What is "ribeiro"

Ribeiro is a surname common in Galicia, Portugal and Brazil. It is also a wine-making region of Southeast central Galicia. In Portuguese, it literally means "by the river". In Galicia the surname was often Castilianized as Riveiro.

• Adriano Leite Ribeiro, Brazilian football striker born 1982
• Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor/game show host
• Alexandre Ribeiro, Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist
• Anderson Ribeiro, Brazilian football player
• André Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
• Antonio Ribeiro, Canadian football (soccer) player
• Antonio Ribeiro, Catholic cardinal from Portugal
• Bernardim Ribeiro, 15th-century Portuguese poet
• Bruno de Paula Ribeiro Ingrácia, otherwise known as Bruno Ribeiro, Brazilian footballer
• Bruno Ribeiro, Portuguese footballer
• Celeste Ribeiro Myers, Modern American Activist - Opposed historic Massachusetts Expanded Gaming Legislation.
• Catherine Ribeiro, French singer
• Christian Ribeiro, Welsh footballer
• Diogo Ribeiro (or Diego Ribero), Portuguese cartographer and explorer
• Édson Ribeiro, Brazilian sprinter
• Edson Ribeiro, Brazilian musician
• Fernando Ribeiro, Portuguese singer
• John F. Ribeiro, Modern American Activist. Led historic opposition to Massachusetts Casino Legislation 2011 - 2014 and forced a statewide referendum vote despite Attorney General opposition.
• Jorge Ribeiro, Portuguese footballer born 1981
• Julio Francis Ribeiro, former Indian police officer and civil servant.
• Lais Ribeiro, a Brazilian model
• Mike Ribeiro, Canadian Hockey player
• Pedro Júlio Marques Ribeiro, Portuguese footballer
• Pedro Manuel Mendes Ribeiro, Portuguese footballer
• Pedro Nezio de Araújo Lopes Ribeiro, Brazilian footballer
• Pery Ribeiro, Brazilian singer
• Robert Ribeiro, Hong Kong judge
• Wladimir Ribeiro, Brazilian swimmer

• Ribeiro (DO), the Spanish wine producing region in Galicia

Category:Surnames

Ribeiro is a Spanish Denominación de Origen (DO) (Denominación de Orixe in Galician) for wines located in the northwest of the province of Ourense ( Galicia, Spain), in the valleys formed by the rivers Miño, Arnoia, Avia and Barbantiño. It has an area of 30 km² including 9 municipalities in their entirety and parts of four others.