Leitão (disambiguation)
# Leitão (disambiguation)

Leitão, sometimes Anglicized Leitao (literally meaning suckling pig), is a traditional Portuguese (and Pan-Iberian) dish made of a suckling pig, known more commonly under its Spanish name Lechón.

## As surname

It is also a popular Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* Alexandre Filipe Clemente Leitão (born 1979), Portuguese footballer
* João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett (1799-1854), Portuguese poet, playwright, novelist and politician
* António Leitão (1960–2012), Portuguese athlete
* Ashley Leitão (born 1986), Canadian singer
* Carlos Leitão, (born 1959), former finance minister, Canadian province of Quebec
* Dave Leitao (born 1960), American basketball coach
* Joaquim Leitão (born 1956), Portuguese film director
* Jorge Leitão (born 1974), Portuguese football player
* José Leitão de Barros (1896–1967), Portuguese film director and playwright
* Rafael Leitão (born 1979), Brazilian chess grandmaster
* Maria Luisa Leitao, Hong Kong television host and actress
