List of Famous people born in Coimbra, Portugal
Constança Urbano de Sousa
Maria Constança Dias Urbano de Sousa is a Portuguese jurist and the country's former Minister of Internal Administration.
Diogo Amaral
Diogo Maria Mendes Leal Pereira do Amaral is a Portuguese Television actor and a voice actor who dubs foreign media in the European Portuguese language.
Miguel Veloso
Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for and captains Italian club Hellas Verona. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also operate as an attacking left back.
Manuel Maria Carrilho
Manuel Maria Ferreira Carrilho is a Portuguese academic and politician.
Ticha Penicheiro
Patrícia Nunes "Ticha" Penicheiro, OIH is a Portuguese sports agent and former basketball player. She played for the Sacramento Monarchs in the WNBA for most of her professional career. She was a four-time WNBA All-Star and a three-time All-WNBA selection. Penicheiro is regarded as one of the best point guards of all time, ranking 2nd all-time for most career assists and leading the WNBA in assists seven times, as well as winning a WNBA championship with the Monarchs in 2005. She is a 2019 inductee of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
Zita Seabra
Zita Maria de Seabra Roseiro is a Portuguese politician and publisher.
Carlos Simões
Carlos António Fonseca Simőes is a former Portuguese footballer who played as central defender. Simões gained 13 caps for the Portugal national team.
Tiago Bettencourt
Tiago de Albergaria Pinheiro Goulart de Bettencourt is a Portuguese singer-songwriter.
João Gomes Cravinho
João Titterington Gomes Cravinho is a Portuguese diplomat and politician who has been serving as Minister of National Defence in the government of Prime Minister António Costa since 2018.
Suzy
Susana Guerra, better known by her stage name Suzy, is a Portuguese singer. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with the song "Quero ser tua".