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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- Field: Poet Clear ×
Fernando Pessoa
1888 - 1935
Luís de Camões
1524 - 1580
Mário de Sá-Carneiro
1890 - 1916
Cesário Verde
1855 - 1886
Jorge de Sena
1919 - 1978
António Ferreira
1528 - 1569
Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos
1923 - 2006
Leonor de Almeida Portugal, 4th Marquise of Alorna
1750 - 1839
António Gedeão
1906 - 1997
Wenceslau de Moraes
1854 - 1929
Francisco Manoel de Nascimento
1734 - 1819
António Diniz da Cruz e Silva
1731 - 1799
Ary dos Santos
1936 - 1984
Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida
1740 - 1811
António Gomes Leal
1848 - 1921
Pedro Correia Garção
1724 - 1772
Ana Luísa Amaral
Born 1956
Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão
1938 - 2007
Fernando de Meneses, 2nd Count of Ericeira
1614 - 1699
Júlio de Castilho
1840 - 1919
Pedro Tamen
Born 1934
Fernanda de Castro
1900 - 1994
Jaime Montestrela
1925 - 1975
Branca de Gonta Colaço
1880 - 1945
Francisco de Portugal, 3rd Count of Vimioso
1550 - 1582
Maria O'Neill
1873 - 1932
Alonso de Alcalá y Herrera
1599 - 1682
Alberto Estima de Oliveira
1934 - 2008
Pedro Mexia
Born 1972
Ana Daniel
1928 - 2011
Gustavo de Matos Sequeira
1880 - 1962
Marcello Mathias
1903 - 1999
José Maria da Costa e Silva
1788 - 1854
António Barahona da Fonseca
Born 1939
Armindo José Rodrigues
1904 - 1993
Inácio da Costa Quintela
1763 - 1838
Henrique Trindade Coelho
1885 - 1934
Matilde Campilho
Born 1982
Isabel Correa
1655 - 1700
Olavo d'Eça Leal
1908 - 1976
Nuno Álvares Pereira Pato Moniz
1781 - 1826
Henrique Caiado
1470 - 1509
Mécia Mouzinho de Albuquerque
1870 - 1961
Ernesto Sampaio
1935 - 2001
Luis da Cruz
1543 - 1604
José Carlos González
1937 - 2000
António Rocha (fado singer)
Born 1938
Joaquim Castro Caldas
1956 - 2008
José Feliciano de Castilho Barreto e Noronha –
1810 - 1879
Manuel de Galhegos
1597 - 1665
João Vicente Pimentel Maldonado
1773 - 1838
Carlos Alberto Machado
Born 1954
Jaime Salazar Sampaio
1925 - 2010
Maria Cândida Parreira
1877 - 1942
Carlos Loures
Born 1937
José Ramos Coelho
1832 - 1914
Francisca Possolo da Costa
1783 - 1838
João Rui de Sousa
Born 1928
Gonçalo Salvado
Born 1967
José Aleixo Falcão de Gamboa Fragoso van Zeller
1762 - 1835
Catarina Nunes de Almeida
Born 1982
Antônio José Domingues
1791 - 1860
Bernardo José de Sousa Soares de Andrea
1795 - 1844
Mafalda Mouzinho de Albuquerque
Born 1874
Paulo Midosi Júnior
1821 - 1888
Manuela Mourão
1948 - 2001