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 1830s Clear ×
Luís I of Portugal
1838 - 1889
Pedro V of Portugal
1837 - 1861
Alfredo d'Andrade
1839 - 1915
José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta
1832 - 1897
Víctor Bastos
1832 - 1894
Alfredo Possolo Hogan
1830 - 1865
Júlio César Machado
1835 - 1890
António Augusto de Aguiar
1838 - 1887
Rodrigo Paganino
1835 - 1863
José Maria Nepomuceno
1836 - 1895
Eugênia Câmara
1837 - 1879
Teresa de Saldanha
1837 - 1916
Pedro Wenceslau de Brito Aranha
1833 - 1914
Furtado Coelho
1831 - 1900
Augusto Neuparth
1830 - 1887
José Maria Lisboa
1838 - 1918
Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho
1836 - 1905
François-Frédéric Steenackers
1830 - 1911
João Carlos de Brito Capelo
1831 - 1901
Bernardino António de Barros Gomes
1839 - 1910
Henrique da Gama Barros
1833 - 1925
Gerardo Augusto Pery
1835 - 1893
Henrique Burnay, 1.º conde de Burnay
1838 - 1909
José Ramos Coelho
1832 - 1914
António Cunha Belém
1834 - 1905
Augusto José da Cunha
1834 - 1919
Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes (1838-1909) – Wi
1838 - 1909
Tomás de Sousa Holstein
1839 - 1887
Augusto Pedro de Mendóça Rolim de Moura Barreto
1835 - 1914
Augusto César Justino Teixeira
1835 - 1923
Cândido Pacheco de Melo Forjaz de Lacerda
1837 - 1900
Inácio Francisco Silveira da Mota (1836-1907) –
1836 - 1907
António Leandro da Câmara Leme do Carvalhal Esme
1831 - 1888
César Porto
1837 - 1944
Pedro Carlos de Aguiar Craveiro Lopes
Born 1834
José Maria de Sousa Soares de Andrea Ferreira –
1835 - 1901
Samuel Lupi
Born 1838
Pedro Augusto Franco, 1.º Conde do Restelo – Wi
1833 - 1902