Famous People with Name Joao

João Pessanha            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

João Pessanha: was a Portuguese Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

João Sassetti            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

João Sassetti: was a Portuguese Olympic fencer.

João Gonçalves Filho            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

João Gonçalves Filho: was a Brazilian sportsman who competed in five Olympics. Born in São Paulo, he represented Brazil in swimming at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and in water polo at the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Olympics.

João Filipe Gaspar Rodrigues            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

João Filipe Gaspar Rodrigues: is a Portuguese windsurfer from Funchal, Madeira. He started sailing at nine years-old and racing competitively at the age of eleven.

João Soares De Albergaria De Sousa            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

João Soares De Albergaria De Sousa: frequently referred to as João Soares de Albergaria, was a liberal politician, rural property-owner, and author of the histo-cultural manifesto Corografia Açórica, which was published in 1822, the first Azorean thesis on regional sovereignty. He remained

Jacinto João            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

Jacinto João: was one of the greatest Portuguese football players of his time. A pacy left winger, J.J. enchanted the crowds in Portugal with his exciting attacking style.Portugal had so many great attacking players at that time that Jacinto João won just 10 caps for t

Mário João            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

Mário João: was a Portuguese footballer. He played as a right-defender for SL Benfica, from 1957/58 to 1961/62, and CUF, one of the two Barreiro teams. He won two titles of National Champion and two Cups of Portugal.