List of Famous people born in Portugal
Rui Fonte
Rui Pedro da Rocha Fonte is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward or a right winger for S.C. Braga.
Maria João Pires
Maria João Alexandre Barbosa Pires is a Portuguese-Swiss classical pianist.
Luís Leal
Luís Leal dos Anjos, known as Leal, is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bolivian club Guabirá and the São Tomé and Príncipe national team.
Nuno Gomes
Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro OIH, known as Nuno Gomes, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a striker.
João Pereira
João Pedro da Silva Pereira is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays mainly as a right back for Sporting CP.
João Loureiro
João Eduardo Pinto de Loureiro was the president of the board (chairman) of the Portuguese football club Boavista FC, from the 2nd January 2013 until the 28th December 2018. Now he is the President of the General Council of the club. He had previously held the office between 1997 and 2007, when he was the most successful president of the board of Boavista's history: he was the youngest football president to be champion ever in Portugal, the year in which he was considered the best chairman of Portugal by the newspaper Record. He also won the Honour Panther prize and the Gold Panther prize. During his mandates as President (Chairman) of Boavista FC, the club won all the Portuguese competitions of professional football at the time, as well as all the national competitions u-19, and was twice Vice-Champion of Portugal. Internationally, the club participated three times in the UEFA Champions League and went to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. Also, it was during his mandate that the modern and sophisticated stadium Estádio do Bessa Século XXI was built; it has 30,000 seats and was the location of several matches for the 2004 UEFA European Championship.
Silas
Jorge Manuel Rebelo Fernandes, known as Silas, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a midfielder, and is the current manager of F.C. Famalicão.
Beto
António Alberto Bastos Pimparel, known as Beto, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Fernanda Ribeiro
Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH, is a long-distance runner born in Penafiel, Portugal. The pinnacle of her career was at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she won the women's 10000 m gold medal, establishing a new Olympic record of 31:01.63. Her victory gave Portugal its third Olympic gold medal.
Quim
Joaquim Manuel Sampaio da Silva OIH, known as Quim, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.