Correia

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

People

General

Portuguese

• Paio Ramiro, noble medieval knight of the County of Portugal and who gave the family name Correia also spelled as "Correa". He was Ricohombre of Alfonso VI of León and Castile
• Paio Peres Correia, Grand-Master of the military Order of Santiago
• Francisco Correia de Heredia, 1st Viscount of Ribeira Brava, a Portuguese noble, political and a paternal great-great grandfather of H.R.H. Isabel, The Duchess of Braganza
• Berto Correia de Sousa, bank manager
• Adriano Correia de Oliveira, musician
• António Correia (disambiguation)
• 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
• Nãnci Correia, singer
• Luís Correia, cinematographer
• Manuel Correia, Baroque composer.
• Manuel Pio Correia, botanist
• Natália Correia, writer
• 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
• David Salazar Correia, Canadian-Portuguese art director
• Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Brazilian historian, politician and Catholic activist
• Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Guinea-Bissau politician and military

Sports

Brazilian football players

• 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 football players

• André Correia, Portuguese
• Marcel Correia, Portuguese-German
• 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 (disambiguation), alternate spelling, and various homonyms