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LISBON

Most Famous People Born in Lisbon, Portugal

Notable people
3,023
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1938
Most distinctive
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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.

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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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3,023 notable people

0301 FOOTBALL

João Pedro Neves Filipe

Born 1999

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0302 FILM

Mário Barroso

Born 1947

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0303 SINGER

Lena d'Água

Born 1956

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0304 FILM

Edgar Pêra

Born 1960

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0305 WRITER

Henrique Abranches

1932 - 2004

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0306 OPERA

Regina Pacini

1871 - 1965

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0307 FILM

António Lopes Ribeiro

1908 - 1995

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0308 WRITER

Maria Gabriela Llansol

1931 - 2008

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0309 PAINTER

Vieira Lusitano

1699 - 1783

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0310 FOOTBALL

António Semedo

Born 1979

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0311 PAINTER

José Rodrigues

1828 - 1887

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0312 BISHOP

Tomás de Almeida

1670 - 1754

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0313 PAINTER

Miguel Ângelo Lupi

1826 - 1883

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0314 POLITICIAN

Miguel Portas

1958 - 2012

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0315 ACTOR

Isabel de Castro

1931 - 2005

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0316 ARISTOCRAT

Duarte of Portugal, 4th Duke of Guimarães

1515 - 1540

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0317 FOOTBALL

Emídio Rafael

Born 1986

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0318 FOOTBALL

Diogo Tavares

Born 1987

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0319 ARCHITECT

Cassiano Branco

1897 - 1970

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0320 WRITER

João Tordo

Born 1975

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0321 ACTOR

Ana Cristina Oliveira

Born 1973

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0322 SINGER

Paulo Gonzo

Born 1956

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0323 WRITER

Luiz Pacheco

1925 - 2008

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0324 POLITICIAN

João do Canto e Castro

1862 - 1934

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0325 MAGISTRAT

Pina Manique

1733 - 1805

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0326 ACTOR

Patrick Mille

Born 1970

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0327 MATHEMATICIAN

Jean-Michel Bismut

Born 1948

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0328 HISTORIAN

Vitorino Magalhães Godinho

1918 - 2011

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0329 FOOTBALL

Luís Norton de Matos

Born 1953

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0330 ACTOR

Jorge Silva Melo

Born 1948

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0331 WRITER

Rui Zink

Born 1961

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0332 FOOTBALL

Bernardo Tengarrinha

Born 1989

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0333 ACTOR

Ruy de Carvalho

Born 1927

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0334 FOOTBALL

Yago Fernández

Born 1988

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0335 SINGER

Dora (singer)

Born 1966

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0336 MILITAR

Charles O'Hara

1740 - 1802

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0337 FILM

Marco Martins

Born 1972

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0338 PRINCE

José de Mascarenhas da Silva

1708 - 1759

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0339 JOURNALIST

Berthold Jacob

1898 - 1944

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0340 PAINTER

Maria Inês Ribeiro da Fonseca

1926 - 1995

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0341 FOOTBALL

João Palhinha

Born 1995

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0342 ACTOR

Pedro Ayres Magalhães

Born 1959

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0343 SINGER

Ana Malhoa

Born 1979

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0344 ACTOR

Nuno Lopes

Born 1978

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0345 OFFICER

Francisco Manuel Barroso, Baron of Amazonas

1804 - 1882

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0346 FOOTBALL

José Veiga

Born 1976

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0347 FOOTBALL

Afonso Figueiredo

Born 1993

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0348 HISTORIAN

Fernando Rosas

Born 1946

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0349 PIANIST

Mário Laginha

Born 1960

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0350 FILM

Joaquim Leitão

Born 1956

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0351 ACTOR

Henrique Viana

1936 - 2007

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0352 FOOTBALL

Fernando Cruz (footballer)

Born 1940

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0353 ACTOR

José Wallenstein

Born 1959

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0354 SINGER

Herman José

Born 1954

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0355 ACTOR

João Villaret

1913 - 1961

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0356 PLAYER

Pedro Sousa

Born 1988

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0357 PAINTER

Ricardo Balaca

1844 - 1880

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0358 FOOTBALL

Marinho (footballer, born 1983)

Born 1983

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0359 COMPOSER

André da Silva Gomes

1752 - 1844

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0360 DIPLOMAT

Pedro Teotónio Pereira

1902 - 1972

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0361 FOOTBALL

Hélder Rosário

Born 1980

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0362 SINGER

Paulo de Carvalho

Born 1947

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0363 SINGER

Maria Guinot

1945 - 2018

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0364 ATHLETIC

Marco Fortes

Born 1982

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0365 POET

Ana Luísa Amaral

Born 1956

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0366 LITERARY

Ruben A.

1920 - 1975

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0367 POLITICIAN

Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 1st Duke of Loulé

1804 - 1875

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0368 ACTOR

Diogo Infante

Born 1967

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0369 PHILOSOPHER

José Barata-Moura

Born 1948

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0370 ACTOR

Ivo Canelas

Born 1973

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0371 MATHEMATICIAN

João Baptista Lavanha

1550 - 1624

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0372 ARCHITECT

Raul Lino

1879 - 1974

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0373 FOOTBALL

Josué Sá

Born 1992

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0374 PAINTER

Alfredo d'Andrade

1839 - 1915

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0375 FOOTBALL

Sérgio Semedo

Born 1988

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0376 MUSIC

Rão Kyao

Born 1940

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0377 AUTHOR

Violante do Ceo

1607 - 1693

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0378 NAVAL

Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral

1844 - 1923

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0379 DIPLOMAT

Luís da Cunha

1662 - 1749

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0380 WRITER

Samuel Usque

1490 - 1555

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0381 ECONOMIST

Moisés Bensabat Amzalak

1892 - 1978

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0382 PHILOSOPHER

Luís António Verney

1713 - 1792

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0383 HEIR

Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira

1669 - 1690

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0384 FOOTBALL

Bruno Fernandes (footballer, born 1978)

Born 1978

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0385 CHRONICLER

Adília Lopes

Born 1960

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0386 DUCHESS

Isabel, Duchess of Braganza

Born 1966

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0387 PAINTER

Guilherme de Santa-Rita

1890 - 1918

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0388 RABBI

Henry Sobel

1944 - 2019

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0389 ACTOR

António Silva (actor)

1886 - 1971

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0390 ACTOR

Henrique Canto e Castro

1930 - 2005

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0391 FOOTBALL

José Travassos

1926 - 2002

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0392 LINGUIST

Francisco José Freire

1719 - 1773

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0393 FOOTBALL

Rúben Lima

Born 1989

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0394 RELIGIOUS

Manuel Bernardes

1644 - 1710

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0395 ACTOR

Ribeirinho

1911 - 1984

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0396 POET

Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão

1938 - 2007

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0397 POLITICIAN

António José Enes

1848 - 1901

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0398 SCULPTOR

Leopoldo de Almeida

1898 - 1975

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0399 FOOTBALL

Rui Duarte (footballer, born 1980)

Born 1980

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0400 EXPLORER

António Galvão

1490 - 1557

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0401 ACTOR

Arthur Duarte

1895 - 1982

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0402 PAINTER

Eduardo Viana

1881 - 1967

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0403 MINISTER

Carlos Graça

1931 - 2013

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0404 FOOTBALL

Bruno Aguiar

Born 1981

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0405 FOOTBALL

Joãozinho (footballer, born 1989)

Born 1989

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0406 COMPOSER

Manuel Mendes

1547 - 1605

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0407 SINGER

Maria Teresa de Noronha

1918 - 1993

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0408 AUTHOR

Armando Baptista-Bastos

1934 - 2017

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0409 MATHEMATICIAN

Irene Fonseca

Born 1956

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0410 PAINTER

Mário Dionísio de Assis Monteiro

1916 - 1993

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0411 PAINTER

João Abel Manta

Born 1928

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0412 FOOTBALL

Francisco Geraldes

Born 1995

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0413 PLAYER

Vasco Uva

Born 1982

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0414 JOURNALIST

Artur Agostinho

1920 - 2011

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0415 COMPOSER

Francisco Ribeiro

1965 - 2010

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0416 SINGER

Valete

Born 1981

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0417 TEACHER

Luis de Albuquerque

1917 - 1992

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0418 POLITICIAN

Carlos Frederico Lecor, Viscount of Laguna

1764 - 1836

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0419 POLITICIAN

José Ribeiro e Castro

Born 1953

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0420 POLITICIAN

José Jorge Loureiro

1791 - 1860

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0421 CARTOGRAPHER

Bartolomeu Velho

Died 1568

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0422 PHILOLOGIST

Aniceto dos Reis Gonçalves Viana

1840 - 1914

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0423 FOOTBALL

António Ribeiro dos Reis

1896 - 1961

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0424 JESUIT

Diego González Holguín

1560 - 1618

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0425 PLAYER

João Cunha e Silva

Born 1967

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0426 MUSIC

DJ Vibe

Born 1968

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0427 HANDBALL

Alexandrina Cabral

Born 1986

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0428 POLITICIAN

Baltasar Rebelo de Sousa

1921 - 2002

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0429 ACTOR

Manuel Luís Goucha

Born 1954

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0430 FOOTBALL

António Bastos Lopes

Born 1953

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0431 FOOTBALL

Bruno Basto

Born 1978

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0432 NOBLE

António Manoel de Vilhena

1663 - 1736

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0433 HISTORIAN

António Costa Pinto

Born 1953

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0434 POLITICIAN

Miguel Relvas

Born 1961

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0435 POLITICIAN

Domingos Oliveira

1873 - 1957

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0436 PRINCESS

Catarina, Duchess of Braganza

1540 - 1614

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0437 FILM

Jorge Brum do Canto

1910 - 1994

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0438 PLAYWRIGHT

João Gonçalves Zarco da Câmara

1852 - 1908

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0439 SINGER

Luis Represas

Born 1956

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0440 POLITICIAN

Henry Hoyle Howorth

1842 - 1923

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0441 BUSINESS

Luís Filipe Vieira

Born 1949

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0442 CONDUCTOR

Frederico de Freitas

1902 - 1980

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0443 HISTORIAN

Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa Santarém

1791 - 1856

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0444 FOOTBALL

António Morato

Born 1964

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0445 HISTORIAN

Anselmo Braamcamp Freire

1849 - 1921

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0446 ACTOR

Eduardo Geada

Born 1945

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0447 POLITICIAN

Francisco da Veiga Beirão

1841 - 1916

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0448 INQUISITOR

Rodrigo da Cunha

1577 - 1643

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0449 CARTOGRAPHER

Jorge Reinel

1502 - 1572

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0450 FOOTBALL

José Semedo (footballer, born 1979)

Born 1979

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0451 WRITER

Luís Augusto Rebelo da Silva

1822 - 1871

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0452 COMPOSER

Augusto Machado

1845 - 1924

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0453 FOOTBALL

Pepe Soares

1908 - 1931

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0454 BOTANIST

António Xavier Pereira Coutinho

1851 - 1939

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0455 ACADEMIC

André Neves

Born 1975

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0456 FOOTBALL

Miguel Rosa

Born 1989

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0457 POLITICIAN

Ernâni Lopes

1942 - 2010

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0458 SINGER

Mafalda Veiga

Born 1965

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0459 DRIVER

Ricardo Teixeira (racing driver)

Born 1984

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0460 FOOTBALL

Pedro Proença

Born 1970

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0461 FOOTBALL

Vasco Faísca

Born 1980

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0462 POLITICIAN

Vasco de Almeida e Costa

1932 - 2010

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0463 SOCIOLOGIST

Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues

Born 1956

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0464 COMPOSER

Pedro António Avondano

1714 - 1782

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0465 FOOTBALL

João Paiva

Born 1983

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0466 POLITICIAN

Carmona Rodrigues

Born 1956

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0467 FOOTBALL

Ricardo Esteves

Born 1979

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0468 WRITER

Fernando Pinto do Amaral

Born 1960

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0469 INFANTE

Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém

1697 - 1766

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0470 ACTOR

Rita Durão

Born 1976

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0471 ACTOR

Margarida Vila-Nova

Born 1983

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0472 CHESS

Joaquim Durão

1930 - 2015

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0473 FOOTBALL

Nuno Diogo

Born 1981

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0474 FOOTBALL

Artur Correia

1950 - 2016

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0475 POLITICIAN

Luís de Meneses, 3rd Count of Ericeira

1632 - 1690

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0476 SINGER

Jennifer Smith (soprano)

Born 1945

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0477 ACTOR

Luís Filipe Rocha

Born 1947

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0478 FOOTBALL

Luís Andrade

Born 1973

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0479 SURGEON

João Lobo Antunes

1944 - 2016

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0480 MOUNTAINEER

João Garcia

Born 1967

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0481 AUTHOR

Sidónio Muralha

1920 - 1982

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0482 COMPOSER

Esteban Benzecry

Born 1970

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0483 FOOTBALL

Vítor Silva

1909 - 1982

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0484 COMPOSER

Armando José Fernandes

1906 - 1983

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0485 ECONOMIST

Manuel Pinho

Born 1954

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0486 COMPOSER

Carlos Bica

Born 1958

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0487 NOBLE

Garcia de Noronha

1480 - 1540

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0488 MUSIC

Ricardo Ribeiro

Born 1981

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0489 FOOTBALL

Miguel Filipe Nunes Cardoso

Born 1994

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0490 AUTHOR

Manuel de Seabra

1932 - 2017

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0491 COMPOSER

Manuel Correia

1600 - 1653

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0492 PLAYER

Bernardo Mota

Born 1971

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0493 ECONOMIST

António Horta Osório (banker)

Born 1964

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0494 JUDO

Nuno Delgado

Born 1976

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0495 INFANTE

Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre

1263 - 1312

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0496 COMPOSER

Pedro Caldeira Cabral

Born 1950

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0497 PAINTER

Sarah Afonso

1899 - 1983

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0498 POLITICIAN

Teresa Patrício de Gouveia

Born 1946

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0499 WRITER

Jorge Ferreira de Vasconcellos

1515 - 1585

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0500 OFFICER

Pedro de Almeida Portugal, 3rd Marquis of Alorna

1754 - 1813

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0501 SCIENTIST

Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque

1792 - 1846

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0502 WRITER

José da Silva Mendes Leal

1820 - 1886

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0503 ARCHITECT

Nuno Teotónio Pereira

1922 - 2016

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0504 POLITICIAN

Manuel Heitor

Born 1958

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0505 ARISTOKRAT

António de Saldanha da Gama, Count of Porto Santo

1778 - 1839

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0506 ACTOR

Fernando Luís

Born 1961

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0507 SINGER

Tito Schipa Jr.

Born 1946

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0508 FOOTBALL

Adriano Barbosa Miranda da Luz

Born 1979

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0509 MUSIC

Carlos Zingaro

Born 1948

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0510 POLITICIAN

Cristóvão de Moura, 1st Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo

1538 - 1613

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0511 SINGER

João Pedro Pais

Born 1971

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0512 FOOTBALL

Alexandre Miguel Barros Soares

Born 1991

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0513 LITERARY

Jacinto do Prado Coelho

1920 - 1984

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0514 FILM

José Ângelo Cottinelli Telmo

1897 - 1948

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0515 PAINTER

Henry Koster (author)

1793 - 1820

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0516 POLITICIAN

Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu

1798 - 1883

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0517 POET

Fernando de Meneses, 2nd Count of Ericeira

1614 - 1699

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0518 PRIEST

Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde

1664 - 1750

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0519 FOOTBALL

André Sousa (footballer)

Born 1990

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0520 POLITICIAN

Ana Drago

Born 1975

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0521 AUTHOR

Maria do Ceo

1658 - 1753

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0522 PROFESOR

Francisco Júlio de Caldas Aulete

1826 - 1878

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0523 COMPOSER

Manuel Machado (composer)

1590 - 1646

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0524 PRODUCER

Rui da Silva

Born 1968

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0525 FILM

Lauro António

Born 1942

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0526 WRITER

Francisco Manuel Homem Cristo Filho

1892 - 1928

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0527 COMPETITOR

Bruno Magalhães

Born 1980

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0528 SINGER

Aldina Duarte

Born 1967

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0529 ECONOMIST

Jorge Braga de Macedo

Born 1946

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0530 FOOTBALL

José Luís

Born 1958

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0531 POLITICIAN

Anselmo José Braamcamp

1817 - 1885

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0532 WRITER

António Mega Ferreira

Born 1949

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0533 COMPOSER

António Chagas Rosa

Born 1960

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0534 WRITER

Ricardo Pinto

Born 1961

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0535 AUTHOR

Mário-Henrique Leiria

1923 - 1980

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0536 JOURNALIST

Mário Neves

1912 - 1999

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0537 CHEF

José Avillez

Born 1979

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0538 WRITER

Luiza Neto Jorge

1939 - 1989

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0539 FOOTBALL

Carla Couto

Born 1974

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0540 DRIVER

André Couto

Born 1976

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0541 AUTHOR

António Maria Lisboa

1928 - 1953

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0542 POLITICIAN

Henrique de Barros Gomes

1843 - 1898

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0543 FOOTBALL

Jair Amador

Born 1989

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0544 POLITICIAN

Carlos Coelho

Born 1960

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0545 FOOTBALL

Filipe Duarte

Born 1985

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0546 POLITICIAN

António Machado Santos

1875 - 1921

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0547 FOOTBALL

Cosme Damião

1885 - 1947

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0548 POET

Júlio de Castilho

1840 - 1919

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0549 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Virgínia Rau

1907 - 1973

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0550 FOOTBALL

Minervino Pietra

Born 1954

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0551 SPORT

Rui Sousa

Born 1976

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0552 WRITER

Glória de Sant'Anna

1925 - 2009

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0553 POLITICIAN

João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa

1811 - 1895

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0554 FOOTBALL

Bruno Patacas

Born 1977

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0555 FOOTBALL

Jordão Diogo

Born 1985

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0556 INFANTE

Infante João, Duke of Beja

1842 - 1861

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0557 POET

Pedro Tamen

Born 1934

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0558 ARCHITECT

Manuel da Maia

1677 - 1768

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0559 PRINCESS

Catherine of Portugal (nun)

1436 - 1463

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0560 HISTORIAN

Fidelino de Figueiredo

1888 - 1967

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0561 ACTOR

Chianca de Garcia

1898 - 1983

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0562 FOOTBALL

Jaime Bragança

Born 1983

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0563 AUTHOR

Raul Leal

1886 - 1964

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0564 PHYSICIAN

Luís de Almeida

1525 - 1583

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0565 FOOTBALL

Guilherme Espírito Santo

1919 - 2012

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0566 OPERA

Nico Castel

1931 - 2015

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0567 NOBLE

Luís Carlos Inácio Xavier de Meneses, 1st Marquis of Louriçal

1689 - 1742

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0568 ARISTOCRAT

Fernando de Borja y Aragón

1583 - 1665

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0569 FOOTBALL

Bernardo Vasconcelos

Born 1979

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0570 ARISTOCRAT

Infante Augusto, Duke of Coimbra

1847 - 1889

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0571 PLAYWRIGHT

Luiz Francisco Rebello

1924 - 2011

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0572 ACTOR

Cris Huerta

1935 - 2004

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0573 DEPUTAD

José Maria Latino Coelho

1825 - 1891

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0574 WRITER

Ricardo Araújo Pereira

Born 1974

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0575 ARCHITECT

José Luís Monteiro

1848 - 1942

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0576 SINGER

Raquel Tavares

Born 1985

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0577 ACTOR

Amélia Rey Colaço

1898 - 1990

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0578 RABBI

Joseph Athias

1635 - 1700

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0579 POET

Fernanda de Castro

1900 - 1994

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0580 SPORT

Bruno Mascarenhas

Born 1981

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0581 ARTIST

Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos

1931 - 2008

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0582 FOOTBALL

Augusto Silva (footballer, born 1902)

1902 - 1962

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0583 GOVERNOR

André Furtado de Mendonça

1558 - 1611

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0584 ARMY

Sarmento de Beires

1892 - 1974

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0585 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Armando Marques Guedes

Born 1952

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0586 PAINTER

Pedro Calapez

Born 1953

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0587 POLITICIAN

Alberto Monsaraz

1889 - 1959

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0588 SINGER

Duarte Mendes

Born 1947

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0589 ACTOR

Angélico Vieira

1982 - 2011

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0590 BASKET

Sérgio Ramos

Born 1975

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0591 PRIEST

Andreas de Escobar

1348 - 1448

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0592 PAINTER

João Cristino da Silva

1829 - 1877

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0593 BOTANIST

Bernardino António Gomes, filho

1806 - 1877

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0594 PAINTER

André Gonçalves (painter)

1685 - 1754

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0595 PREACHER

Thomas of Jesus

1529 - 1582

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0596 POLITICIAN

Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler

1759 - 1829

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0597 EXPLORER

José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta

1832 - 1897

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0598 PRIEST

Paulo de Carvalho de Mendoça

1702 - 1770

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0599 WRITER

Ana Maria Magalhães (escritora)

Born 1946

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0600 FILM

Fernando Vendrell

Born 1962

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