List of Famous people born in Portugal

António Lobo Antunes, GCSE is a Portuguese novelist and medical doctor. He has been named as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Maria Manuela Dias Ferreira Leite GCC GCIH, commonly known as Manuela Ferreira Leite, is a Portuguese economist, pundit and retired politician.

João Rodrigo Reis Carvalho Leão is a Portuguese economist, university professor, and politician. He currently serves as Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister António Costa of Portugal, sworn in on 15 June 2020.

José de Avillez Burnay Ereira, known as José Avillez, is a Portuguese chef and restaurateur. He is one of the most renowned Portuguese chefs. In the beginning of 2012, José Avillez opened the fully renovated Belcanto winning a Michelin star that same year. In 2014, Belcanto earned its second Michelin star and in 2019 was considered one of the 50 best restaurants in the world by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Currently, he has several restaurants in Portugal, in Lisbon and Porto, and also in Dubai. His cooking style, contemporary and Portuguese-inspired, has earned him several national and international accolades, including 2015's “Chef of the Year” by WINE magazine.

Rui Miguel Garcia Lopes de Almeida is a Portuguese professional football manager.

Alexandra Lencastre is a Portuguese actress.

Sérgio Ricardo da Silva Pinto is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a right winger.

Augusto Soares Inácio is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left back, and a manager.

Luís Filipe Ferreira Vieira is a Portuguese real estate businessman who is the 33rd president of sports club S.L. Benfica since 2003. He is also president of the club's SAD board of directors.

Eduardo Elísio Machado Souto de Moura, better known as Eduardo Souto de Moura, is a Portuguese architect who was the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2011 and the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2013. Along with Fernando Távora and Álvaro Siza, he is one of the alumni of the Porto School of Architecture, where he was appointed a Professor.