Lopes

Lopes is a Portuguese and Galician surname. Origin: Germanic patronymic for ''son of Lopo'', itself being derived from

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or . Notable people with the surname include: * Adelino Lopes (born 1976), Guinea-Bissauan footballer * Adília Lopes (1960–2024), Portuguese poet, chronicler, and translator *

Adriane Lopes Adriane Barbosa Nogueira Lopes (born 29 June 1976) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, theologian, entrepreneur and former public security agent who has served as the List of mayors of Campo Grande (Mato Grosso do Sul), mayor of Campo Grande since ...

(born 1976), Brazilian politician * Alexandre Paes Lopes (born 1974), Brazilian footballer * Almir Lopes de Luna (born 1982), Brazilian footballer *

Álvaro Lopes Cançado Álvaro Lopes Cançado, nicknamed "Nariz" (meaning "Nose") (Uberaba, February 8, 1912 – September 19, 1984), was a Brazilian footballer who played as a defender for the Brazil national football team in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He participated ...

(1912–1984), Brazilian footballer *

Américo Lopes Américo Ferreira Lopes (6 March 1933 – 22 September 2023), known simply as Américo, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Born in Santa Maria de Lamas, Aveiro District, Américo spent the vast majority of his ...

(1933–2023), Portuguese footballer * Amílcar Lopes Cabral (1924–1973), Capeverdian and Guinea-Bissauan statesman * Ana Paula Lopes (born 1979), Brazilian singer * Aniceto Guterres Lopes (born 1967), East Timorese politician and human rights lawyer *

Anthony Lopes Anthony Lopes (; born 1 October 1990) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club FC Nantes, Nantes. He came through the youth ranks at Olympique Lyonnais, Ly ...

(born 1990), Portuguese footballer *

António Bastos Lopes António José Bastos Lopes (born 19 December 1953) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Born in Lisbon, Bastos Lopes played for 15 seasons with hometown side S.L. Benfica, making his first-team d ...

(born 1953), Portuguese *

António Lopes Ribeiro António Filipe Lopes Ribeiro (16 April 1908 in Lisbon – 1995) was a Portuguese film director. Son of Manuel Henrique Correia da Silva Ribeiro and wife Ester da Nazaré Lopes, he was the older brother of actor An actor (masculine/gende ...

(1908–1995), Portuguese * Antônio Lopes (born 1941), Brazilian * Astolpho Junio Lopes (born 1983), Brazilian *

Baltasar Lopes da Silva Baltasar Lopes da Silva (23 April 1907 – 8 May 1989) was a writer, poet and linguist from Cape Verde, who wrote in both Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole. With Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa, he was the founder of '' Claridade''. In 1947 ...

(1907–1989), Capeverdian *

Brian Lopes Brian Thomas Lopes (born September 6, 1971, in Mission Viejo, California) is a professional mountain bike racer who specializes in four-cross. Lopes started riding BMX in his childhood and turned professional at seventeen years old.Lopes/McCo ...

(born 1971), United States * Carlos Eduardo Lopes (born 1980), Brazilian footballer *

Carlos Lopes Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes (, born 18 February 1947) is a Portuguese former long-distance runner and world-record holder in the marathon. He won the Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon, marathon at the 1984 Summer Olym ...

(born 1947), Portuguese long-distance athlete *

Carlos Michel Lopes Vargas Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

(born 1982), Brazilian * Cecilio Lopes (born 1979), Dutch * Christian Lopes (born 1992), American *

Cristóvão Lopes Cristóvão Lopes () was a Portuguese painter. Cristóvão Lopes was the son and disciple of royal painter Gregório Lopes, who died in 1550. Cristóvão succeeded his father as the royal painter of King John III in 1551. Since no works are kno ...

(c.1516–1594), Portuguese painter *

Daniel Lopes Daniel Lopes (born 12 November 1976) is a German-Brazilian singer and songwriter. He came to fame as a contestant on the debut season of the television series ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'', the German ''Idol'' series adaptation. Early l ...

(born 1976), German singer *

Danny Lopes Danny Lopes is an American actor and model. He played the lead role of Bobby in Dante Tomaselli's film ''Desecration'' in 1999. Tomaselli cast Lopes for '' Horror'', his second feature film, in 2002, which also stars Kreskin. He earned his acting ...

(born 1982), United States * Davey Lopes (born 1945), United States baseball player and manager * Demetrius Klee Lopes (born 1970), Brazilian-American cerebrovascular neurosurgeon * Dirceu Lopes (born 1946), Brazilian *

Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar (1739 in Vienna – 1802 in London) was the second Baron d'Aguilar, a Barony of the Holy Roman Empire. Early life He was a son of Donna Simha da Fonseca, who died 1755, and Baron Diego Pereira d'Aguilar, ...

(1709–1832), British * Ernando Rodrigues Lopes (born 1988), Brazilian * Everton Lopes (born 1988), Brazilian * Felipe Aliste Lopes (born 1987), Brazilian * Fernando Lopes (1935–2012), Portuguese filmmaker *

Fernando Lopes-Graça Fernando Lopes-Graça (17 December 1906 – 27 November 1994) was a Portuguese composer, conductor and musicologist. Lopes-Graça was born in Tomar, and was influenced by Portuguese popular music, which he also studied, continuing the work of ...

(1906–1994), Portuguese *

Fernão Lopes Fernão Lopes (; – after 1459) was a Portuguese chronicler appointed by King Edward of Portugal. Fernão Lopes wrote the history of Portugal, but only a part of his work remained. His way of writing was based on oral discourse, and, o ...

(c.1380–1459), Portuguese royal chronicler *

(died 1545), Portuguese sailor and first inhabitant of the island of Saint Helena *

Francisco Craveiro Lopes Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes (; 12 April 1894 – 2 September 1964) was a Portuguese Air Force officer and politician who served as the 12th president of Portugal from 1951 to 1958. Early life and career Born in Lisbon, he was a son of , ...

(1894–1960), Portuguese politician and military *

Fábio Deivison Lopes Maciel Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented in Portuguese as ''Fábio'' (with t ...

(born 1980), Brazilian *

Fábio Lopes Alcântara Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented in Portuguese as ''Fábio'' (with t ...

(born 1977), Brazilian *

Fátima Lopes Fátima Lopes, ComIH (born 8 March 1965) is a Portuguese fashion designer. Early life Fátima comes from the Portuguese island of Madeira. She was born and grew up in its capital city, Funchal. Since an early age she showed an interest in f ...

(born 1965), Portuguese * Giulio Lopes (born 1959), Brazilian actor *

Gregório Lopes Gregório Lopes (''c.'' 1490 – 1550) was one of the most important Renaissance painters from Portugal. Biography Gregório Lopes was educated in the workshop of Jorge Afonso, the court painter of King Manuel I. Later he himself became c ...

(c.1490–1550), Portuguese painter * Henrique Lopes de Mendonça (1856–1931), Portuguese *

Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough Henry Yarde Buller Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough (24 March 1859 – 14 April 1938), known as Sir Henry Lopes, 4th Baronet from 1908 to 1938, of Maristow in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon, was a British Conservative Party politician. Life Lo ...

(1859–1938), British Member of Parliament * Isabel Mendes Lopes (born 1982), Portuguese politician * Joao Abel Pecas Lopes, Portuguese engineer * John Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston (1873–1930), British *

João Simões Lopes Neto João Simões Lopes Neto (March 9, 1865 – June 14, 1916) was a Brazilian regionalism (art), regionalist writer from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. After some unsuccessful business ventures, Neto married at 27. He only wrote four significan ...

(1865–1916), Brazilian * Júlio Lópes (born 1967), Brazilian swimmer *

Laura Lopes Laura Rose Lopes (' Parker Bowles; born 19 April 1978) is an English art curator. She is the daughter of Andrew Parker Bowles and Queen Camilla, thus making her the stepdaughter of King Charles III. Biography Early life Laura Parker Bowles was ...

(born 1978), daughter of

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Camilla (born Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles, 17 July 1947) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms as the wife of King Charles III. Camilla was raised in East Sussex and South Kensington i ...

and Andrew Parker Bowles, OBE * Leandro Lopes (born 1984), Brazilian * Leila Lopes (born 1986), Angolan

Miss Universe 2011 Miss Universe 2011 was the 60th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Vibra São Paulo, Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on 12 September 2011. At the end of the event, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned Leila Lopes (Miss Universe), Leila Lopes ...

winner. *

Lisa Lopes Lisa Nicole Lopes (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002), also known by her stage name Left Eye, was an American singer and rapper. She was a member of the R&B girl group TLC, alongside Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. Beside ...

(1971–2002), United States *

Lopes Gonçalves Lopes Gonçalves or Lopo Gonçalves was a Portuguese explorer of the African coast. He was the first European sailor to cross the equator, the first to reach the point where the coast turns south and the first to reach Gabon. In 1473 or 1474 he ...

, Portuguese explorer * Luciano Lopes de Souza (born 1974), Brazilian *

Luís Carlos Melo Lopes Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

(1954–2016), Brazilian footballer *

Manuel Lopes (barber) Manuel Lopes ( – December 23, 1895) was Seattle's first black resident whose identity is known, as well as its first barber. Biography Born on the island of Fogo in the Cape Verde Islands in roughly 1812, Lopes arrived in the United States on ...

(before 1850–after 1870), United States barber and first Black resident of Seattle * Manuel Lopes (1907–2005), Capeverdian writer * Marcelo Gonçalves Costa Lopes (born 1966), Brazilian footballer * Marcelo Lopes de Faria (born 1976), Brazilian *

Maria Lopes Maria J. Lopes is an American community activist and former politician who was the first African-American woman elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives, serving from 1989 to 2001. A Cape Verdean Americans, Cape Verdean American, she ...

, American politician from Rhode Island * Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes (1890–2005) Portuguese supercentenarian *

Martinho da Costa Lopes Martinho da Costa Lopes (11 November 1918 – 27 February 1991) was an East Timorese religious and political leader. He was a priest of the Catholic Church, the highest-ranking official of the Church in East Timor from 1977 to 1983, and a member ...

(1918–1991), East Timorese religious and political leader *

Massey Lopes, 2nd Baron Roborough Massey Henry Edgcumbe Lopes, 2nd Baron Roborough, JP (4 October 1903 – 30 June 1992) of Maristow in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon, was a British peer and officer of the British Army. Early life Lopes was the only son of Henry Lopes, ...

(1903–1992), British peer and officer of the British Army * Mateus Lopes (born 1972), Capeverdian * Matheus Henrique do Carmo Lopes (born 1985), Brazilian *

Mécia Lopes de Haro Mécia Lopes de Haro or Mencía López de Haro (c. 1215–c. 1270) was a Castilian noblewoman, the wife successively of count Álvaro Pérez de Castro and of King Sancho II of Portugal. The subsequent annulment of her marriage by Pope Innoc ...

(died 1270), Portuguese *

Nei Lopes Nei Braz Lopes (born May 9, 1942 in Irajá, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian singer, composer, lawyer, writer and historian, specializing in Afro-Brazilian studies. Biography Born in Irajá in Rio de Janeiro (a traditional samba neighborhood whi ...

(born 1942), Brazilian musician * Neylor Lopes Gonçalves (born 1987), Brazilian * Olga Lopes-Seale (1918–2011), Barbadian *

Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga (30 September 1931 – 26 May 2020) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Benguela, Angola. A priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a relig ...

(1931–2020), Angolan * Osvaldo Lopes (born 1980), French *

Patrick Fabíonn Lopes Patrick Fabionn Lopes (20 August 1980 – 25 April 2016), sometimes known simply as Patrick, was a Brazilian Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left back. Football career Patrick Lopes was ...

(born 1980), Brazilian footballer * Paulo José Lopes de Figueiredo (born 1972), Angolan *

Pedro Santana Lopes Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes (; born 29 June 1956) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who is the current mayor of Figueira da Foz. He most notably served as prime minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005. Background and early life Ped ...

(born 1956), Portuguese * Rinaldo Lopes Costa (born 1968), Brazilian * Roberto Lopes (born 1966), Brazilian * Roberto Lopes Nascimento (born 1983), Brazilian * Rosaly Lopes (born 1957), Brazilian earth-scientist * Santinho Lopes Monteiro (born 1979), Dutch * Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, 1st Baronet (1755–1831), British Member of Parliament * Sir Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet (born "Massey Franco" 1818–1908), British Member of Parliament * Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet (born "Ralph Franco" 1788–1854), British Member of Parliament * Steven J. Lopes (born 1975), Portuguese American Roman Catholic Bishop of the

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* Sufrim Lopes (born 1981), Guinea-Bissaun * Tiago André Coelho Lopes (born 1989), Portuguese * Tim Lopes (1950–2002), Brazilian * Elvira Tânia Lopes Martins (1957–2021), Brazilian *

Valmiro Lopes Rocha Valmiro Lopes Rocha (born 23 April 1981), known as Valdo, is a former Cape Verdean professional footballer who played mainly as a winger. Valdo had played for several clubs in La Liga during his professional career, notably Osasuna, Espanyol a ...

(born 1981), Spanish *

Wagner Lopes is a football coach of Luverdense and former player who played as a forward. Born in Brazil, Lopes is a naturalised Japanese citizen and represented their national team on 20 occasions. After retiring he took up coaching mainly working in b ...

(born 1969); Japanese footballer * Welington Nogueira Lopes (born 1979), Brazilian footballer *

Wesley Lopes Beltrame Wesley Lopes Beltrame (born 24 June 1987), simply known as Wesley, is a Brazilian former professional association football, footballer who played as a central midfielder, central or defensive midfielder. Club career Santos Wesley began his car ...

(born 1987), Brazilian * Wesley Lopes da Silva (born 1980), Brazilian {{wolf-surname Galician-language surnames Portuguese-language surnames Patronymic surnames