List of Famous people born in Azores, Portugal

Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes, ComM, OIH, known as Pauleta, is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a striker.

Eliseu Pereira dos Santos ComM, known simply as Eliseu, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played either as a left back or left winger.

Caesar DePaço is a Portuguese, businessman and philanthropist. DePaço is the Chief Executive Officer of Summit Nutritionals International and formerly served as the Honorary Consul of Portugal in Florida.

Louis Ferreira is a Portuguese-Canadian actor. Ferreira is best known for his roles in Stargate Universe as Colonel Everett Young, serial killer Ray Prager in the first season of Durham County, FBI Assistant Director John Pollock in Missing, and Art Blank in Saw IV, Saw V, and Saw 3D. He starred in the CTV series Motive as homicide detective Oscar Vega. Before 2008, he was credited under the stage name Justin Louis.

Sir Christopher James Hampton is a British playwright, screenwriter, translator and film director. He is best known for his play Les Liaisons Dangereuses based on the novel of the same name and the film version Dangerous Liaisons (1988), which received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was nominated in the same category for his 2007 film adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel Atonement.

José Avelino Bettencourt ComC, OMRI is a Portuguese-Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia and Georgia since March 2018.

Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César, GCC is a Portuguese politician and former President of the Regional Government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. He currently serves as member of the Assembly of the Republic, member of the Council of State and President of the Socialist Party.

Jaime José de Matos da Gama, GCC, GCIH, GCL is a Portuguese former politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal from 1983 to 1985 and again from 1995 to 2002, and he was President of the Assembly of the Republic from 2005 to 2011. Since leaving politics, he has worked as Senior Strategic Counsel at the Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy and business advisory firm, and as Chairman of the bank Novo Banco dos Açores.

João Bosco Soares da Mota Amaral is a Portuguese politician. He served as the first President of the Autonomous Regional Government of the Azores from 1976 to 1995.