- Mark Of Lisbon
Mark of Lisbon (d. 1591), properly Marcos da Silva, was a Portuguese Franciscan, historian, and the Bishop of Porto. While visiting the main convents of the Franciscan Order in Spain, Italy, and France, Mark collected a number of original documents about the order's history at the instance of the minister general, Fr. Andrea Alvarez. Earlier, in 1532, the minister general, Father Paul Pisotti, … - Calouste Gulbenkian
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was an Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He played a major role in making the petroleum reserves of the Middle East available to Western development. By the end of his life he had become one of the world's wealthiest individuals and his art acquisitions considered one of the greatest private collections. - José Manuel Barroso
José Manuel Durão Barroso, GCC (born in Lisbon, March 23, 1956) is a Portuguese politician and the 11th President of the European Commission. He served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 6 April 2002 until 29 June 2004, when he resigned to become President-designate of the European Commission. The appointment was formally endorsed by the European Parliament on July 22, and he was due to take over officially from Romano Prodi on 1 November 2004. - Paulo Santos
Paulo Santos (pron.), full name: Paulo Jorge Silva Santos, (born December 11, 1972 in Lisbon) is an Portuguese football goalkeeper who currently, as of March 2007, plays for SC Braga. He won one cap for national team, in 16 November 2005, in a friendly match with Northern Ireland (1-1), in Belfast. He was called up to the 2006 World Cup as a late replacement for the injured Bruno Vale. He won the Portuguese championship on 1993-1994 with Benfica, … - Rui Costa
Rui Manuel César Costa, <small>OIH</small>, usually referred to simply as Rui Costa (pron.) (born March 29, 1972 in Lisbon), is a legendaryPortuguese football player. He is an attacking midfielder for Portuguese club SL Benfica and is also capable of playing as a deep-seated defensive midfielder. He is considered to be the best Portuguese playmaker of all times - for that, he is commonly known as the "maestro", or "The number 10", … - Fernando Pessoa
Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa (b. June 13, 1888 in Lisbon, Portugal — d. November 30, 1935 in the same city) was a poet and writer. Critic Harold Bloom referred to him in the book "The Western Canon" as the most representative poet of the twentieth century, along with Pablo Neruda. Pessoa is unique as an author due to the importance of heteronyms in his writing. - Ricardo Quaresma
Ricardo Andrade Quaresma is a Portuguese football midfielder who currently plays for Porto in the Portuguese BWINLIGA and the Portugal national football team. Nicknamed Mustang by former coach Laszlo Bölöni, Quaresma is often compared to fellow Portuguese, Cristiano Ronaldo for the similarities both possess in terms of their speed and dribbling abilities, as well as their style of play. - Martim Moniz
Martim Moniz, was a Portuguese a knight of noble birth and famous figure in the Siege of Lisbon in 1147. According to the legend, Martim Moniz was a knight participating in the Christian invasion force, lead by king Afonso I of Portugal, in the reconquest of the city of Lisbon, during the Reconquista. At one point in the siege of São Jorge Castle, he saw the Moors closing the castle doors. - Paulo Bento
Paulo Jorge Gomes Bento (born Lisbon, 20 June 1969), or simply Paulo Bento, is a former football (soccer) player whose position was defensive midfielder. He played for Estrela da Amadora, Vitória de Guimarães, Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Real Oviedo, before moving to Sporting Clube de Portugal where he finished his career as a player. He had 35 caps for the Portugal's team, since his first game, at 15 January 1992, in a 0-0 draw with Spain, … - Fontes Pereira de Melo
António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo (pron. IPA ; (Lisbon, 1819 - Lisbon, 1887) was a Portuguese statesman, politician, and engineer. Historically, he was a very important political figure, deputy, and in several occasions minister. He is mostly remembered for conducting dynamic industrial and public infrastructure policy which become known as "Fontismo" (after his name). - Manuel Fernandes
Manuel Henriques Tavares Fernandes (born 5 February, 1986 in Lisbon), called Manuel Fernandes (pron.) for short, is a Portuguese football (soccer) player who plays in midfield for Benfica. - Amália Rodrigues
Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues, <small>GCSE, GCIH</small>, pron., (July 1920 - October 6 1999) was a Portuguese singer and actress. Born in Lisbon, official documents give her date of birth as July 23, but Rodrigues always said her birthday was July 1 1920. She was born in the rua Martim Vaz "(Martim Vaz Street)", freguesia of Pena, Lisbon. Her father was a trumpet player and cobbler from Fundão who returned there when Amália was just over a year old, … - Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland is the U.S. Representative for Ohio's Sixth Congressional District, and the Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio. Ted was born in Lucasville in 1941, the eighth of nine children. He didn't grow up in privilege-As a child, his home burned down, leaving him and his family to live in a chicken shack until his father could convert their barn into a new home. - Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro
Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (Lisbon, 21 November 1857- Lisbon, 6 November 1929), who is usually referred to as Columbano, was a Portuguese painter. - Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1450 - May 29, 1500) was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the the southern tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so. In 1481 Dias accompanied Diogo de Azambuja on an expedition to the Gold Coast. Dias was a cavalier of the royal court, superintendent of the royal warehouses and sailing-master of the man-of-war "São Cristóvão" ("Saint Christopher"). - Alexandre Herculano
Alexandre Herculano de Carvalho e Araújo, Portuguese historian, was born in Lisbon of humble stock, his grandfather having been a foreman stonemason in the royal employ. He received his early education, comprising Latin, logic and rhetoric, at the Necessidades Monastery, and spent a year at the Royal Marine Academy studying mathematics with the intention of entering on a commercial career. In 1828 Portugal fell under the absolute rule of D. Miguel, and Herculano, … - Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith (born March 31 1976, Falkirk, Scotland) is a former British freestyle swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the 1500m Freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Three years later, at the European SC Championships 1999 in Lisbon, he captured the golden medal in the same event. Born in Falkirk, his family moved to settle just outside Manchester when he was three years old. - Soeiro Pereira Gomes
Joaquim Soeiro Pereira Gomes (14 April, 1909 - (?) 1949) was a Portuguese writer of realist influence and became one of the major names of Portuguese literature of the 20th century. Pereira Gomes is, along with Alves Redol, the biggest name of the Portuguese neo-realist movement. He was also a communist militant and that was always present in its work, the Portuguese Communist Party headquarters (Soeiro Pereira Gomes Building), in Lisbon, are named after him. - Anthony Of Padua
Saint Anthony of Padua, also venerated as Saint Anthony of Lisbon, is a Catholic saint who was born in Lisbon, Portugal, as Fernando de Bulhões to a wealthy family and who died in Padua, Italy. - Pedro Costa
Pedro Costa is a Portuguese film director born in 1959. He is acclaimed for his ascetic style to depict the marginalised people in desperate living situations. Lots of his films are set in a district of Lisbon inhabited by the socially disadvantaged, and shot in a natural and low-keyed way that they are almost like documentaries. - Ricardo Rocha
Ricardo Rocha is a Portuguese football defender. Born in Santo Tirso, he currently plays for Tottenham Hotspur. Ricardo was also called up for Portugal in the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Finland and Denmark. On January 17th 2007 stories hit the Portuguese and English media suggesting that a move to Tottenham Hotspur was a possibility. The following day the Portuguese media reported that the move was imminent following a meeting in Lisbon between the Tottenham Chairman, … - Mário Soares
Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares GColTE, GCC, GColL, KE, Portuguese politician, was born in Lisbon, and graduated in history, philosophy and law from the University of Lisbon. He became a university lecturer in 1957, but his activities in opposition to the dictatorship of António de Oliveira Salazar led to repeated arrests. He was active in resistance groups such as the Movement for Anti-Fascist National Unity and the Movement for Democratic Unity. - Gago Coutinho
Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, generally known simply as Gago Coutinho (pron.) (17 February 1869-18 February 1959) was a Portuguese aviation pioneer that, together with Sacadura Cabral (1881-1924), was the first to cross the South Atlantic Ocean by air, from March to June 1922 (some sources wrongly claim 1919), from Lisbon, from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro. - António Costa
António Luís Santos da Costa, <small>GCIH</small>; (born July 17 1961 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese politician and was a Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists. On July 20 2004 he was elected as one of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament. He resigned as an MEP on 11 March 2005 to became Minister of Justice in the government of José Sócrates. - Paulo Casaca
Sr. Paulo Casaca (born on 2 July 1957, Lisbon)is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for Portugal's Socialist Party (Partido Socialista); part of the Party of European Socialists. He is a regular contributor to the regional and national press on economic and political subjects and author of many books and shorter publications. His current official functions are: * Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Budgetary Control, … - Dj Vibe
DJ Vibe is a house music DJ. - Anderson Polga
Anderson Corrêa Polga, usually called Anderson Polga or just Polga, is a Brazilian football defender. He currently plays in Portugal for Sporting, having previously played for Grêmio. He was a World Champion at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Anderson Polga is a central defender who oozes class. - Fernando Santos
Fernando Victor Emanuel Costa Santos (born 19th October 1954 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese football manager, and the current manager of Portuguese Liga club S.L. Benfica. - Nuno Valente
Nuno Jorge Pereira Silva Valente, <small>OIH</small>, commonly known just as Nuno Valente (pron.), is a Portuguese footballer playing for English club Everton at left back. He was born in Lisbon on September 12, 1974 and has represented Portugal internationally, including several appearances at Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup. - António Lobo Antunes
António Lobo Antunes, <small>GCSE</small>; (born September 1, 1942) is a Portuguese novelist. António Lobo Antunes was born in Lisbon. At the age of 7 he decided to be a writer but when he was 16, his father sent him to medical school. During this time he never stopped writing. By the end of his education he had to join the Army, to take part in the war in Angola. It was there, in a military hospital, that he gained interest for the subjects of death and the other. - Teresa Salgueiro
Teresa Salgueiro, <small>OIH</small> (born Amadora, 8 January 1969) is a Portuguese singer. She is best known as the lead singer of Madredeus from 1987 to date. As a young girl, Teresa Salgueiro sang the traditional Portuguese music Fado and Brazilian bossa nova in the streets and taverns of Lisbon. She moved to old Lisbon to live with friends at the age of 16 and continued her singing. - Paula Rego
Paula Figueiroa Rego, <small>GCSE</small>;, pron., (born 1935) is a Portuguese painter, illustrator and printmaker. Rego was born in Lisbon within a wealthy family, during Salazar´s regime, which would be a later influence in her malicious, sinister and dominating characters. Rego was sent to St Julian's School, Carcavelos, Portugal before studying at the Slade School of Art where she met the artist Victor Willing, whom she eventually married. - Abu Salem
Abu Salem (born 1968) is an underworld don originally from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh, India. He has been accused in the 1993 Bombay serial blasts case and killing of India's music baron Gulshan Kumar 1997. He has unsuccessfully attempted to kill Bollywood film directors Rajiv Rai and Rakesh Roshan. At one time was a close associate of Dawood Ibrahim and later fell off when he seemed too-big-for-his-boots. - Luís Figo
Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, born November 4, 1972 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese football player who is widely regarded as one of the world's top players of recent years. In his homeland Figo is considered by some second only to Eusebio as Portugal’s greatest player. He plays as a midfielder and winger, currently for Inter Milan. Known as the original Golden Boy (a name which now belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo, … - João Soares
João Barroso Soares is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, member of the Socialist Party, and was mayor of Lisbon (1995-2002). He is the son of the former Portuguese Prime Minister and President, Mário Soares, and the actress Maria Barroso. He was member of the European Parliament and of the Portuguese State Council. In 2004, he lost to José Sócrates a bid for the party leadership, and in October 2005 lost to Fernando Seara the election for Mayor of Sintra. - Rui Jorge
Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Macedo de Oliveira, <small>OIH</small> (pron.), known by Rui Jorge, (born March 27, 1973 in Vila Nova de Gaia) is a former Portuguese football player. He was, as a left-defender, a leading player at FC Porto, but he only become a regular at Portugal, after moving to Sporting Clube de Portugal, in 1998/99, where he remained until 2004/05, winning two titles of National Champion. - Miguel Monteiro
Miguel (pron.), full name Luís Miguel Brito Garcia Monteiro, <small>OIH</small>, (born January 4, 1980 in Lisbon), is a Portuguese football defender. He plays for Valencia C.F. and the Portuguese national team where he made his senior debut against Italy on 12 February 2003. Miguel played for his country squad in Euro 2004, where Portugal were defeated in the final. He is one of those (not so) rare cases in football of gradual repositioning on the field. - Mário Laginha
Mário João Laginha, <small>OIH</small> (Lisbon, April 25, 1960-), piano player and composer, is one of the most creative contemporary Portuguese jazz musicians. He is mostly recognized for his recurrent collaborations with fellow Portuguese jazz singer Maria João, with whom he recorded over a dozen discs and toured Portugal and Europe several times. - Jorge Ribeiro
Jorge Miguel de Oliveira Ribeiro (born 9 November 1981 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese football (soccer) defender. He played for C.D. Aves - Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral, pron. in Portuguese pronunciation, in Brazilian pronunciation, was a Portuguese navigator and explorer, generally regarded as the first European discoverer of the sea route to Brazil (April 22, 1500). He is thought to have been born in Belmonte, in the Beira Baixa province of Portugal. He was the third son of Fernão Cabral (c.1427-c.1492), Governor of Beira and Belmonte, …
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