List of Famous people born in Portugal
Manuel Luís Goucha
Manuel Luís Sousa Goucha de Oliveira is a Portuguese television presenter (TVI). The presenter of a long-lasting morning show in RTP, followed by another in rival TVI, Goucha was also known for culinary TV programmes and books, as well as a brief spell as an actor. He also owns a restaurant. He is one of the most notorious Portuguese public figures who are openly homosexual.
Isabel, Duchess of Braganza
Dona Isabel, Duchess of Braganza, is a Portuguese businesswoman who married Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, the current pretender to the defunct Portuguese throne.
Anabela
Anabela Braz Pires is a Portuguese singer and musical theatre actress, best known in Portugal by her first name, Anabela.
Inês Henriques
Inês Henriques is a Portuguese race walker. Internationally, she has won bronze medals at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup and the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics. She represented Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics and has competed at the World Championships in Athletics on eight occasions from 2001 to 2017.
Tiago Monteiro
Tiago Vagaroso da Costa Monteiro is a Portuguese professional racing driver currently competing in the World Touring Car Cup, driving a Honda Civic TCR for Münnich Motorsport. He competed in Formula One between 2005 and 2006 for the Jordan Grand Prix, Midland and Spyker MF1 teams – all different iterations of the same team as it was bought by new owners during a two-year stint as part of the Formula One paddock. He is the only Portuguese driver to have scored a Formula One podium finish.
Pedro Abrunhosa
Pedro Machado Abrunhosa is a Portuguese singer, songwriter, musician and composer. Trained in jazz music, Abrunhosa started his career in the 1980s playing in jazz bands and teaching in music and art schools in Porto. He is a co-founder of the Jazz School of Porto.
José Oliveira de Sousa
José Augusto Oliveira de Sousa is a Portuguese–Spanish professional darts player. He is based in Tarragona and represented Spain at the 2011 WDF World Cup, but played for the Portuguese team afterwards at the PDC. He won his first televised major title at the 2020 Grand Slam of Darts. He is known among darts fans for his maverick-like scoring and unorthodox checkouts in matches.
Luís Neto
Luís Carlos Novo Neto is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Sporting CP.
Diogo Infante
Diogo Nuno Infante de Lacerda is a Portuguese theatre, cinema and television actor and television presenter. He is the natural son of Maria Infante de Lacerda by an Englishman named Jonathan and maternal grandson of Renée Lance Infante de Lacerda, daughter of the 5th Barons of Sabroso. He studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School.
Agir
Bernardo Correia Ribeiro de Carvalho Costa, popularly known as Agir, is a Portuguese singer and composer. He was born in Lisbon.