Ribeiro
Ribeiro is a Portuguese and Galician surname, also common in Brazil. Origin: Latin riparius, ("small stream" or "by the river"). It is also a wine-making region of central Galicia. In Galicia the surname may have been Castilianized as Riveiro.
- Adriano Leite Ribeiro (born 1982), Brazilian football striker
 - Aguinaldo Ribeiro (born 1969), Brazilian politician
 - Alfonso Ribeiro (born 1971), American actor/game show host
 - Alexandre Ribeiro (born 1981), Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist
 - Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro (1874–1939), Brazilian herpetologist and ichthyologist
 - Ana Ribeiro (born 1955), Uruguayan historian, writer, and professor
 - Ana Júlia Ribeiro (born 2000), Brazilian politician
 - Anderson Ribeiro (born 1981), Brazilian football player
 - André Ribeiro (1966–2021), Brazilian racing driver
 - Antonio Ribeiro (soccer) (born 1980), Canadian football (soccer) player
 - António Ribeiro (1928–1998), Catholic cardinal from Portugal
 - Áureo Ribeiro (born 1979), Brazilian politician
 - Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro (born 1944), British surgeon
 - Bernardim Ribeiro (1482–1552), Portuguese poet
 - Bruno de Paula Ribeiro Ingrácia (born 1983), otherwise known as Bruno Ribeiro, Brazilian footballer
 - Bruno Ribeiro (born 1975), Portuguese footballer
 - Catherine Ribeiro (1941–2024), French singer
 - Christian Ribeiro (born 1989), Welsh footballer
 - Darcy Ribeiro, (1922–1997), Brazilian anthropologist
 - Diogo Ribeiro (cartographer) (or Diego Ribero) (16th century), Portuguese cartographer and explorer
 - Édson Ribeiro (born 1972), Brazilian sprinter
 - Fabian Defu Ribeiro (1933–1986), South African doctor and anti-apartheid activist
 - Fernanda Ribeiro, Portuguese long-distance runner
 - Fernando Ribeiro, Portuguese singer
 - Florence Ribeiro (1933–1986), South African anti-apartheid activist
 - Gilvan Ribeiro (born 1989), Brazilian canoeist
 - João Mário Ribeiro (born 1929), Portuguese chess master
 - Jorge Ribeiro (born 1981), Portuguese footballer
 - Julio Francis Ribeiro (born 1929), former Indian police officer and civil servant
 - Lais Ribeiro (born 1989), a Brazilian model
 - Lancelot Ribeiro (1933–2010), British painter
 - Luiz Claudio Ribeiro (born 1988), Brazilian politician
 - Miguel Ribeiro (born 1974), Portuguese screenwriter and filmmaker
 - Mike Ribeiro (born 1980), Canadian hockey player
 - Pedro Júlio Marques Ribeiro (born 1979), Portuguese footballer
 - Pedro Manuel Mendes Ribeiro (born 1983), Portuguese footballer
 - Pedro Ribeiro (Brazilian footballer) (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
 - Pery Ribeiro (1937–2012), Brazilian singer
 - Raúl Casal Ribeiro (1887-1956), Paraguayan vice president
 - Regina Lúcia Ribeiro (born 1961), Brazilian chess master
 - Robert Ribeiro (born 1949), Hong Kong judge
 - Sheila Ribeiro (born 1973), Brazilian / Canadian artist
 - Wladimir Ribeiro (born 1967), Brazilian swimmer
 - Zulaiê Cobra Ribeiro (born 1943), Brazilian lawyer and politician
 - Zulmira Ribeiro Tavares (1930-2018), Brazilian poet and writer
 
See also
- Ribeiro (DO), the Spanish wine-producing region in Galicia
 - Ribero (disambiguation)
 - Rio (disambiguation)
 - Ríos (disambiguation)