Vaz (surname)
# Vaz (surname)

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 São Tomé and Príncipe
* 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
* Damião Vaz d'Almeida, former Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
* Daryl Vaz, Jamaican politician
* Douglas Vaz (died 2019), Jamaican politician
* Gail Vaz-Oxlade, Canadian writer and TV personality
* Herkley Vaz, Jamaican footballer
* João Vaz Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer
* João Vaz, Portuguese painter
* José Mário 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
* Luís Vaz Pereira Pinto Guedes, Portuguese military commander
* María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira, Uruguayan teacher and poet
* Pêro Vaz de Caminha, 15th century Portuguese knight
* Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
* Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Portuguese navigator and explorer
* Valdomiro Vaz Franco, Brazilian footballer
* Valerie Vaz, British politician and Labour MP
* Zeferino Vaz, Brazilian educator
* Lançados (Portuguese Africans) settlers:
* Bibiana Vaz, seventeenth century slave-trader from Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau.
