- Sam Mendes
Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English stage and film director. As a stage director, he is probably best known for his 1998 production of "Cabaret", starring Alan Cumming. As a film director, he is best known for his debut film, "American Beauty", for which he won an Academy Award for Directing. In 2000, Mendes was made a Commander of the British Empire. - Rebekah Teasdale
Rebekah Teasdale (born 2 January 1980 in Birmingham, England) is an English model, D.J. and former journalist with the British men's magazine "Maxim". Rebekah is well known formost for her record-spinning in such clubs as London's The Cross but also for her topless and nude modelling in tabloid newspapers such as the "Daily Star" and "The Sun" as well as "Playboy" and "Perfect 10". - Carla Mendonça
Carla Mendonça is a half-Portuguese English actress, born in Coventry and educated at Warwick University. She is best known for her various comedy roles in television, including: *Morwenna Pretty in "Roman's Empire" for Tiger Aspect and BBC (2007) *Sophie Johnson in "My Parents Are Aliens" for CITV (2001-2006) *Clare Phillips in "My Dad's the Prime Minister" for BBC One (2003 + 2004) *Lily Pepper in "The Red Peppers" (Bafta nominated short) - Manu Chao
Manu Chao is a French, Spanish, Galician-Portuguese, English language singer of Galician origins. He is also occasionally credited as Oscar Tramor. - Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II born (May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland – April 2, 2005, Vatican City) reigned as the 264th Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City from October 16, 1978, until his death more than 26 years later, making his the second-longest pontificate in modern times after Pius IX's 31-year reign. He is the only Polish pope, and was the first non-Italian pope since the Dutch Adrian VI in the 1520s. - Carlos Queiroz
Carlos Queiroz, <small>ComIH</small>, (born 1 March 1953 in Nampula, Mozambique) is a Portuguese football coach. He is currently Alex Ferguson's assistant manager at English club Manchester United, where he is currently enjoying his second spell. Queiroz is the fourth assistant Alex Ferguson has had during his 20 years at the club, following Archie Knox, Brian Kidd and Steve McClaren. Queiroz has won several awards as a coach in junior levels, … - Henry The Navigator
Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu <small>KG</small> (Porto, March 4, 1394-Sagres, November 13, 1460); pron.), was an "infante" (prince) of the Portuguese House of Aviz and an important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire. He is known in English as Prince Henry the Navigator or the Seafarer (Portuguese: "o Navegador"). Prince Henry the Navigator was the third son of King John I of Portugal, … - Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini (born May 16, 1974) is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning Italian pop singer, popular in some European and Latin American countries, famed for her soulful voice, her romantic adult contemporary ballads and love songs. She has recorded songs in Italian, Spanish, English, French and Portuguese. - Lara Fabian
Lara Fabian (born Lara Crokaert January 9, 1970 in Etterbeek, Belgium) is an international Belgian-Canadian francophone singer, known for her vocal prowess and skilled technique. She often sings in Italian, Spanish, and English in addition to French. She has also sung once in Portuguese, though she is not fluent in the language, and also once in German back in 1988 for a german version of "Croire" ("Glaub"). She does not speak German either. - Nana Mouskouri
Nana Mouskouri (born Ioanna Mouskouri on October 13, 1934, in Chania, Crete, Greece) is a singer of Greek origin. She was known as Nana to her friends and family as a child. She recorded many of her songs in many different languages, including Greek, French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, Portuguese and Japanese among others. She is noted for her trademark squarish black-rimmed eyeglasses and straight black hair parted in the middle, … - Leo Beenhakker
Leo Beenhakker is an international Dutch football coach, currently the coach of the Polish national team. He has been the coach of several prestigious clubs including Ajax, Feyenoord, Real Madrid, Real Zaragoza and Club América. He has also coached the Saudi Arabian and Dutch national teams. He coached the national team of Trinidad and Tobago in the year leading up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Under Beenhakker's guidance the team managed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, … - Gregory Rabassa
Gregory Rabassa (born 9 March 1922) is a renowned literary translator from Spanish and Portuguese to English who currently teaches at Queens College. - 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. - Robert Lee
Robert Lee (born 12 October 1961) is an English golfer. Lee turned professional in 1982 and was in his prime from 1985 to 1987, finishing in the top thirty of the European Tour Order of Merit each of those years. He twice shot 27 for nine holes on the tour, first at the 1985 Monte Carlo Open, and again two years later at the 1997 Portuguese Open, which was also one of his two European Tour victories. In the 1990s his form was not as good. - Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804 - 19 April 1881) was a British Conservative statesman and literary figure. He served in government for three decades, twice as Prime Minister - the first and thus far only person of Jewish parentage to do so (although Disraeli was baptised in the Anglican Church at 13). - Tania Maria
Tania Maria (born May 9, 1948) is a Brazilian artist, singer, composer and piano player, singing mostly in Portuguese or English. Her music is mostly vocal, sometimes pop, often jazzy, and unmistakably Brazilian. Whether playing fiery samba, tranquil bossa, funky NYC groove, or any other style, she maintains a style that is unique and instantly recognizable. Born in Sao Luis, northern Brazil, she has a degree in law, and married early and had children. - Joaquim de Almeida
Joaquim de Almeida, <small>CavIH</small> is a Portuguese actor. He has worked in numerous films in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French, including the TV series "24". Among the popular American films he has appeared in are "Clear and Present Danger", "Desperado" and "Behind Enemy Lines". Joaquim has also played Father Sanchez role on the independent movie "The Celestine Prophecy". He became a naturalized American citizen in 2005. - Hélder Postiga
Hélder Manuel Marques Postiga, <small>OIH</small>, or Hélder Postiga (pron.) for short, (born August 2, 1982 in Vila do Conde) is a Portuguese football player who plays as a striker for FC Porto. He started his career at Varzim SC in Póvoa de Varzim (north of Porto). He later joined the FC Porto youth teams and continued to progress until he got to the senior B-Team. - Nigel Barker
Nigel Barker (born in London, England) is a photographer of British, Sri Lankan, Portuguese and Irish descent. He is best known for his participation as a judge and photographer on the reality show America's Next Top Model. - Mia Couto
Mia Couto, pron. (b.5 July 1955 Beira, Mozambique), is considered this southeast African nation's foremost creative writer. His works in Portuguese, Mozambique's official language, have been published in more than 22 countries and have been widely translated. He was born António Emílio Leite Couto to white Portuguese settlers in 1955, during the colonial period. Aside from his native Portuguese, he also speaks Ndau and English as second languages. - Graça Machel
Graça Machel is the widow of the late Mozambican president Samora Machel, who died in a plane crash over South Africa in 1986, and is the current wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela. She is the only woman to be first lady of two different nations. Born in rural Mozambique she attended Methodist Mission schools before gaining a scholarship to attend University of Lisbon in Portugal, where she first became involved in independence issues. - David Ricardo
David Ricardo (18th April, 1772-11th September, 1823), a political economist, is often credited with systematizing economics, and was one of the most influential of the classical economists, along with Thomas Malthus and Adam Smith. He was also a businessman, financier and speculator, and amassed a considerable fortune. - Catherine Of Braganza
Catherine of Braganza (25 November 1638 - 31 December 1705) was a Portuguese Infanta and the queen consort of Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland. - Xuxa
Xuxa is a Brazilian television actress, singer and children's television show host. Her various shows have been broadcasted in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. Xuxa is of German, Austrian, Italian, and Polish descent. She was a famous idol to Latin American children in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Among her achievements include the best-selling album in the history of Brazil, … - Leonardo Padura Fuentes
Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955) is a Cuban novelist and journalist. As of 2007, he is one of Cuba's best known writers internationally. In English and some other languages, he is often referred to as Leonardo Padura. Born in Havana, Padura took a degree in Latin American literature at the University of Havana. He first came to prominence as an investigative journalist, … - Rodrigo Lopez
Rodrigo Lopez, whose original name was probably Rodrigo Lopes, was physician to Queen Elizabeth, and may have been an inspiration for Shakespeare's Shylock in the The Merchant of Venice. He was born in Crato, Portugal and raised as a New Christian, but driven away from Portugal by the Portuguese Inquisition and considered a Marrano. He made London his home in 1559 and very successfully resumed his practice as a doctor, soon becoming house physician at St. - Arkas
Arkas is the pen name of a famous but reclusive Greek comics artist. Arkas has seldom appeared at artists' conventions and generally avoids publicity and appearances on television shows or interviews. He is quoted as believing that the artist should be known through his work, not through personal promotion. His real name is also unknown, although it is quoted in some Greek forums that it might be an Antonis Efdemon (Αντώνης Ευδαίμων), a doctor, … - Keith Martin
Keith P. Martin, PC, MP, BSc, MD (born April 13, 1960, in London, UK) is a Canadian physician and politician. He is the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca. Martin was first elected in 1993 as a member of the Reform Party of Canada. However, unlike most Reformers, he was socially liberal, and he often clashed with Reform's conservative leaders. He is conservative on economic issues such as the privatization of health care services, … - Margaret Jull Costa
Margaret Jull Costa is a translator of Portuguese and Spanish fiction and poetry, including the works of Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Javier Marías and José Régio. She was joint-winner of the Portuguese Translation Prize in 1992 for "The Book of Disquiet" by Fernando Pessoa, and was runner-up in 1996 and 2002 for "The Relic" by Queiroz and "The Migrant Painter of Birds" by Lidia Jorge. - Edwin Morgan
Professor Edwin Morgan OBE (born April 27, 1920) is a Scottish poet and translator who is associated with the Scottish Renaissance. He is widely recognised as one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century. In 1999, Morgan was made the first Glasgow Poet Laureate. In 2004, he was named as the first Scottish national poet: The Scots Makar. - Rona Ambrose
Ronalee "Rona" Ambrose, PC, BA, MA, MP (born March 15, 1969 in Valleyview, Alberta) is Canada's current Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Western Economic Diversification and President of the Privy Council for Canada. She has been a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons from Edmonton–Spruce Grove since 2004. She is a former communication consultant and public policy consultant for the Alberta government. - Samantha Eggar
Samantha Eggar (born March 5, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning English actress. She was christened Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar in Hampstead, London, England to an English father, Ralph Eggar, and a mother, Muriel, of Dutch and Portuguese descent. She began her acting career in several Shakespearean companies, and debuted in film in 1962 in "The Wild and the Willing". - Claude Piron
Claude Piron (born 1931), a linguist and a psychologist, was a translator for the United Nations (from Chinese, English, Russian and Spanish into French) from 1956 to 1961. After leaving the UN he worked for the World Health Organization all over the world, as well as being a prolific author of Esperanto works. He has spoken Esperanto since childhood and has used Esperanto in many countries, including Japan, the People's Republic of China, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, … - Tiziano Ferro
Tiziano Ferro (born February 21, 1980 in Latina) is an Italian latin pop singer. He also records Spanish versions of his Italian albums and has had notable success in Europe and Latin America. In 1997 he participated in the Sanremo Music Festival but didn't make it past the first week of selections. In 1998 he was among the 12 finalists, and was discovered by two producers, Alberto Salerno and Mara Majonchi. - Assumpta Serna
Assumpta Serna (born 16 September 1957) is both one of Spain's most prolific actresses and also an acting teacher. She is known for her roles in "I, The Worst of All" portraying famous Mexican religious scholar Sor Juana, "Nostradamus", "The Craft", and "Wild Orchid", … - Giovanni Pontiero
Giovanni Pontiero was a translator of Portuguese fiction, most notably the works of José Saramago. His translation of the Saramago work The Gospel according to Jesus Christ was awarded the Teixiera-Gnomes Prize for Portuguese translation. During his life he held the title of Reader in Latin-American Literature in the University of Manchester, and was the principle translator into English of the works of Clarice Lispector, … - Nuno Morais
Nuno Miguel Barbosa Morais (born January 29 1984 in Penafiel) is a Portuguese footballer currently playing for APOEL FC of Cyprus. He is a centre-back but can also play in midfield. Morais started his career at F.C. Penafiel, but in August 2004 was signed by English side Chelsea for an undisclosed fee. Morais signed a three-year contract after a successful trial period. He made his Chelsea debut in a FA Cup victory over Scunthorpe United in January 2005, … - Andrew Divoff
Andrew Divoff (born July 2, 1955) is a Venezuelan-born film and television actor. - Richard Francis Burton
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (March 19, 1821 - October 20, 1890) was a British explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke twenty-nine European, Asian, and African languages. - Philippa Of Lancaster
Philippa of Lancaster, LG (31 March, 1360 - July 19, 1415) was an English princess, daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (a son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault) by his wife and cousin Blanche of Lancaster. Blanche was the daughter of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Isabel de Beaumont. Philippa became Queen consort of Portugal by her marriage with king John I, celebrated on 11 February, 1387 in the city of Porto.
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