title: Vaz (surname)
text: # Vaz (surname)
  
  Vaz is a Portuguese language surname.
  
  It may refer to:
  
  * Ann-Marie Vaz (born 1966), Jamaican politician
  * Armindo Vaz d'Almeida, former Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
  * Camillo Vaz (born 1975), French football manager
  * Carlos Vaz Ferreira, Uruguayan philosopher
  * Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha, Brazilian diarist
  * Claudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal, Brazilian footballer
  * Damião Vaz d'Almeida, former Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
  * Daryl Vaz, Jamaican politician
  * Douglas Vaz (died 2019), Jamaican politician
  * Gail Vaz-Oxlade, Canadian writer and TV personality
  * Herkley Vaz, Jamaican footballer
  * João Vaz Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer
  * João Vaz, Portuguese painter
  * José Mário Vaz, former President of Guinea-Bissau
  * Joseph Vaz, 17th century Sri Lankan missionary
  * Keith Vaz, British politician and former Labour MP
  * Luis Vaz de Camoes, Portuguese poet
  * Luís Vaz Pereira Pinto Guedes, Portuguese military commander
  * María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira, Uruguayan teacher and poet
  * Pêro Vaz de Caminha, 15th century Portuguese knight
  * Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
  * Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Portuguese navigator and explorer
  * Valdomiro Vaz Franco, Brazilian footballer
  * Valerie Vaz, British politician and Labour MP
  * Zeferino Vaz, Brazilian educator
  * Lançados (Portuguese Africans) settlers:
  * Bibiana Vaz, seventeenth century slave-trader from Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau.
  