List of Famous people born in Luanda Province, Angola
José Eduardo dos Santos
José Eduardo dos Santos is an Angolan politician who served as President of Angola from 1979 to 2017. As President, José Eduardo dos Santos was also the commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and President of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the party that has ruled Angola since it gained independence in 1975. He was the second-longest-serving president in Africa, surpassed only by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, who took power less than two months before dos Santos.
William Carvalho
William Silva de Carvalho ComM is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Betis and the Portugal national team as a defensive midfielder.
Hélder Costa
Hélder Wander Sousa de Azevedo e Costa is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Leeds United and the Portugal national team.
Francisca Van Dunem
Francisca Eugénia da Silva Dias Van Dunem is an Angolan-Portuguese lawyer and politician who has been serving as the Portuguese Minister of Justice since 26 November 2015, in António Costa's XXI and XXII Constitutional Governments. Van Dunem is Portugal's first black government minister in history.
Pedro Lima
Pedro Manuel Barata de Macedo Lima was a Portuguese-Angolan actor, best known for appearing in telenovelas in Portugal. He was also an Olympic swimmer.
Silvio De Sousa
Silvio De Sousa is an Angolan college basketball player for the Kansas Jayhawks of the Big 12 Conference. A native of Luanda, Angola, he competed with Montverde Academy and then IMG Academy in high school. He has played for the Angola national team on multiple occasions at the junior level.
Pedro Emanuel
Pedro Emanuel dos Santos Martins Silva, known as Pedro Emanuel, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a central defender, and is the current manager of Emirati club Al Ain FC.
Joana Amaral Dias
Joana Beatriz Nunes Vicente Amaral Dias, widely referred to in the media as Joana Amaral Dias is a Portuguese politician and clinical psychologist, with master's and Ph.D. degrees in that area. She is the daughter of psychiatrist Carlos Amaral Dias. Besides clinical practice, university teaching and scientific research, she is the author of numerous papers and scholarly articles. In 2010 she published the book Maníacos de Qualidade, a biographical and psychological analysis of historical figures in Portugal. She was also one of the highest ranked party members of the Bloco de Esquerda, although elected for member of the Portuguese Parliament as an independent (2002–2005). In the Portuguese presidential election, 2006 she was a supporter of Mário Soares with a mandate for the youth. She is also a columnist and political analyst. Joana Amaral Dias collaborated with the Diário de Notícias, TSF, SIC, and SIC Notícias. She authored the political column on RTP N and wrote in the newspaper Correio da Manhã and the blog Frontal Cortex.
Bruno Fernando
Bruno Afonso David Fernandes, known as Bruno Fernando, is an Angolan professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins.
Ana Paula dos Santos
Ana Paula Cristovão Lemos dos Santos is the wife of former President of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos. She served as Angola's First Lady from 1991 to 2017.