List of Famous people born in Portugal

Paulo Branco is a Portuguese film producer.

Alexandrina Maria da Costa, best known as Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar, was a Portuguese mystic and victim soul, member of the Association of Salesian Cooperators, who was born and died in Balazar. Alexandrina left many written works, which have been studied mainly in Italy by Father Umberto Pasquale. On 25 April 2004 she was declared blessed by Pope John Paul II who stated that "her secret to holiness was love for Christ".

Sofia Escobar is a Portuguese soprano singer and actress. She is best known for being part of the cast in West End musicals, in London. She performed the role of Maria in West Side Story. Her most acclaimed role was Christine Daaé, the lead character in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera.

Maria do Céu Guerra is a Portuguese actress. She appeared in more than fifty films since 1964.

Simone de Macedo e Oliveira, GCIH better known as Simone de Oliveira is a Portuguese singer and actress. Simone was born and raised in Lisbon. Her Portuguese mother had black African roots in São Tomé and Príncipe, and her father was Belgian. She started singing in high school. She is a breast cancer survivor and had the sickness twice.

Mário José Gomes de Freitas Centeno is a Portuguese economist, university professor, and politician. Since 2015, he has been Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister António Costa of Portugal. He was the president of the Eurogroup and chairman of the board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism from 2018 to 2020. Previously, he was a board member economist of the Bank of Portugal. On 9 June 2020, he announced his resignation from the Ministry of Finance, effective 15 June.

João Pedro Pais is a singer and musician from Portugal.

Luís Miguel Afonso Fernandes, known as Pizzi, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Benfica and the Portugal national team as a central midfielder.

João Henrique Pataco Tomás is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a forward.

Carlos Joel Castro de Sousa is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for ARC Oleiros on loan from Tondela.