Dias (surname) explained
Dias is a common surname in the Portuguese language, and therefore in Portugal and Brazil. It is cognate to the Spanish language surname Díaz.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Albertina Dias, Portuguese long-distance runner
- Aline Dias, Brazilian actress
- Alycia Dias (born 1992), Pakistani playback singer
- Ana Dias (photographer) (born 1984), Portuguese photographer
- André Dias, Brazilian football player
- Annesley Dias (1927–2009), Sri Lankan Sinhalese comedian
- Avani Dias (born 1991/1992), Sri Lankan-Australian journalist
- Bartolomeu Dias (1450–1500), Portuguese explorer
- Bennet Dias Gunasekera (1919–2002), Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman and politician
- Bruno Dias (born 1976), Portuguese politician
- Cello Dias, Brazilian guitarist for Against All Will
- Daniel Dias Gunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman and politician
- Denny Dias, American guitarist
- Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe, 46th Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
- Dinis Dias, Portuguese explorer
- Diogo Dias, Portuguese explorer
- Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, Angolan politician
- Fernando Dias van Dúnem, Angolan politician
- Filipe Oliveira Dias, Portuguese architect
- Gaspar Dias (ca. 1560–1590), Portuguese Mannerist painter
- Gonçalves Dias, Brazilian poet
- Isabelle Adriana Nogueira Dias (born 1992), Brazilian dancer and model
- Jagath Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhalese Army general, former Deputy Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Germany, Switzerland, and the Vatican
- Jacqueline Maria Dias, Pakistani nursing professor
- João Dias (born 1973), Portuguese politician
- Laura Faver Dias, American politician in Illinois
- Lucky Dias (born 1951), Sri Lankan Sinhalese actor and producer
- Luisa Dias Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique
- Maria Berenice Dias, Brazilian judge
- Michael Dias, Sri Lankan barrister, academic and jurist who practised in the UK
- Nicholas Dias Abeysingha (1719–1794), Sri Lankan Maha Mudaliyar
- Paulo Dias de Novais, Portuguese colonizer of Africa
- Pêro Dias, Portuguese explorer
- Prasad Dias (born 1977), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Ranga Dias (cricketer), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Ranga P. Dias, condensed-matter physicist
- Ron Dias (1937–2013), American animator and painter
- Ron Dias (director) (born 1983), Canadian filmmaker, best known for Bite of a Mango
- Roy Dias (born 1952), Sri Lankan Chetty cricketer
- Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Oliveira, Portuguese football player
- Sachin Premashan Dias Angodavidanalage (born 2000), Sri Lankan Sinhala badminton player
- Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, Ceylonese government administrator
- Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician
- Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician
- Virna Dias, Brazilian volleyball player
- Ruben Dias, Manchester City football player
- Dias Gomes, Brazilian writer
- Steven Dias, Indian footballer
- Sudantha Dias (born 1971), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Sumangala Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhalese air force officer
- Wakunugoda Gayathri Irosha Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema and TV actress
