# João

João is a given name of Portuguese origin. It is equivalent to the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below.

## Kings

* João I of Portugal
* João II of Portugal
* João III of Portugal
* João IV of Portugal
* João V of Portugal
* João VI of Portugal
* João I of Kongo, ruled 1470–1509
* João II of Lemba or João Manuel II of Kongo, ruled 1680–1716
* Dharmapala of Kotte, last King of the Kingdom of Kotte, reigned 1551–1597

## Princes

* João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537–1554), son of John III
* Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842–1861)

## Arts and literature

* João Borsch, Portuguese musician
* João Bosco, Brazilian musician
* João Cabral de Melo Neto, Brazilian poet and diplomat
* João César Monteiro, Portuguese film director
* Joao Constancia, Filipino singer, actor and dancer
* João Donato, Brazilian musician
* João de Deus de Nogueira Ramos, Portuguese poet
* João do Rio, Brazilian writer
* João Frederico Ludovice, German-born Portuguese architect and goldsmith
* João Gilberto, Brazilian musician
* João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian novelist, short story writer, and diplomat
* João Miguel (actor), Brazilian actor
* João Nogueira, Brazilian musician
* João Pedro Rodrigues, Portuguese film director
* Maria João Pires, Portuguese pianist
* João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer
* João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian writer, journalist, and professor
* João Vasco Paiva, Portuguese artist

## Sportspeople
### Footballers

* João Félix, Portuguese footballer
* João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer
* João Mário (footballer, born January 1993), Portuguese footballer
* João Pereira (disambiguation), several Portuguese footballers
* João Pinto, Portuguese footballer
* João Cancelo, Portuguese footballer
* João Tomás, Portuguese footballer
* Lucas João, Portuguese/Angolan footballer
* Joãozinho (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* João Pedro (footballer, born 2001), Brazilian footballer
* João Paulo (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer

### Other sportspeople

* João Almeida (cyclist), Portuguese road cyclist
* João Barbosa, Portuguese racing driver
* João Brenha, Portuguese beach volleyball player
* João Cunha e Silva, Portuguese tennis player
* João Fonseca (tennis), Brazilian tennis player
* João Havelange, Brazilian president of FIFA from 1974–1998
* João José, Portuguese volleyball player
* João Moreira, jockey currently based in Hong Kong
* João José Pereira, Portuguese triathlete
* João Sousa, Portuguese tennis player
* João Souza, Brazilian tennis player
* João Souza (fencer), Brazilian fencer

## Other people

* João Amoêdo, Brazilian engineer and company administrator
* João Biehl, Brazilian anthropologist
* João Dias (born 1973), Portuguese politician
* João Doria, Brazilian politician
* João Teixeira de Faria, Brazilian faith healer
* João Armando Gonçalves, head of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
* João Goulart, 27th president of Brazil
* João Lourenço, current President of Angola and previous Minister of Defence
* João Magueijo, Portuguese cosmologist
* João Marinho Neto (born 1912), Brazilian supercentenarian, current world's oldest living man
* João da Nova, 15th-century Portuguese explorer
* João Ramalho (1493–1582), Portuguese explorer and adventurer, attributed as the first bandeirante
* João Rodrigues Cabrilho, 16th-century Portuguese explorer
* João de Trasto, 15th-century Portuguese explorer
* João Gonçalves Zarco, Portuguese navigator, co-discoverer of the Madeira islands
* John of God or João de Deus, Iberian saint