Namesakes
Café Filho
(a.k.a. João) (m) 1899-1970 
Brazilian Presidents 1954-1955
Jô
(m) 1987-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
João I the Good
(m) 1358-1433
Portuguese Kings and Queens 1385-1433
João II
(m) 1455-1495
Portuguese Kings and Queens 1477; 1481-1495
João of God
(m) 1495-1550
Saints
João III the Pious
(m) 1502-1557
Portuguese Kings and Queens 1521-1557
João IV the Restorer
(m) 1603-1656
Portuguese Kings and Queens 1640-1656
João de Brito
(m) 1647-1693
Saints
João V the Magnanimous
(m) 1689-1750
Portuguese Kings and Queens 1706-1750
João VI
(m) 1767-1826
Portuguese Kings and Queens 1816-1826
João Gilberto
(m) 1931-2019
Grammy Award Winners 1965 Getz/Gilberto (album of the year)
Notable Musicians
João Francisco Bráz
(m) 1920-1996
Olympic Medalists 1948 basketball (bronze)
João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa
(m) 1811-1895
Portuguese Presidents and Prime Ministers 1890-1892 (prime minister)
João Carlos de Oliveira
(m) 1954-1999
Olympic Medalists 1976; 1980 triple jump (bronze)
João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun
(m) 1790-1876
Portuguese Presidents and Prime Ministers 1835; 1846-1849; 1851-1856; 1870 (prime minister)
João do Canto e Castro
(m) 1862-1934
Portuguese Presidents and Prime Ministers 1918; 1918-1919 (prime minister/president)
João Fernandez
(m) ?-1570
Saints
João Figueiredo
(m) 1918-1999
Brazilian Presidents 1979-1985
João Franco
(m) 1855-1929
Portuguese Presidents and Prime Ministers 1906-1908 (prime minister)
João Goulart
(m) 1918-1976
Brazilian Presidents 1961-1964
João Havelange
(m) 1916-2016
Notable Businesspeople
João Baptista Machado
(m) 1582-1617
Saints
João Moutinho
(m) 1986-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
João Pereira
(m) 1984-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
João Pinheiro Chagas
(m) 1863-1925
Portuguese Presidents and Prime Ministers 1911 (prime minister)
João Sousa
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
João Tamagnini Barbosa
(m) 1883-1948
Portuguese Presidents and Prime Ministers 1918-1919 (prime minister)
Miranda
(a.k.a. João) (m) 1984-
Notable Athletes (soccer)