Dias (surname)
Dias is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil. It is cognate to the Spanish language surname Díaz.
It is a name associated with :
- Albertina Dias, Portuguese long-distance runner
- Aline Dias, Brazilian actress
- Alycia Dias, Pakistani playback singer
- Ana Dias , Portuguese photographer
- André Dias, Brazilian football player
- Annesley Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhalese comedian
- Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer
- Cello Dias, Brazilian guitarist for Against All Will
- Denny Dias, American guitarist
- Dinis Dias, Portuguese explorer
- Diogo Dias, Portuguese explorer
- Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, Angolan politician
- Fernando Dias van Dúnem, Angolan politician
- Filipe Oliveira Dias, Portuguese architect
- Gaspar Dias, Portuguese Mannerist painter
- Gonçalves Dias, Brazilian poet
- Jagath Dias, Retired Sri Lankan Sinhalese Army general, former Deputy Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Germany, Switzerland, and the Vatican
- Jacqueline Maria Dias, Pakistani nursing professor
- Lucky Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhalese actor and producer
- Luisa Dias Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique
- Maria Berenice Dias, Brazilian judge
- Paulo Dias de Novais, Portuguese colonizer of Africa
- Pêro Dias, Portuguese explorer
- Ron Dias, American animator and painter
- Roy Dias, Sri Lankan Chetty cricketer
- Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Oliveira, Portuguese football player
- Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, Ceylonese government administrator
- Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician
- Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician
- Virna Dias, Brazilian volleyball player
- Dias Gomes, Brazilian writer
- Steven Dias, Indian footballer
- Sumangala Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhalese air force officer
