List of Famous people named Joao

João Moreira Salles is a Brazilian documentarian and president of the Instituto Moreira Salles. In 2006, he founded the magazine piauí. He has also taught courses on documentary at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Princeton University.

João Cardona Gomes Cravinho is a Portuguese politician. He served, among other positions, as member of the Portuguese Parliament, member of the European Parliament (1989–1994), and as the Portuguese Territory Administration Minister between 1995 and 1999. He is a member of the PS political party. Cravinho has a degree in engineering.

João Scognamiglio Clá Dias is a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest and religious writer. He is the founder of the Heralds of the Gospel and was their Superior General until his resignation on 2 June 2017. He was a member of the Marian Congregations, of the Third Carmelite Order, since 23 May 1956, and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 15 June 2004, aged 64 years old.

João Magalhães Hueb de Menezes is a Brazilian tennis player.

João José Pereira de Lyra is a Brazilian businessman and politician who was a Member of the Federal Senate from 1989 to 1991, and a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2003 to 2007, and from 2011 to 2015. His wealth was once estimated at $140 million making him at one point Brazil's richest Member of Parliament.

João Pedro Maturano dos Santos, known as João Pedro, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Corinthians on loan from FC Porto, as a right back.

João Henrique Holanda Caldas often referred to as JHC is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He has spent his political career representing Alagoas, having served as federal deputy representative since 2011.

João Paulo Mior, known as João Paulo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Seattle Sounders FC.

João Donato de Oliveira Neto is a Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist from Brazil. He first worked with Altamiro Carrilho and went on to perform with Antonio Carlos Jobim and Astrud Gilberto.

João Bosco de Freitas Chaves or simply Bosco, is a retired Brazilian goalkeeper.