Ribeiro

Ribeiro is a surname common in Galicia, Portugal and Brazil. It is also a wine-making region of Southeast central Galicia. In Portuguese, it literally means "small creek" or "by the river". In Galicia the surname was often 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 (born 1966), 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, 15th-century Portuguese poet
Bruno de Paula Ribeiro Ingrácia, otherwise known as Bruno Ribeiro, Brazilian footballer
Bruno Ribeiro, Portuguese footballer
Catherine Ribeiro, French singer
Christian Ribeiro, Welsh footballer
Diogo Ribeiro (or Diego Ribero), Portuguese cartographer and explorer
Édson Ribeiro, Brazilian sprinter
Edson Ribeiro, Brazilian musician
Fernando Ribeiro, Portuguese singer
Gilvan Ribeiro (born 1989), Brazilian canoeist
Jorge Ribeiro (born 1981), Portuguese footballer
Julio Francis Ribeiro, former Indian police officer and civil servant
Lais Ribeiro, a Brazilian model
Mike Ribeiro, Canadian Hockey player
Pedro Júlio Marques Ribeiro, Portuguese footballer
Pedro Manuel Mendes Ribeiro, Portuguese footballer
Pedro Ribeiro (Brazilian footballer), Brazilian footballer
Pery Ribeiro, Brazilian singer
Robert Ribeiro, Hong Kong judge
Sheila Ribeiro, artist
Wladimir Ribeiro, Brazilian swimmer

See also