Porto - Notable Citizens

Notable Citizens

• Alexandre Quintanilha (born 9 August 1945) – scientist
• Almeida Garrett (1799–1854) – notable writer, theater director and liberalist.
• Álvaro Siza Vieira (born 25 June 1933) – architect
• António Nobre - (António Pereira Nobre, 16 August 1867 – 18 March 1900) was a poet. He died of tuberculosis in Foz do Douro, Porto, in 1900, after trying to recover in a number of places. His masterpiece Só (Paris, 1892), was the only book he published.
• António Pinho Vargas (born 15 August 1951) – composer
• António da Silva Porto (Francisco Ferreira da Silva Porto, 24 August 1817 - 1890) was a Portuguese trader and explorer in Angola, in the Portuguese West Africa. The town of Kuito, founded by the Portuguese and named Belmonte at that time, was renamed Silva Porto
• António Soares dos Reis (1847–1889) - sculptor
• Belmiro de Azevedo (born 17 February 1938) – entrepreneur (born in the district of Porto, in Marco de Canaveses)
• Brás Cubas (1507–1589) - Portuguese explorer, colonial administrator and founder of Santos in Brazil
• Bruno Alves (born 27 November 1981) - footballer
• Carlos Lopes (born 18 February 1947) – marathon runner, Olympic gold medalist (Los Angeles 1984)
• Charles Albert of Sardinia (1798–1849) – Italian monarch
• Diogo Vasconcelos (1968-2011) - politician and social innovator
• Duarte Coelho Pereira (c. 1485–1554) – Portuguese nobleman, military leader, colonial administrator and founder of Olinda in Brazil
• Duda (born 27 June 1980) - footballer
• Eduardo Souto de Moura (born 25 July 1952) – architect
• Estevão Gomes, also known as Esteban Gómez and Estevan Gómez, (c. 1483 - 1538), was a cartographer and explorer. He sailed at the service of Spain in the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan, but deserted the expedition before reaching the Strait of Magellan, and returned to Spain in May 1521. In 1524 he explored present-day Nova Scotia sailing South along the Maine coast. He entered New York Harbor, saw the Hudson River, and eventually reached Florida in August 1525. Because of his expedition, the 1529 Diogo Ribeiro world map outlines the East coast of North America almost perfectly.
• Fernão de Magalhães (Ferdinand Magellan) (c. 1480–1521) – the globe circumnavigation navigator; probably born in Porto, but surely lived and studied in this town.
• Francisco Sá Carneiro (1934–1980)– former Prime Minister
• Francisco Vieira de Matos (1765–1805), painter (a.k.a. Vieira Portuense)
• Freitas-Magalhães (born 1966) – psychologist and scientist
• Guilhermina Suggia (1885–1950) – cellist; born at Porto
• Henrique Hilário (born 21 October 1975) – Chelsea Football Club goalkeeper; born in Porto
• Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa (born 28 December 1937) – President of Futebol Clube do Porto
• José Pacheco Pereira (born 6 January 1949), politician, professor and political analyst
• Júlio Dinis (1839–1871) – doctor and writer
• Kaúlza de Arriaga (1915–2004) – general of the Portuguese Army
• Manoel de Oliveira (born 11 December 1908) – film director
• Miguel Sousa Tavares (born 25 June 1952) ) – writer
• Pedro Abrunhosa (born 20 December 1960) – singer/songwriter
• Pedro de Escobar (c. 1465–after 1535) – Renaissance composer
• Pêro Vaz de Caminha (1450–1500) – wrote the letter Carta do Achamento do Brasil, announcing the discovery of Brasil
• Prince Henry the Navigator (1394–1460) - responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents.
• Ramalho Ortigão (1836–1912) – writer
• Raul Meireles (born 17 March 1983) - footballer
• Richard Zimler (born 1956)– novelist
• Rosa Mota (born 29 June 1958) – marathon runner, Olympic gold medalist (Seoul 1988)
• Rui Reininho (born 28 February 1955) - singer
• Rui Veloso (born 30 July 1957) – singer
• Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004) – writer
• Tiago Monteiro (born 24 July 1976) – racing driver
• Uriel da Costa (1580–1640), Jewish philosopher