List of Famous people born in Portugal
Maria Velho da Costa
Maria de Fátima de Bivar Velho da Costa was a Portuguese writer who was awarded the Camões Prize in 2002. She took part in the Portuguese Feminist Movement with Maria Isabel Barreno and Maria Teresa Horta.
André Horta
André Filipe Luz Horta is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for S.C. Braga as a midfielder.
Paulo Macedo
Paulo Macedo a Portuguese business manager and former politician. He was the Portuguese Health Minister from 2011 to 2015 in the government led by Pedro Passos Coelho.
José Gomes Temporão
José Gomes Temporão is a Brazilian public health physician and politician, formerly of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, who later joined the Brazilian Socialist Party. He was Brazilian Minister of Health from 2007 to 2010, during the second term of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration.
Simão Sabrosa
Simão Pedro Fonseca Sabrosa OIH, known mononymously as Simão, is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a left winger, with dribbling and set piece skills as primary attributes.
Valentim Loureiro
Valentim dos Santos de Loureiro ComM is a Portuguese politician, and former football chairman of Boavista F.C. and Portuguese League for Professional Football. He has the rank of Major of the Portuguese Army. He was involved in the Apito Dourado corruption sports scandal.
Jorge Costa
Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida, known as Costa, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender, and is the current manager of S.C. Farense.
Alexandrina Barbosa
Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa is a Portuguese-born Spanish handballer for Liga Națională club CSM București the Spanish national team.
Duda
Sérgio Paulo Barbosa Valente, known as Duda, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left winger.
Jamila Madeira
Jamila Madeira is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists.