Dias (surname)

Dias is a common surname in the Portuguese language, and therefore in Portugal and Brazil. It is cognate to the Spanish language surname Díaz.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Albertina Dias, Portuguese long-distance runner
 * Aline Dias, Brazilian actress
 * Alycia Dias (born 1992), Pakistani playback singer
 * Ana Dias (photographer) (born 1984), Portuguese photographer
 * André Dias, Brazilian football player
 * Annesley Dias (1927–2009), Sri Lankan Sinhalese comedian
 * Avani Dias (born 1991/1992), Sri Lankan-Australian journalist
 * Bartolomeu Dias (1450–1500), Portuguese explorer
 * Bennet Dias Gunasekera (1919–2002), Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman and politician
 * Bruno Dias (born 1976), Portuguese politician
 * Cello Dias, Brazilian guitarist for Against All Will
 * Daniel Dias Gunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman and politician
 * Denny Dias, American guitarist
 * Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe, 46th Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
 * 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
 * Isabelle Adriana Nogueira Dias (born 1992), Brazilian dancer and model
 * Jagath Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhalese Army general, former Deputy Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Germany, Switzerland, and the Vatican
 * Jacqueline Maria Dias, Pakistani nursing professor
 * João Dias (born 1973), Portuguese politician
 * Laura Faver Dias, American politician in Illinois
 * Lucky Dias (born 1951), Sri Lankan Sinhalese actor and producer
 * Luisa Dias Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique
 * Maria Berenice Dias, Brazilian judge
 * Michael Dias, Sri Lankan barrister, academic and jurist who practised in the UK
 * Nicholas Dias Abeysingha (1719–1794), Sri Lankan Maha Mudaliyar
 * Paulo Dias de Novais, Portuguese colonizer of Africa
 * Pêro Dias, Portuguese explorer
 * Prasad Dias (born 1977), Sri Lankan cricketer
 * Ranga Dias (cricketer), Sri Lankan cricketer
 * Ranga P. Dias, condensed-matter physicist
 * Ron Dias (1937–2013), American animator and painter
 * Ron Dias (director) (born 1983), Canadian filmmaker, best known for Bite of a Mango
 * Roy Dias (born 1952), Sri Lankan Chetty cricketer
 * Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Oliveira, Portuguese football player
 * Sachin Premashan Dias Angodavidanalage (born 2000), Sri Lankan Sinhala badminton 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
 * Ruben Dias, Manchester City football player
 * Dias Gomes, Brazilian writer
 * Steven Dias, Indian footballer
 * Sudantha Dias (born 1971), Sri Lankan cricketer
 * Sumangala Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhalese air force officer
 * Wakunugoda Gayathri Irosha Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema and TV actress