Santos
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Santos, originally Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

 or Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 for Saints (singular Santo), is a common surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries and the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. Sometimes it can be the final part of a given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

, generally preceded by the particle dos or de los (of the, meaning of the Saints, as in Miguel dos Santos, Michael
Michael
Michael is a given name that comes from the , derived from the Hebrew question מי כמו אלוהים? meaning "Who is like God?" In English, it is sometimes shortened to Mike, Mikey, or, especially in Ireland, Mick...

 of the Saints
). It is a name associated with a great number of different people:

General

  • Ahmed Santos (newspaper columnist) (born 1974), Mexican newspaper columnist and former boxer
  • Alberto Santos-Dumont
    Alberto Santos-Dumont
    Alberto Santos-Dumont , was a Brazilian early pioneer of aviation. The heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers, Santos Dumont dedicated himself to science studies in Paris, France, where he spent most of his adult life....

     (1873–1932), Brazilian aviation pioneer
  • Alfredo M. Santos
    Alfredo M. Santos
    General Alfredo M. Santos was Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in 1962 to 1965, making him the first four-star general of the Philippines' armed forces....

     (1905–1990), former Filipino AFP chief of staff
  • Domitila, Marchioness of Santos
    Domitila, Marchioness of Santos
    Domitila de Castro do Canto e Melo , 1st Viscountess with designation as a Grandee, then 1st Marchioness of Santos, was a Brazilian noblewoman and the long-term mistress and favorite of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil.The Regent of Brazil first met D...

     (1797–1867), Brazilian noblewoman and the mistress of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil
  • Lúcia dos Santos, known as Sister Lúcia of Jesus, Portuguese Roman Catholic Carmelite nun and seer of Our Lady of Fatima
  • José Abad Santos
    José Abad Santos
    In 1919, Abad Santos would become instrumental in laying the legal groundwork as well as drafting the by-laws and constitution of the Philippine Women's University, the country's and Asia's first private non-sectarian institution for higher learning for women...

     (1886–1942), 5th Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
  • Paulino Santos
    Paulino Santos
    General Paulino Santos was an exceptional military officer who became the Commanding General of the Philippine Army from May 6 to December 31, 1936. Upon his retirement, he served as a civilian administrator under President Manuel L. Quezon.-Early life:Gen. Santos was born in Camiling, Tarlac to...

    , (1890-1945), Filipino military
  • Rufino Jiao Santos (1908–1973), Filipino Archbishop of Manila
  • Santos Benavides
    Santos Benavides
    Santos Benavides was a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War. Benavides was the highest-ranking Tejano soldier in the Confederate military.-Biography:...

     (1823–1891), American military
  • Vicente Abad Santos
    Vicente Abad Santos
    Vicente Abad Santos was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.-Profile:He was born in San Fernando, in Pampanga province of central Luzon...

     (1916–1993), Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

Arts

  • Santos (artist)
    Santos (artist)
    Sante "Santos" Pucello is an Italian DJ and musician. In 1992, he started making music with his friend, and he recorded his first record two years later....

     (Sante Pucello, born 1971), Italian DJ
  • Antony Santos
    Antony Santos
    Antony Santos is a bachata musician from the Dominican Republic, renowned for his role in redefining the genre to include romantic music.Santos entered onto the scene in the early 1990s, beginning his career as the guira player for fellow bachatero Luis Vargas, only to leave the group and maintain...

     (born 1967), Dominican Bachata singer/composer
  • Anthony "Romeo" Santos, Dominican-American song writer, lead singer, and featured composer of Aventura
  • Ary dos Santos
    Ary dos Santos
    José Carlos Ary dos Santos, GCIH or just Ary dos Santos was one of the most relevant names of the Portuguese popular poetry of the 20th century....

     (1937–1984), Portuguese poet
  • Charo Santos
    Charo Santos-Concio
    Maria Rosario Santos known as Charo Santos-Concio or Charo Santos is a Filipina television executive, host, actress, and film producer who hosts the network's longest-running drama anthology Maalaala Mo Kaya. She is the President of ABS-CBN Corporation, and plays a powerful role in TV and film...

     (born 1955), Filipino actress and president of ABS-CBN Network
  • Daniel Santos (singer)
    Daniel Santos (singer)
    Daniel Santos was a singer and composer of boleros, and an overall performer of multiple Caribbean music genres, including guaracha, plena and rumba...

     (1916–1992), Puerto Rican singer and composer
  • Domingo Santos
    Domingo Santos
    Domingo Santos is the pseudonym of Spanish science fiction author Pedro Domingo Mutiñó. He is among the best known science fiction authors in Spain. Together with Sebastián Martínez and Luis Vigil he founded the Spanish science fiction magazine Nueva Dimensión...

     (born 1941), Spanish writer
  • Enrique Santos Discépolo
    Enrique Santos Discépolo
    Enrique Santos Discépolo was an Argentine tango and milonga musician and composer, author of famous tangos such as Cambalache and many others performed by several of the most important singers of his time, amongst them notably Carlos Gardel.Discépolo was born in Buenos Aires...

     (1901–1951), Argentinian musician
  • Erik Ramos Santos
    Erik Santos
    Rhoderick Ramos Santos , more commonly known as simply Erik Santos, is a Filipino singer, actor, TV host, commercial model, and the winner of the ABS-CBN program Star In A Million Season 1 in January 2004.-Early life:...

     (born 1982), Filipino singer
  • Henry Santos Jeter, Dominican singer and composer/vocals for Aventura
  • Joe Santos
    Joe Santos
    Joe Santos is an American film and television actor.-Biography:Santos was born Joseph Minieri in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Rose and Joseph Minieri. He began his film acting career in the mid-1960s, appearing in films directed by his cousin, Joseph W...

     (born 1931), American actor
  • Joly Braga Santos
    Joly Braga Santos
    José Manuel Joly Braga Santos, ComSE was a Portuguese composer and conductor, who was born and died in Lisbon. He wrote six symphonies.-Biography:...

     (1924–1988), Portuguese composer and conductor
  • José dos Santos Ferreira
    José dos Santos Ferreira
    José dos Santos Ferreira, better known as Adé, was born in Portuguese Macau on 28 July 1919 and died in Hong Kong on 24 March 1993. Born to a father from metropolitan Portugal and a Macanese mother, he was the last poet of distinction to write in Macanese , the Portuguese-Cantonese creole.Adé lived...

     (1919–1993), Portuguese-Macanese writer
  • Jovino Santos-Neto
    Jovino Santos-Neto
    Jovino Santos-Neto is a Brazilian American jazz pianist, flutist, composer, arranger, educator and producer....

     (born 1954), Brazilian musician
  • Judy Ann Santos
    Judy Ann Santos
    Judy Anne Lumagui Santos-Agoncillo , popularly known as Judy Ann Santos or Juday/Judai, is Philippines film and television actress, product endorser, recording artist, and film producer....

     (born 1978), Filipino actress
  • Gervacio Santos
    Gervacio Santos
    Gervacio Santos, a Filipino film editor, during his career is considered one of the much in demand in the field of Film Editing. He became a full-pledge film editor beginning in 1954 at Premiere Productions with the film "Si Eva at si Adan" directed by Gerry de Leon...

    , Filipino film editor
  • Lenny Santos
    Lenny Santos
    Lenny Santos is a member of the bachata group Aventura. He plays the guitar and produces and arranges songs. He & his brother Max Santos aka Max Agende, have formed a bachata group called D'Element. As D'Element, they have released one song called "You & Me". -References:...

    , Dominican-American guitarist, producer/arranger for Aventura
  • Lucélia Santos
    Lucélia Santos
    Lucélia Santos is a Brazilian actress, director and producer. She received international acclaim for her leading role in the 1976 Rede Globo telenovela Escrava Isaura, broadcast in over 80 countries.-Biography:...

     (born 1957), Brazilian actress, director and producer
  • Mayra Santos-Febres
    Mayra Santos-Febres
    Mayra Santos-Febres is a Puerto Rican author, poet, novelist, professor of literature, and literary critic who has garnered fame at home and abroad....

     (born 1966), Puerto-Rican writer
  • Max Santos
    Max Santos
    Max Agende Santos is the bass player of the bachata group Aventura.He began playing bass at age 12, after borrowing an instrument at school. He and his brother Lenny, now a fellow member of Aventura, often experimented together at home in duo, bass, and guitar...

    , Dominican-American bassist for Aventura
  • Matthew Santos
    Matthew Santos
    Matthew Santos is an American rock and folk singer-songwriter, musician and painter. He is best known for his collaboration with Chicago native Lupe Fiasco on the single "Superstar." He was signed to Lupe Fiasco's 1st & 15th Entertainment record label, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records.-Early...

     (born 1982), American alternative music singer
  • Nelson Pereira dos Santos (born 1928), Brazilian movie director
  • Pablo Santos (1987–2006), Mexican actor
  • Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos
    Pepetela
    Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos is a major Angolan writer of fiction. He writes under the name Pepetela....

     (born 1941), known as Pepetela, Angolan writer

  • Rhea Santos
    Rhea Santos
    Rhea Santos is an award-winning broadcast journalist, Host and newscaster in the Philippines. She currently co-anchors GMA Network's Unang Hirit and hosts several news and public affairs programs on GMA Network.-Profile:...

     (born 1979), Filipino TV news host and journalist
  • Roberto Santos
    Roberto Santos
    Roberto Santos Pinhanez was a Brazilian film director, known for films like Matraga and The Great Moment .- Biography :...

     (1928–1987), Brazilian film director
  • Santos Ortega
    Santos Ortega
    Santos Ortega was an American actor.-Radio:Ortega was active in radio, starring in The Adventures of Nero Wolfe and narrating a popular radio show called Gangbusters as well as Stroke of Fate. Perhaps his most famous and notable radio role was Commissioner Weston on The Shadow...

     (1899–1976), American actor
  • Vilma Santos
    Vilma Santos
    Maria Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto commonly known as Vilma Santos-Recto or Ate Vi is a multi-awarded actress and politician...

    , Filipino actress
  • José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos
    Zeca Afonso
    José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, known as Zeca Afonso or just Zeca , was born in Aveiro, Portugal, the son of José Nepomuceno Afonso, a judge, and Maria das Dores. Zeca is among the most influential folk and political musicians in Portuguese history...

     (1929–1987), known as Zeca Afonso, Portuguese singer, composer and poet

Politicians

  • Ahmed Santos (militant)
    Ahmed Santos (militant)
    Ahmed Santos Ahmed Santos Ahmed Santos (aka Hilarion del Rosariois a Filipinowho converted to Islam while working in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1991.Santos was captured by Military officials for being involved in organizing and planning terrorist activities, including preparation of bombs.He is the...

    , Filipino convert to Islam and political militant
  • Antonio da Costa Santos
    Antonio da Costa Santos
    Antonio da Costa Santos was a Brazilian architect and politician affiliated to the Workers' Party .Toninho took office as Mayor of Campinas , on January 1, 2001. He was shot to death at 10:15 pm, September 10, 2001, as he was driving home alone from a shopping mall...

     (died 2001), Brazilian architect and politician
  • António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes
    António Ramalho Eanes
    António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes, GColTE, GCL, CavA, KE is a Portuguese general and politician who was the 16th President of Portugal from 1976 to 1986.-Background:...

     (born 1935), Portuguese general and politician
  • Conrad Santos
    Conrad Santos
    Conrad Santos is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988, and again from 1990 to 2007....

     (born 1934), Canadian politician
  • Elvin Santos (born 1963), Honduras 2009 presidential candidate
  • Eduardo Santos Montejo, owned the El Tiempo newspaper, and served as the President of Colombia from August 1938 to August 1942
  • Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos
    Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos
    Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos , known as Nandó, is an Angolan politician. He was the Prime Minister of Angola from 2002 to 2008 and President of the National Assembly of Angola from 2008 to 2010...

     (born 1950), Angolan politician
  • Hélio de Oliveira Santos
    Hélio de Oliveira Santos
    Hélio de Oliveira Santos is a physician, graduated in the Medical School of the State University of Campinas and specialized in pediatrics, federal representative, and was the mayor of the municipality of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil, from January 2005 to September 2011, when he was...

     (born 1950), Brazilian physician and politician
  • José Eduardo dos Santos
    José Eduardo dos Santos
    José Eduardo dos Santos is an Angolan politician who has been the second and current President of Angola since 1979. As President, José Eduardo dos Santos is also the commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces and president of the MPLA , the party that has been ruling Angola since...

     (born 1942), Angolan politician
  • José Santos Guardiola
    José Santos Guardiola
    General José Santos Guardiola Bustillo was President of Honduras from 17 February 1856 to 11 January 1862, when he became the only President of Honduras to be assassinated while in office in a crime committed by his personal guard.His parents were Esteban Guardiola and Bibiana Bustillo...

     (1816–1862), Honduran 19th Century politician
  • José Santos Zelaya
    José Santos Zelaya
    José Santos Zelaya López was the President of Nicaragua from 25 July 1893 to 21 December 1909.-Early life:He was a son of José María Zelaya Irigoyen, born in Nicaragua, and mistress Juana López Ramírez...

     (1853–1919), Nicaraguan politician
  • Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, Colombian politician
  • Manuel António dos Santos
    Manuel António dos Santos
    Manuel António dos Santos is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists.-References:...

     (born 1943), Portuguese politician
  • Santos Acosta
    Santos Acosta
    Manuel María de los Santos Acosta Castillo was a Colombian General and political figure. He served as the president of Colombia from 1867 until 1868.- Biographic data :Acosta was born in Miraflores, Boyacá, on November 1, 1828...

     (1830–1901), Colombian general and political figure
  • Marcelino dos Santos
    Marcelino dos Santos
    Marcelino dos Santos is a Mozambican poet, revolutionary, and statesman. As a young man he travelled to Portugal, and Paris, France for an education. He was a founding member of the Frente de Libertacao de Mocambique , in 1962; and served as the party's deputy president from 1969 to 1977...

     (born 1929), Mozambican politician

Sports

  • Álvaro Santos
    Álvaro Santos
    Álvaro Santos , simply known as Álvaro, is a Brazilian football forward currently playing for Swedish Allsvenskan club Helsingborgs IF.- Career :...

     (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
  • Alessandro dos Santos
    Alessandro dos Santos
    , formerly name ; Alessandro dos Santos , born July 20, 1977 in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, and often known as Alex, is a Brazilian Japanese football player who plays for Nagoya Grampus.-Career:...

    , Brazilian-Japanese footballer
  • Andréia dos Santos
    Andréia dos Santos
    Andréia dos Santos known as Maycon is a Brazilian women's association football player. She currently plays as a midfielder for Brazil's Saad EC. She was a member of the Brazilian National Team that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics...

    , Brazilian footballer
  • Arwind Santos
    Arwind Santos
    Arwind Santos is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association playing for the Petron Blaze Boosters. He also played college hoops at Far Eastern University in the UAAP and the Magnolia Ice Cream Spinners in the Philippine Basketball League...

     (born 1981), Filipino basketball player
  • Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, Portuguese footballer
  • Daniel Santos (boxer)
    Daniel Santos (boxer)
    Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a...

     (born 1975), Puerto Rican boxer
  • Daiane dos Santos
    Daiane dos Santos
    Daiane Garcia dos Santos is one of Brazil's most successful female gymnasts. At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, at age 20, she won the world title on her specialty apparatus, the floor exercise.-Personal life:...

     (born 1983), Brazilian gymnast
  • Djalma Santos
    Djalma Santos
    Djalma Pereira Dias dos Santos known simply as Djalma Santos is a former Brazilian footballer who started for the Brazil national team in four World Cups, winning two, in 1958 and 1962. Santos is considered to be one of the greatest right-backs of all time...

     (born 1929), Brazilian footballer
  • Éder dos Santos
    Éder dos Santos
    Éder dos Santos Ramírez is a Mexican football player who played for Socio Águila in the Primera División A de México...

     (born 1984), Mexican footballer
  • Edgardo Santos
    Edgardo Santos
    Edgardo Santos is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur, Santos represented Puerto Rico in the light-heavyweight division , winning a bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. He made his professional debut at cruiserweight level in December 2002...

     (born 1970), Puerto Rican professional boxer
  • Fausto dos Santos
    Fausto dos Santos
    Fausto dos Santos was a football player defensive midfielders of Vasco da Gama at the first half of past century...

     (1905–1939), Brazilian footballer
  • Fernando Santos (Brazilian footballer born 1980)
  • Fernando Santos (Portuguese footballer) (born 1954), now a football manager
  • Francileudo Santos
    Francileudo Santos
    Francileudo Silva dos Santos , simply known as Santos is a Brazilian-born Tunisian football player.-Career:He was discovered by Belgian club Standard Liège while playing in Brazil for minor club Sampaio Correa...

     (born 1979), Brazilian-born Tunisian footballer
  • Georges Santos
    Georges Santos
    Georges "George" Santos is a former French-born Cape Verde professional footballer who played professionally between 1997 and 2009. He notably played for Tranmere Rovers, West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United, Grimsby Town, Ipswich Town and Queens Park Rangers...

    , French-born (born 1970), Cape Verdean footballer
  • Giovani dos Santos
    Giovani Dos Santos
    Giovani dos Santos Ramírez is a Mexican footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He can also play as a winger or second striker. Since joining Tottenham, he has had loan spells at Ipswich Town, Galatasaray and Racing de Santander...

     (born 1989), Mexican footballer
  • Héctor Santos
    Héctor Santos
    Héctor Santos is a retired Uruguayan football goalkeeper.-Career:During his club career, Santos played for CA Bella Vista, Nacional and Alianza Lima. He represented the Uruguay national football team 14 times and played in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1974 FIFA World Cup.-References:...

     (born 1944), Uruguayan footballer
  • Jonathan dos Santos
    Jonathan dos Santos
    Jonathan dos Santos Ramírez is a Mexican football who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for FC Barcelona B. He has also been called up to the Mexican national team.-Early life:...

     (born 1990), Mexican footballer
  • Julio Santos
    Julio Santos
    Julio Fernando Santos Masías is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Ecuador. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native South American country, starting in 1996. He was born in Portoviejo, Manabí.-References:*...

     (born 1976), Ecuadorian freestyle swimmer
  • Junior dos Santos
    Junior dos Santos
    Junior dos Santos Almeida, also known as Junior Cigano , is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and the current UFC Heavyweight Champion. Dos Santos fights in the Heavyweight division, under the tutelage of former UFC and Pride Heavyweight Champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and UFC...

     (born 1984), Brazilian mixed martial artist
  • Leslie George Santos
    Leslie George Santos
    Leslie George Santos , born 20 July 1967, was one of the best attacking midfielder players in Hong Kong football history. He is of Portuguese and British heritage.- Career :...

    , Hong Kong footballer
  • Luís Santos
    Luís Santos
    Luis Maurício Capelache dos Santos is a male water polo player from Brazil, who plays as a goalkeeper. He competed for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games, where he claimed the silver medal with the Brazil men's national water polo team.-References:...

     (born 1980), Brazilian water polo goalkeeper
  • Luís Fernando Rodrigues dos Santos
    Luís Fernando Rodrigues dos Santos
    Luís Fernando Rodrigues dos Santos known as his given name Luís Fernando is a Brazilian footballer playing for Nacional Atlético Clube.-South America:...

     (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
  • Luíz Antônio dos Santos
    Luíz Antônio dos Santos
    Luíz Antônio dos Santos is a retired long-distance runner from Brazil, who won the 1995 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:09:30 on December 3, 1995. Earlier that year he claimed the bronze medal at the 1995 World Championships...

     (born 1964), Brazilian long-distance runner
  • Marco Aurélio Cunha dos Santos
    Marco Aurélio Cunha dos Santos
    Marco Aurélio Cunha dos Santos known as Marco Aurélio or just M. Aurélio is a former Brazilian footballer...

     (born 1967), Brazilian footballer
  • Maria Santos (swimmer)
    Maria Santos (swimmer)
    Maria Carlos Martins dos Santos is a retired female backstroke and medley swimmer from Portugal, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...

     (born 1978), Portuguese swimmer
  • Nílton Santos
    Nílton Santos
    Nílton Reis dos Santos is a Brazilian former association footballer who played defender. Born in Rio de Janeiro, he was a pioneering left back, being one of first full backs to participate in the offensive game....

     (born 1925), Brazilian football player
  • Omir Santos
    Omir Santos
    Omir Santos Rios is a Major League Baseball catcher. Santos has played for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets and Detroit Tigers.-Career:...

     (born 1981), Puerto Rican baseball player
  • Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre
    Paulo Futre
    Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played mostly as a left winger.After exploding at Sporting Clube de Portugal well before his 20th birthday, he soon moved to Futebol Clube do Porto, after which he embarked in an extensive career - until 1998 - having...

     (born 1966), Portuguese footballer
  • Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite "Kaká"
    Kaká
    Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite , commonly known as Kaká , is a Brazilian football attacking midfielder who currently plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazilian national team. Kaká started his footballing career at the age of eight, when he began playing for a local club...

     (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
  • Ricardo Santos
    Ricardo Santos
    Ricardo Alex Costa Santos is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, with partner Zé Marco de Melo....

     (born 1975), Brazilian beach volleyball player
  • Rodrigo dos Santos
    Rodrigo dos Santos
    Rodrigo Prujanski dos Santos is a water polo player from Brazil. Nicknamed Shalom he competed in two consecutive Pan American Games for his native country, starting in 2003. Dos Santos won two silver medals at this event with the Brazil men's national water polo team.-References:...

     (born 1981), Brazilian water polo player
  • Ronivaldo Santos Conceição
    Ronivaldo Conceição
    Ronivaldo Santos Conceição is a professional male squash player who represented Brazil during his career. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 95 in October 2006 after having joined the Professional Squash Association in 2001.-References:...

     (born 1972), Brazilian squash player
  • Santos Sambajon
    Santos Sambajon
    Santos Sambajon is a Filipino professional pool player. His nicknames are "The Little Giant" and "The Saint." Originally from the Philippines, he now resides in the United States.-Professional career:...

     (born 1960), Philippine pocket billiards player
  • Sueli dos Santos
    Sueli dos Santos
    Sueli Pereira dos Santos is a retired female javelin thrower from Brazil. She set her personal best on May 6, 2000 in Bogotá.-Achievements:-References:*...

     (born 1965), Brazilian javelin thrower
  • Tiago Alencar
    Tiago Alencar
    Tiago Alencar dos Santos known as Tiago or Tiago Alencar is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sport Club Corinthians Paranaense.-Biography:...

     dos Santos (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
  • Victor Irving Santos
    Víctor Santos
    Víctor Irving Santos is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He currently is a free agent.-Early life:...

     (born 1976), Dominican-American baseball player
  • Yanelis Santos
    Yanelis Santos
    Yanelis Santos Allegne is a female volleyball player from Cuba, who represents the women's national team as a setter in the international team competition since 2002...

     (born 1986), Cuban volleyball player

Others

  • Airton Ribeiro Santos
    Airton Ribeiro Santos
    Airton Ribeiro Santos , commonly known as simply Airton, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Flamengo on loan from Sport Lisboa e Benfica in the Portuguese first division....

     (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
  • André Bernardes Santos
    André Bernardes Santos
    André Filipe Bernardes Santos is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a defensive midfielder.-Club statistics:Correct as of 30 November 2011-External links:**...

     (born 1989), Portuguese midfielder footballer
  • André Santos (born 1983), Brazilian Footballer
  • Fernando Castro Santos
    Fernando Castro Santos
    Fernando Castro Santos is a Spanish football manager.During his career, he worked in several clubs in his country, as well as in Portugal.-Football career:...

     (born 1952), Spanish football manager
  • Flavio Santos
    Flavio Santos
    Flavio de Jesús Santos is a forward. He currently plays for Atlas, in the Primera División de México.Santos began his playing career in the Atlas youth teams in 2006. He managed to break into the first team on February 2, 2008, during to 1-0 loss to Pachuca.-External links:...

     (born 1987)
  • Johan Santos
    Johan Santos
    Johan Morielle Santos is a Filipino television actor, host, and model who participated in 133 episodes of Philippine reality show Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up. After his 2 years on Starstruck, Santos joined the cast of the 2010 spinoff series Melason In Love.-Background:Santos is a student from...

     (born 1987), Filipino television actor
  • Kelly Santos
    Kelly Santos
    Kelly da Silva Santos is a Brazilian professional women's basketball player with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Brazilian national basketball team.-References:...

     (born 1979), Brazilian WNBA basketball player
  • Lulu Santos
    Lulu Santos
    Lulu Santos, stage name of Luiz Maurício Pragana dos Santos is a Brazilian singer and guitarist, considered one of the great names of Brazilian rock.- Career :...

     (born 1953), Brazilian singer and guitarist
  • Maicon Santos (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
  • Marc Dos Santos
    Marc Dos Santos
    Marc Dos Santos is a Canadian soccer manager. Most recently, Dos Santos was the head coach of the Montreal Impact in the D2 Pro League from 2009 until his resignation in June 2011. Dos Santos is of Portuguese ancestry.-Trois-Rivières Attak:...

     (born 1977), Canadian soccer manager
  • Nicholas Santos
    Nicholas Santos
    Nicholas Araújo Dias dos Santos is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer who specializes in sprint events. Nicholas swims for Esporte Clube Pinheiros. He swam the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:...

     (born 1980), Brazilian freestyle swimmer
  • Rey-Phillip Santos
    Rey-Phillip Santos
    Rey-Phillip Vivas Santos born June 18, 1975 is a mixed martial artist, turned actor, and a IFC and ProFC featherweight title holder. He is from a military family, the son of a U.S. naval officer. He is best known for his small roles and stunt work on James Cameron's Dark Angel and the Power...

     (born 1975), martial artist turned actor
  • Ricky Santos
    Ricky Santos
    Ricky Santos is an American Canadian football quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2008...

     (born 1984), American Canadian football quarterback
  • Riza Santos
    Riza Santos
    Riza Santos is a Canadian television personality and beauty queen of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry. She competed and won Miss Earth Canada 2006 and Miss World Canada 2011 and will represent Canada in Miss World 2011 on November 6 in London. She competed in the Miss Earth 2006 pageant, in...

     (born 1987), Filipino-Canadian beauty queen
  • Rodney Santos
    Rodney Santos
    John Rodney Santos is a Filipino professional basketball player. He most recently played with the Coca-Cola Tigers. He is also known as "The Slasher" for his slashing ability going to the basket....

     (born 1973), Filipino professional basketball player
  • Sérgio Santos
    Sergio Santos
    Sergio Jose Santos is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.-Draft and career as a shortstop:...

     (born 1975), Brazilian professional volleyball player
  • Sergio Santos
    Sergio Santos
    Sergio Jose Santos is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.-Draft and career as a shortstop:...

     (born 1983), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox
  • Tony Santos
    Tony Santos
    Tony Santos is a Spanish funk/R&B singer. His debut album in Spain sold over 200,000 copies, and the first three singles off the album hit number one in the Spanish charts. He was a contestant on Operación Triunfo.His first single 'Actitud' was written by Alan Glass, a US writer based in the UK...

    , Spanish funk/R&B singer

Characters

  • Santos Family, in the American soap opera Guiding Light
    • Danny Santos
    • Michelle Bauer Santos
      Michelle Bauer Santos
      Michelle Bertha Santos is a fictional character on the popular CBS daytime soap opera, Guiding Light. The character was originally named Bertha Ramsey Bauer at birth. She is the child of Dr. Ed Bauer and Dr. Claire Ramsey conceived through a one-night stand and would be adopted by Ed's wife...

      , a fictional character on the popular CBS daytime soap opera, Guiding Light
  • Matt Santos
    Matt Santos
    Matthew Vincente "Matt" Santos is a fictional character on the American television show The West Wing, played by Jimmy Smits. His initial appearance is as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Houston, Texas. According to West Wing writer and producer Eli Attie, Santos was based on the then...

    , character on the United States television show The West Wing
  • Manny Santos
    Manny Santos
    Manuella "Manny" Santos is a fictional character portrayed by Cassie Steele on the television show Degrassi: The Next Generation.-Season 1:...

    , character on the Canadian television show Degrassi: The Next Generation

All My Children

  • Julia Santos
    Julia Santos
    Julia Keefer is a fictional character from the ABC daytime drama All My Children. She was portrayed by actress Sydney Penny from 1993 to 1996 as a series regular, with guest appearances in 1997 and 2002, and from 2005 to 2008...

  • Mateo Santos
    Mateo Santos
    Mateo Santos Sr. is a fictional character from the soap opera All My Children. He was first portrayed by Tito Ortiz in a guest appearance in 1994 but is best known as being portrayed by Mark Consuelos from 1995-2002...

  • Maria Santos
    Maria Santos
    Maria Carlos Martins dos Santos is a retired female backstroke and medley swimmer from Portugal, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...

  • Isabella Santos
  • Rosa Santos
    Rosa Santos
    Rosa Santos is a fictional character on the ABC daytime drama All My Children. Most recently the character was portrayed by Alana de la Garza from June 2001 to November 2001.-Sibling:* Maria Santos Grey * Mateo Santos Sr...

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