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* [[Sara Pinto Coelho]], Portuguese writer and playwright |
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* [[Tony Coelho]], American congressman |
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* [[Joseph Coelho]], poet |
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Coelho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ku'eʎu]) is a Portuguese surname of Jewish origin meaning "rabbit". The Coelho’s are a historically known Sephardic Jewish family with connection to the once thriving Jewish communities of Spain and Portugal.[1] The families history bears deep ties to the persecution experienced by Jews during the inquisition in Portugal. Decendants in Portugal and Latin America with the surname Coelho have a likely Jewish origin.[2] Notable people with the surname include:
- Arnaldo Cézar Coelho, Brazilian football referee
- Bento Coelho da Silveira (ca. 1630-1708), Portuguese painter
- Carlos Coelho, Portuguese politician
- Carlos Pinto Coelho, Portuguese journalist, writer, photographer and media professor.
- Claire Coelho, Australian football (soccer) player
- Dorothea Coelho, American game show host
- Duarte Coelho, Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator
- Dyego Rocha Coelho, Brazilian football player
- Eduardo Teixeira Coelho, maker of comic books
- Eduardo Prado Coelho, Portuguese writer, journalist, columnist and university professor.
- Eliane Coelho, Brazilian soprano
- Elzo Coelho, Brazilian football player
- Evelina Coelho, Portuguese artist
- Fabián Coelho, Uruguayan football player
- Gaspar Coelho, Portuguese Jesuit
- Gonçalo Coelho, Portuguese explorer
- Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto, Brazilian writer, politician, and professor
- Humberto Coelho, Portuguese football player
- Jaime Luiz Coelho (1916–2013), Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop
- Jackson Avelino Coelho, commonly known as Jajá, Brazilian footballer born 1986
- Jackson Coelho Silva, Brazilian footballer
- José Dias Coelho, Portuguese painter and sculptor
- José da Silva Coelho, Goan Catholic writer
- Joseph Coelho, British poet and children's book author
- Manuel Rodrigues Coelho, Portuguese organist and composer
- Maria de Belém Roseira Martins Coelho Henriques de Pina, Portuguese politician
- Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade, Angolan poet and politician
- Nicolau Coelho, Portuguese explorer
- Nuno André Coelho, Portuguese footballer
- Nuno Miguel Prata Coelho, Portuguese footballer
- Paulo Coelho, Brazilian lyricist and novelist
- Paulo de Almeida Coelho, Portuguese Paralympic athlete
- Pedro Passos Coelho, Portuguese politician and prime minister
- Sara Pinto Coelho, Portuguese writer and playwright
- Tony Coelho, American congressman
See also
- Engenheiro Coelho, a municipality in São Paulo state in Brazil.
- Pedro Manuel Oliveira Martins (born 1988), known as Coelho, Portuguese futsal player
- Conejo, a Spanish-language surname, variant of Coelho
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