Santos, originally Portuguese or Spanish for Saints (singular Santo), is a common surname in Spanish and Portuguese. Sometimes it can be the final part of a given name, generally preceded by the particle dos or de los (of the, meaning of the Saints, as in Miguel dos Santos, Michael of the Saints). It is a name associated with a great number of different people:
Santos (Sante Pucello), Italian DJ
Álvaro Santos, Brazilian footballer
Ahmed Santos, Mexican newspaper columnist and former boxer
Ahmed Santos, Phillipino convert to Islam and militant.
Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer
Alessandro dos Santos, Brazilian-Japanese footballer
Antonio da Costa Santos, Brazilian architect and politician
António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes, Portuguese general and politician
Ary dos Santos, Portuguese poet
Conrad Santos, Canadian politician
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, Portuguese footballer
Daniel Santos, Puerto Rican boxer
Daniel Santos, Puerto Rican singer and composer
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