Famous Portuguese People (Still Alive)
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EUSEBIO
Name: Eusebio da Silva Ferreira
Date of Birth: 25th January 1942
Place of Birth: Mozambique
Why is Famous:
- Former soccer player known also as the 'Black Panther'
- Scored 733 goals in official games (total of 1137 goals)
- Played for S.L.Benfica between 1960 and 1975
- It is still a symbol of Portugal
DURAO BARROSO
Name: Jose Manuel Durao Barroso
Date of Birth: 23th March 1956
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Whis is Famous:
- It is the 11th President of the European Commission, since November 2004
- He served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 6 April 2002 until 17 July 2004
SIZA VIEIRA
Name: Alvara Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira
Date of Birth: 25th June 1933
Place of Birth: Matosinhos, Portugal
Why is Famous:
- He is a contemporary internationaly known Portuguese architect
- Received several awards (Pritzker Prize in 1992, the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2001, the Alvar Aalto Medal in 1988, The Golden Medal of The Superior Counsil of Arquitecture of the College of Architects of Madrid in 1988, The Prince of Wales Prize from Harvard University in 1998, Portugal's National Prize of Architecture in 1993 and the Urbanism Special Grand Prize of France in 2005)
CARLOS LOPES
Name: Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes
Date of Birth: 18th February 1947
Place of Birth: Viseu, Portugal
Why is Famous:
- Famous former Portuguese long-distance athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles.
- He brought home Portugal's first ever Olympic gold medal along with a new Olympic record - 2:09.21
CRISTIANO RONALDO
Name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Date of Birth: 5th February 1985
Place of Birth: Madeira, Portugal
Why is Famous:
- A winner of the 2007 English PFA Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards, and third in the 2007 World Player of the Year award, Ronaldo is widely regarded as one of the most talented footballers of his generation.
- Ronaldo also won the 2008 English PFA Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year.
NELLY FURTADO
Name: Nelly Kim Furtado
Date of Birth: 2nd December 1978
Place of Birth: Victoria, Canada (holds a Portuguese Citizenship)
Why is Famous:
- 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), she returned to prominence in 2006 with the release of Loose and its hit singles "Promiscuous", "Maneater", "Say It Right", and "All Good Things (Come to an End)".
- Furtado is known for experimenting with different instruments, sounds, genres, vocal styles and languages. This diversity has been influenced by her wide-ranging musical taste and her interest in different cultures.
JOSE MOURINHO
Name: Jose Mario dos Santos Felix Mourinho
Date of Birth: 26th January 1963
Place of Birth: Setúbal, Portugal
Why is Famous:
- Mourinho is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Real Madrid.
- Mourinho won four consecutive league titles (two at Porto and two at Chelsea) and also the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup with Porto and UEFA Champions League with Inter.
- For two consecutive years (2004 and 2005), Mourinho was named the world's best football manager by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).
MARIZA
Name: Marisa dos Reis Nunes
Date of Birth: 16th December 1973
Place of Birth: Mozambique (at the time was Portuguese Overseas Province of Mozambique)
Why is Famous:
- Mariza is a popular fado singer.
- She has sold over 1,000,000 records worldwide.
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As a teacher of special needs young people doing a series of lessons on Portugal I had despaired of finding any info on MODERN DAY famous Portuguese that my students might have heard of until I came across your site. Thank you very much !!!!
Really interesting coz i am doing a essay on famous Portuguese people
gud gud but im doin a project n i didnt get much of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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u forgor LUIS FIGO
i love this website it is very entertaaining although they shouldnt have nelly furtado on here because shes stupid
How about Mariza?
JOSE MOURINHO can add victory with Inter in the champions League final.
played basketball in portugal 1974-1983. presently live in rocky mount nc. played for sangalhos. am looking for old friends from portugal and angola and mozambique
im doin a project and this shall come in handy
This a great piece of information, it will come in hand for me.
amazing
who's dabo
This really helped for the project I'm doing on Portugal. Thanks so much!!
Hugo Ferreira, Nuno Bettencourt
I am so in love with christiano Ronalddo
hey this info is great for iam doin a project on portugal!!!!!
i agree with samantha
Hi Bill, I am responding to your inquiry re. "old" friends of yours from Portugal, Angola, and Mozambique. Hope to hear from you. Hope you are doing well. Dalila
I ned 5 fanous people from Mozambiue for a project.
Of course that the most famous of all is Cristiano Ronaldo.
brill for doing a project for school :) .
hey sarah
I'm doing a project on Portugal for school and this really helped me! thanx so much :D
this is great! thx
there´s another way to look for information if you don´t know what to look go to google in potugal (www.google.pt) and type Famous portuguese people than you will have a lot of information there try wikipédia all in english you just have to type in english










Georgina Age 9 3 years ago
good if you are doing a progect like i am.