title: Cordeiro
text: # Cordeiro
  
  Cordeiro is a Portuguese language surname. The equivalent in Spanish is Cordero. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Acácio Cordeiro Barreto, Brazilian international footballer
  * André Cordeiro (water polo) (born 1967), Brazilian water polo goalkeeper
  * André Cordeiro (swimmer) (born 1974), Brazilian freestyle swimmer
  * António Cordeiro (1641–1722), Portuguese Catholic priest, Azorean historian, author of the classical chronicle Historia Insulana
  * Cristiano Cordeiro, Brazil born Hong Kong international footballer
  * Domingas Cordeiro (born 1976), Angolan handball player
  * Douglas Cordeiro (born 1979), Brazilian male volleyball player
  * Duarte Cordeiro (born 1979), Portuguese economist and politician
  * Edson Cordeiro (born 1967), sopranist countertenor and pop and jazz singer
  * Flávio Elias Cordeiro (born 1975), Brazilian football player
  * Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro (born 1952), Brazilian engineer, mathematician and statistician
  * Jorge Cordeiro, (born 1978), professional football coach and former player
  * Joseph Cordeiro (1918–1994), the first Pakistani cardinal
  * Leonardo Cordeiro (born 1989), Brazilian racing driver
  * Lorna Cordeiro, Konkani language singer from the state of Goa, India
  * Lucas Cordeiro (born 1991), Brazilian professional footballer
  * Luciano Cordeiro (1844–1900), Portuguese writer, historian, politician and geographer
  * Manuel Cordeiro (born 1983), Portuguese football manager since 2005
  * Marcelo Cordeiro (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
  * Margarida Cordeiro (born 1939), Portuguese psychologist and film director from Mogadouro
  * Mauricio Plenckauskas Cordeiro, Brazilian footballer
  * Moacyr Cordeiro (1921–1989), Brazilian footballer
  * Pedro Cordeiro (born 1963), former professional tennis player from Portugal
  * Pico do Brejo do Cordeiro, peak on the island of São Jorge in the Azores
  * "Uncle Ray" — Ray Cordeiro (1924–2023), Hong Kong media personality
  * Rodrigo Crasso Cordeiro (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
  * Rui Cordeiro (born 1976), Portuguese rugby union footballer
  * Ryan Cordeiro (born 1986), American former professional soccer player
  * Sandro Raniere Guimarães Cordeiro (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
  * Saulo Batista de Andrade Cordeiro (born 1979), retired Brazilian footballer
  * Vasco Cordeiro (born 1973), President of the Regional Government of the Azores
  * Vera Cordeiro (born 1950), social entrepreneur and physician
  
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  ## Other
  
  * Cordeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  * Pico do Brejo do Cordeiro, peak on the island of São Jorge in the Azores
  * Corceiro, similarly spelled surname
  