Notable Alumni of University of Coimbra [Sorted List]

1. João Botelho

1949-. (aged 77)

screenwriter writer film editor teacher illustrator

João Manuel Relvas Leopoldo Botelho is a Portuguese film director.

2. Vasco Cordeiro

1973-. (aged 53)

politician

Vasco Ilídio Alves Cordeiro is a Portuguese Socialist Party politician, who served as President of the Regional Government of the Azores from 2012, following his party's victory in the 2012 Azores regional election, until 2020. From 2022 to 2025 he has been the President of the European Committee of the Regions.

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3. José Relvas

1858-1929 (aged 71)

diplomat revolutionary politician

José Maria de Mascarenhas Relvas de Campos (Golegã, Golegã, 5 March 1858 – Alpiarça, Casa dos Patudos, 31 October 1929; Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ˈʁɛlvɐʃ], was a Portuguese politician and Prime Minister of Portugal.

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4. Fernando Nogueira

1950-. (aged 76)

politician

Joaquim Fernando Nogueira, commonly known just as Fernando Nogueira, is a Portuguese lawyer and former politician.

5. António Arnault

1936-2018 (aged 82)

literary scholar poet lawyer politician

António Duarte Arnaut, GOL was a Portuguese poet, fiction writer, essayist, lawyer, and politician. He was Minister of Social Affairs in the II Constitutional Government of Portugal, led by Mário Soares. He is considered the "father" of the Portuguese national health service (SNS - Serviço Nacional de Saúde), having created the first basic health law in Portugal and contributed to...

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6. Manuela Azevedo

1970-. (aged 56)

singer

Manuela Azevedo is a Portuguese singer. A graduate in law at the University of Coimbra, she is the singer of the Clã band, once integrated the Humanos band.

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7. António Nobre

1867-1900 (aged 33)

poet writer

António Pereira Nobre was a Portuguese poet. His masterpiece, Só (Paris, 1892), was the only book he published.

8. Roderigo López

1525-1594 (aged 69)

spy physician

Roderigo Lopes was a Portuguese physician who served as a physician-in-chief to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 1581 until his death by execution, having been found guilty of plotting to poison her. A Portuguese converso or New Christian of Jewish ancestry, he is the only royal doctor in English history to have been executed, and may have inspired the...

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9. António Ferreira

1528-1569 (aged 41)

poet writer politician

António Ferreira was a Portuguese poet and the foremost representative of the classical school, founded by Francisco de Sá de Miranda. His most considerable work, Castro, is the first tragedy in Portuguese, and the second in modern European literature.

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10. Álvaro Santos Pereira

1972-. (aged 54)

university teacher politician writer journalist economist

Álvaro Miguel Rodrigues dos Santos Pereira is a Portuguese economist, professor and writer and current governor of the Bank of Portugal. He was the Minister of Economy and Labour of Portugal between June 2011 and July 2013 in the XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal.

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11. Salgado Zenha

1923-1993 (aged 70)

lawyer politician

Francisco Salgado Zenha GCL was a Portuguese left-wing politician and lawyer.

12. Miguel Macedo

1959-2025 (aged 66)

lawyer politician

Miguel Bento Martins da Costa Macedo e Silva was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Internal Administration.

13. António Maria da Silva

1872-1950 (aged 78)

minister revolutionary politician engineer author

António Maria da Silva, GCTE was a Portuguese politician. An engineer, he was a prominent member of the Portuguese Republican Party. He was Prime Minister (President of the Council of Ministers) for four times, during the Portuguese First Republic. After his party's victory in the legislative elections of 8 November 1925, he was invited to form a government. He led...

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14. Fernando Goncalves Namora

1919-1989 (aged 70)

essayist physician writer writer physician poet

Fernando Gonçalves Namora was a Portuguese writer and medical doctor. Namora was born in Condeixa-a-Nova, Coimbra District and died in Lisbon, Portugal.

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15. Vitorino Nemésio

1901-1978 (aged 77)

poet writer journalist

Vitorino Nemésio Mendes Pinheiro da Silva was a Portuguese poet, author and intellectual from Terceira, Azores, best known for his novel Mau Tempo No Canal (literally, Bad Weather in the Channel but published in an English translation as Stormy Isles – An Azorean Tale), as well as a professor in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Lisbon and...

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16. Cândido José de Araújo Viana, Marquis of Sapucaí

1793-1875 (aged 82)

judge writer politician

Cândido José de Araújo Viana, Marquis of Sapucaí was a Brazilian politician and judge.

17. António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Marquis of Tomar

1803-1889 (aged 86)

military personnel diplomat judge politician

António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Count and 1st Marquis of Tomar was a Portuguese 19th century statesman.

18. Manuel Alves Branco, 2nd Viscount of Caravelas

1797-1855 (aged 58)

economist judge politician

Manuel Alves Branco, 2nd Viscount of Caravelas was a Brazilian politician, economist, and magistrate during the Empire of Brazil (1822–1889). He held the positions of general deputy, minister of justice, minister of finance, senator and was also the first de jure Prime Minister of Brazil.

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19. Ana Abrunhosa

1970-. (aged 56)

politician

Ana Maria Pereira Abrunhosa is a Portuguese economist and politician who served as Minister for Territorial Cohesion from October 2019 to March 2024, when she was elected to the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal as a member of the Socialist Party (PS), representing the Coimbra constituency.

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20. Joaquim António de Aguiar

1792-1884 (aged 92)

minister military personnel politician

Joaquim António de Aguiar was a Portuguese politician. He held several relevant political posts during the Portuguese constitutional monarchy, namely as leader of the Cartists and later of the Partido Regenerador (English: Regenerator Party). He was three times prime minister of Portugal: between 1841 and 1842, in 1860 and finally from 1865 to 1868, when he entered a coalition with...

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21. Cipriano Barata

1762-1838 (aged 76)

physician politician journalist

Cipriano José Barata de Almeida was a Brazilian physician and politician who was in favor of Brazilian independence. He was a founding member of the Masonic lodge "Knights of the Light". He was also a journalist who started a newspaper in Portugal called the Sentinel of Liberty.

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22. Eugénio de Castro

1869-1944 (aged 75)

pedagogue poet writer

Eugénio de Castro e Almeida was a Portuguese writer and a poet. He was a professor at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Coimbra and attended Escola Normal Superior in the same university.

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23. Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela

1781-1850 (aged 69)

military personnel diplomat minister politician

Dom Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Faial and Palmela was one of the most important Portuguese diplomats and statesmen in the first half of the 19th century. He also served as the country's first modern Prime Minister (with the title of "President of the Council of Ministers").

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24. Matias Aires

1705-1763 (aged 58)

writer philosopher

Matias Aires Ramos da Silva de Eça was a Brazilian-Portuguese philosopher and writer. He immigrated to Portugal in late 1716. Born in colony Brazil, he wrote works in French and Latin and was also a translator of Latin classics. It is considered by many to be the biggest name in 18th century Portuguese Language Philosophy.

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25. Santa Rita Durão

1722-1784 (aged 62)

writer librarian orator friar poet

José de Santa Rita Durão OSA, known simply as Santa Rita Durão, was a Colonial Brazilian Neoclassic poet, orator and Augustinian friar. He is considered a forerunner of "Indianism" in Brazilian literature, with his epic poem Caramuru.

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26. Teixeira de Pascoaes

1877-1952 (aged 75)

poet writer

Joaquim Pereira Teixeira de Vasconcelos, better known by his pen name Teixeira de Pascoaes, was a Portuguese poet. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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27. Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira

1888-1977 (aged 89)

Catholic priest Catholic bishop

Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, GCC, GCSE, GCIH was a Portuguese cardinal who served as Patriarch of Lisbon from 1929 to 1971. He was the last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope Pius XI, and his cardinalate of forty-eight years was the longest since the fifty-eight-year cardinalate of Henry Benedict Stuart, Cardinal-Duke of York which lasted from 1747 to 1805. He took part...

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28. Tiago Brandão Rodrigues

1977-. (aged 49)

politician

Tiago Brandão Rodrigues is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Education from 26 November 2015 until 30 March 2022. He has a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Coimbra. Rodrigues was elected by the Viana do Castelo constituency to the Assembly of the Republic in 2015 and 2022.

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29. Pedro de Araújo Lima

1793-1870 (aged 77)

jurist politician journalist

Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda was a politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. His long political career spanned the reigns of John VI, Pedro I and Pedro II. He was also one of the founders of the Brazilian Conservative Party.

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30. Ana Drago

1975-. (aged 51)

politician sociologist

Ana Isabel Drago Lobato is a Portuguese sociologist and a ex-politician of the Left Bloc party.

31. Pedro Cunha Lima

1988-. (aged 38)

lawyer politician

Pedro Oliveira Cunha Lima is a Brazilian politician as well as a lawyer and writer. He has spent his political career representing Paraíba, having served in the state legislature from 2014 to 2019.

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32. António Feliciano de Castilho

1800-1875 (aged 75)

writer poet journalist linguist

António Feliciano de Castilho, 1st Viscount of Castilho was a Portuguese writer.

33. Maria de Belém Roseira

1949-. (aged 77)

politician

Maria de Belém Roseira Martins Coelho Henriques de Pina GCC is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Health from 1995 to 1999, Minister for Equality from 1999 to 2000, and President of the Socialist Party from 2011 to 2014. She is informally known as Maria de Belém.

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34. Bernardo the Japanese

missionary

Bernardo the Japanese was an early Japanese Christian convert of the 16th century, born in Kagoshima, and the first Japanese person to set foot in Europe. Bernardo was one of the first converts of Saint Francis Xavier, and one of his two disciples. Bernardo was baptized in 1549. He followed Xavier in Japan and India.

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35. António José da Silva

1705-1739 (aged 34)

writer playwright jurist composer poet

António José da Silva Coutinho was a Brazilian-Portuguese dramatist born in colonial Brazil, known as "the Jew" (O Judeu). The Brazilian spelling of his first name is Antônio; António José da Silva Coutinho in Hebrew is אנטוניו ז'וזה דה סילווה‎.

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36. Francisco de Sá de Miranda

1481-. (aged 545)

playwright poet writer

Francisco de Sá de Miranda was a Portuguese poet of the Renaissance.

37. Alexandre de Serpa Pinto

1846-1900 (aged 54)

military personnel explorer

Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Viscount of Serpa Pinto was a Portuguese explorer of southern Africa and a colonial administrator.

38. Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná

1801-1856 (aged 55)

diplomat politician

Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná was a Brazilian politician, diplomat, judge and monarchist. Paraná was born to a noble family in São Carlos do Jacuí, in what was then the captaincy of Minas Gerais. After attending the University of Coimbra in Portugal and having returned to Brazil, Paraná was appointed a judge in 1826 and later elevated to...

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39. António de Almeida Santos

1926-2016 (aged 90)

writer politician

António de Almeida Santos GCC, GCIH, GCL was a Portuguese lawyer, politician and government minister.

40. Guerra Junqueiro

1850-1923 (aged 73)

poet lawyer writer politician journalist

Abílio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro was a Portuguese top civil servant, member of the Portuguese House of Representatives, journalist, author, and poet. His work helped inspire the creation of the Portuguese First Republic. Junqueiro wrote highly satiric poems criticizing conservatism, romanticism, and the Church leading up to the Portuguese Revolution of 1910. He was one of Europe's greatest poets. Junqueiro studied...

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41. Camilo Pessanha

1867-1926 (aged 59)

poet writer

Camilo de Almeida Pessanha was a Portuguese symbolist poet.

42. António Marinho e Pinto

1950-. (aged 76)

lawyer journalist university teacher politician

António de Sousa Marinho e Pinto is a Portuguese lawyer and former journalist. He was president of the Portuguese Bar Association from 2008 to 2013 and is well known for his controversial speeches. In 2014, he ran for the election for the European Parliament as top candidate for the Earth Party (MPT) and succeeded in being elected, along with the...

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43. José Norton de Matos

1867-1955 (aged 88)

diplomat politician memoirist

José Maria Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos, GCTE, GCL was a Portuguese general and politician.

44. Fábio Lucindo

1984-. (aged 42)

voice actor actor

Fábio Lucindo is a Brazilian actor and presenter. He specializes in dubbing cartoons, anime, films, and video games in the Portuguese language. Lucindo was born in São Paulo, and is perhaps most known for voicing Ash Ketchum in Pokémon from 1999 to 2015 and Fishtronaut in the eponymous television series.

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45. Eduardo Lourenço

1923-2020 (aged 97)

literary critic university teacher writer philosopher essayist

Eduardo Lourenço de Faria GCSE GCIH GCL, best known as Eduardo Lourenço, was a Portuguese essayist, professor, critic, philosopher and writer.

46. António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro

1848-1920 (aged 72)

businessperson entomologist

António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro, also known as Monteiro dos Milhões (Monteiro the Millionaire), was a Brazilian-Portuguese businessman, collector, bibliophile, entomologist and Freemason. His largesse created the Quinta da Regaleira.

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47. Afonso Costa

1871-1937 (aged 66)

diplomat lawyer politician

Afonso Augusto da Costa, GCTE, GCL was a Portuguese lawyer, professor and republican politician.

48. José Mário Branco

1942-2019 (aged 77)

actor revolutionary singer-songwriter music arranger recording artist

José Mário Branco was a Portuguese singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer.

49. Manuel Teixeira Gomes

1860-1941 (aged 81)

diplomat writer politician

Manuel Teixeira Gomes GCTE was a Portuguese politician who served as the president of Portugal from 1923 to 1925.

50. António José de Almeida

1866-1929 (aged 63)

physician minister politician

António José de Almeida GCTE GCC GCA GCSE was a Portuguese politician who served as the president of Portugal from 1919 to 1923. António José de Almeida also served as prime minister from 1916 to 1917. He was the only president of the First Portuguese Republic to serve the entire term.

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51. Alberto João Jardim

1943-. (aged 83)

lawyer journalist teacher politician

Alberto João Cardoso Gonçalves Jardim, GCC, GCIH is a Portuguese politician who was the President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Portugal, from 1978 to 2015.

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52. José Régio

1901-1969 (aged 68)

playwright poet writer

José Maria dos Reis Pereira, better known by the pen name José Régio ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ʁɛ.ʒju]), was a Portuguese writer who spent most of his life in Portalegre (1929 to 1962). He was the brother of Júlio Maria dos Reis Pereira, a painter and illustrator.

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53. José Pedro Aguiar Branco

1957-. (aged 69)

lawyer politician

José Pedro Correia de Aguiar-Branco is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has been the President of the Assembly of the Republic since 2024, in the 16th Legislature. Previously he served as Minister of Justice from 2004 to 2005 and Minister of National Defence from 2011 to 2015.

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54. Herberto Hélder

1930-2015 (aged 85)

librarian journalist poet prose writer translator

Herberto Helder de Oliveira was a Portuguese poet often considered the most important Portuguese poet of the second half of the 20th century.

55. João Franco

1855-1929 (aged 74)

politician minister

João Franco Ferreira Pinto Castelo-Branco, GCTE was a Portuguese politician, minister, 43rd Minister for Treasury Affairs (14 January 1890) and 47th Prime Minister (19 May 1906 – 4 February 1908).

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56. Sam Hou Fai

1962-. (aged 64)

judge politician

Sam Hou Fai is a Macau politician and former judge who is currently the Chief Executive of Macau since 2024 and previously served as the 1st President of the Court of Final Appeal of Macau.

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57. Manuel Alegre

1936-. (aged 90)

revolutionary politician writer actor poet

Manuel Alegre de Melo Duarte GCL GCSE GCCa is a Portuguese poet and politician. He was a candidate to the presidency of the Portuguese Republic in 2006 and 2011, finishing in second place in both elections. For his literary work, he was awarded the Camões Prize in 2017.

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58. Manuel da Nóbrega

1517-1570 (aged 53)

Catholic priest missionary philosopher writer

Manuel da Nóbrega, SJ was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and the first provincial of the Society of Jesus in colonial Brazil. Together with José de Anchieta, he was very influential in the early history of Brazil. He participated in the founding of several cities, such as Recife, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo, as well as many Jesuit colleges...

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59. Luis de Molina

1535-1600 (aged 65)

university teacher theologian philosopher jurist economist

Luis de Molina SJ was a Spanish Jesuit priest, jurist, economist and theologian renowned for his contributions to philosophy and economics within the framework of the second scholasticism.

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60. John de Brito

1647-1693 (aged 46)

Catholic priest missionary

John de Britto, SJ was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and an evangelist, often called "the Portuguese St. Francis Xavier" by Indian Catholics. He is also called "the John the Baptist of India."

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61. Cláudio Manuel da Costa

1729-1789 (aged 60)

writer poet lawyer musician

Cláudio Manuel da Costa was a Brazilian poet and musician, considered to be the introducer of Neoclassicism in Brazil. He wrote under the pen name Glauceste Satúrnio, and his most famous work is the epic poem Vila Rica, that tells the history of the homonymous city, nowadays called Ouro Preto.

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62. Vasco Gonçalves

1921-2005 (aged 84)

military personnel minister revolutionary politician

General Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves GOL OA was a Portuguese army officer in the Engineering Corps who took part in the Carnation Revolution and later served as Prime Minister from 18 July 1974 to 19 September 1975.

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63. Tomás António Gonzaga

1744-1810 (aged 66)

writer poet jurist political activist

Tomás António Gonzaga was a Portuguese poet. One of the most famous Neoclassic writers in colonial Brazil, he was also the ouvidor and the ombudsman of the city of Ouro Preto (formerly "Vila Rica"), as well as the desembargador of the appeal court in Bahia. He wrote under the pen name Dirceu.

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64. Vergílio Ferreira

1916-1996 (aged 80)

poet writer

Vergílio António Ferreira, JOSE was a Portuguese writer, essayist, professor and a key figure in Portuguese-language literature. His prolific literary output, comprising works of fiction (novels, short stories and novellas), philosophical essays and literary diaries, are generally divided into neorealism, dominant in Portuguese fiction at the time, and existentialism.

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65. José Cid

1942-. (aged 84)

singer songwriter

José Albano Cid de Ferreira Tavares is a Portuguese singer, composer and record producer. Internationally, Cid is best known for his 1978 progressive rock album 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Vénus e Marte and for representing Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Um grande, grande amor".

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66. Manuel de Arriaga

1840-1917 (aged 77)

writer poet lawyer politician

Manuel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira e Peyrelongue was a Portuguese lawyer who served as the first president of Portugal from 1911 to 1915. Manuel de Arriaga also served as the first attorney-general, following the deposition of King Manuel II in 1910, and a Republican Provisional Government headed by Teófilo Braga he became president of the First Portuguese Republic.

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67. Marisa Matias

1976-. (aged 50)

politician sociologist

Marisa Isabel dos Santos Matias is a Portuguese sociologist and politician. She was a member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2024 to 2025. She was also a Member of the European Parliament, between 2009 and 2024. She currently seated on the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committees. She was also Chairwoman of...

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68. Luís Marques Mendes

1957-. (aged 69)

pundit lawyer politician

Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes GCIH is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was the President of the Social Democratic Party from 2005 until 2007. He ran and lost the 2026 presidential election, being defeated after obtaining just 11.3% of the votes.

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69. Christopher Clavius

1538-1612 (aged 74)

mathematician astronomer

Christopher Clavius, SJ was a Jesuit German mathematician and physicist, head of mathematicians at the Collegio Romano, and astronomer who was a member of the Vatican commission that accepted the proposed calendar invented by Aloysius Lilius, that is known as the Gregorian calendar. Clavius would later write defences and an explanation of the reformed calendar, including an emphatic acknowledgement of...

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70. Bernardino Machado

1851-1944 (aged 93)

politician

Bernardino Luíz Machado Guimarães GCTE was the president of Portugal, serving from 1915 to 1917 and again from 1925 to 1926.

71. Mário de Sá-Carneiro

1890-1916 (aged 26)

poet writer

Mário de Sá-Carneiro was a Portuguese poet and writer. He is one of the best known authors of the "Geração D'Orpheu", and is usually considered their greatest poet, after Fernando Pessoa.

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72. Teófilo Braga

1843-1924 (aged 81)

playwright anthropologist university teacher poet philosopher

Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes Braga was the president of Portugal, serving in 1915. A Portuguese writer, playwright, politician he became the leader of the Republican Provisional Government after the overthrow of King Manuel II, having become president after the resignation of President Manuel de Arriaga.

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73. António, Prior of Crato

1531-1595 (aged 64)

king

António, Prior of Crato, sometimes called "The Determined", "The Fighter", "The Independentist" or "The Resistant", was a grandson of King Manuel I of Portugal who claimed the Portuguese throne during the 1580 dynastic crisis. According to some historians, he was King of Portugal for 33 days in 1580. Philip II of Spain prevailed in the succession struggle, but António claimed...

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74. Turibius of Mongrovejo

1538-1606 (aged 68)

Catholic priest inquisitor

Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lima from 1579 until his death.

75. Bartolomeu de Gusmão

1685-1724 (aged 39)

naturalist inventor aircraft pilot Catholic priest

Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão was a Catholic priest and naturalist born in colonial Brazil, who was a pioneer of lighter-than-air aerostat design, being among the first scholars at that time to understand the operational principles of the hot air balloon and to build a functional prototype of such a device. He is also one of the main characters in Nobel...

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76. Sidónio Pais

1872-1918 (aged 46)

university teacher military personnel mathematician soldier politician

Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais CavC OA CavA nicknamed "the President-King" (o Presidente-Rei), was the president of Portugal, serving in 1918. A Portuguese politician, military officer, and diplomat he served as prime minister, minister of war and minister of foreign affairs from 1917 to 1918, minister of finance from 1911 to 1912, and minister of commerce and public works...

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77. Joseph of Anchieta

1534-1597 (aged 63)

composer teacher Catholic priest linguist historian

José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo, SJ was a Spanish missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century. A highly influential figure in Brazil's history in the first century after its European discovery, Anchieta was one of the founders of São Paulo in 1554 and of Rio de Janeiro in 1565. He...

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78. Gonçalves Dias

1823-1864 (aged 41)

ethnologist university teacher historian writer theatrologist

Antônio Gonçalves Dias was a Brazilian Romantic poet, playwright, ethnographer, lawyer and linguist. A major exponent of Brazilian Romanticism and of the literary tradition known as "Indianism", he is famous for writing "Canção do Exílio" (arguably the most well-known poem of Brazilian literature), the short narrative poem I-Juca-Pirama, the unfinished epic Os Timbiras, and many other nationalist and patriotic poems...

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79. Almeida Garrett

1799-1854 (aged 55)

playwright poet writer novelist politician

João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, 1st Viscount of Almeida Garrett was a Portuguese poet, orator, playwright, novelist, journalist, politician, and a peer of the realm. A major promoter of theater in Portugal he is considered the greatest figure of Portuguese Romanticism and a true revolutionary and humanist. He proposed the construction of the D. Maria II National...

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80. Boaventura de Sousa Santos

1940-. (aged 86)

lawyer writer sociologist conferencier teacher

Boaventura de Sousa Santos GOSE is a Portuguese sociologist, professor emeritus at the Department of Sociology of the School of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC), Distinguished Legal Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, and director emeritus of the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra. An outspoken sympathizer and avowed supporter of the Bloco...

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81. José Afonso

1929-1987 (aged 58)

composer revolutionary poet singer politician

José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, known professionally as José Afonso and also popularly known as Zeca Afonso, was a Portuguese singer-songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of Portugal's folk and protest music scene. His music played a significant role in the resistance against the dictatorial Estado Novo regime, making him...

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82. Gregório de Matos

1636-1696 (aged 60)

poet lawyer lawyer writer composer poet

Gregório de Matos e Guerra was a famous Portuguese Baroque poet from Colonial Brazil. He has been described as "founder of Brazilian literature." Although he wrote many lyrical and religious poems, he was better known for his satirical ones, most of them criticizing the Catholic Church, earning him the nickname "Boca do Inferno" (Hell's Mouth).

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83. Miguel Torga

1907-1995 (aged 88)

physician writer writer playwright physician poet

Miguel Torga, pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha (São Martinho de Anta, Sabrosa, Vila Real district, 12 August 1907 – Coimbra, 17 January 1995), is considered one of the greatest Portuguese writers of the 20th century. He wrote poetry, short stories, a genre in which he is accounted a master, theater and a 16 volume diary, written from 1932 to...

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84. Artur Jorge

1946-2024 (aged 78)

association football player association football coach

Artur Jorge Braga de Melo Teixeira, commonly known as Artur Jorge, was a Portuguese football player and manager.

85. Antero de Quental

1842-1891 (aged 49)

translator poet philosopher writer

Antero Tarquínio de Quental was a Portuguese poet, philosopher, and writer. Quental is regarded as one of the greatest poets of his generation and is recognized as one of the most influential Portuguese language artists of all time. His name is often mentioned alongside Luís Vaz de Camões, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, and Fernando Pessoa.

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86. Joana Amaral Dias

1973-. (aged 53)

psychologist politician

Joana Beatriz Nunes Vicente Amaral Dias is a Portuguese politician and clinical psychologist. She was a member of the Portuguese Parliament for the Left Bloc (2002–2005). She was the National Democratic Alternative candidate to the 2026 Portuguese presidential election.

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87. Marta Temido

1974-. (aged 52)

politician

Marta Alexandra Fartura Braga Temido de Almeida Simões is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Health under Prime Minister António Costa, between 15 October 2018 and 10 September 2022. She submitted her resignation from the post on 30 August 2022 and ended her functions on 10 September 2022.

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88. António de Oliveira Salazar

1889-1970 (aged 81)

economist pedagogue university teacher politician

António de Oliveira Salazar GCTE GCSE GColIH GCIC was a Portuguese dictator, academic, and economist who served as President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. Having come to power under the Ditadura Nacional ("National Dictatorship"), he reframed the regime as the corporatist Estado Novo ("New State"), with himself as dictator. The regime he created lasted...

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89. Agostinho Neto

1922-1979 (aged 57)

poet physician writer political prisoner politician

António Agostinho Neto Kilamba was an Angolan communist revolutionary, politician and poet. He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, after leading the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) during the war for independence. He led the MPLA during the beginning of the Angolan Civil War, which began in 1975 and lasted until 2002....

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90. António Egas Moniz

1874-1955 (aged 81)

psychiatrist university teacher diplomat writer neurologist

António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz GCSE GCIB, known as simply Egas Moniz, was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern psychosurgery, having developed the surgical procedure leucotomy—better known today as lobotomy—for which he became the first Portuguese national to receive a Nobel Prize in 1949 (shared...

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91. Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal

1699-1782 (aged 83)

minister urban planner civil servant seismologist politician

D. Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras, known as the Marquis of Pombal (Portuguese: Marquês de Pombal [mɐɾˈkeʒ ðɨ põˈbal]), was a Portuguese statesman and diplomat who despotically ruled the Portuguese Empire from 1750 to 1777 as chief minister to King Joseph I. A strong advocate for absolutism, and influenced by...

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92. José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva

1763-1838 (aged 75)

mineralogist university teacher diplomat geologist writer

José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva was a Brazilian statesman, naturalist, mineralist, professor and poet, born in Santos, São Paulo, then part of the Portuguese Empire.

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93. José Maria de Eça de Queirós

1845-1900 (aged 55)

writer novelist journalist diplomat

José Maria de Eça de Queiroz or Queirós is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. In the London Observer, Jonathan Keates ranked him alongside Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy.

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94. Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa

1937-2025 (aged 88)

entrepreneur sports executive

Jorge Nuno de Lima Pinto da Costa was a Portuguese sports executive, who was president of Portuguese sports club Porto from 1982 until 2024. He was the president with most titles won (69) in the history of football and most days in charge as a president of association football club.

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95. Luís Castro

1961-. (aged 65)

association football player association football coach

Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He is the current head coach of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio.

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96. Aristides de Sousa Mendes

1885-1954 (aged 69)

diplomat lawyer writer

Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches GCC OL was a Portuguese diplomat who is recognized in Portugal as a national hero for his actions during World War II. As the Portuguese consul-general in the French city of Bordeaux, he defied the orders of António de Oliveira Salazar's Estado Novo regime, issuing visas to thousands of refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied...

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97. António Leitão Amaro

1980-. (aged 46)

politician

António Egrejas Leitão Amaro is a Portuguese jurist and politician. He has been Minister of Presidency since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.

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98. Paulo Rangel

1968-. (aged 58)

writer politician

Paulo Artur dos Santos Castro de Campos Rangel is a Portuguese jurist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2024, in the XXIV Constitutional Government, led by Luís Montenegro.

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99. Graça Fonseca

1971-. (aged 55)

politician sociologist

Graça Maria da Fonseca Caetano Gonçalves is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister António Costa since 15 October 2018.

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100. Constança Urbano de Sousa

1967-. (aged 59)

academic politician

Maria Constança Dias Urbano de Sousa is a Portuguese jurist and the country's former Minister of Internal Administration.