# Teixeira

Teixeira (European Portuguese:, Galician:) is a Galician-Portuguese surname based on the toponym Teixeira, derived from teixo "yew tree" (Latin taxus). The progenitors of the name were a "Noble Portuguese Marrano family, originally bearing the surname of Sampayo," and the Teixeira coat of arms was conferred "in accordance with a decree of King Philip IV of Spain" in 1643. A less frequent variant spelling is Texeira. The variant Técher is common in the highlands of Reunion Island, notably in the Cilaos area.

## List of people called Teixeira

Notable people with the surname include:

### Historical

* Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395–1480), Portuguese navigator and explorer
* Luís Teixeira (16th century), Portuguese Jesuit cartographer, mathematician and humanist
* Bento Teixeira (1560–1618), Portuguese writer
* Pedro Teixeira Albernaz (1595–1662), Portuguese cartographer
* Pedro Teixeira (died 1640), Portuguese explorer
* António Teixeira (composer) (1707–1769), Portuguese composer
* Antônio Gonçalves Teixeira e Souza (1812–1861), Brazilian author
* Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (1865–1921), Dutch-English journalist, literary critic and publisher, and translator

### Politicians

* António Teixeira de Sousa (1857–1917), Portuguese medical doctor and politician
* Constantino Teixeira, Guinea-Bissau politician
* Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (born 1951), Portuguese politician
* Humberto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Teixeira (1915–1979), Brazilian lawyer, politician, musician, and composer
* José Roberto Magalhães Teixeira (1937–1996), Brazilian politician
* Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1860–1941), Portuguese politician
* Miro Teixeira (born 1945), Brazilian politician and journalist
* Nuno Severiano Teixeira (born 1957), Portuguese politician

### Sports

* Alex Teixeira Santos (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
* Armando Gonçalves Teixeira (born 1976), known as Petit, Portuguese footballer
* Dimas Teixeira (born 1969), Portuguese footballer
* Dionatan Teixeira (1992–2017), Brazilian-born Slovak footballer
* Filipe Teixeira (born 1980), Portuguese footballer
* Glover Teixeira (born 1979), Brazilian mixed martial artist
* Humberlito Borges Teixeira (born 1980), Brazilian football player
* João Carlos Teixeira (born 1993), Portuguese football player
* João Miguel da Cunha Teixeira, Portuguese footballer
* José Batlle Perdomo Teixeira (born 1965), Uruguayan footballer
* Júlio César Teixeira, (born 1979) known as Julinho, Brazilian footballer
* Mark Teixeira (born 1980), American baseball player
* Pedro Teixeira (born 1998), Swiss footballer
* Renan Teixeira da Silva (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
* Ricardo Terra Teixeira (born 1947), former president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF)
* Ricardo Teixeira (born 1982), Angolan racing driver
* Rodrigo Teixeira (born 1978), Brazilian footballer
* Virgilio Teixeira (born 1973), Dutch footballer
* Wilson Teixeira Beraldo (1917–1998), Brazilian physician and physiologist

### Other people

* Anísio Teixeira (1900-1971), Brazilian educator, jurist, and writer
* Anya Teixeira (1913–1992), British photographer and photojournalist
* Armando Teixeira (born 1968), Portuguese musician
* Carlos Teixeira (born 1976), Portuguese volleyball player
* Eduardo Teixeira Coelho (1919–2005), Portuguese comic book artist
* Fernando Teixeira, American engineer
* Francisco Gomes Teixeira, Portuguese mathematician and historian of mathematics
* Gonçalo Teixeira (disambiguation), several people
* Henrique Teixeira de Sousa (1919–2006), Cape Verdean doctor and author
* Jack Teixeira (born 2001), American air national guardsman accused of being responsible for 2023 Pentagon document leaks
* Luis Filipe Teixeira (born 1959), Portuguese essayist and teacher
* Marlon Teixeira, Brazilian model
* Moises Teixeira da Silva, Brazilian criminal
* Ruy Teixeira, American political scientist
* Thalissa Teixeira, British-Brazilian actress
* Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar (1947–2006), Brazilian military officer
* Virgílio Teixeira (1917–2010), Portuguese film, television and stage actor