José d'Almeida Carvalho e Silva (27 November 1784 — 17 October 1850) was a Portuguese naval surgeon and pioneering merchant in Singapore.

He attended the Coimbra School of Medicine and Surgery, and enlisted in the Portuguese Navy as ship's surgeon after graduating.

While passing by in Singapore, he gave Francis James Bernard money to build a house on Beach Road.

[2] He managed to escape to Mumbai along with Father Francisco da Silva Pinto e Maia, who would later establish the Portuguese Mission in Singapore.

[3] d'Almeida began growing various strains of cotton, vanilla, cloves, coffee, cochineal, gambage and various trees and fruits in Tanjong Katong, but was largely unsuccessful.

[3] When Francisco da Silva Pinto e Maia arrived in Singapore, there was no Catholic church on the island.