Correia ( Portuguese "leather strap") is a surname of Portuguese and Galician origin, also spelled correia variant became Correia. Origin:

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''corrigia'' (leather belt, gird, harness). Correia and Correa and Correya are found throughout all of Portugal and Spain. It may refer to:

People

General

Portuguese

*Paio Ramiro, noble medieval knight of the

County of Portugal The County of Portugal ( Galician-Portuguese: ''Comtato de Portugalle''; referred to as Portugalia in contemporary documents) refers to two successive medieval counties in the region around Guimarães and Porto, today corresponding to litoral n ...

and who gave the family name Correia also spelled as "Correa". He was Ricohombre of

Alfonso VI of León and Castile Alfonso VI (1 July 1109), nicknamed the Brave (''El Bravo'') or the Valiant, was king of Kingdom of León, León (10651109), Kingdom of Galicia, Galicia (10711109), and Kingdom of Castile, Castile (10721109). After the conquest of Toledo, Spai ...

* Paio Peres Correia, Grand-Master of the military

Order of Santiago The Order of Santiago (; ) is a religious and military order founded in the 12th century. It owes its name to the patron saint of Spain, ''Santiago'' ( St. James the Greater). Its initial objective was to protect the pilgrims on the Way of S ...

*Francisco Correia de Heredia, 1st Viscount of Ribeira Brava, a Portuguese noble, political and a paternal great-great grandfather of H.R.H.

Isabel Isabel is a female name of Iberian origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of ''Elizabeth (given name), Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheba''). Arising in the 12th c ...

, 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 José Homem Correia Teles (May 10, 1780 – July 3, 1849) was a Portuguese jurist, judge and politician. He studied canon law in Coimbra from 1795 to 1800 and learned the profession of advocate from his father. From 1803 on, he held judicial post ...

, jurist, judge and politician * Nãnci Correia, singer * Manuel Correia, Baroque composer * Manuel Pio Correia, botanist *

Natália Correia Natália de Oliveira Correia, Order of St. James of the Sword, GOSE, Order of Liberty, GOL (13 September 1923 – 16 March 1993) was a Portuguese intellectual, poet and social activist, as well as the author of the official lyrics of the "H ...

, writer * Pedro Correia Garção, lyric poet *

Raúl Correia Raúl Edvânio Brito Rodrigues Correia (born 7 May 1993) is an Angolan footballer who plays as a striker for Wythenshawe Town. After starting his career with Cheadle Heath Nomads, he moved on to Radcliffe Borough then joined Chorley in De ...

, footballer

Other nationalities

* Aurelia Correia, African businesswoman * Carlos Correia, Guinea-Bissau politician and former Prime Minister * Jasiel Correia, American politician * Larry Correia, US science fiction writer * Mário Barreto Corrêa Lima, Brazilian physician and co-founder of UNIMED * Nicola Correia-Damude, Canadian actress * Paulo Correia (politician), Guinea-Bissau politician and former Vice President * Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Brazilian historian, politician and Catholic activist * Sonia Corrêa, Brazilian feminist activist and researcher * Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Guinea-Bissau politician and military

Sports

Brazilian football players

* Adriano Correia, known as Adriano * Haílton Corrêa de Arruda, known as Manga * Carlos Rodrigues Corrêa, known as Corrêa * Christian Corrêa Dionisio, known as Christian * Diego Pereira Corrêa, known as Diego * Kléber de Carvalho Corrêa, known as Kléber * Maicon dos Santos Corrêa, known as Maicon Santos * Marcos Corrêa dos Santos, known as Marquinhos * Nilson Corrêa Júnior, known as Nilson * Rodrigo Corrêa Dantas, known as Rodrigo Dantas * Rogério de Albuquerque Corrêa, known as Rogério Corrêa * Rogério Corrêa de Oliveira, known as Rogério Corrêa * Thiago Corrêa * Wagner Corrêa Machado, known as Wagner

Other nationalities football players

* André Correia, Portuguese * Carlos Alberto 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

* Bethe Correia, Brazilian mixed martial artist * João Correia, Portuguese rugby union player * Kevin Correia, United States baseball player * Luciano Corrêa, Brazilian judoka * Luizão Corrêa, Brazilian beach volleyball player *

Maritza Correia Maritza Correia (born December 23, 1981), also known by her married name Maritza McClendon, is a former Olympic swimmer from Puerto Rico who swam representing the United States. When she qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in 2004, she became t ...

, Puerto Rican swimmer * Pierre Corréia, French rugby union player * Rod Correia, United States baseball player

Other

Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube, better known simply as Sampaio Corrêa or just Sampaio, was founded on 25 March 1923 by a group of young workers practicing amateur football on São Pantaleão Street, in the Centro neighborhood of São Luís, whi ...

, Brazilian football club