The following is a
list of Portuguese people:
Saints:
- Santo António de Lisboa (or Anthony of Padua) (saint)
- Fatima vidents[?] (1917 Our Lady aparitions in Fátima)
Navigators, explorers and related
- Diogo Cão (15th century explorer of African coast)
- Alfonso d'Albuquerque
- Bartolomeu Dias (15th century explorer of African coast)
- Vasco da Gama (discoverer of the Sea Route to India in 1498)
- Pedro Alvares Cabral (discoverer of Brazil in 1500)
- Gaspar Corte-Real (16th century explorer of North America)
- Fernão de Magalhães (Ferdinand Magellan, sea explorer)
- Afonso de Albuquerque[?] (naval general and vice-king of India)
- Fernão Pires de Andrade[?] (merchant)
- Gago Coutinho[?](1869-1959) & Sacadura Cabral[?](1881-1924) (were the first to cross South Atlantnc Ocean by air in 1922)
Popes:
- John XXI (13th century pope)
Philosophers:
- Uriel Acosta (philosopher)
Musicians:
- Duarte Lobo[?] (composer)
- Keil do Amaral[?] (composer of the portuguese anthem)
- Fernando Lopes Graça[?] (composer)
- Vianna da Mota[?] (piano player)
- José Afonso[?] (also known as Zeca Afonso, composer, player)
- Amália Rodrigues[?](1920-1999) (the most famous fado singer)
- Carlos Paredes[?](1925-) (portuguese guitar player)
- Maria João Pires[?] (piano player)
- Maria João & Mário Laginha[?] (jazz singer & piano player)
- Madredeus[?] (folk group)
- Dulce Pontes[?] (singer)
- Mísia[?] (fado singer)
Poets and writers:
- Gil Vicente[?] (dramaturg)
- Luis de Camões (poet, author of the Lusíadas[?])
- Almeida Garrett[?] (writer and dramaturg)
- Camilo Castelo Branco[?] (writer)
- Eça de Queirós[?] (writer)
- Fernando Pessoa (poet)
- Florbela Espanca[?] (poet)
- José Saramago (writer, Literature Nobel Prize 1998)
Artists:
- Nuno Gonçalves[?] (15th century painter)
- José Malhoa[?] (19th century painter)
- Almada Negreiros[?](1893-1970) (20th century painter)
- Maria Helena Vieira da Silva[?] (20th century painter)
- Paula Rego (20th century painter)
Scientists:
- Garcia da Orta[?] (botanical scientist)
- Pedro Nunes (16th century scientist)
- Egas Moniz[?](1854-1955) (neurologist, Medicine Nobel Prize 1949)
- António Damásio[?] (brain researcher)
Engineers and architets
- Edgar Cardoso[?] (expert in bridge engineering)
- Siza Vieira[?](1933-) (architect)
- Tomás Taveira[?](1938-) (architect)
Movies - Actors and directors:
- Manoel de Oliveira[?](1908-) (director)
- Carmen Miranda(1914-1955) (singer and actress)
- Beatriz Costa[?] (actress)
- António Silva[?] (actor)
- Laura Alves[?] (actress)
- Joaquim de Almeida[?] (actor)
- Maria de Medeiros[?] (actress)
Athletes:
- Joaquim Agostinho[?] (cyclist)
- Eusébio[?] da Silva Ferreira (1943-) (football player)
- Carlos Lopes[?](1947-) (marathon olympic champion)
- Rosa Mota[?](1958-) (marathon olympic champion)
- Paulo Futre[?] (football player)
- Paulo Sousa[?] (football player)
- Luís Figo[?] (football player)
XX/XXI century politicians:
- António Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) (prime-minister in the dictatorship)
- Mário Soares[?](1924-) (politician and president)
- Francisco Sá Carneiro[?](1934-1980) (politician)
- Cavaco Silva[?] (politician and prime-minister)
- António Guterres[?] (politician and prime-minister)
- José Manuel Durão Barroso[?] (politician and prime-minister)
- D. Duarte, Duke of Bragança (claimant to the abolished throne of Portugal)
See also: List of Portuguese monarchs, Presidents of Portugal