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.
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- Writing
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Music
- Other
- Filtered to 1790s Clear ×
António José Severim de Noronha, 1st Duke of Terceira
1792 - 1860
James Ellsworth De Kay
1792 - 1851
José Jorge Loureiro
1791 - 1860
Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa Santarém
1791 - 1856
Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque
1792 - 1846
Henry Koster (author)
1793 - 1820
Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu
1798 - 1883
António Manuel da Fonseca
1796 - 1890
Francisco Gomes da Silva
1791 - 1852
Julião José da Silva Vieira
1793 - 1855
Louis Dubeux
1798 - 1863
Francisco de Almeida Portugal, 2.º Conde do Lavra
1796 - 1870
Nuno Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo, 6.º Duque
1799 - 1838
Francisco de Paula Bastos
1793 - 1881
Paulo Midosi (Dramatiker, 1790)
1790 - 1858
Ernest Frédéric Raphaël de Négrier
1799 - 1892
Isabel Rubio Ricciolini
1792 - 1846
José Joaquim Coelho
1797 - 1860
João Maria da Gama Freitas Berquó
1794 - 1852
Tomás Oom
1794 - 1878
António Francisco Jacques de Magalhães
1793 - 1880
João Carlos Pardal
1792 - 1857
Antônio José Domingues
1791 - 1860
Policarpo José Machado
1796 - 1875
Firmino Herculano de Morais Âncora
1790 - 1862
Gaspar Pessoa Tavares de Amorim da Vargem
1792 - 1878
Bernardo José de Sousa Soares de Andrea
1795 - 1844
Evaristo José Ferreira
1792 - 1860
Luís Paulino d'Oliveira Pinto da França Garcês
1799 - 1881
José Maria de Sousa Soares de Andrea
1791 - 1856
António Maria Correia de Sá e Benevides Velasco
1797 - 1861
Francisco Raimundo de Morais Sarmento
1799 - 1852
Luís de Moura Furtado
1793 - 1850