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Vaz
is a
Portuguese language
surname
.
It may refer to:
- Ann-Marie Vaz
(born 1966), Jamaican politician
- Armindo Vaz d'Almeida
, former Prime Minister of
Sao Tome and Principe
- Camillo Vaz
(born 1975), French football manager
- Carlos Vaz Ferreira
, Uruguayan philosopher
- Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha
, Brazilian diarist
- Claudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal
, Brazilian footballer
- Damiao Vaz d'Almeida
, former Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe
- Daryl Vaz
, Jamaican politician
- Douglas Vaz
(died 2019), Jamaican politician
- Gail Vaz-Oxlade
, Canadian writer and TV personality
- Herkley Vaz
, Jamaican footballer
- Joao Vaz Corte-Real
, Portuguese explorer
- Joao Vaz
, Portuguese painter
- Jose Mario Vaz
, former
President of Guinea-Bissau
- Joseph Vaz
, 17th century Sri Lankan missionary
- Keith Vaz
, British politician and former Labour MP
- Luis Vaz de Camoes
, Portuguese poet
- Luis Vaz Pereira Pinto Guedes
, Portuguese military commander
- Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira
, Uruguayan teacher and poet
- Pero Vaz de Caminha
, 15th century Portuguese knight
- Ricardo Vaz Te
, Portuguese footballer
- Tristao Vaz Teixeira
, Portuguese navigator and explorer
- Valdomiro Vaz Franco
, Brazilian footballer
- Valerie Vaz
, British politician and Labour MP
- Zeferino Vaz
, Brazilian educator
- Lancados
(
Portuguese Africans
) settlers:
- Bibiana Vaz
, seventeenth century slave-trader from
Cacheu
,
Guinea-Bissau
.