Ferreira (surname)
Ferreira is a Portuguese, Spanish, French, South African and Indian surname, meaning 'blacksmith'. Other spellings are Ferreyra, Ferreiro, Ferrero, Ferrer, Ferraro, Ferreirua, Ferreiroa, Ferreiró, Ferreiros. People with those names include:
General
- Abigail Izquierdo Ferreira, known as Bibi Ferreira, Brazilian actress, singer, and director
- Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira, Portuguese naturalist
- Aloysio Nunes Ferreira, Brazilian lawyer and politician
- Ana Gomes Ferreira, Portuguese-born singer, musician, songwriter - known as "Ana Free"
- Anne Ferreira, French politician
- António Ferreira, Portuguese poet and writer
- Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira, Brazilian dictionarist and writer
- Barbara Linhares Ferreira, American model and actress
- Ben Ferreira, Canadian former competitive figure skater
- Benigno Ferreira, Paraguayan president
- Carlos Vaz Ferreira, Uruguayan philosopher, writer, and academic
- Carlos Alberto Ferreira Braga, Brazilian songwriter and occasional singer
- Carlota Ferreira, Uruguayan woman
- Cid Ferreira Gomes, Brazilian politician, Senator for the state of Ceará
- Cristóvão Ferreira, Portuguese Jesuit missionary to Japan who became an apostate
- David Mourão-Ferreira, Portuguese writer and poet
- Edemar Cid Ferreira, Brazilian economist and former head of Banco Santos
- Elisa Ferreira, Portuguese politician, current vice-governor of the Bank of Portugal
- Enéas Ferreira Carneiro, Brazilian cardiologist, founder of the Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order
- Fátima Ferreira, Brazilian biologist and biochemist
- Francisco Ferreira Drummond, Portuguese historiographer, paleographer, musician and politician
- Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Portuguese naval commander and politician
- Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira da Costa, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
- Gerrit Ferreira, South African businessman
- Hendrik C. Ferreira, South-African professor, digital communications and Information Theory
- Hugo Ferreira, Angolan-born Portuguese-American singer, songwriter and musician
- Jesús Reyes Ferreira, self-taught artist and antiques/art collector and vendor
- Gilmar Ferreira Mendes, Brazilian judge of the Supremo Tribunal Federal
- João Ferreira , Portuguese biologist and former member of the European Parliament
- João Ferreira Franco Pinto Castelo-Branco, Portoguese 43rd Minister for Treasury Affairs and 73rd Prime Minister
- João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, Portuguese military officer and governor of Macau
- Joaquim Ferreira de Mello, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Pelotas
- José Dias Ferreira, Portuguese lawyer, politician and jurist, son of António Ferreira Dias
- José dos Santos Ferreira, known as "Adé", Portuguese-Macanese poet
- Jose Fernando Ferreira Mendes, Portuguese statistical physicist on the field of network theory
- José Maria Ferreira de Castro, Portuguese writer and journalist
- José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa, Brazilian lawyer and writer, 31st President of Brazil
- José Vicente Concha Ferreira, President of Colombia from 1914 to 1918
- Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, French film director and screenwriter
- Lopo Fortunato Ferreira do Nascimento, Prime Minister of Angola and Secretary-General of the MPLA Party
- Louis Ferreira, Portuguese Canadian actor
- Luís Ferreira Filipe Vieira, Portuguese real estate businessman
- Maria Adelaide Mengas Matafome Ferreira, Portuguese singer
- María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira, Uruguayan teacher and poet
- Matheus Silva Ferreira da Costa, Brazilian football manager
- Paul Ferreira, Canadian populist politician
- Rory Ferreira, known as Milo, American rapper and producer
- Sérgio Henrique Ferreira, Brazilian pharmacologist
- Sky Ferreira, singer
- Teresa Simões-Ferreira Heinz, Portuguese-American businesswoman and philanthropist
- Vergílio Ferreira, Portuguese writer
- Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, known as Lampião, the leader of the Cangaço, a banditry of the Brazilian Northeast
Sportspeople
- Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira, Portuguese retired football right back
- Adenízia Ferreira da Silva, Brazilian volleyball middle blocker
- Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Brazilian triple jumper
- Adriano Ferreira, former professional tennis player from Brazil
- Ailton Ferreira Silva, Brazilian professional football left-back
- Alessandro Ferreira Leonardo, commonly known as Sandro, Hong Kong football player
- Alexandre Ferreira, Brazilian professional mixed martial artist
- Alison Lopes Ferreira, Brazilian football defensive midfielder
- Andries Stephanus Ferreira, South African rugby unionplayer
- Amber Ferreira, American triathlete, coach, and endurance athlete
- Andre Ferreira Teixeira, Portuguese football right back
- André Filipe Ferreira Coelho Pereira, Portuguese professional football forward
- Bismark de Araújo Ferreira, Brazilian football winger
- Carlos Diego Ferreira, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Batista, known as Kakà, Portuguese football left back
- Carlos Eduardo Ferreira de Souza, known as Carlos Eduardo, Brazilian football forward
- Claudemir Ferreira da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- Douglas Ferreira , Brazilian footballer
- Edvaldo Ferreira, Angolan handball player
- Elizeu Antônio Ferreira Vinagre Godoy, Brazilian former footballer
- Emerson Ferreira, Brazilian football defensive midfielder
- Emerson Ferreira da Rosa, known as "Emerson", Brazilian footballer
- Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
- Evander da Silva Ferreira, Brazilian football attacking midfielder
- Evanílson Aparecido Ferreira, Brazilian retired footballer
- Everaldo Ferreira Magalhaes, Brazilian soccer player
- Fábio Miguel Lourenço Ferreira, Portuguese professional footballer
- Filipe Miguel Neves Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
- Francisco Ferreira, known as Ferro, Portuguese professional football centre-back
- Frederico Ferreira Silva, Portuguese tennis player
- Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira, Brazilian footballer
- Gonçalo Nuno Borges Ferreira Gomes Alves, Portuguese futsal defender
- Guilherme Ferreira Pinto, Brazilian footballer
- Hélder José Castro Ferreira, Portuguese professional football left winger
- Heron Ferreira, known as Heron, Brazilian professional football manager
- Hugo Miguel Ferreira Gomes Viana, Portuguese retired professional football central midfielder
- Hugo Ventura Ferreira Moura Guedes, Portuguese football goalkeeper
- Italo Ferreira, Brazilian professional surfer
- Ivo Daniel Ferreira Mendonça Pinto, Portuguese professional football right back
- Jacksen Ferreira Tiago, Brazilian retired footballer
- Jael Ferreira, Brazilian football striker
- Jesualdo Ferreira, Portuguese football coach
- Jesús Ferreira], Colombian soccer player
- João António Ferreira Resende Alves, Portuguese former footballer and coach
- Joaquim Rodrigues Ferreira, former Portuguese footballer who played as defender.
- Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira, known as "Jorge Baltazar", Mexican squash player
- Jorge Ferreira da Silva, retired Brazilian footballer
- José Albano Ferreira Mota, Portuguese retired football right back
- Jose Carlos Ferreira Filho, known as Zè Carlos, Brazilian professional football striker
- José Ferreira Neto, known as "Neto", Brazilian footballer
- Jose Marcelo Ferreira, known as Zè Maria, retired Brazilian football player and was manager
- Jose Ferreira Franco, Brazilian former football player
- José Leandro de Souza Ferreira, Brazilian former football defender
- José Nadson Ferreira, known as Nadson, Brazilian football centre-back
- Júlio Alexandre Bacelar Oliveira Ferreira, Portuguese taekwondo practitioner
- Kepler Laveran Lima Ferreira, Portuguese professional footballer in the role of centre back
- Leonardo Ferreira da Silva, Brazilian football striker
- Lucimar Ferreira da Silva, Brazilian football central defender
- Luiz Carlos Ferreira, known as Luizinho, Brazilian former footballer
- Luis de Souza Ferreira, Peruvian football forward player
- Lula Ferreira, Brazilian basketball coach
- Mádson Ferreira dos Santos, Brazilian football right back
- Manuel Ferreira , an Argentine footballer
- Manuel José Ferreira da Silva Barbosa, Portuguese football manager and a former player
- Mara Ferreira Leão, Brazilian volleyball player
- Marcelo Augusto Ferreira Teixeira, Brazilian professional football defender
- Marcelo Ferreira, Brazilian sailor and Olympic champion
- Marcelo Ferreira Martins, Brazilian and naturalized Honduran former football player
- Marcelo Oliveira Ferreira, Brazilian professional footballer
- Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza, known as Rafinha, Brazilian football right back
- Marcio Ferreira Nobre, known as Mert Nobre, Brazilian origin Turkish former football striker
- Marco Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
- Marco Júlio Castanheira Afonso Alves Ferreira, retired Portuguese football winger
- Maria Conceição da Costa Ferreira, retired Portuguese long-distance runner
- Mariano Ferreira Filho, Brazilian professional football right back
- Martin Ferreira, South African rugby union player
- Michael Ferreira, Indian player of English billiards
- Miguel Ferreira de Almeida, Brazilian footballer
- Monique Ferreira, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
- Neil Ferreira, Zimbabwean cricketer
- Nelson Ferreira , Swiss and Portuguese footballer
- Nílton Ferreira Júnior, simply known as Nílton, Brazilian football defensive midfielder
- Nivaldo Rodrigues Ferreira, Brazilian football midfielder
- Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
- Quentin Ferreira, South African cricketer
- Rafael Alexandre Fernandes Ferreira Silva, Portuguese football attacking midfielder
- Raimundo Ferreira Ramos, known as Júnior Baiano, retired Brazilian football defender
- Raúl Fragoso Ferreira Duarte, Angolan basketball coach
- Reginaldo Ferreira, Brazilian professional football player
- Ricardo Ferreira da Silva, Brazilian professional football left back
- Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Pinto da Silva, Cape Verdean professional football central defender or right back
- Ricardo José Araújo Ferreira, Portuguese professional football central defender
- Ricardo Manuel Ferreira Sousa, known as Cadú, Portuguese professional football central defender
- Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira Júnior, known as Rivaldinho, is a Brazilian professional football forward
- Rogério Moraes Ferreira, Brazilian handball player
- Rolando Ferreira Júnior, retired Brazilian professional basketball player and coach
- Rúben Rafael Sousa Ferreira, Portuguese professional footballer
- Schalk Jakobus Petrus Ferreira, South African rugby union player
- Sebastián Ferreira Vidal, Paraguayan football player
- Silvio , Portuguese professional football defender
- Tânia Ferreira, Brazilian judoka
- Teófilo Ferreira, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
- Thiago Heleno Henrique Ferreira Iborn 1988), brazilian football central defender
- Tiago Ferreira, known as "Tiago", Portuguese footballer
- Tiago Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
- Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, mestre of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira
- Victor Ramos Ferreira, Brazilian football central defender
- Virgilio Ferreira Romero, retired Paraguayan football midfielder
- Vítor Borba Ferreira, known as Rivaldo, Brazilian former professional footballer
- Wágner Ferreira dos Santos, Brazilian football player
- Wanderson Ferreira de Oliveira, known as Valdívia, Brazilian football attacking midfielder
- Wayne Ferreira, South African tennis player
- Wesley Moraes Ferreira Da Silva, Brazilian professional football centre forward
- William Ferreira Martínez, Uruguayan football striker
- Yannick Ferreira Carrasco, Belgian footballer
Fictional
- Ferreira family, fictional Asian family in EastEnders