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 (born 1941), 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
 * Edson Ribeiro, Brazilian musician
 * 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), artist
 * Wladimir Ribeiro (born 1967), Brazilian swimmer
 * Zulaiê Cobra Ribeiro (born 1943), Brazilian lawyer and politician