Dias (surname)
Dias is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil. It is cognate to the Spanish language surname Díaz.
It is a name associated with :
- Albertina Dias, Portuguese long-distance runner
- Aline Dias, Brazilian actress
- André Dias, Brazilian football player
- Annesley Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhala comedian
- Bartolomeu Dias (1927-2009), Portuguese explorer
- Cello Dias, Brazilian guitarist for Against All Will
- Denny Dias, American guitarist
- Dinis Dias, Portuguese explorer
- Diogo Dias, Portuguese explorer
- Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, Angolan politician
- Fernando Dias van Dúnem, Angolan politician
- Filipe Oliveira Dias, Portuguese architect
- Gaspar Dias (ca. 1560-1590), Portuguese Mannerist painter
- Gonçalves Dias, Brazilian poet
- Luisa Dias Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique
- Maria Berenice Dias, Brazilian judge
- Paulo Dias de Novais, Portuguese colonizer of Africa
- Pêro Dias, Portuguese explorer
- Ron Dias (1937–2013), American animator and painter
- Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Oliveira, Portuguese football player
- Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, Ceylonese government administrator
- Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician
- Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician
- Virna Dias, Brazilian volleyball player
- Dias Gomes, Brazilian writer
- Steven Dias, Indian footballer
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