List of Famous people with last name Nunes

Aloysio Nunes Ferreira Filho is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. A member of PSDB, Nunes was a senator from São Paulo from 2011 to 2017, and was Brazil's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2019.

Amaury Nunes is a former Brazilian footballer who currently works for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the NASL as a general manager.

Pedro Nunes was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, from a New Christian family.

João Batista Nunes de Oliveira, known as Nunes, is a former Brazilian football striker.

Mariana de Sousa Nunes is a Brazilian actress.

Gílson Nunes is a Brazilian football manager. He is known for his success with Brazil at youth level.

Vágner Rogério Nunes, known simply as Vágner, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Alessandro Mori Nunes or simply Alessandro is a Brazilian former professional footballer.

Flamarion Nunes Tomazolli was a Brazilian professional football player and manager.

José Martins Ribeiro Nunes, also known as Zé Peixe or Joe Fish, was a maritime pilot. Unusually, rather than meeting and departing from the ships out at sea using a pilot boat, he would swim to and from the ships, jumping heights of more than 40 meters (130 ft) and swimming about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) a day. Beneti Nascimento, a famous Brazilian writer, once wrote that "The greatness of this man is known all over the world, he is a living super-hero, with a sparkle in his eyes and always a smile. He is a man... who does not know what danger is, has no fear, not even when facing death."