List of Famous people born in Porto, Portugal
Diogo Jota
Diogo José Teixeira da Silva, known as Diogo Jota, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Portugal national team.
Bruno Fernandes
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Portugal national team.
Abel Ferreira
Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira, simply known as Abel as a player, is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He is the current head coach of Brazilian club Palmeiras.
André Villas-Boas
Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas, known as André Villas-Boas is a Portuguese football manager, who is currently the manager of Ligue 1 club Marseille. He is one of a growing number of top-level managers who have never played football professionally and one of the few managers to have never played beyond youth football.
Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress, and film star who was active from the 1930s on. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", Miranda is known for her signature fruit hat outfit she wore in her American films. As a young woman, she designed hats in a boutique before making her first recordings with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930 recording of "Taí ", written by Joubert de Carvalho, catapulted her to stardom in Brazil as the foremost interpreter of samba.
André Gomes
André Filipe Tavares Gomes ComM is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Everton and the Portugal national team.
André Silva
André Miguel Valente da Silva is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Portugal national team.
Ricardinho
Ricardo Filipe da Silva Braga, best known as Ricardinho, is a Portuguese professional futsal player who plays for French club Asnieres Villeneuve and the Portugal national team as a winger.
José Fonte
José Miguel da Rocha Fonte ComM is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for French club Lille OSC and the Portugal national team.
Paulo Rangel
Paulo Artur dos Santos Castro de Campos Rangel is a Portuguese jurist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2009. He also serves as vice-president of the European People's Party under the leadership of its president Donald Tusk.