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Correia is a common Portuguese and Galician language surname, meaning "leather strap". It may appear in the archaic form Corrêa. It may refer to:
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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
This page or section lists people with the surname Correia. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link. Categories:- Surnames
- Portuguese-language surnames
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