List of Famous people born in Lisboa, Portugal

António Lobo Antunes, GCSE is a Portuguese novelist and medical doctor. He has been named as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Maria Manuela Dias Ferreira Leite GCC GCIH, commonly known as Manuela Ferreira Leite, is a Portuguese economist, pundit and retired politician.

João Rodrigo Reis Carvalho Leão is a Portuguese economist, university professor, and politician. He currently serves as Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister António Costa of Portugal, sworn in on 15 June 2020.

José de Avillez Burnay Ereira, known as José Avillez, is a Portuguese chef and restaurateur. He is one of the most renowned Portuguese chefs. In the beginning of 2012, José Avillez opened the fully renovated Belcanto winning a Michelin star that same year. In 2014, Belcanto earned its second Michelin star and in 2019 was considered one of the 50 best restaurants in the world by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Currently, he has several restaurants in Portugal, in Lisbon and Porto, and also in Dubai. His cooking style, contemporary and Portuguese-inspired, has earned him several national and international accolades, including 2015's “Chef of the Year” by WINE magazine.

Rui Miguel Garcia Lopes de Almeida is a Portuguese professional football manager.

Alexandra Lencastre is a Portuguese actress.

Augusto Soares Inácio is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left back, and a manager.

Luís Filipe Ferreira Vieira is a Portuguese real estate businessman who is the 33rd president of sports club S.L. Benfica since 2003. He is also president of the club's SAD board of directors.

Helena Maria de Jesus Águas, commonly known as Lena d'Água, is a Portuguese singer.

Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese-American neuroscientist. He is currently the David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California, and, additionally, an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. He was previously the chair of neurology at the University of Iowa for 20 years. Damasio heads the Brain and Creativity Institute, and has authored several books: his next to latest work, Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain (2010), explores the relationship between the brain and consciousness. Damasio's research in neuroscience has shown that emotions play a central role in social cognition and decision-making.