João

Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w]GenderMaleOriginWord/nameHebrew, via PortugueseMeaning"YHWH has been gracious",^[1] "graced by YHWH" (Yohanan)Other namesRelated namesJohn, Jean, Evan, Giovanni, Hannes, Hans, Juan, Hovhannes, Ian,Iain, Ioan, Ioane, Ivan, Iven, Ifan, Jack, Jackson, Jan, Jane, Janez, Jhon, Joan, Johan/Johann, Johanan, Johannes, Jonne, Jovan, Juhani, Seán, Eoin, Shane, Siôn, Xoán, Yahya, Yohannes

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

Sportspeople

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

See also

• São João (disambiguation), Portuguese for Saint John
• João and the Knife, a 1972 Dutch-Brazilian film by George Sluizer
• John of Portugal (disambiguation), multiple people

References