Correia

Correia is a common Portuguese and Galician language surname, meaning "leather strap". It may appear in the archaic form Corrêa. It may refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 General 1.1.1 Portuguese 1.1.2 Other nationalities 1.2 Sports 1.2.1 Football 1.2.1.1 Brazilian 1.2.1.2 Other nationalities 1.2.2 Other sports 2 Other 3 See also

People

General

Portuguese

• Adriano Correia de Oliveira, musician
• António Correia, conquistador
• Fausto Correia, politician
• Hélia Correia, writer
• João Maria Correia Ayres de Campos, 1st Count of Ameal, politician, art collector, maecenas and humanist
• José Correia da Serra, known as Abbé Correa, philosopher, diplomat, statesman, politician and scientist
• José Homem Correia Teles, jurist, judge and politician
• Luís Correia, cinematographer
• Manuel Correia, Baroque composer.
• Manuel Pio Correia, botanist
• Natália Correia, writer
• Paio Peres Correia, medieval military figure
• Pedro Correia Garção, lyric poet

Other nationalities

• Carlos Correia, Guinea-Bissau politician and former Prime Minister
• Larry Correia, US science fiction writer
• Mário Barreto Corrêa Lima, Brazilian physician and co-founder of UNIMED
• Marty Correia, United States writer
• Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Brazilian historian, politician and Catholic activist
• Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Guinea-Bissau politician and military

Sports

Football

Brazilian

• Adriano Correia
• Aílton Corrêa Arruda
• Carlos Rodrigues Corrêa
• Christian Corrêa Dionisio
• Diego Pereira Corrêa
• Kléber de Carvalho Corrêa
• Maicon dos Santos Corrêa
• Marcos Corrêa dos Santos
• Nilson Corrêia Júnior
• Rodrigo Corrêa Dantas
• Rogério Corrêa
• Thiago Corrêa
• Wagner Corrêa Machado

Other nationalities

• André Correia, Portuguese
• Pedro Guerreiro de Jesus Correia, Portuguese
• Pedro das Neves Correia, Portuguese
• Rui Correia, Portuguese
• Victor Correia, Guinean

Other sports

• João Correia, Portuguese rugby union player
• Kevin Correia, United States baseball player
• Luciano Corrêa, Brazilian judoka
• Luizão Corrêa, Brazilian beach volleyball player
• Maritza Correia, Puerto Rican swimmer
• Pierre Corréia, French rugby union player
• Rod Correia, United States baseball player

Other

• Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube, Brazilian football club

See also

• Correa, another (Spanish) form of the name
• Corea, alternate spelling, and various homonyms

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