Durão is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: José Manuel Durão Barroso (born 1956), Portuguese politician and 115th Prime Minister of Portugal (2002–2004) and 11th President of the European Commission (2004–2014) Joaquim Durão (1930–2015), Portuguese chess player Nuno Durão (born 1962), Portuguese rugby union footballer and coach Santa Rita Durão (1722–1784), orator and poet, creator of 'Indianism' in Brazil