Ferreira (surname)
Ferreira is a Portuguese and Galician surname, meaning 'blacksmith'. Other spellings are Ferreyra, Ferreiro, Ferrero, Ferrer, Ferraro, Ferreirua, Ferreiroa, Ferreiró, Ferreiros. People with those names include:
General
- Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira (1756–1815), Portuguese naturalist
- Ana Gomes Ferreira (born 1987), Portuguese-born singer, musician, songwriter - known as "Ana Free"
- Anne Ferreira (born 1961), French politician
- António Ferreira (1528–1569), Portuguese poet and writer
- Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (1910–1989), Brazilian dictionarist and writer
- Carlos Vaz Ferreira (1872–1958), Uruguayan philosopher, writer, and academic
- Carlota Ferreira (1838 – c. 1912), Uruguayan woman
- Benigno Ferreira (1846–1920), Paraguayan president
- Cristóvão Ferreira (1580–1650), Portuguese Jesuit missionary to Japan who apostacized
- David Mourão-Ferreira (1927–1996), Portuguese writer and poet
- Elisa Ferreira (born 1955), Portuguese politician
- Fátima Ferreira (born 1959), Brazilian biologist and biochemist
- Francisco Ferreira Drummond (1796–1858), Portuguese historiographer, paleographer, musician and politician
- Gerrit Ferreira (born 1948), South African businessman
- Hendrik C. Ferreira, South-African professor, digital communications and Information Theory
- José dos Santos Ferreira (1919–1993), known as "Adé", Portuguese-Macanese poet
- José Maria Ferreira de Castro (1898–1974), Portuguese writer and journalist
- María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875–1924), Uruguayan teacher and poet
- Paul Ferreira (born 1973), Canadian politician
- Sérgio Henrique Ferreira (born 1934), Brazilian pharmacologist
- Sky Ferreira (born 1992), singer
- Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996), Portuguese writer
- Rory Ferreira (born 1992), Musician, Art Rap
Sportspeople
- Antonio Ferreira de Oliveira Junior (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
- Amber Ferreira (born 1982), Professional Triathlete
- David Ferreira (born 1979), Colombian footballer
- Diego Ferreira (born 1975), Paraguayan runner
- Ellis Ferreira (born 1970), South African tennis player
- Emerson Ferreira da Rosa (born 1976), known as "Emerson", Brazilian footballer
- Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (1942–2014), Portuguese footballer
- Frederico Ferreira Silva, Portuguese tennis player
- Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
- Jesualdo Ferreira (born 1946), Portuguese football coach
- Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (born 1982), known as "Jorge Baltazar", Mexican squash player
- José Ferreira Neto (born 1966), known as "Neto", Brazilian footballer
- Lula Ferreira (born 1951), Brazilian basketball coach
- Marco Ferreira (born 1978), Portuguese footballer
- Michael Ferreira (born 1938), Indian player of English billiards
- Monique Ferreira (born 1980), Brazilian freestyle swimmer
- Neil Ferreira (born 1979), Zimbabwean cricketer
- Paulo Ferreira (born 1979), Portuguese footballer
- Quentin Ferreira (born 1972), South African cricketer
- Tânia Ferreira (born 1974), Brazilian judoka
- Teófilo Ferreira (born 1973), Brazilian freestyle swimmer
- Tiago Ferreira (born 1975), known as "Tiago", Portuguese footballer
- Wayne Ferreira (born 1971), South African tennis player
- Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (born 1993), Belgian footballer
Fictional
- Ferreira family, fictional Asian family in EastEnders
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