Santos (surname)
Santos, originally Portuguese or Spanish for Saints (singular Santo), is a common surname of Christian origin in Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries and the Philippines. Sometimes it can be the final part of a given name, generally preceded by the particle dos (mostly in Portugal and Galicia) or de los (mostly in Spain) (of the, meaning of the Saints, as in Miguel dos Santos, Michael of the Saints). There are also other Iberian grammatical forms that are De Santo, De Santos, Del Santo, Santi, Santis, Santiz, Senti, Sentis and others. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:
General
Ahmed Santos (newspaper columnist) (born 1974), Mexican newspaper columnist and former boxer
Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932), Brazilian aviation pioneer
Alexandre Jose Maria dos Santos, a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Alfredo M. Santos (1905–1990), former Filipino AFP chief of staff
Domitila, Marchioness of Santos (1797–1867), Brazilian noblewoman and the mistress of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil