List of Famous people born in Portugal
José António Vieira da Silva
José António da Fonseca Vieira da Silva is a Portuguese politician and a member of the Socialist Party. He served as Minister of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security from 2015 to 2019 under Prime Minister António Costa.
Caesar DePaço
Caesar DePaço is a Portuguese, businessman and philanthropist. DePaço is the Chief Executive Officer of Summit Nutritionals International and formerly served as the Honorary Consul of Portugal in Florida.
Ricardo Pereira
Ricardo Domingos Barbosa Pereira is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Premier League club Leicester City and the Portugal national team.
Luciana Abreu
Luciana Abreu Sodré Costa Real is a Portuguese singer, actress and television host. Luciana Abreu is known for her participation in Idolos, for representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of the pop-duo 2B, for her character in 2006 for Floribella as Flor Valente.
Tiago Djaló
Tiago Emanuel Embaló Djaló is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central defender for French club Lille OSC.
Jaime Pacheco
Jaime Moreira Pacheco is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a central midfielder, and is a current manager.
Louis Ferreira
Louis Ferreira is a Portuguese-Canadian actor. Ferreira is best known for his roles in Stargate Universe as Colonel Everett Young, serial killer Ray Prager in the first season of Durham County, FBI Assistant Director John Pollock in Missing, and Art Blank in Saw IV, Saw V, and Saw 3D. He starred in the CTV series Motive as homicide detective Oscar Vega. Before 2008, he was credited under the stage name Justin Louis.
Ana Malhoa
Ana Sofia Lopes Malhoa Moreira known as Ana Malhoa is a Portuguese singer-songwriter, TV host, actress and businesswoman. She started her career performing with her father José Malhoa, a popular Portuguese singer, in 1985. With her father, she released seven extended plays between 1986 and 1995. At age of 15 she was cast the host of the children's variety show Buéréré, releasing albums with platinum status and becoming a pop icon in the lusophone countries. In 2000, she released her first studio album, and since then she is the best selling pop artist in Portugal, with sales of over 630,000 copies.
Álvaro Siza Vieira
Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira, GOSE, GCIH, GCIP, is a Portuguese architect, and architectural educator. He is internationally known as Álvaro Siza and in Portugal as Siza Vieira.
Rita Blanco
Rita Blanco is a Portuguese actress and voice actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1983. She starred in the film Get a Life, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.