List of Famous people born in Lisboa, Portugal

Ricardo Espírito Santo (1900–1955) was a Portuguese banker, economist, patron of the arts, and international athlete. A good friend of the Portuguese dictator, António de Oliveira Salazar, he turned the Banco Espírito Santo (BES) into one of the most important financial institutions in Portugal.

António Mota de Sousa Horta-Osório is a Portuguese banker, who is the group chief executive (CEO) of Lloyds Banking Group and chairman-designate of Credit Suisse.

Nuno Paulo de Sousa Arrobas Crato, OIH is a Portuguese university professor, researcher, applied mathematician, economist, and writer. For many years, Crato was a researcher and professor in the United States. Back in Portugal, he taught mathematics and statistics at the ISEG/Technical University of Lisbon, while pursuing his research in stochastic models and time series. He also published many articles and participated in events of science popularization and for the history of science. In June 2011, he was appointed Minister of Education, Higher Education and Science, in the cabinet of the Portuguese Government led by Pedro Passos Coelho, serving through the end of Coelho's government in 2015. He was twice awarded a national medal from the President of the Republic, firstly as commander (2008) and lastly with the grand cross of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (2016), which is the highest grade given to a national figure. He has lived and worked in Lisbon, Azores, the United States and Italy.

Sara Alexandra Lima Tavares is a Portuguese singer, composer, guitarist and percussionist. She was born and brought up in Lisbon, Portugal, where she still lives. Second-generation Portuguese of Cape Verdean descent, she composes African, Portuguese and North American influenced world music. She composes in Portuguese and Portuguese-based creole languages. Although Portuguese is the main language of her songs, it's not rare to find in her repertoire multilingual songs mixing Portuguese with Portuguese creole and even English in the same song.

Ana Guiomar is a Portuguese actress, known for her character Marta Navarro in the youthful series, "Morangos com Açúcar" (2004–2006). Later she appeared in the soap opera, "Tempo de Viver" (2006–2007).

Ivo Canelas is a Portuguese theatre and film actor that has appeared in more than fifty films since 1994.

Mário Cardoso, born Mário Manuel Cardoso de Araújo is a Portuguese actor, voice actor and dubbing director.

Vasco Santana was a Portuguese actor, one of the most renowned of the classical era of Portuguese cinema.

Carlos Miguel Mondim Saleiro is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Maria Manuela de Oliveira Moreira Bravo, was born in Queluz (Sintra) on December 7, 1957. Her father Loubet Bravo is a great singer of fado in Coimbra.