100 Notable alumni of
University of Lisbon

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The University of Lisbon is 280th in the world, 97th in Europe, and 1st in Portugal by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Lisbon sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Fernando Pessoa

    Fernando Pessoa
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1888-1935 (aged 47)
    Occupations
    philosopherwriterprose writertranslatorliterary critic
    Biography

    Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher, and philosopher, described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language. He also wrote in and translated from English and French.

  2. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

    Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    university teacherjournalistpolitician
    Biography

    Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa is a Portuguese politician and academic. He is the 20th and current president of Portugal, since 9 March 2016. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, though he suspended his party membership for the duration of his presidency. Rebelo de Sousa has previously served as a government minister, parliamentarian in the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic, legal scholar, journalist, political analyst, law professor, and pundit.

  3. António Costa

    António Costa
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
    Graduated with Licentiate
    Occupations
    politicianinternational forum participantlawyer
    Biography

    António Luís Santos da Costa is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has served as the 119th prime minister of Portugal since 26 November 2015, presiding over the XXI (2015–2019), XXII (2019–2022) and XXIII Constitutional Governments (since 2022). He is demissionary, having resigned on 7 November 2023 following an investigation into a corruption scandal.

  4. Sara Sampaio

    Sara Sampaio
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1991-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    model
    Biography

    Sara Pinto Sampaio is a Portuguese model best known for being a Victoria's Secret Angel. Sampaio is a Giorgio Armani beauty ambassador and works for Calzedonia. She was the first Portuguese model in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue (2014).

  5. Graça Machel

    Graça Machel
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    politicianteacher
    Biography

    Graça Machel is a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. She is the widow of former President of Mozambique Samora Machel (1975–1986) and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela (1998–2013). Machel is an international advocate for women's and children's rights and was made an honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 for her humanitarian work. She is the only woman in modern history to have served as First Lady of two countries, South Africa and Mozambique.

  6. Agostinho Neto

    Agostinho Neto
    Born in
    Angola Flag Angola
    Years
    1922-1979 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    physician writerpoetpoliticianpolitical prisoner
    Biography

    António Agostinho Neto was an Angolan communist politician and poet. He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, having led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the war for independence (1961–1974). Until his death, he led the MPLA in the civil war (1975–2002). Known also for his literary activities, he is considered Angola's preeminent poet. His birthday is celebrated as National Heroes' Day, a public holiday in Angola.

  7. José Manuel Durão Barroso

    José Manuel Durão Barroso
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politicianinternational forum participanteconomist
    Biography

    José Manuel Durão Barroso is a Portuguese politician and law professor. He previously served as the 115th prime minister of Portugal and from 2004–2014 as the 11th president of the European Commission.

  8. António Egas Moniz

    António Egas Moniz
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1874-1955 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    psychiatristuniversity teacherneurosurgeonneuroscientistphysician
    Biography

    António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz, known as Egas Moniz ( Portuguese: [ˈɛɣɐʒ muˈniʃ]), was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern psychosurgery, having developed the surgical procedure leucotomy—better known today as lobotomy—for which he became the first Portuguese national to receive a Nobel Prize in 1949 (shared with Walter Rudolf Hess).

  9. Mário Soares

    Mário Soares
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1924-2017 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    politicianwriterlawyer
    Biography

    Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares was a Portuguese politician, who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the 17th president of Portugal from 1986 to 1996. He was the first secretary-general of the Socialist Party, from its foundation in 1973 to 1986. A major political figure in Portugal, he is considered the father of Portuguese democracy.

  10. Marcelo Caetano

    Marcelo Caetano
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1906-1980 (aged 74)
    Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
    Studied law
    Occupations
    university teacherlawyerjuristpolitical scientisthistorian
    Biography

    Marcelo José das Neves Alves Caetano was a Portuguese politician and scholar. He was the second and last leader of the Estado Novo after succeeding António de Oliveira Salazar. He served as prime minister from 1968 to 1974, when he was overthrown during the Carnation Revolution.

  11. António Damásio

    António Damásio
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    university teacheracademicpsychologistneurologistnon-fiction writer
    Biography

    Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese neuroscientist. He is currently the David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California, and, additionally, an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. He was previously the chair of neurology at the University of Iowa for 20 years. Damasio heads the Brain and Creativity Institute, and has authored several books: his work, Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain (2010), explores the relationship between the brain and consciousness. Damasio's research in neuroscience has shown that emotions play a central role in social cognition and decision-making.

  12. Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

    Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1919-2004 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    writerpoliticianpoettranslatorchildren's writer
    Biography

    Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen was a Portuguese poet and writer. Her remains have been entombed in the National Pantheon since 2014.

  13. Jorge Sampaio

    Jorge Sampaio
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1939-2021 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyerjurist
    Biography

    Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who was the 18th President of Portugal from 1996 to 2006. Sampaio was a member of the Socialist Party, a party which he led between 1989 and 1992. He served as the Mayor of Lisbon from 1990 to 1995 and High-Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations between 2007 and 2013.

  14. Pedro Passos Coelho

    Pedro Passos Coelho
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    politicianentrepreneureconomist
    Biography

    Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho is a Portuguese politician and university guest lecturer who was the 118th prime minister of Portugal, in office from 2011 to 2015. He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) between 2010 and 2018.

  15. José Sócrates

    José Sócrates
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    politicianengineer
    Biography

    José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, commonly known as José Sócrates ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈsɔkɾɐtɨʃ]), is a Portuguese politician who was the prime minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011. For the second half of 2007, he acted as the president-in-office of the Council of the European Union.

  16. António Lobo Antunes

    António Lobo Antunes
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
    Graduated with Licentiate in medicine
    Occupations
    physician writer
    Biography

    António Lobo Antunes is a Portuguese novelist and retired medical doctor. He has been named as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He has been awarded the 2000 Austrian State Prize, the 2003 Ovid Prize, the 2005 Jerusalem Prize, the 2007 Camões Prize, and the 2008 Juan Rulfo Prize.

  17. Florbela Espanca

    Florbela Espanca
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1894-1930 (aged 36)
    Occupations
    writerpoet
    Biography

    Florbela Espanca was a Portuguese poet. She is known for her passionate and feminist poetry. Fernando Pessoa later said she was his "twin soul".

  18. Jorge Carlos Fonseca

    Jorge Carlos Fonseca
    Born in
    Cape Verde Flag Cape Verde
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    writerpoliticianfaculty memberdiplomat
    Biography

    Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca is a Cape Verdean politician, lawyer and university professor who served as the President of Cape Verde from 2011 to 2021. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 1993. Supported by the Movement for Democracy (MpD), he won the 2011 presidential election in a second round of voting. Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 2 October 2016, where he was re-elected with 74.08% of the vote.

  19. Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane

    Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane
    Born in
    Mozambique Flag Mozambique
    Years
    1920-1969 (aged 49)
    Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
    Studied in 1950
    Occupations
    politiciananthropologistexplorer
    Biography

    Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane was the President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO) from 1962, the year that FRELIMO was founded in Tanzania, until his assassination in 1969. Born in Mozambique, he was an anthropologist by profession, and worked as a history and sociology professor at Syracuse University before returning to Mozambique in 1963.

  20. Francisco de Sá Carneiro

    Francisco de Sá Carneiro
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1934-1980 (aged 46)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro was a Portuguese politician, who was one of the founders and the first leader of the Social Democratic Party (then known as the Popular Democratic Party). He served as Prime Minister of Portugal for eleven months during 1980, until his death in a plane crash in Camarate on 4 December 1980.

  21. Francisco Pinto Balsemão

    Francisco Pinto Balsemão
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1937-.. (age 87)
    Occupations
    politicianjournalist
    Biography

    Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão is a Portuguese businessman, former journalist and retired politician, who served as Prime Minister of Portugal, from 1981 to 1983.

  22. Miguel Sousa Tavares

    Miguel Sousa Tavares
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    writerjournalist
    Biography

    Miguel Andresen de Sousa Tavares is a Portuguese lawyer, journalist and writer.

  23. Joaquim Chissano

    Joaquim Chissano
    Born in
    Mozambique Flag Mozambique
    Years
    1939-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    international forum participantpolitician
    Biography

    Joaquim Alberto Chissano is a politician who served as the second President of Mozambique, from 1986 to 2005. He is credited with transforming the war-torn country of Mozambique into a successful African democracy. After his presidency, Chissano became an elder statesman, envoy and diplomat for both his home country and the United Nations. Chissano also served as Chairperson of the African Union from 2003 to 2004.

  24. Pedro Santana Lopes

    Pedro Santana Lopes
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    lawyerjuristpoliticiansports executive
    Biography

    Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who is the current Mayor of Figueira da Foz. He most notably served as prime minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005.

  25. Artur Jorge

    Artur Jorge
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    association football managerassociation football player
    Biography

    Artur Jorge Braga Melo Teixeira, commonly known as Artur Jorge, is a Portuguese football manager and former player, who played as a forward.

  26. Pepetela

    Pepetela
    Born in
    Angola Flag Angola
    Years
    1941-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    university teacherpoliticianwriter
    Biography

    Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos is a major Angolan writer of fiction. He writes under the name Pepetela.

  27. Marta Temido

    Marta Temido
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Marta Alexandra Fartura Braga Temido de Almeida Simões is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Health under Prime Minister António Costa, between 15 October 2018 and 10 September 2022. She has submitted her resignation from the post on 30 August 2022 and ended her functions on 10 September 2022.

  28. Maria da Conceição Tavares

    Maria da Conceição Tavares
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1930-.. (age 94)
    Occupations
    economistpolitician
    Biography

    Maria da Conceição Tavares is a Portuguese naturalized Brazilian economist. She is a full professor at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and professor emeritus of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Her students have included the former president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff. Tavares is affiliated with the Workers' Party, and she was a Federal Deputy representing the state of Rio de Janeiro between 1995 and 1999. Left-wing focused, she is the author of several books on Brazil's economic development as well as numerous journal articles.

  29. Álvaro Cunhal

    Álvaro Cunhal
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1913-2005 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    writerlawyerrevolutionarypoliticiansculptor
    Biography

    Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal was a Portuguese communist revolutionary and politician. He was one of the major opponents of the dictatorial regime of the Estado Novo. He served as secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) from 1961 to 1992. He was one of the most pro-Soviet of all Western Europe communist leaders, often supporting the Soviet Union's foreign policies, including the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. During the 1970s, Cunhal supported Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev’s political agenda, and strongly opposed Mikhail Gorbachev’s perestroika policies in the 1980s.

  30. Mariana Mortágua

    Mariana Mortágua
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    economistpolitician
    Biography

    Mariana Rodrigues Mortágua is a Portuguese economist, politician, and current National Coordinator of the Left Bloc, serving since 28 May 2023. In 2013, she was elected to the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal, replacing Ana Drago.

  31. Cesário Verde

    Cesário Verde
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1855-1886 (aged 31)
    Occupations
    merchantwriterpoet
    Biography

    Cesário Verde was a 19th-century Portuguese poet. His work, while mostly ignored during his lifetime and not well known outside of the country's borders even today, is generally considered to be amongst the most important in Portuguese poetry and is widely taught in schools. This is partly due to his being championed by many other authors after his death, notably Fernando Pessoa.

  32. Carlos Moedas

    Carlos Moedas
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    international forum participanteconomistpainterbankerpolitician
    Biography

    Carlos Manuel Félix Moedas is a Portuguese civil engineer, economist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), who is the current Mayor of Lisbon.

  33. Ana Gomes

    Ana Gomes
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politiciandiplomat
    Biography

    Ana Maria Rosa Martins Gomes, better known as Ana Gomes, is a Portuguese former diplomat and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).

  34. Diogo de Freitas do Amaral

    Diogo de Freitas do Amaral
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1941-2019 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    writerpoliticianuniversity teacherdiplomat
    Biography

    Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral was a Portuguese politician and law professor. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 January 1980 to 12 January 1981 and from 12 March 2005 to 3 July 2006. He also served briefly as Prime Minister in an interim capacity in the early 1980s, after the death of Francisco de Sá Carneiro.

  35. Pedro Costa

    Pedro Costa
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    cinematographerfilm directorscreenwriterlighting designerfilm editor
    Biography

    Pedro Costa is a Portuguese film director. He is best known for his sequence of films set in Lisbon, which focuses on the lives of the impoverished residents of a slum in the Fontainhas neighbourhood.

  36. Pedro Nunes

    Pedro Nunes
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1502-1578 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    mathematiciancartographerastronomergeographerphysician
    Biography

    Pedro Nunes was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, probably from a New Christian (of Jewish origin) family.

  37. Adriano Moreira

    Adriano Moreira
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1922-2022 (aged 100)
    Occupations
    lawyerstatespersonpoliticianteacher
    Biography

    Adriano José Alves Moreira, ComC GCC GOIH GCSE was a Portuguese lawyer, professor and a leading political figure in Portugal throughout the second half of the 20th century.

  38. Alice Vieira

    Alice Vieira
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    children's writerjournalistwriter
    Biography

    Alice Vieira is a Portuguese children's and adult books author.

  39. Assunção Cristas

    Assunção Cristas
    Born in
    Angola Flag Angola
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    university teacherpoliticianjurist
    Biography

    Maria de Assunção de Oliveira Cristas Machado da Graça is a Portuguese lawyer, professor and politician. She was the President of the CDS – People's Party from 2016 to 2020.

  40. Luís Marques Mendes

    Luís Marques Mendes
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes, GCIH is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, and a former Leader of the Social Democratic Party.

  41. Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos

    Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Francisco José Nina Martins Rodrigues dos Santos is a Portuguese conservative politician and a lawyer. He was elected President of the CDS – People's Party in the National Congress of the Party in Aveiro, with 46% of the votes. In 2018, he was selected as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe for law and policy.

  42. Francisca Van Dunem

    Francisca Van Dunem
    Born in
    Angola Flag Angola
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyerjurist
    Biography

    Francisca Eugénia da Silva Dias Van Dunem is an Angolan-born Portuguese lawyer and politician who served as the Portuguese Minister of Justice from 26 November 2015 to 30 March 2022, in António Costa's XXI and XXII Constitutional Governments, and Minister of Internal Administration from 4 December 2021 to 30 March 2022. Van Dunem is Portugal's first black government minister in history.

  43. Ondjaki

    Ondjaki
    Born in
    Angola Flag Angola
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    playwrightwriterpoet
    Biography

    Ndalu de Almeida is a writer born in Angola who uses the pen name Ondjaki. He has written poetry, children's books, short stories, novels, drama and film scripts.

  44. Maria Barroso

    Maria Barroso
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1925-2015 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    film actorpoliticianstage actor
    Biography

    Maria de Jesus Simões Barroso Soares, GCL was a Portuguese politician and actress, wife of President of Portugal Mario Soares and First Lady of Portugal between 1986 and 1996.

  45. António Champalimaud

    António Champalimaud
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1918-2004 (aged 86)
    Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
    In 1936 studied chemistry and physics
    Occupations
    industrialistbankerbusinessperson
    Biography

    António de Sommer Champalimaud was a Portuguese banker and industrialist in 2004. He was the wealthiest man in Portugal, gaining his fortune through insurance, banking, iron ore mining and cement industries, which were nationalized after the Carnation Revolution of 1974. After living in exile in Brazil for seven years, he returned to Portugal and rebuilt his companies.

  46. Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente

    Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
    Studied philosophy
    Occupations
    university teacherhistorianCatholic priestpriestpatriarch
    Biography

    Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente, GCC, officially Manuel III, is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Metropolitan Patriarch of Lisbon from 2013 to 2023 and a cardinal since 14 February 2015. He has been a bishop since 1999 and was Bishop of Porto from 2007 to 2013.

  47. Miguel Albuquerque

    Miguel Albuquerque
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Miguel Filipe Machado de Albuquerque is a Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the current President of the Regional Government of Madeira. He took office as leader of the PSD of Madeira on 10 January 2015. He was a former mayor (presidente da Câmara in Portuguese) of Funchal, Madeira. Albuquerque likes gardening and used to grow many types of roses in his Rose Garden and the Quinta do Arco.

  48. José Hermano Saraiva

    José Hermano Saraiva
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1919-2012 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    juristdiplomathistoriantelevision presenterpolitician
    Biography

    José Hermano Saraiva GCIH • GCIP was a Portuguese professor, historian and jurist. He was most known as a television personality in Portugal, having been the author and presenter of several documentary series of historical divulgation from 1971 to 2003 on the Portuguese television.

  49. Pedro Pires

    Pedro Pires
    Born in
    Cape Verde Flag Cape Verde
    Years
    1934-.. (age 90)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Pedro de Verona Rodrigues Pires is a Cape Verdean politician who served as Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 1975 to 1991, and later as President from 2001 to 2011.

  50. Maria Antónia Palla

    Maria Antónia Palla
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1933-.. (age 91)
    Occupations
    women's rights activistjournalist
    Biography

    Maria Antónia Palla is a journalist, writer and feminist who was one of the first female journalists in Portugal. She played an important role in the legalization of abortion in the country, by promoting the practice in interviews and television programmes. In 2004 Palla was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Liberty. She is the mother of António Costa, the current Prime Minister of Portugal.

  51. Rui Tavares

    Rui Tavares
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    politicianwriter
    Biography

    Rui Miguel Marcelino Tavares Pereira is a Portuguese historian and politician. He has been elected a Member of the Assembly of the Republic in the 2022 legislative election, and has been a member of the Lisbon City Council since 2021.

  52. Lídia Jorge

    Lídia Jorge
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    writerjournalist
    Biography

    Lídia Jorge is a prominent Portuguese novelist and author whose work is representative of a recent style of Portuguese writing, the so-called "Post Revolution Generation".

  53. Herberto Hélder

    Herberto Hélder
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1930-2015 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    translatorwriterpoetpoet lawyerjournalist
    Biography

    Herberto Helder de Oliveira was a Portuguese poet often considered the most important Portuguese poet of the second half of the 20th century.

  54. João Lobo Antunes

    João Lobo Antunes
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1944-2016 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    neurosurgeonsurgeon
    Biography

    João Lobo Antunes was a Portuguese neurosurgeon.

  55. Pedro Siza Vieira

    Pedro Siza Vieira
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    international forum participantpolitician
    Biography

    Pedro Siza Vieira is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister since 21 October 2017 and Minister of Economy since 15 October 2018 in the government of Prime Minister António Costa.

  56. Adolfo Mesquita Nunes

    Adolfo Mesquita Nunes
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
    Graduated with master's degree
    Occupations
    politicianjurist
    Biography

    Adolfo Miguel Baptista Mesquita Nunes is a Portuguese jurist and politician. While part of CDS – People's Party, he served as Member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2011 to 2013, and as Secretary of State for Tourism in Pedro Passos Coelho's first and second governments from 2013 to 2015.

  57. Helena Almeida

    Helena Almeida
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1934-2018 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    painterartistphotographer
    Biography

    Helena Almeida GOIH was a Portuguese artist known for her work in photography, performance art, body art, painting and drawing.

  58. Katia Guerreiro

    Katia Guerreiro
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Katia Guerreiro is a South African-born Portuguese fado singer, who has released eight albums and has received several awards, including Order of Arts and Letters, Chevalier rank, from the French government and the Order of Prince Henry from the President of Portugal.

  59. Archduke Joseph Árpád of Austria

    Archduke Joseph Árpád of Austria
    Born in
    Hungary Flag Hungary
    Years
    1933-2017 (aged 84)
    Biography

    Archduke Joseph Árpád Benedikt Ferdinand Franz Maria Gabriel was a member of the Hungarian Palatine branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and as such an Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia with the style His Imperial and Royal Highness.

  60. Adelino da Palma Carlos

    Adelino da Palma Carlos
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1905-1992 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    journalistlawyerwriterpolitician
    Biography

    Adelino da Palma Carlos, GCC, GCIH, GOL, was a Portuguese lawyer, scholar, politician and a freemason, one of at least five sons of Manuel Carlos and wife Auta Vaz Velho da Palma. He was an opponent of the fascist regime of the Estado Novo (New State) of António de Oliveira Salazar (and later Marcello Caetano) since his youth, and, being a liberal, rather than a socialist, was chosen by President António de Spínola, as the 103rd and the first prime minister after the 25 April 1974 revolution. He was also the 11th Head ("Bastonário") of the Portuguese Bar Association.

  61. Isabel Moreira

    Isabel Moreira
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
    Graduated with licentiate degree in law
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Isabel de Lima Mayer Alves Moreira is a Portuguese jurist and politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as a member of the Assembly of the Republic since 2011. She is known for her campaigns in favour of LGBT rights.

  62. Mário Pinto de Andrade

    Mário Pinto de Andrade
    Born in
    Angola Flag Angola
    Years
    1928-1990 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    writerpoetpoliticianeditorphilologist
    Biography

    Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade was an Angolan poet and politician.

  63. Maria do Céu Guerra

    Maria do Céu Guerra
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    film actoractor
    Biography

    Maria do Céu Guerra is a Portuguese actress. She appeared in more than fifty films since 1964.

  64. Eduardo Cabrita

    Eduardo Cabrita
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Eduardo Arménio do Nascimento Cabrita is a Portuguese legal professional and politician who served as Minister Assistant in the cabinet of Prime Minister António Costa from 2015 until 2021. He was a member of parliament from 2002 to 2015, before taking office as minister in the Government.

  65. Miguel Poiares Maduro

    Miguel Poiares Maduro
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    journalistwriterpoliticianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Miguel Poiares Maduro is a Portuguese academic and politician. He was the Portuguese Minister for Regional Development from April 2013 to October 2015 in the XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal. Formerly, he was director of the School of Transnational Governance and professor of law at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Poiares Maduro was also visiting professor at the faculty of law at Yale University in the United States of America.

  66. Isabel Alçada

    Isabel Alçada
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    historianwriterpoliticianscreenwriter
    Biography

    Maria Isabel Girão de Melo Veiga Vilar, better known by her pen name, Isabel Alçada, is a Portuguese teacher, writer, and politician. As a writer, she is mainly dedicated to children's literature, being primarily known for writing the Uma aventura series of books with her writing partner Ana Maria Magalhães.

  67. Afonso Cruz

    Afonso Cruz
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    film directorwritermusicianillustrator
    Biography

    Afonso Cruz, born in Figueira da Foz, is a portuguese multidisciplinary artist, author of more than 30 books, among novels, theatre plays, picture books, juvenile novellas, poetry, photo-text and essays.

  68. Leonor Beleza

    Leonor Beleza
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    politicianjurist
    Biography

    Maria Leonor Couceiro Pizarro Beleza GCC, is a Portuguese politician.

  69. João Magueijo

    João Magueijo
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    astronomerphysicist
    Biography

    João Magueijo is a Portuguese cosmologist and professor in theoretical physics at Imperial College London. He is a pioneer of the varying speed of light (VSL) theory.

  70. António Vitorino

    António Vitorino
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    university teacherinternational forum participantlawyerjuristpolitician
    Biography

    António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino is a Portuguese lawyer and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).

  71. Carlos César

    Carlos César
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politicianjournalist
    Biography

    Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César, GCC is a Portuguese politician and former President of the Regional Government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. He currently serves as member of the Assembly of the Republic, member of the Council of State and President of the Socialist Party.

  72. Fausto Bordalo Dias

    Fausto Bordalo Dias
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    recording artistcomposersongwriter
    Biography

    Carlos Fausto Bordalo Gomes Dias OL, known mononymously as Fausto, is a Portuguese composer and singer.

  73. Baltasar Lopes da Silva

    Baltasar Lopes da Silva
    Born in
    Cape Verde Flag Cape Verde
    Years
    1907-1989 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    writerteacherpoetjuristlinguist
    Biography

    Baltasar Lopes da Silva was a writer, poet and linguist from Cape Verde, who wrote in both Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole. With Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa, he was the founder of Claridade. In 1947 he published Chiquinho, considered the greatest Cape Verdean novel and O dialecto crioulo de Cabo Verde which describes different dialects of creoles of Cape Verde. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Osvaldo Alcântara.

  74. Jaime Gama

    Jaime Gama
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    politicianjournalist
    Biography

    Jaime José de Matos da Gama is a Portuguese former politician. In the Portuguese government, he served as Minister of Internal Administration in 1978, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1985 and from 1995 to 2002, and Minister of National Defence in 1999. From 2005 to 2011 we was President of the Assembly of the Republic.

  75. David Mourão-Ferreira

    David Mourão-Ferreira
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1927-1996 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    writerpoet
    Biography

    David de Jesus Mourão-Ferreira, GCSE was a Portuguese writer and poet from Lisbon.

  76. Miguel Guilherme

    Miguel Guilherme
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Miguel Guilherme is a Portuguese actor. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1980.

  77. Vasco Graça Moura

    Vasco Graça Moura
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1942-2014 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    writerpoliticianpoet lawyerpoettranslator
    Biography

    Vasco Navarro da Graça Moura, GCSE GCIH OSE was a Portuguese lawyer, writer, translator and politician, son of Francisco José da Graça Moura and wife Maria Teresa Amado da Cunha Seixas Navarro de Castro, of Northern Portugal bourgeoisie.

  78. Graça Fonseca

    Graça Fonseca
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
    Graduated with licentiate degree in law
    Occupations
    sociologistpolitician
    Biography

    Graça Maria da Fonseca Caetano Gonçalves is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister António Costa since 15 October 2018. Fonseca graduated with a law degree from the University of Lisbon, has a master's degree in economics from the University of Coimbra, and obtained a PhD in sociology from ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon. From 26 November 2015 to 15 October 2018, Fonseca served as Secretary of State Assistant and of Administrative Modernisation.

  79. Ana da Silva

    Ana da Silva
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Occupations
    guitaristsinger
    Biography

    Ana da Silva is a musician, best known as a founding member of post-punk rock band the Raincoats.

  80. Vitorino Nemésio

    Vitorino Nemésio
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1901-1978 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    journalistwriterpoet
    Biography

    Vitorino Nemésio Mendes Pinheiro da Silva was a Portuguese poet, author and intellectual from Terceira, Azores, best known for his novel Mau Tempo No Canal, as well as being a professor in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Lisbon and member of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon.

  81. Maria Cavaco Silva

    Maria Cavaco Silva
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    politicianteacher
    Biography

    Maria Alves da Silva Cavaco Silva is the wife of Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the 19th President of the Portuguese Republic and, as such, was the First Lady of Portugal from 2006 until 2016.

  82. Maria Manuela Portugal Eanes

    Maria Manuela Portugal Eanes
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Maria Manuela Duarte Neto Portugal Ramalho Eanes was the First Lady of Portugal from 1976 to 1986, as the wife of the President of Portugal, António Ramalho Eanes.

  83. Raimundo Pereira

    Raimundo Pereira
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira is a Bissau-Guinean lawyer and politician who was interim President of Guinea-Bissau from 3 March 2009 to 8 September 2009 and again in 2012, following the departure of President Malam Bacai Sanhá for medical treatment abroad; he continued in that capacity after Sanha's death. Pereira was elected as President of the National People's Assembly on 22 December 2008. Pereira is a member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). He was ousted in a coup on 12 April 2012 and succeeded by Mamadu Ture Kuruma.

  84. Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins

    Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyereconomist
    Biography

    Guilherme Valdemar Pereira de Oliveira Martins is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. His great-great-great uncle was Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins.

  85. Medina Carreira

    Medina Carreira
    Years
    1931-2017 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyereconomist
    Biography

    Henrique Medina Carreira was a Portuguese jurist and financial expert who served as Minister of Finance from 1976 to 1978.

  86. Dulce Maria Cardoso

    Dulce Maria Cardoso
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    juristwriter
    Biography

    Dulce Maria Cardoso is a Portuguese writer. She was born in Fonte Longa, Carrazeda de Ansiães, Trás-os-Montes but moved to Luanda, Angola as an infant. Her family came back to Portugal in 1975 along with half a million other retornados as Portugal's overseas colonies gained independence.

  87. Fernando Rosas

    Fernando Rosas
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    historianpoliticianrevolutionaryuniversity teacherjournalist
    Biography

    Fernando José Mendes Rosas is a Portuguese historian, professor, and politician.

  88. Maria Teresa Horta

    Maria Teresa Horta
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1937-.. (age 87)
    Occupations
    novelistwriterpoet
    Biography

    Maria Teresa de Mascarenhas Horta Barros is a Portuguese feminist poet, journalist and activist. She is one of the authors of the book Novas Cartas Portuguesas (New Portuguese Letters), together with Maria Isabel Barreno and Maria Velho da Costa. The authors, known as the "Three Marias," were arrested, jailed and prosecuted under Portuguese censorship laws in 1972, during the last years of the Estado Novo dictatorship. The book and their trial inspired protests in Portugal and attracted international attention from European and American women's liberation groups in the years leading up to the Carnation Revolution.

  89. Carlos Veiga

    Carlos Veiga
    Born in
    Cape Verde Flag Cape Verde
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    politicianjudgelegal counselor
    Biography

    Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga is a Cape Verdean politician. He was Prime Minister of Cape Verde from April 4, 1991, to July 29, 2000.

  90. Miguel Trovoada

    Miguel Trovoada
    Years
    1936-.. (age 88)
    Occupations
    politiciandiplomat
    Biography

    Miguel dos Anjos da Cunha Lisboa Trovoada was the prime minister from 1975 to 1979 and second president of São Tomé and Príncipe 1991 to 2001. On 16 July 2014, he was appointed the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS). Prior to this, he was the executive secretary of the Gulf of Guinea Commission.

  91. Maria da Assunção Esteves

    Maria da Assunção Esteves
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    journalistwriterpolitician
    Biography

    Maria da Assunção Andrade Esteves is a Portuguese politician who was President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal from 2011 to 2015. She was a Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition, part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group, from 2004 to 2009.

  92. António-Pedro Vasconcelos

    António-Pedro Vasconcelos
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1939-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    António-Pedro Saraiva de Barros e Vasconcelos GCIH is a Portuguese film director.

  93. Maria Elisa

    Maria Elisa
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    politicianjournalist
    Biography

    Maria Elisa Domingues, known as Maria Elisa is a Portuguese journalist and television presenter.

  94. Nuno Júdice

    Nuno Júdice
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    translatorwriterpoet
    Biography

    Nuno Judice is a Portuguese essayist, poet, writer, novelist and professor.

  95. Adalberto Campos Fernandes

    Adalberto Campos Fernandes
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    physicianpolitician
    Biography

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

  96. Maria Velho da Costa

    Maria Velho da Costa
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1938-2020 (aged 82)
    Enrolled in the University of Lisbon
    Studied Germanic philology
    Occupations
    lecturerwriter
    Biography

    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, and became one of the authors of the book Novas Cartas Portugesas (New Portuguese Letters), together with Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Isabel Barreno. The authors, known as the "Three Marias," were arrested, jailed and prosecuted under Portuguese censorship laws in 1972, during the last years of the Estado Novo dictatorship. The book and their trial inspired protests in Portugal and attracted international attention from European and American women's liberation groups in the years leading up to the Carnation Revolution.

  97. José Jorge Letria

    José Jorge Letria
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    journalistpoetwriterpolitician
    Biography

    José Jorge Letria OL is a Portuguese poet, writer and musician. He is the current president of Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores.

  98. Odete Santos

    Odete Santos
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1941-2023 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    actorpoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    Odete Santos GOIH was a Portuguese lawyer, amateur actress, and politician who was a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal for 27 years.

  99. Clara Pinto Correia

    Clara Pinto Correia
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    writerbiologistactortranslatorjournalist
    Biography

    Clara Pinto-Correia is a Portuguese-born novelist, journalist and educator.

  100. António Mega Ferreira

    António Mega Ferreira
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1949-2022 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    writerpoetliterary translatornarratorjournalist
    Biography

    António Taurino Mega Ferreira GCC GCCa was a Portuguese writer and journalist.