List of Famous people born in Porto, Portugal

Pedro Machado Abrunhosa is a Portuguese singer, songwriter, musician and composer. Trained in jazz music, Abrunhosa started his career in the 1980s playing in jazz bands and teaching in music and art schools in Porto. He is a co-founder of the Jazz School of Porto.

Luís Carlos Novo Neto is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Sporting CP.

Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida, known as Costa, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender, and is the current manager of S.C. Farense.

Sérgio Paulo Barbosa Valente, known as Duda, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left winger.

José Álvaro Machado Pacheco Pereira, GCL is a Portuguese political commentator, historian and politician. He is a member of the center-right Social Democratic Party.

Sara Moreira ComM is a Portuguese runner who competes in cross country, road running and in middle-distance and long-distance track events. She represents Sporting CP at club level.

Rui Tiago Dantas da Silva is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Granada CF as a goalkeeper.

Jaime Alexandre Nogueira Pinto is a Portuguese writer and university professor, son of Jaime da Cunha Guimarães by Alda Branca Nogueira Pinto, who died in 2007.

João Manuel Vieira Pinto CvIH is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played mostly as a forward.

Maria Adelaide Amaral is a Portuguese Brazilian playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. A good deal of her plays concern disaffected urban professionals. She has been classed as among the two major women playwrights of Brazil, the other being Leilah Assunção.