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.
Standouts
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 1690s Clear ×
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
1699 - 1782
Vieira Lusitano
1699 - 1783
Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém
1697 - 1766
Infante António of Portugal
1695 - 1757
Emmanuel de Silva-Tarouca
1691 - 1771
Infanta Francisca Josefa of Portugal
1699 - 1736
Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja
1691 - 1742
Miguel of Braganza
1699 - 1724
Luís da Silva Teles
1691 - 1703
Hilário de Santa Rosa
1693 - 1764
Antônio da Madre de Deus Galvão
1697 - 1764
João da Cruz Salgado de Castilho
1695 - 1756
Aleixo de Miranda Henriques
1692 - 1771
Luís de Santa Teresa
1692 - 1757
Teresa de Bragança
1696 - 1704
Joseph Gulston (politician)
1694 - 1766