Santos (surname)

Santos, originally Portuguese or Spanish for Saints (singular Santo), may mean a great number of different things:

Surname

Santos is a common surname in Portuguese and Spanish. Sometimes it can be the final part of a Given name, generally predeceded by the particle dos (of the, meaning of the Saints, as in Miguel dos Santos, Michael of the Saints). It is a name associated with a great number of different people:

• Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Portuguese politician.
• Roberto Santos, Brazilian film director.
• Candace 'Moani Keala' Santos, Hawaiian writer and poet
• Victor Irving Santos, American Baseball player.
• Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer.
• Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer.
• Matt Santos, fictional character of the American series The West Wing.
• Lucélia Santos, Brazilian actress, director and producer.
• Alessandro dos Santos, Brazilian-Japanese footballer.
• Erik Ramos Santos, Filipino singer.
• Daniel Santos a Puerto Rican singer and composer.
• Daniel Santos a Puerto Rican boxer.
• Daniel Santos a Venezuelan TV host.
• Santos Acosta, Colombian general and political figure.
• Pablo Santos, Mexican actor.
• Álvaro Santos, Brazilian footballer.
• Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer.
• Domingo Santos, Spanish writer.
• Santos Ortega, American actor.
• Joe Santos, American actor.
• Ahmed Santos, Mexican newspaper columnist and former boxer.
• Ary dos Santos, Portuguese poet.
• Jonny Santos, American musician.
• Conrad Santos, Canadian politician.
• Santos Benavides, American military.
• Vilma Santos, Philippinian actress.
• José Santos Zelaya, Nicaraguan politician.
• José Eduardo dos Santos, Angolan politician.
• Manuel António dos Santos, Portuguese politician.
• Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, Angolan politician.
• Mayra Santos-Febres, Puerto-Rican writer.
• Rufino Cardinal Santos, Philippinian Archbishop of Manila.
• Leslie George Santos, Hong Kong footballer.
• Antonio da Costa Santos, Brazilian architect and politician.
• Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian movie director.
• Vicente Abad Santos, Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
• Fausto dos Santos, Brazilian footballer.
• José Santos Guardiola, Honduran politician.
• Domitila, Marchioness of Santos, Brazilian noblewoman and the long-term mistress and favorite of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil.
• José dos Santos Ferreira, Portuguese-Macanese writer.
• Hélio de Oliveira Santos, Brazilian physician and politician.
• Lúcia dos Santos, known as Sister Lúcia of Jesus, Portuguese Roman Catholic Carmelite nun and seer of Our Lady of Fatima.
• Enrique Santos Discépolo, Argentinian musician.
• Jovino Santos-Neto, Brazilian musician.
• Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor.
• António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes, Portuguese general and politician.
• Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre, Portuguese footballer.
• Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos, known as Pepetela, Angolan writer.
• José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, known as Zeca Afonso, Portuguese singer, composer and poet.
• Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y de Grecia, heir to the Spanish throne.
• Nora Keahi Santos, singer of nontraditional, or "auana", Hawaiian music and 2002 Na Hoku Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

Places

• Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.
• General Santos City, South Cotabato, Philippines.
• Santos Michelena, Aragua State, Venezuela.
• Santos Lugares, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
• Los Santos Province, Panama.
• Los Santos, San Andreas, a fictional city within the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
• Santos Dumont Regional Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Baía de Todos os Santos, Bahia, Brazil.
• Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
• Santos-Dumont, small lunar impact crater.
• Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
• Rodovia Santos Dumont, highway in São Paulo, Brazil.
• Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí, railway line in São Paulo, Brazil.

Football teams

• Santos Futebol Clube, Brazilian football team.
• Club Santos Laguna, Mexican football team.
• Santos de Guápiles Fútbol Club, Costa Rican football club.

Other

• Santos Limited, Australia's largest oil company.
• Santos-Dumont 14-bis, known as Oiseau de proie, early airplane designed and built by Brazilian inventor Alberto Santos-Dumont.
• Santos, wooden figures carved by Jesuit priests around the 16th century.