Bartolomeu Dias came from a noble Portuguese family and his father attended the Portuguese court. It is believed that Dias came from a family of seamen and explorers including Joao Dias who sailed around Cape Bojador in 1434 and Diniz Dias who discovered the Cape Verde Islands.
Bartolomeu Dias or Bartholomew Diaz was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European to have done so.
Henrique Dias died in 1662.
Roberto Dias died in 2007.
Carlos Dias died in 1995.
Gaspar Dias died in 1671.
Pereira Dias died in 1988.
Marcus Vinícius Dias died in 1992.
José Dias Ferreira died in 1909.
Djalma Dias died on 1990-05-01.
José Dias Coelho died in 1961.
Teófilo Dias died on 1889-03-29.