João

João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below.

Kings

 * João I of Portugal
 * João II of Portugal
 * João III of Portugal
 * João IV of Portugal
 * João V of Portugal
 * João VI of Portugal
 * João I of Kongo, ruled 1470–1509
 * João II of Lemba or João Manuel II of Kongo, ruled 1680–1716
 * Dharmapala of Kotte, last King of the Kingdom of Kotte, reigned 1551–1597

Princes

 * João Manuel, Hereditary Prince of Portugal (1537–1554), son of John III
 * Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842–1861)

Arts and literature

 * João Borsch, Portuguese musician
 * João Bosco, Brazilian musician
 * João Cabral de Melo Neto, Brazilian poet and diplomat
 * João César Monteiro, Portuguese film director
 * Joao Constancia, Filipino singer, actor and dancer
 * João Donato, Brazilian musician
 * João de Deus de Nogueira Ramos, Portuguese poet
 * João do Rio, Brazilian writer
 * João Frederico Ludovice, German-born Portuguese architect and goldsmith
 * João Gilberto, Brazilian musician
 * João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian novelist, short story writer, and diplomat
 * João Miguel (actor), Brazilian actor
 * João Nogueira, Brazilian musician
 * João Pedro Rodrigues, Portuguese film director
 * Maria João Pires, Portuguese pianist
 * João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer
 * João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian writer, journalist, and professor
 * João Vasco Paiva, Portuguese artist

Footballers

 * João Félix, Portuguese footballer
 * João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer
 * João Mário (footballer, born January 1993), Portuguese footballer
 * João Pereira (disambiguation), several Portuguese footballers
 * João Pinto, Portuguese footballer
 * João Cancelo, Portuguese footballer
 * João Tomás, Portuguese footballer
 * Lucas João, Portuguese/Angolan footballer
 * Joãozinho (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
 * João Pedro (footballer, born 2001), Brazilian footballer
 * João Paulo (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer

Other sportspeople

 * João Almeida (cyclist), Portuguese road cyclist
 * João Barbosa, Portuguese racing driver
 * João Brenha, Portuguese beach volleyball player
 * João Cunha e Silva, Portuguese tennis player
 * João Havelange, Brazilian president of FIFA from 1974–1998
 * João José, Portuguese volleyball player
 * João Moreira (born 1983), jockey currently based in Hong Kong
 * João José Pereira, Portuguese triathlete
 * João Sousa, Portuguese tennis player
 * João Souza, Brazilian tennis player
 * João Souza (fencer), Brazilian fencer

Other people

 * João Amoêdo, Brazilian engineer and company administrator
 * João Biehl, Brazilian anthropologist
 * João Dias (born 1973), Portuguese politician
 * João Doria, Brazilian politician
 * João Teixeira de Faria, Brazilian faith healer
 * João Armando Gonçalves, head of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
 * João Goulart, 27th president of Brazil
 * João Lourenço, current President of Angola and previous Minister of Defence
 * João Magueijo, Portuguese cosmologist
 * João da Nova, 15th-century Portuguese explorer
 * João Ramalho (1493–1582), Portuguese explorer and adventurer, attributed as the first bandeirante
 * João Rodrigues Cabrilho, 16th-century Portuguese explorer
 * João de Trasto, 15th-century Portuguese explorer
 * João Gonçalves Zarco, Portuguese navigator, co-discoverer of the Madeira islands
 * John of God or João de Deus, Iberian saint