38.7083° N, 9.1392° W
LISBON
Most Famous People Born in Lisbon, Portugal
- Notable people
- 3,023
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1938
- Most distinctive
- Model 3.8×
An Atlantic capital that built an empire and kept the receipts. Lisbon's distinctive professions tilt literary and architectural — writers, poets, composers, physicians, architects — and the dataset reaches back unbroken to the 12th century, when the city was reconquered from the Moors. The modern half is footballers, stage actors, and a surprisingly deep model bench; the older half is the colonial governors and Discoveries-era princes who never quite leave any Lisbon street.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Lisbon during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Lisbon Is Known For
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Football is Lisbon's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (379).
Lisbon over-indexes on model — 3.8× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Lisbon's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Music
- Other
- Filtered to 1620s Clear ×
Manoel Pereira
1625 - 1688
Mariana of the Purification
1623 - 1695
João da Madre de Deus Araújo
1621 - 1686
Francisco de Lima
1629 - 1704