Menezes

Original coat of arms of the Meneses family (full gold).

Meneses, sometimes Menezes in Portuguese, was originally a noble surname which originated in Montes Torozos, a region in Tierra de Campos, northeast of Valladolid and southeast of Palencia. The ancestor of the Meneses lineage was Tello Pérez de Meneses. The family wealth and power grew remarkably along the 13th and 14th centuries, through several marriages with the Castilian and Portuguese royal families.

As a surname, Meneses may refer to:

People

General

• Aleixo de Menezes, Portuguese Archbishop of Braga
• Alex Meneses, United States actress and model
• Anderson Cézar de Menezes, Brazilian Planning Professional
• Alfred Menezes, Canadian cryptographer
• António Luís de Meneses, 1st Marquess of Marialva, Portuguese general in the Portuguese Restoration War
• Antonio Martínez de Meneses, Spanish playwright
• Antonio Meneses, Brazilian cellist
• António José de Sousa Manoel de Menezes Severim de Noronha, Portuguese soldier and statesman
• Christianne Meneses Jacobs, United States writer, editor, and teacher
• Fradique de Menezes, President of São Tomé and Príncipe
• Francisco de Meneses Brito, Spanish Governor of Chile
• Francisco Meneses Osorio, Spanish painter
• Glória Menezes, Brazilian actress
• Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist
• Guillermo Meneses, Venezuelan writer
• Heloísa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto, Brazilian real-life "Girl from Ipanema"
• Holdemar Menezes, Brazilian writer
• Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian killed by London police officers who mistook him for a terrorist
• Joao Costa Menezes, Portuguese actor and filmmaker
• Jorge de Menezes, Portuguese explorer
• Jorge E. Meneses, United States mayor
• Juan Francisco Meneses, Chilean priest and political figure
• Leonor Telles de Menezes, Queen Consort of Portugal
• Luís Filipe Menezes, Portuguese politician
• Mai Meneses, Spanish singer-songwriter
• Manuel de Menezes, Duke of Vila Real, Portuguese Governor of Ceuta
• Margareth Menezes, Brazilian singer
• Maria Romero Meneses, Nicaraguan nun
• Omar Fayad Meneses, Mexican politician
• Tobias Barreto de Meneses, Brazilian critic and poet
• Tobias Barreto de Meneses, Brazilian jurist, critic and poet
• Victor Menezes, United States engineer and banker

Sports

• Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer
• Bruno Marques Menezes, Brazilian footballer
• Fernando Meneses, Chilean footballer
• Henry Menezes, Indian football manager
• José Clayton Menezes Ribeiro, Brazilian-Tunisian footballer
• Jude Menezes, Indian field hockey goalkeeper
• Luís Vinícius de Menezes, Brazilian footballer
• Luiz Antonio "Mano" Venker Menezes, Brazilian football manager
• Paulo Menezes, Brazilian footballer
• Rildo da Costa Menezes, Brazilian footballer
• Tony Menezes, Canadian footballer
• Valeska Menezes, Brazilian volleyball player
• Vergel Meneses, Filipino basketball player

See also

• Meneses de Campos, municipality in Spain
• MQV (Menezes-Qu-Vanstone), cryptographic protocol