List of Famous people born in Portugal

Luis Miguel Barbosa Maia is a beach volleyball player from Portugal, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He ended up in fourth place in Atlanta (1996) and in Sydney (2000), alongside João Brenha, after having lost the bronze medal match against the German couple Axel Hager / Jörg Ahmann. He currently plays for Sporting CP.

Benedita Gonçalves Aires Pereira is an award-winning Portuguese actress. She was born in Porto.

Elisa Maria da Costa Guimarães Ferreira, GCC is a Portuguese politician and economist who has been serving as European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms in the administration of President Ursula von der Leyen since 2019. She previously served as vice-governor of the Bank of Portugal from 2016 until 2019. She was as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists between 2004 and 2016. In 2019, she was selected by Portugal to serve as a European Commissioner.

Tonicha is a Portuguese pop-folk singer. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, with the song "Menina do alto da serra" ; she finished ninth. She also represented her country in the OTI Festival 1972 in which she had better luck and finished sixth.

Adalberto Campos Fernandes is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Health from 26 November 2015 to 15 October 2018. Fernandes graduated with a PhD in health administration from the University of Lisbon and is a professor at the New University of Lisbon.

Patrícia Candoso is a Portuguese singer and actress.

Sérgio Paulo Mendes de Sousa Pinto is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists.

Daniel da Cruz Carvalho, commonly known as Dani, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder.

Catarina Efigénia Sabino Eufémia was an illiterate harvester from Alentejo, Portugal who was murdered during a worker's strike by lieutenant Carrajola of the Guarda Nacional Republicana in Monte do Olival, Baleizão, in Beja, Alentejo. Catarina had three children, one eight months old, who was with her when she was shot.

Gil Bastião Dias is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for F.C. Famalicão, on loan from French club AS Monaco FC.