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 (1941–2024), 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 *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), Brazilian / Canadian artist *Wladimir Ribeiro (born 1967), Brazilian swimmer *Zulaiê Cobra Ribeiro (born 1943), Brazilian lawyer and politician Provided by Wikipedia