List of Famous people born in Portugal

Manuel António Gomes de Almeida de Pinho is a former Portuguese Minister of Economy and Innovation (2005–09) who subsequently became an energy policy academic (2010-17) under circumstances that led to indictments in Portugal in 2017 and in 2019 on multiple charges of passive corruption and money laundering. According to those charges, Pinho improperly benefited, by at least 1.2 billion euros, Portugal’s EDP-Energias de Portugal electricity company in exchange for it paying Columbia University to hire him after he left government; and he received at least 4.5 million euros in secret monthly offshore payments from his prior and subsequent boss Ricardo Espírito Santo Salgado whose Espírito Santo Financial Group benefited, according to Pinho's indictment, from several of Pinho's decisions as minister.

Ivo Ferreira is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and actor. His 2016 film Letters from War was shown at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.

Sérgio Agostinho de Oliveira Vieira is a Portuguese football manager, who most recently managed Primeira Liga club S.C. Farense.

Rui Vasco Pereira Sinel de Cordes, is a Portuguese author, comedian and television host. Apart from being one of the pioneers of black humour in Portugal, he is also the director and host of several successful tv shows.

Arnaldo Edi Lopes da Silva, known as Edinho, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for S.C.U. Torreense as a striker.

Hélder António Moutinho Paiva dos Santos, artistically known as Helder Moutinho is a Portuguese singer and songwriter, and one of the most distinguished artists in the Fado genre. He's also the brother of two renowned Fado singers, Camané and Pedro Moutinho.

Leonel Pontes da Encarnação is a Portuguese football manager.

Rui Pereira was a Portuguese Minister of Internal Administration (Ministro da Administração Interna). He took office May 17, 2007 and ended service in 2011. Before that he was a Constitutional Court judge.

António Castanheira Neves is a Portuguese legal philosopher and a professor emeritus at the law faculty of the University of Coimbra.

Manuel José de Jesus Silva ComM, simply known as Manuel José, is a Portuguese football manager.