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Portuguese Culture: Famous Portuguese People

Famous Portuguese People

Find information on famous Portuguese people.

Read introductions to the lives of well-known Portuguese men and women in the fields of art, literature, politics, science and sport as well as historical figures including kings and queens of Portugal and the great explorers.

We have information on Eusebio, Luis Figo, Henry the Navigator, Mariza, Jose Saramago, Jose Mourinho, the Marquis of Pombal, Cristiano Ronaldo, Francisco and Diogo Arruda, Antonio Salazar and Vasco da Gama.

Henry the Navigator	Jose Mourinho	Marquis of Pombal	Antonio Salazar
Vasco da Gama	Cristiano Ronaldo	Mariza	Eusebio
Luis Figo	Arruda Brothers	Luís de Camões	Jose Saramago
Manuel Bocage	Bartolomeu Dias	Paula Rego	Ferdinand Magellan
Fernando Pessoa	Gil Vicente	Amalia Rodrigues

Explorers

Bartolomeu Dias, Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan

Sportsmen and Women

Literary Figures

Manuel Bocage, Luis de Camoes, Fernando Pessoa, Jose Saramago, Gil Vicente

Famous Portuguese Women

Mariza, Paula Rego, Amalia Rodrigues

Politicians

Marquis of Pombal, Antonio Salazar

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