# Araújo

Araújo or Araujo or Araúxo (Portuguese pronunciation:, Spanish:, Galician pronunciation:) is a Galician surname of noble medieval origin. Possibly the noble Don Rodrigo Anes de Araujo, lord of the Araujo castle, Ourense, Galicia, was the first to use the surname of Araújo. His great grandson Pedro Anes de Araújo moved to the kingdom of Portugal, around 1375, being the first Araújo to settle there.

## History

The progenitor of Araújo's surname is probably Don Rodrigo Annes, who was the Lord of the Castle and the lands of Araújo, located in the south of the Kingdom of Galicia, in the current province of Ourense. That castle was on the border between the Kingdom of Galicia and the north of Portugal. Some point to the knight Vasco de Araujo, as the first to use that surname as a nickname.
According to various historians, Don Rodrigo Annes de Araújo was descended from members of the royal families of the kingdom of France and the kingdom of Burgundy through a noble French knight named Iohannes Tirante, also known as "Jean Tyranothe". This French knight, along with a large number of knights from France and Burgundy, participated in the battles of the Reconquista, helping to expel the Moors and defend the kingdom. Reconquered lands were donated to the knights who participated in the battles, as well as other royal privileges.
The existence of this knight is verified throughout the acts of royal privileges granted by the king Alfonso VII of Leon, and his son, where it is possible to see the name Iohannes Tirante among the nobles who received royal privileges. His name also appears in a scroll dated 1139, in which he is mentioned together with other nobles involved in the reconstruction of a church in the south of Galicia. Iohannes Tirante would be the son of a Galician nobleman named Fernando Annes, with a French woman of noble origin, a descendant of the royal houses of France and Borgoña, probably one of the daughters or granddaughters of king Philip I of France, or of Duchess Hidegard of Burgundy. He moved to Galicia after 1128, to help his father who was one of the most powerful men in that kingdom. In this period, in addition to fighting the Moors, He would help King Afonso VII of León defend Galician interests against Prince Afonso Henriques, who was trying to proclaim himself king of Portugal. At the time, Portugal was a county linked to the Kingdom of Galicia.
According to Alexandre Herculano, in the year 1139, Fernando Annes - who was known by the title Princeps Limiae for being governor in the south of Galicia - would defend the lands of Galicia against the attacks of Afonso Henriques. That fits perfectly with what the chroniclers say, because Iohannes Tirante would fight in this battle, in which he, his father, relatives and friends would defeat Afonso Henriques.
After some time in Galicia, Iohannes Tirante married a woman named Mayor Garces de Asa, daughter of Count Don Garcia de Asa. Asa's family was at that time one of the most powerful in the kingdom, descendants of one of the Infantes of the kingdom of León, which helps to explain the origins of the Araújo family in Asa's house, as some genealogists maintain. From the marriage with Dona Mayor Garces de Asa, Iohannes Tirante had at least one son, named Xoán Annes, who was Captain of Arms in the reign of Afonso VII. This Xoán Annes would also be the ancestor of Rodrigo Anes, lord of the castle of Araújo.
Later, in 1492, the Kingdom of Galicia along with other Kingdoms in the Iberian peninsula were united to become the Kingdom of Spain. Throughout Spain's colonial period between the 16th and 19th century a number of Galician Spaniards bearing the surname Araújo in the service of the King of Spain moved to colonize the territories of the Spanish Empire in North America and South America.
Throughout Portugal's colonial period a number of Portuguese bearing the Araújo surname moved to settle Portugal's overseas empire.
A lot of things have been named after the Araujo surname, such as lands; neighborhoods, streets, valleys, buildings, businesses, a plant, etc.

## Tributes

The bishop of Malacca, D. João Ribeiro Gaio, dedicated this quintilla to the Araújos:
    Across the Bitorinho
    in the land watered by the Miño River
    there are now-worn graves of
    famous Araújos,
    ancient and magnified.

## Notable people with the surname
### Church

* Antonio de Araujo (died 1632), Brazilian Jesuit missionary
* Eugênio de Araújo Sales (1920–2012), cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church
* Serafim Fernandes de Araújo (1924–2019), cardinal archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

### Arts and humanities

* Francisco Correa de Araujo (1584–1654) Spanish renaissance organist, composer, and theorist
* Emanoel Araújo (1940–2022), Brazilian artist, art curator and museologist
* Orestes Araújo (1853–1915), Uruguayan scholar
* Emanuel Araújo (1942–2000), history professor
* Cândido José de Araújo Viana (1793–1875), Brazilian writer
* César Calvo de Araujo (1910–1970), Peruvian writer and painter
* Cristiano Araújo (1986–2015), was a Brazilian sertanejo singer and songwriter
* Juan de Araujo (1646–1712), Spanish-Peruvian Musician
* Loipa Araújo (born 1943), Cuban prima ballerina
* Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo (1806-1876), Brazilian poet and playwright
* Nelson de Araújo (1926–1993), Brazilian author
* Taís Araújo (born 1978), Brazilian actress
* Sonia Araujo (born 1970), Portuguese TV presenter
* Kate DeAraugo (born 1985), Australian singer
* Arturo Araujo (born 1967), Colombian Artist
* Heriberto Araújo (born 1983), Spanish journalist and writer
* Mia Araujo (born 1986), Argentine-American painter

### Science and technology

* Ivan De Araujo, Brazilian-American scientist
* Carlos Paz de Araújo, Brazilian-American scientist and inventor
* Antonio Lazcano (born 1950), Mexican biology researcher and professor
* Carolina Araujo (mathematician), Brazilia mathematician
* Heráclides César de Souza Araújo (1886–1962), Brazilian scientist
* António de Araújo e Azevedo, 1st Count of Barca (1754–1817), Portuguese statesman, author and amateur botanist

### Politicians

* Aliança de Araújo (born c. 1951), East Timorese politician
* Álvaro Araújo Castro (born 1967), Colombian politician
* Arturo Araujo (1878–1967), president of El Salvador
* Consuelo Araújo (1940–2001), Colombian politician, writer and self-taught journalist
* Fernando Araújo Perdomo (born c. 1955), Minister of Development of Colombia
* Fernando de Araújo (born 1962), East Timorese politician
* Frana Araujo Mace (1934–2015), American politician
* Hernando Molina Araújo (born 1961), Colombian politician
* João Augusto de Araújo Castro, Brazilian diplomat and minister
* João Batista Oliveira de Araujo, Brazilian politician
* Luís Araújo (1949–2023), Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Air Force
* Manuel Enrique Araujo (1865–1913), President of El Salvador
* María Consuelo Araújo (born 1971), Colombian politician
* Mariano de Araújo Matsinhe (born 1937), Mozambican politician
* Nelson Araujo (born 1987), American politician
* Theolinda Olympio de Araújo, Brazilian politician
* José Sarney de Araújo Costa, Brazilian President
* Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo (1849–1910), Brazilian writer and statesman
* Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda (1793–1870), politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil
* Manuel de Araújo (born 1970), Mozambican politician

### Sportspeople

* Gabriel Araújo (swimmer) (born 2002), Brazilian Paralympic swimmer
* George Araujo (1931–1997), American boxer
* Eronilde de Araújo (born 1970), Brazilian athlete
* Marcelo Araujo (born 1947), Argentine sports journalist
* Márcio Araújo (volleyball) (born 1973), beach volleyball player
* Mário de Araújo Cabral (1934–2020), former racing driver
* Rafael Paulo de Lara Araújo (born 1980), Brazilian professional basketball player
* Armindo Araujo (born 1977), Portuguese rally driver
* Pedro Araújo (born 1993), Dominican professional baseball pitcher

#### Footballers

* Araújo (footballer, born 1998) (Henrique Araújo de Oliveira), Brazilian footballer
* Alcides Araújo Alves (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
* Carlos Luciano Araujo (born 1981), Argentinian defender
* Clemerson de Araújo Soares (born 1977), Brazilian footballer
* Denílson de Oliveira Araújo (born 1977), Brazilian football winger
* Gustavo Lazzaretti de Araújo (born 1984), Brazilian central defender
* Henrique Araújo (born 2002), Portuguese striker
* Ilan Araujo Dall'Igna (born 1980), Brazilian football forward
* João Vitor Araújo da Silva (born 2005), Brazilian football midfielder
* José Carlos da Costa Araújo (born 1962), Brazilian football goalkeeper
* Joubert Araújo Martins (born 1975), Brazilian association football player
* Julián Araujo (born 2001), Mexican football player
* Leonardo Araújo (born 1969), Brazilian football midfielder
* Márcio Rodrigues Araújo (born 1984), Brazilian defensive midfielder
* Marcos Gomes de Araujo (born 1976), Brazilian striker
* Néstor Araujo (born 1991), Mexican footballer
* Oélilton Araújo dos Santos (born 1981), Brazilian-born Croatian footballer
* Patricio Araujo (born 1988), Mexican footballer
* Paulo Araujo Jr. (born 1989), Brazilian striker
* Raffael Caetano de Araújo (born 1985), footballer
* Reginaldo Araújo (born 1977), Brazilian defender
* Ricardo Martins de Araújo (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
* Ronald Araújo (born 1999), Uruguayan football defender
* Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo (born 1986), Brazilian football defender
* Saulo Araújo Fontes (born 1989), Brazilian goalkeeper
* Sérgio Araújo (born 1963), Brazilian winger
* Sergio Araujo (born 1992), Argentine striker
* Telmario de Araújo Sacramento (born 1983), Brazilian striker
* Thiago Luiz Moreira de Araújo (born 1988), Brazilian full back
* Vinícius Vasconcelos Araújo (born 1993), Brazilian striker

## Fictional

* Araújo family, Portuguese Americans in the film Mystic Pizza