon
* Bernardim Ribeiro (1482–1552), Portuguese poet
* Bruno de Paula Ribeiro Ingrácia (born 1983), otherwise known as Bruno Ribeiro, Brazilian footballer
* Bruno Ribeiro (born 1975), Portuguese footballer
* Catherine Ribeiro (1941–2024), French singer
* Christian Ribeiro (born 1989), Welsh footballer
* Darcy Ribeiro, (1922–1997), Brazilian anthropologist
* Diogo Ribeiro (cartographer) (or Diego Ribero) (16th century), Portuguese cartographer and explorer
* Édson Ribeiro (born 1972), Brazilian sprinter
* Fabian Defu Ribeiro (1933–1986), South African doctor and anti-apartheid activist
* Fernanda Ribeiro, Portuguese long-distance runner
* Fernando Ribeiro, Portuguese singer
* Florence Ribeiro (1933–1986), South African anti-apartheid activist
* Gilvan Ribeiro (born 1989), Brazilian canoeist
* João Mário Ribeiro (born 1929), Portuguese chess master
* Jorge Ribeiro (born 1981), Portuguese footballer
* Julio Francis Ribeiro (born 1929), former Indian police officer and civil servant
* Lais Ribeiro (born 1989), a Brazilian model
* Miguel Ribeiro (born 1974), Portuguese screenwriter and filmmaker
* Mike Ribeiro (born 1980), Canadian hockey player
* Pedro Júlio Marques Ribeiro (born 1979), Portuguese footballer
* Pedro Manuel Mendes Ribeiro (born 1983), Portuguese footballer
* Pedro Ribeiro (Brazilian footballer) (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
* Pery Ribeiro (1937–2012), Brazilian singer
* Regina Lúcia Ribeiro (born 1961), Brazilian chess master
* Robert Ribeiro (born 1949), Hong Kong judge
* Sheila Ribeiro (born 1973), Brazilian / Canadian artist
* Wladimir Ribeiro (born 1967), Brazilian swimmer
* Zulaiê Cobra Ribeiro (born 1943), Brazilian lawyer and politician

## See also

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* Ribeiro (DO), the Spanish wine-producing region in Galicia

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Ribeiro.
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