| João de Lemos | |
| Birth Name: | João de Lemos Seixas Castelo Branco |
| Birth Date: | 1819 |
| Birth Place: | Peso da Régua, Portugal |
| Nationality: | Portuguese |
| Occupation: | Journalist, Poet and Dramatist |
João de Lemos Seixas Castelo Branco (18191890) was a Portuguese journalist, poet and dramatist.
Lemos was born in Peso da Régua. He was known as "the troubadour" (in Portuguese: Trovador) in Coimbra, where he graduated in Law, thanks the publication of the poetic newspaper O Trovador (repository of poetic productions of a group of young students). Besides João, director of that publication, were part of The Troubadour: Luís da Costa Pereira, António Xavier Rodrigues Cordeiro, José Freire de Serpa, Augusto Lima and Couto Monteiro.[1]
João collaborated with other periodicals, as exemplified by the comedy newspaper The Comedy Portuguese (in Portuguese: a Comédia Portuguesa), where he started publishing in 1888.