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Amorim is a
Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Port ...
surname. A habitational name from any of the various places named Amorim, originally (villa) Amorini, from the name of the estate owner. There is a Hispanicized version, Amorín. It may refer to:


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Américo Amorim Américo Ferreira Amorim (21 July 1934 – 13 July 2017) was a Portuguese billionaire businessman, and a 50% owner of Corticeira Amorim, founded by his grandfather. He was the richest person in Portugal at the time of his death with a fortune est ...
(1934–2017), Portuguese businessman *
Ana Amorim Ana Carolina Amorim Taleska (born 1 April 1983 in Blumenau, Santa Catarina) is a Brazilian handball player who was most recently under contract with Alcoa FKC. She was born as the older sister of Eduarda Amorim Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim ...
(born 1983), Brazilian handball player *
Celso Amorim Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim (born 3 June 1942) is a Brazilian diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 20 July 1993 to 31 December 1994 under President Itamar Franco and again from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2010 under President Lu ...
(born 1942), Brazilian diplomat and politician *
Eduarda Amorim Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim Taleska (born 23 September 1986) is a Brazilian handball player for CSM București. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2014 by the International Handball Federation. In an election made by the websi ...
, (born 1986), Brazilian handball player *
Enrique Amorim Enrique Amorim (July 25, 1900 – July 28, 1960) was an Uruguayan novelist and writer, best known for his story ''Las quitanderas'' whose plot centers on rural prostitution; also known for his left-wing politics. Biography Enrique Amorim was b ...
(1900–1960), Uruguayan novelist and writer *
José Amorín Batlle José Gerardo Amorín Batlle (born 9 November 1954 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan lawyer and politician who has served as Minister of Education and Culture (2004–2005), representative (2005–2010) and senator (since 2010). Biography Amor� ...
(born 1954), Uruguayan lawyer and politician *
Ni Amorim Nuno Amorim, better known as Ni Amorim, is a racecar driver born in Porto, Portugal on March 1, 1962. National career Amorim started competing in circuit racing and rallying in 1982, but in the mid-1980s he was almost exclusively a touring car rac ...
(Nuno Amorim, born 1962), Portuguese racing car driver *
Patrícia Amorim Patrícia Filler Amorim (born February 13, 1969 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Jewish Brazilian former Olympic freestyle swimmer and former president of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. She is the first female president ever of the club, elected on Decembe ...
(born 1969), Brazilian swimmer *
Rúben Amorim Rúben Filipe Marques Amorim (; born 27 January 1985) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Primeira Liga club Sporting CP. Amorim played in his career as a midfielder, spending most of h ...
(born 1985), Portuguese footballer


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Amorim, Póvoa de Varzim Old Saint James Parish Church. Currently with manneirist style (16th century), it is of Medieval Romanesque origin. Amorim is a suburban area in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. It is an ancient ecclesiastical parish and former civil parish. It is bo ...
, a suburb in Portugal *
Corticeira Amorim Corticeira Amorim S.G.P.S., S.A., is a Portuguese subholding company belonging to the Amorim Group and claims to have been the world leader in the cork industry for over 130 years, with operations in hundreds of countries all over the world. ...
, a Portuguese cork company {{surname Portuguese-language surnames