Cordeiro

Cordeiro is a Portuguese language surname. The equivalent in Spanish is Cordero. Notable people with the surname include:

• Acácio Cordeiro Barreto, Brazilian international footballer
• André Cordeiro (water polo) (born 1967), Brazilian water polo goalkeeper
• André Cordeiro (swimmer) (born 1974), Brazilian freestyle swimmer
• António Cordeiro (1641–1722), Portuguese Catholic priest, Azorean historian, author of the classical chronicle Historia Insulana
• Cristiano Cordeiro, Brazil born Hong Kong international footballer
• Domingas Cordeiro (born 1976), Angolan handball player
• Douglas Cordeiro (born 1979), Brazilian male volleyball player
• Edson Cordeiro (born 1967), sopranist countertenor and pop and jazz singer
• Flávio Elias Cordeiro (born 1975), Brazilian football player
• Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro (born 1952), Brazilian engineer, mathematician and statistician
• Jorge Cordeiro, (born 1978), professional football coach and former player
• Joseph Cordeiro (1918–1994), the first Pakistani cardinal
• Leonardo Cordeiro (born 1989), Brazilian racing driver
• Lorna Cordeiro, Konkani language singer from the state of Goa, India
• Lucas Cordeiro (born 1991), Brazilian professional footballer
• Luciano Cordeiro (1844–1900), Portuguese writer, historian, politician and geographer
• Manuel Cordeiro (born 1983), Portuguese football manager since 2005
• Marcelo Cordeiro (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
• Margarida Cordeiro (born 1939), Portuguese psychologist and film director from Mogadouro
• Mauricio Plenckauskas Cordeiro, Brazilian footballer
• Moacyr Cordeiro (1921–1989), Brazilian footballer
• Pedro Cordeiro (born 1963), former professional tennis player from Portugal
• Pico do Brejo do Cordeiro, peak on the island of São Jorge in the Azores
• "Uncle Ray" — Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong media personality
• Rick Cordeiro (born 1968), Canadian television and film actor and producer
• Rodrigo Crasso Cordeiro (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
• Rui Cordeiro (born 1976), Portuguese rugby union footballer
• Ryan Cordeiro (born 1986), American former professional soccer player
• Sandro Raniere Guimaraes Cordeiro (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
• Saulo Batista de Andrade Cordeiro (born 1979), retired Brazilian footballer
• Vasco Cordeiro (born 1973), President of the Regional Government of the Azores
• Vera Cordeiro (born 1950), social entrepreneur and physician

Fiction:

• Fran Cordeiro, central character in the novel The Meadows of the Moon by James Hilton

Other

• Cordeiro, Rio de Janeiro
• Pico do Brejo do Cordeiro, peak on the island of São Jorge in the Azores