- Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH, (born 5 February 1985 in Funchal, Madeira), better known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a professional Portuguese footballer. He plays for the English Club Manchester United F.C. and Portugal. - Vasco da Gama
Dom Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira ((Sines or Vidigueira, Alentejo, Portugal, ca. either 1460 or 1469 - December 24, 1524 in Kochi, India) was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the European Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. - José Luis
José Luís Lopes da Costa e Silva was a forward on the Benfica side that dominated Portuguese football in the late-1970s and until middle-1980s. He played four times for the National Team, being the first in 21 September 1983, with Finland (5-0), for the Euro-84 qualifyings, and the last, in 25 September 1985, with Czechoslovakia (0-1), in the World Cup qualifyings. He was appointed by East Timor as their national head coach for their Tiger Cup debut in December 2004. - Ricardo Carvalho
Ricardo Alberto Silveira Carvalho, <small>OIH</small> (born May 18, 1978 in Amarante, near Porto), pron., is a Portuguese football player, who currently plays as a central defender for Chelsea. - Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist of Portuguese descent. Furtado came to fame in 2000 with the release of her debut album "Whoa, Nelly!", which featured her breakthrough Grammy Award-winning single "I'm like a Bird". After becoming a mother and releasing the less commercially successful "Folklore" (2003), … - 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, … - 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. - Paulo Ferreira
Paulo Ferreira, full name Paulo Renato Rebocho Ferreira, <small>OIH</small>, born January 18, 1979, is a Portuguese football player. Ferreira is predominantly a right-back, but has also played at left-back and in central defence for Chelsea. - 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", … - 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, … - Nuno Gomes
Nuno Gomes was born Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro, <small>OIH</small> on July 5, 1976 in Amarante. He is a striker who plays for the Portugal national football team and currently plays for Benfica. He was given the nickname "Gomes" during childhood, after Fernando Gomes, who was the top european goalscorer in 1983 and 1985. A striker who works tirelessly for his team-mates, Nuno Gomes's star shone bright at UEFA Euro 2000. - Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan ; Spring 1480-April 27, 1521, Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines) was a Portuguese-born maritime explorer who, at the service of Spain, attempted to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. This voyage became known as the first successful attempt at world circumnavigation. He did not complete his final westward voyage; he was killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines. As he died farther west than the Spice Islands, … - 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. - Manu Chao
Manu Chao is a French, Spanish, Galician-Portuguese, English language singer of Galician origins. He is also occasionally credited as Oscar Tramor. - José Sócrates
José Sócrates de Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH (pron. IPA ; born in Porto (officially in Vilar de Maçada), 6 September 1957) is a Portuguese politician, secretary-general of the Socialist Party and the current prime minister of Portugal, since March 12 2005. - José Mourinho
José Mourinho, <small>GOIH</small>; (full name: José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix) (born January 26, 1963 in Setúbal) is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Premier League club Chelsea. He is the son of Félix Mourinho, a former Portuguese international goalkeeper. Mourinho is considered to be one of the best coaches in Europe, … - Ronaldinho
Ronaldo de Assís Moreira is a Brazilian footballer, also known as Ronaldinho "Gaúcho" (due to him being from the Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil), or simply and most commonly Ronaldinho. He became a naturalized Spanish citizen in January 2007. Ronaldinho, meaning "little Ronaldo", is better known in Brazil by the nickname Ronaldinho "Gaúcho", in order to distinguish him from Ronaldo (already called Ronaldinho in Brazil). - Tiradentes
Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes, was part of the Brazilian seditious movement known as the Inconfidência Mineira. Born in Sao José del Rei (now called Tiradentes), Minas Gerais, Tiradentes was adopted by his godfather and moved to Vila Rica (now Ouro Preto) after the deaths of his parents (mother in 1755; father in 1757). He practiced several professions - cattle driver, miner, … - Manoel de Oliveira
Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, <small>GCSE</small>; is a Portuguese film director born in Oporto on December 12, 1908. Since 2001, he is the oldest director in the world who is still active, and remains one of the most influential film-makers in Europe. - 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. - Gil Vicente
Gil Vicente <small></small> (born c. 1465; died c.1536 or 1537) was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays. Considered the chief dramatist of Portugal he is sometimes called the "Portuguese Plautus"<sup>[3]</sup> and often referred to as the "Father of Portuguese drama."<sup>[1]</sup> Vicente was attached to the courts of the Portuguese kings Manuel I and John III. - Jorge Sampaio
Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio, GCIH, GColL is a Portuguese lawyer, politician, and the former President of the Republic. - Danica McKellar
Danica Mae McKellar (born January 3, 1975), is an American actress of Scottish and Portuguese descent. She is best known for her role as Winnie Cooper in the television show "The Wonder Years." Born in La Jolla, California, McKellar and sister Crystal McKellar have maintained a friendly competition to see who gets more acting jobs. Indeed, when the actress who would play Winnie had to be chosen, … - Tony Carreira
Tony Carreira is a Portuguese sentimental singer. He was born in Armadouro, a little village in Pampilhosa da Serra, Centro region. He went to Paris at 3, where he lived for 20 years. The singer-songwriter has had a string of hits since 1991 rapidly becoming one of the most renowned popular singers in his home country. Tony Carreira sold out concerts in one of the largest venues in Portugal, the Pavilhão Atlântico in Lisbon, and also at the Olympia in Paris. - Manuel Fernandes
Manuel José Tavares Fernandes, simply known as Manuel Fernandes, (born June 6, 1951 in Sarilhos Pequenos (Moita), Portugal) is a former footballer turned manager and occasionally TV pundit. As a player, he was one the best forwards in his position, and became a legend in Sporting, his childhood club, after he joined from CUF in 1975. He won two titles (1979/80 and 1981/82), two cups (1977/78 and 1981/82) and one supercup (1982/83), … - Maria João
Maria João is a Portuguese Jazz singer. She is not to be confused with Maria João, the model who was on the cover of the "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition" in 1978. While she is typically lumped with the Jazz moniker, her music incorporates an eclectic mix of various ethnic musics, modern jazz, and the avant-garde. Depending on the thematic slant of a release, electronica, symphonic and other genres have been thrown into the mix as well. - José Saramago
José de Sousa Saramago, <small>GColSE</small> is a Nobel-laureate Portuguese writer, playwright and journalist. His works commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the human factor rather than the official story. Some of his works can also be seen as allegories. Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998. He currently lives on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain. - Emeril Lagasse
Emeril John Lagasse is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and writer. He is of Québécois (paternal) and Portuguese (maternal) ancestry. He is a 1978 graduate of Johnson & Wales University's College of Culinary Arts, where he later received an honorary doctorate in 1990. He is married and has four children. Emeril is most well-known for his TV show "Emeril Live" on the Food Network, one of its highest-rated programs. - Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda, pron., (February 9, 1909 – August 5, 1955); birth name Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, <small>GCIH</small>;) was a Portuguese-Brazilian samba singer and motion picture star most active in the 1940s. She was later nicknamed Carmen by her father, because of his love of opera (specifically: Carmen from the opera by Bizet). The "Carmen legacy" was instrumental in synthesizing, divulging and popularizing Tropicalismo. - Miguel Veloso
Miguel Luís Pinto Veloso, referred to as Miguel Veloso, born May 11, 1986 in Coimbra), is a Portuguese football player. He plays as a center back, and most recently as a defensive midfielder. He is the son of former Portuguese national team and SL Benfica defender António Veloso. Miguel started his career in the same club where his father became famous, but at the age of 14 he switched to the rivals Sporting Clube de Portugal, … - Fernando Meira
Fernando Meira, pron., is a Portuguese football player. He has won numerous caps for the Portugal national football team before establishing himself as a regular in the national side's defence. After being left out of the squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, he earned a recall under new coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. - 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, … - Bruno Alves
Bruno Eduardo Regufe Alves is a Portuguese football (soccer) player that plays as a central defender. He currently plays for FC Porto. He was best known for viciously delivering a headbutt into Nuno Gomes's face in the 2005-2006 FC Porto-Benfica for which he received a red card. Known to be a violent player Bruno Alves became a more calm and concentrated player which surely helped him to show his true value to the team. Strong, tall, and almost invincible in the air, … - Luís Filipe
Luis Filipe Ângelo Rodrigues Fernandes commonly known as Luis Filipe is a Portuguese footballer for SC Braga. He plays as a defender or a midfielder, always on the right side. He has also played for Sporting Clube de Portugal and CS Marítimo. He made 16 apperences in UEFA Cup, 4 for Sporting in 2001-02 & 2003-04, 12 for Sporting Clube de Braga in 2005-06 & 2006-07. - Abel Xavier
Abel Luís da Silva Costa Xavier, pron., (born November 30, 1972 in Nampula, Mozambique) is a professional footballer for Los Angeles Galaxy and a former international for Portugal. - Pedro Mendes
Pedro Miguel da Silva Mendes is a Portuguese footballer who plays in midfield for Portsmouth. - 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, … - Vanessa Fernandes
Vanessa de Sousa Fernandes (born September 14, 1985) is a Portuguese athlete from Vila Nova de Gaia's freguesia of Perosinho. She is a successful and respected sportswoman, nation and worlwide, for her achievements in triathlon, where she has won four consecutive times the European titles (elite and under-23 categories) since 2004, coming second at the 2006 World Championships in Lausanne. In 1999, Fernandes was introduced to triathlon by her father Venceslau Fernandes, … - Deco
Anderson Luis de Souza, <small>OIH</small> (born August 27 1977 in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil) is a professional Brazilian footballer widely known as Deco [Portuguese]. He plays internationally for Portugal and for FC Barcelona at club level. - Hugo Almeida
Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida is a Portuguese football striker who currently plays for Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga
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