Dias (surname)

Dias is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil. It is cognate to the Spanish language surname Díaz.

It is a name associated with :

• Albertina Dias, Portuguese long-distance runner
• Aline Dias, Brazilian actress
• Alycia Dias (born 1992), Pakistani playback singer
• Ana Dias (photographer) (born 1984), Portuguese photographer
• André Dias, Brazilian football player
• Annesley Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhala comedian
• Bartolomeu Dias (1450-1500), Portuguese explorer
• Cello Dias, Brazilian guitarist for Against All Will
• Denny Dias, American guitarist
• Dinis Dias, Portuguese explorer
• Diogo Dias, Portuguese explorer
• Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, Angolan politician
• Fernando Dias van Dúnem, Angolan politician
• Filipe Oliveira Dias, Portuguese architect
• Gaspar Dias (ca. 1560-1590), Portuguese Mannerist painter
• Gonçalves Dias, Brazilian poet
• Jagath Dias, Retired Sri Lankan Sinhala Army general, former Deputy Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Germany, Switzerland, and the Vatican
• Jacqueline Maria Dias, Pakistani nursing professor
• Lucky Dias (born 1951), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor and producer
• Luisa Dias Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique
• Maria Berenice Dias, Brazilian judge
• Paulo Dias de Novais, Portuguese colonizer of Africa
• Pêro Dias, Portuguese explorer
• Ron Dias (1937–2013), American animator and painter
• Roy Dias (born 1952), Sri Lankan Chetty cricketer
• Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Oliveira, Portuguese football player
• Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, Ceylonese government administrator
• Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician
• Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician
• Virna Dias, Brazilian volleyball player
• Dias Gomes, Brazilian writer
• Steven Dias, Indian footballer
• Sumangala Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhala air force officer