Coelho

Coelho 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. The families history bears deep ties to the persecution experienced by Jews during the inquisition in Portugal. Decendants in Portugal and Latin America with the surname Coelho have a likely Jewish origin. 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