Rodrigues (surname)

Rodrigues (surname)

Rodrigues is a common surname in the Portuguese language. It was originally a Patronymic, meaning "Son of Rodrigo" or "Son of Rui". Its Spanish equivalent is "Rodríguez".

It may refer to:
*Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese Fado singer
*Américo de Deus Rodrigues Thomaz, Portuguese admiral and politician
*Benjamin Olinde Rodrigues, French mathematician
*Carmona Rodrigues, Portuguese politician
*Diogo Rodrigues, Portuguese explorer
*Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, Portuguese politician
*Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer
*Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician
*Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, Portuguese poet
*Guilherme Rodrigues, Portuguese jazz musician
*Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca, Brazilian politician
*Ivo Rodrígues, Brazilian long-distance runner
*Jan Rodrigues, the first free black man to live in New York City
*João Rodrigues Cabrilho, Portuguese explorer
*João Rodrigues de Castelo Branco, known as "Amato Lusitano", Portuguese physician
*Karin Rodrigues, Brazilian volleyball player
*Keri Rodrigues, American talk show host
*Manuel Sarmento Rodrigues, Portuguese marine official, colonist and professor
*Mônica Rodrigues, Brazilian volleyball player
*Nélson Rodrigues, Brazilian writer
*Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires, Cape Verdean politician
*Rodrigues Ottolengui, American writer and dentist.
*Simão Rodrigues, Portuguese Jesuit
*Sunith Francis Rodrigues, Indian military and politician
*Urbano Tavares Rodrigues, Portuguese writer
*Vasco Rodrigues Santana, Portuguese actor

ee also

*Portuguese name
*Rodriguez, a disambiguation page


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