List of Famous people born in Lisbon, Portugal
John III of Portugal
John III nicknamed The Pious was the King of Portugal and the Algarves from 13 December 1521 to 11 June 1557. He was the son of King Manuel I and Maria of Aragon, the third daughter of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile. John succeeded his father in 1521, at the age of nineteen.
António Vieira
Father António Vieira was a Jesuit priest, Portuguese diplomat, orator, preacher, philosopher, writer, and member of the Royal Council to the King of Portugal.
Diogo Morgado
Diogo Miguel Morgado Soares, is a Portuguese actor who may be best known for his portrayal of Jesus Christ in the History Channel epic mini-series The Bible and in the film Son of God.
Sebastian of Portugal
Sebastian was King of Portugal from 11 June 1557 to 4 August 1578 and the penultimate Portuguese monarch of the House of Aviz.
Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles
Gonçalo Pereira Ribeiro Telles was a Portuguese politician and landscape architect. He was born and died in Lisbon. He was a founder of the People's Monarchist Party in 1974, and led it until 1994, when he left the party. He later founded the ecologist movement Movimento Partido da Terra, now called MPT – Partido da Terra.
Francisco Lázaro
Francisco Lázaro was a Portuguese Olympic marathon runner and Portugal's standard-bearer in their first-ever participation at the Olympic Games, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.
Manuel Luís Goucha
Manuel Luís Sousa Goucha de Oliveira is a Portuguese television presenter (TVI). The presenter of a long-lasting morning show in RTP, followed by another in rival TVI, Goucha was also known for culinary TV programmes and books, as well as a brief spell as an actor. He also owns a restaurant. He is one of the most notorious Portuguese public figures who are openly homosexual.
John II of Portugal
John II, called the Perfect Prince, was King of Portugal from 1481 until his death in 1495, and also for a brief time in 1477. He is known for re-establishing the power of the Portuguese monarchy, reinvigorating the Portuguese economy, and renewing his country's exploration of Africa and the Asia.
Maria Teresa de Bragança
Infanta Maria Teresa of Braganza was the firstborn child of John VI of Portugal and Carlota Joaquina of Spain, and heir presumptive to the throne of Portugal between 1793 and 1795, until her short-lived brother António Pio was born.
Celeste Caeiro
Celeste Martins Caeiro, also known as Celeste dos cravos is a Portuguese pacifist and former restaurant worker. Her actions led to the naming of the 1974 coup as The Carnation Revolution.