Cordeiro is a Portuguese language surname. The equivalent in Spanish is Cordero. Notable people with the surname include:
Acácio Cordeiro Barreto, Brazilian international footballerAndré Cordeiro (water polo) (born 1967), Brazilian water polo goalkeeperAndré Cordeiro (swimmer) (born 1974), Brazilian freestyle swimmerAntónio Cordeiro (1641–1722), Portuguese Catholic priest, Azorean historian, author of the classical chronicle Historia InsulanaCristiano Cordeiro, Brazil born Hong Kong international footballerDomingas Cordeiro (born 1976), Angolan handball playerDouglas Cordeiro (born 1979), Brazilian male volleyball playerEdson Cordeiro (born 1967), sopranist countertenor and pop and jazz singerFlávio Elias Cordeiro (born 1975), Brazilian football playerGauss Moutinho Cordeiro (born 1952), Brazilian engineer, mathematician and statisticianJorge Cordeiro, (born 1978), professional football coach and former playerJoseph Cordeiro (1918–1994), the first Pakistani cardinalLeonardo Cordeiro (born 1989), Brazilian racing driverLorna Cordeiro, Konkani language singer from the state of Goa, IndiaLucas Cordeiro (born 1991), Brazilian professional footballerLuciano Cordeiro (1844–1900), Portuguese writer, historian, politician and geographerManuel Cordeiro (born 1983), Portuguese football manager since 2005Marcelo Cordeiro (born 1981), Brazilian footballerMargarida Cordeiro (born 1939), Portuguese psychologist and film director from MogadouroMauricio Plenckauskas Cordeiro, Brazilian footballerMoacyr Cordeiro (1921–1989), Brazilian footballerPedro Cordeiro (born 1963), former professional tennis player from PortugalPico do Brejo do Cordeiro, peak on the island of São Jorge in the Azores"Uncle Ray" — Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong media personalityRick Cordeiro (born 1968), Canadian television and film actor and producerRodrigo Crasso Cordeiro (born 1987), Brazilian footballerRui Cordeiro (born 1976), Portuguese rugby union footballerRyan Cordeiro (born 1986), American former professional soccer playerSandro Raniere Guimarães Cordeiro (born 1989), Brazilian footballerSaulo Batista de Andrade Cordeiro (born 1979), retired Brazilian footballerVasco Cordeiro (born 1973), President of the Regional Government of the AzoresVera Cordeiro (born 1950), social entrepreneur and physicianFiction:
Fran Cordeiro, central character in the novel The Meadows of the Moon by James Hilton