Teixeira

Teixeira is a Galician-Portuguese surname based on the toponym Teixeira, derived from teixo  "yew tree" (Latin taxus). The progenitors of the name were a "Noble Portuguese Marrano family, originally bearing the surname of Sampayo," and the Teixeira coat of arms was conferred "in accordance with a decree of King Philip IV of Spain" in 1643. A less frequent variant spelling is Texeira. The variant Técher is common in the highlands of Reunion Island, notably in the Cilaos area.

List of people called Teixeira
Notable people with the surname include:

Historical

 * Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395–1480), Portuguese navigator and explorer
 * Luís Teixeira (16th century), Portuguese Jesuit cartographer, mathematician and humanist
 * Bento Teixeira (1560–1618), Portuguese writer
 * Pedro Teixeira Albernaz (1595–1662), Portuguese cartographer
 * Pedro Teixeira (died 1640), Portuguese explorer
 * António Teixeira (composer) (1707–1769), Portuguese composer
 * Antônio Gonçalves Teixeira e Souza (1812–1861), Brazilian author
 * Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (1865–1921), Dutch-English journalist, literary critic and publisher, and translator

Politicians

 * António Teixeira de Sousa (1857–1917), Portuguese medical doctor and politician
 * Constantino Teixeira, Guinea-Bissau politician
 * Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (born 1951), Portuguese politician
 * Humberto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Teixeira (1915–1979), Brazilian lawyer, politician, musician, and composer
 * José Roberto Magalhães Teixeira (1937–1996), Brazilian politician
 * Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1860–1941), Portuguese politician
 * Miro Teixeira (born 1945), Brazilian politician and journalist
 * Nuno Severiano Teixeira (born 1957), Portuguese politician

Sports

 * Alex Teixeira Santos (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
 * Armando Gonçalves Teixeira (born 1976), known as Petit, Portuguese footballer
 * Dimas Teixeira (born 1969), Portuguese footballer
 * Dionatan Teixeira (1992–2017), Brazilian-born Slovak footballer
 * Filipe Teixeira (born 1980), Portuguese footballer
 * Glover Teixeira (born 1979), Brazilian mixed martial artist
 * Humberlito Borges Teixeira (born 1980), Brazilian football player
 * João Carlos Teixeira (born 1993), Portuguese football player
 * João Miguel da Cunha Teixeira, Portuguese footballer
 * José Batlle Perdomo Teixeira (born 1965), Uruguayan footballer
 * Júlio César Teixeira, (born 1979) known as Julinho, Brazilian footballer
 * Mark Teixeira (born 1980), American baseball player
 * Pedro Teixeira (born 1998), Swiss footballer
 * Renan Teixeira da Silva (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
 * Ricardo Terra Teixeira (born 1947), former president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF)
 * Ricardo Teixeira (born 1982), Angolan racing driver
 * Rodrigo Teixeira (born 1978), Brazilian footballer
 * Virgilio Teixeira (born 1973), Dutch footballer
 * Wilson Teixeira Beraldo (1917–1998), Brazilian physician and physiologist

Other people

 * Anísio Teixeira (1900-1971), Brazilian educator, jurist, and writer
 * Anya Teixeira (1913–1992), British photographer and photojournalist
 * Armando Teixeira (born 1968), Portuguese musician
 * Carlos Teixeira (born 1976), Portuguese volleyball player
 * Eduardo Teixeira Coelho (1919–2005), Portuguese comic book artist
 * Fernando Teixeira, American engineer
 * Francisco Gomes Teixeira, Portuguese mathematician and historian of mathematics
 * Gonçalo Teixeira (disambiguation), several people
 * Henrique Teixeira de Sousa (1919–2006), Cape Verdean doctor and author
 * Jack Teixeira (born 2001), American air national guardsman accused of being responsible for 2023 Pentagon document leaks
 * Luis Filipe Teixeira (born 1959), Portuguese essayist and teacher
 * Marlon Teixeira, Brazilian model
 * Moises Teixeira da Silva, Brazilian criminal
 * Ruy Teixeira, American political scientist
 * Thalissa Teixeira, British-Brazilian actress
 * Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar (1947–2006), Brazilian military officer
 * Virgílio Teixeira (1917–2010), Portuguese film, television and stage actor