Notable Alumni of University of Lisbon [Sorted List]

1. Miguel Trovoada

1936-. (aged 90)

diplomat politician

Miguel dos Anjos da Cunha Lisboa Trovoada is a São Toméan politician who was the prime minister from 1975 to 1979 and second president of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1991 to 2001. On 16 July 2014, he was appointed the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS)....

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2. Adalberto Campos Fernandes

1958-. (aged 68)

physician researcher politician

Adalberto Campos Fernandes is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Health from 26 November 2015 to 15 October 2018. He graduated with a PhD in health administration from the University of Lisbon and is a professor at the New University of Lisbon.

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3. Medina Carreira

1931-2017 (aged 86)

economist lawyer politician

Henrique Medina Carreira was a Portuguese jurist and financial expert who served as Minister of Finance from 1976 to 1978.

4. Lucília Gago

1956-. (aged 70)

jurist judge

Lucília Maria das Neves Franco Morgadinho Gago is a Portuguese magistrate who served as the Attorney General of Portugal from 2018 to 2024.

5. Maria Velho da Costa

1938-2020 (aged 82)

novelist short story writer writer lecturer playwright

Maria de Fátima de Bivar Velho da Costa was a Portuguese writer who was awarded the Camões Prize in 2002. She took part in the Portuguese Feminist Movement, and became one of the authors of the book Novas Cartas Portugesas (New Portuguese Letters), together with Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Isabel Barreno. The authors, known as the "Three Marias," were...

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6. Maria Elisa

1950-. (aged 76)

journalist politician

Maria Elisa Rogado Contente Domingues Hartman, known as Maria Elisa is a Portuguese journalist and television presenter.

7. João Soares

1949-. (aged 77)

writer politician

João Barroso Soares is a Portuguese editor and Socialist Party politician, who was President of the Municipality of Lisbon from 1995 to 2002. He was member of the European Parliament and of the Portuguese State Council.

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8. Maria João Rodrigues

1955-. (aged 71)

politician economist

Maria João Fernandes Rodrigues GOIH is a Portuguese academic and politician who served as Minister of Employment in Portugal and was a Member of the European Parliament. She was Vice-President of the Group of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) from 2014 until 2019. Since 2022 she is the Chair of the Board of Re-Imagine Europa, think-tank located in Brussels and...

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9. Maria da Assunção Esteves

1956-. (aged 70)

politician writer journalist

Maria da Assunção Andrade Esteves is a Portuguese politician who was President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal from 2011 to 2015. She was a Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition, part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group, from 2004 to 2009.

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10. Odete Santos

1941-2023 (aged 82)

actor lawyer politician

Odete Santos GOIH was a Portuguese lawyer, amateur actress, and politician who was a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal for 27 years.

11. Raimundo Pereira

1956-. (aged 70)

minister lawyer politician

Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira is a Bissau-Guinean lawyer and politician who was interim President of Guinea-Bissau from 3 March 2009 to 8 September 2009 and again in 2012, following the departure of President Malam Bacai Sanhá for medical treatment abroad; he continued in that capacity after Sanha's death. Pereira was elected as President of the National People's Assembly on 22 December...

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12. Dulce Maria Cardoso

1964-. (aged 62)

writer jurist

Dulce Maria Cardoso is a Portuguese writer. She was born in Fonte Longa, Carrazeda de Ansiães, Trás-os-Montes but moved to Luanda, Angola as an infant. Her family came back to Portugal in 1975 along with half a million other retornados as Portugal's overseas colonies gained independence.

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13. Carlos Veiga

1949-. (aged 77)

legal counselor jurist judge politician

Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga is a Cape Verdean politician. He was Prime Minister of Cape Verde from April 4, 1991, to July 29, 2000.

14. Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins

1952-. (aged 74)

economist lawyer politician

Guilherme Valdemar Pereira de Oliveira Martins is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. His great-great-great uncle was Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins.

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15. Miguel Guilherme

1958-. (aged 68)

actor

Miguel Guilherme is a Portuguese actor. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1980.

16. Basílio Horta

1943-. (aged 83)

politician

Basílio Adolfo de Mendonça Horta da França is a Portuguese jurist and politician and a founder of CDS – People's Party. Currently, he serves as Mayor of Sintra, as a member of the Socialist Party. He was also a candidate in the 1991 presidential election, finishing in second place and losing to Mário Soares.

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17. Ana da Silva

1948-. (aged 78)

singer guitarist

Ana Paula de Lima Pita da Silva is a musician, best known as a founding member of post-punk rock band the Raincoats.

18. Fernando Rosas

1946-. (aged 80)

university teacher revolutionary politician historian journalist

Fernando José Mendes Rosas ComL is a Portuguese historian, professor and politician, being one of the founders of the Left Bloc.

19. Maria Cavaco Silva

1938-. (aged 88)

teacher politician

Maria Alves da Silva Cavaco Silva GCIH is the wife of Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the 19th President of the Portuguese Republic and, as such, was the First Lady of Portugal from 2006 until 2016.

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20. Isabel Alçada

1950-. (aged 76)

historian screenwriter politician writer

Maria Isabel Girão de Melo Veiga Vilar GOIH GOIP, better known by her pen name, Isabel Alçada, is a Portuguese teacher, writer, and politician. As a writer, she is mainly dedicated to children's literature, being primarily known for writing the Uma aventura series of books with her writing partner Ana Maria Magalhães.

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21. Eduardo Cabrita

1961-. (aged 65)

politician

Eduardo Arménio do Nascimento Cabrita is a Portuguese legal professional and politician who served as Minister Assistant and Minister of Internal Administration in the cabinet of Prime Minister António Costa from 2015 until 2021. He was a member of parliament from 2002 to 2015, before taking office as minister in the Government.

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22. António-Pedro Vasconcelos

1939-2024 (aged 85)

film producer screenwriter film director

António-Pedro Saraiva de Barros e Vasconcelos GCIH was a Portuguese film director.

23. Jaime Gama

1947-. (aged 79)

journalist politician

Jaime José de Matos da Gama GCC GCIH GCL is a Portuguese former politician. In the Portuguese government, he served as Minister of Internal Administration in 1978, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1985 and from 1995 to 2002, and Minister of National Defence in 1999. From 2005 to 2011 he was President of the Assembly of the Republic.

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24. João Magueijo

1967-. (aged 59)

physicist astronomer

João Magueijo is a Portuguese cosmologist and professor in theoretical physics at Imperial College London. He is a pioneer of the varying speed of light (VSL) theory.

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25. Maria Manuela Portugal Eanes

1938-. (aged 88)

politician

Maria Manuela Duarte Neto Portugal Ramalho Eanes was the First Lady of Portugal from 1976 to 1986, as the wife of the President of Portugal, António Ramalho Eanes.

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26. Baltasar Lopes da Silva

1907-1989 (aged 82)

teacher writer linguist jurist poet

Baltasar Lopes da Silva was a writer, poet and linguist from Cape Verde, who wrote in both Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole. With Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa, he was the founder of Claridade. In 1947 he published Chiquinho, considered the greatest Cape Verdean novel and O dialecto crioulo de Cabo Verde which describes different dialects of creoles of Cape...

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27. David Mourão-Ferreira

1927-1996 (aged 69)

poet writer

David de Jesus Mourão-Ferreira, GCSE was a Portuguese writer and poet from Lisbon.

28. Vasco Graça Moura

1942-2014 (aged 72)

poet lawyer politician writer translator poet

Vasco Navarro da Graça Moura, GCSE GCIH OSE was a Portuguese lawyer, writer, translator and politician. He was the son of Francisco José da Graça Moura and Maria Teresa Amado da Cunha Seixas Navarro de Castro, of Northern Portugal bourgeoisie.

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29. Maria do Céu Guerra

1943-. (aged 83)

actor film actor

Maria do Céu Guerra is a Portuguese actress. She appeared in more than fifty films since 1964.

30. Afonso Cruz

1971-. (aged 55)

writer film director illustrator musician

Afonso Cruz, born in Figueira da Foz, is a Portuguese multidisciplinary artist, author of more than 30 books, among novels, theatre plays, picture books, juvenile novellas, poetry, photo-text and essays.

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31. Isabel Moreira

1976-. (aged 50)

politician

Isabel de Lima Mayer Alves Moreira is a Portuguese jurist and politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as a member of the Assembly of the Republic since 2011. She is known for her campaigns in favour of LGBT rights.

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32. Alexandra Leitão

1973-. (aged 53)

civil servant jurist politician

Alexandra Ludomila Ribeiro Fernandes Leitão is a Portuguese politician, jurist and professor of law.

33. Carlos César

1956-. (aged 70)

journalist politician

Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César, GCC is a Portuguese politician and former President of the Regional Government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. He currently serves as member of the Assembly of the Republic, member of the Council of State and President of the Socialist Party.

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34. Mário Pinto de Andrade

1928-1990 (aged 62)

poet writer activist philologist editor

Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade was an Angolan poet and politician.

35. António Vitorino

1957-. (aged 69)

politician university teacher lawyer judge jurist

António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino is a Portuguese lawyer and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).

36. Maria Teresa Horta

1937-2025 (aged 88)

novelist writer journalist poet women's rights activist

Maria Teresa de Mascarenhas Horta Barros was a Portuguese feminist poet, journalist and activist. She is one of the authors of the book Novas Cartas Portuguesas (New Portuguese Letters), together with Maria Isabel Barreno and Maria Velho da Costa. The authors, known as the "Three Marias," were arrested, jailed and prosecuted under Portuguese censorship laws in 1972, during the last...

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37. Helena Almeida

1934-2018 (aged 84)

painter photographer artist

Helena Almeida GOIH was a Portuguese artist known for her work in photography, performance art, body art, painting and drawing.

38. Miguel Poiares Maduro

1967-. (aged 59)

writer journalist university teacher politician

Luís Miguel Poiares Pessoa Maduro is a Portuguese academic and politician. He was the Portuguese Minister for Regional Development from April 2013 to October 2015 in the XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal, led by Pedro Passos Coelho. Previously, he was director of the School of Transnational Governance and professor of law at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Poiares...

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39. Pedro Pires

1934-. (aged 92)

politician

Pedro de Verona Rodrigues Pires is a Cape Verdean politician who served as Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 1975 to 1991, and later as president from 2001 to 2011.

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40. Fausto Bordalo Dias

1948-2024 (aged 76)

songwriter composer recording artist

Carlos Fausto Bordalo Gomes Dias OL, known as Fausto Bordalo Dias or simply Fausto, was a Portuguese composer, guitarist and singer.

41. Maria Barroso

1925-2015 (aged 90)

stage actor teacher politician pedagogue film actor

Maria de Jesus Simões Barroso Soares, was a Portuguese actress, teacher and political and social activist, having been one of the founders of the Socialist Party (PS), in Germany, in 1973. As the wife of the 17th President of Portugal, Mário Soares, she was the first-lady of the country between 1986 and 1996.

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42. Leonor Beleza

1948-. (aged 78)

jurist politician

Maria Leonor Couceiro Pizarro Beleza de Mendonça Tavares GCC GCIH is a Portuguese lawyer and politician.

43. Katia Guerreiro

1976-. (aged 50)

singer

Katia Guerreiro is a South African-born Portuguese fado singer, who has released eight albums and has received several awards, including Order of Arts and Letters, Chevalier rank, from the French government and the Order of Prince Henry from the President of Portugal.

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44. Pedro Siza Vieira

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Pedro Siza Vieira is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister since 21 October 2017 and Minister of Economy since 15 October 2018 in the government of Prime Minister António Costa.

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45. João Lobo Antunes

1944-2016 (aged 72)

surgeon neurosurgeon

João Lobo Antunes was a Portuguese neurosurgeon.

46. Adelino da Palma Carlos

1905-1992 (aged 87)

writer lawyer journalist politician

Adelino da Palma Carlos, GCC, GCIH, GOL, was a Portuguese lawyer, scholar, politician and a freemason who was the first Prime Minister of Portugal after the 25 April 1974 revolution.

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47. Isaltino Morais

1949-. (aged 77)

politician

Isaltino Afonso Morais is a Portuguese jurist, gastronomic critic and politician. He is the current mayor of Oeiras and former Minister of Cities, Territorial Planning and Environment, between 2002 and 2003.

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48. Lídia Jorge

1946-. (aged 80)

novelist poet journalist non-fiction writer

Lídia Jorge GCIH is a prominent Portuguese novelist and author whose work is representative of a recent style of Portuguese writing, the so-called "Post Revolution Generation".

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49. Adriano Moreira

1922-2022 (aged 100)

statesperson lawyer teacher politician

Adriano José Alves Moreira, ComC GCC GOIH GCSE was a Portuguese lawyer, professor and a leading political figure in Portugal throughout the second half of the 20th century.

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50. Alice Vieira

1943-. (aged 83)

children's writer writer journalist

Alice Vieira is a Portuguese children's and adult books author.

51. Miguel Albuquerque

1961-. (aged 65)

politician

Miguel Filipe Machado de Albuquerque is a Portuguese monarchist politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the current President of the Regional Government of Madeira. He took office as leader of the PSD of Madeira on 10 January 2015. He was a former mayor (presidente da Câmara in Portuguese) of Funchal, Madeira. Albuquerque likes gardening and used to grow...

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52. Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos

1988-. (aged 38)

politician

Francisco José Nina Martins Rodrigues dos Santos is a Portuguese conservative politician and a lawyer. He was elected President of the CDS – People's Party in the National Congress of the Party in Aveiro, with 46% of the votes. In 2018, he was selected as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe for law and policy.

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53. Assunção Cristas

1974-. (aged 52)

university teacher jurist politician

Maria de Assunção de Oliveira Cristas Machado da Graça is a Portuguese lawyer, professor and politician. She was the President of the CDS – People's Party from 2016 to 2020.

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54. António Champalimaud

1918-2004 (aged 86)

industrialist businessperson banker

António de Sommer Champalimaud was a Portuguese banker and industrialist. He was the wealthiest man in Portugal, gaining his fortune through insurance, banking, iron ore mining and cement industries which were predominant both in mainland Portugal and throughout its colonial empire. His companies were nationalized after the Carnation Revolution of 1974. After living in exile in Brazil for seven years,...

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55. Francisca Van Dunem

1955-. (aged 71)

jurist lawyer politician

Francisca Eugénia da Silva Dias Van Dunem is an Angolan-born Portuguese lawyer and politician who served as the Portuguese Minister of Justice from 26 November 2015 to 30 March 2022, in António Costa's XXI and XXII Constitutional Governments, and Minister of Internal Administration from 4 December 2021 to 30 March 2022. Van Dunem was Portugal's first black government minister in...

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56. Maria Antónia Palla

1933-. (aged 93)

journalist women's rights activist

Maria Antónia Palla is a Portuguese journalist, writer and feminist who was one of the first female journalists in Portugal. She played an important role in the legalization of abortion in the country, by promoting the practice in interviews and television programmes. In 2004 Palla was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Liberty. She is the mother...

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57. Ondjaki

1977-. (aged 49)

writer painter poet playwright

Ndalu de Almeida is a writer born in Angola who uses the pen name Ondjaki. He has written poetry, children's books, short stories, novels, drama and film scripts.

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58. José Hermano Saraiva

1919-2012 (aged 93)

jurist legal counselor politician television presenter historian

José Hermano Saraiva GCIH • GCIP was a Portuguese professor, historian and jurist. He was most known as a television personality in Portugal, having been the author and presenter of several documentary series of historical divulgation from 1971 to 2003 on the Portuguese television.

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59. Cesário Verde

1855-1886 (aged 31)

poet writer merchant

Cesário Verde was a 19th-century Portuguese poet. His work, while mostly ignored during his lifetime and not well known outside of the country's borders even today, is generally considered to be amongst the most important in Portuguese poetry and is widely taught in schools. This is partly due to his being championed by many other authors after his death, notably...

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60. Ana Gomes

1954-. (aged 72)

diplomat jurist politician

Ana Maria Rosa Martins Gomes GCC GOIH ComM, better known as Ana Gomes, is a Portuguese former diplomat and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).

61. Pedro Costa

1959-. (aged 67)

screenwriter film director cinematographer film editor lighting designer

Pedro Costa is a Portuguese film director. He is best known for his sequence of films set in Lisbon, which focuses on the lives of the impoverished residents of a slum in the Fontainhas neighbourhood.

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62. Pedro Nunes

1502-1578 (aged 76)

cartographer mathematician philosopher astronomer physician

Pedro Nunes was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, probably from a New Christian (of Jewish origin) family.

63. Pedro Santana Lopes

1956-. (aged 70)

jurist lawyer sports executive politician

Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes GCC is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who is the current mayor of Figueira da Foz. He most notably served as prime minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005.

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64. Joaquim Chissano

1939-. (aged 87)

politician minister

Joaquim Alberto Chissano is a Mozambican politician who served as the second President of Mozambique, from 1986 to 2005. He is credited with transforming the war-torn country of Mozambique into a successful African democracy. After his presidency, Chissano became an elder statesman, envoy and diplomat for both his home country and the United Nations. Chissano also served as Chairperson of...

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65. Álvaro Cunhal

1913-2005 (aged 92)

politician revolutionary lawyer writer sculptor

Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal was a Portuguese leftist revolutionary and politician. He was one of the major opponents of the corporatist revolution of the Estado Novo. He served as secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) from 1961 to 1992.

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66. Pepetela

1941-. (aged 85)

university teacher writer politician

Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos is an Angolan writer of fiction. He writes under the name Pepetela.

67. Diogo de Freitas do Amaral

1941-2019 (aged 78)

writer diplomat university teacher politician

Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral was a Portuguese politician and law professor. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 January 1980 to 12 January 1981 and from 12 March 2005 to 3 July 2006. He also served briefly as Prime Minister in an interim capacity in the early 1980s, after the death of Francisco de Sá Carneiro.

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68. Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

1919-2004 (aged 85)

politician writer children's writer translator poet

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen was a Portuguese poet and writer. Considered one of the most important Portuguese poets of the 20th century, she published fourteen poetry books between 1944 and 1997, covering themes such as the natural world, the search for justice, Ancient Greece and the importance of poetry. As a novelist, she published several children's books, which she...

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69. António Damásio

1944-. (aged 82)

university teacher non-fiction writer philosopher neurologist psychologist

Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese neuroscientist. He is currently the David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California, and, additionally, an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. He was previously the chair of neurology at the University of Iowa for 20 years. Damasio heads the Brain and Creativity...

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70. Jorge Sampaio

1939-2021 (aged 82)

jurist lawyer politician

Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio GColTE GColIH GColL was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who was the president of Portugal from 1996 to 2006. Sampaio was a member of the Socialist Party, a party which he led between 1989 and 1992. He served as the Mayor of Lisbon from 1990 to 1995 and High-Representative for the United Nations' Alliance of...

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71. Francisco Pinto Balsemão

1937-2025 (aged 88)

politician entrepreneur journalist

Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão was a Portuguese businessman, journalist, and politician, who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1981 to 1983.

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72. Pedro Passos Coelho

1964-. (aged 62)

economist entrepreneur politician

Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho is a Portuguese politician and university guest lecturer who was the 117th prime minister of Portugal, in office from 2011 to 2015. He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) between 2010 and 2018.

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73. António Lobo Antunes

1942-. (aged 84)

physician chronicler writer

António Lobo Antunes GCSE is a Portuguese novelist and retired medical doctor. He has been named as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He has been awarded the 2000 Austrian State Prize, the 2003 Ovid Prize, the 2005 Jerusalem Prize, the 2007 Camões Prize, and the 2008 Juan Rulfo Prize.

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74. Francisco de Sá Carneiro

1934-1980 (aged 46)

lawyer politician

Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro GCTE GCC GCL was a Portuguese politician, who was one of the founders and the first leader of the Social Democratic Party (then known as the Popular Democratic Party). He served as Prime Minister of Portugal for eleven months during 1980, until his death in a plane crash in Camarate on 4 December 1980.

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75. Florbela Espanca

1894-1930 (aged 36)

poet writer

Florbela Espanca was a Portuguese poet. She is known for her passionate and feminist poetry. Fernando Pessoa later said she was his "twin soul".

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76. Jorge Carlos Fonseca

1950-. (aged 76)

writer academic diplomat politician

Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca GCNSC is a Cape Verdean politician, lawyer and university professor who served as the President of Cape Verde from 2011 to 2021. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 1993. Supported by the Movement for Democracy (MpD), he won the 2011 presidential election in a second round of voting. Presidential elections were...

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77. Miguel Sousa Tavares

1952-. (aged 74)

writer chronicler journalist pundit

Miguel Andresen de Sousa Tavares is a Portuguese journalist, writer and pundit.

78. Marcelo Caetano

1906-1980 (aged 74)

political scientist jurist lawyer university teacher politician

Marcello José das Neves Alves Caetano GCC GCSE GCTE was a Portuguese politician and scholar. He was the second and last leader of the Estado Novo after succeeding António de Oliveira Salazar. He served as President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal from 1968 to 1974, when he was overthrown during the Carnation Revolution.

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79. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

1948-. (aged 78)

university teacher politician journalist

Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa GColTE GCIH ComSE is a Portuguese politician and academic who has been the president of Portugal since 2016. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, though he suspended his party membership for the duration of his presidency. Rebelo de Sousa has previously served as a government minister, parliamentarian in the Assembly of...

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80. Sara Sampaio

1991-. (aged 35)

model actor

Sara Pinto Sampaio is a Portuguese model and actress, best known for being a Victoria's Secret Angel. She is a Giorgio Armani beauty ambassador and works for Calzedonia.

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81. Graça Machel

1945-. (aged 81)

minister teacher politician

Graça Machel is a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. Machel is an international advocate for women's and children's rights and was made an honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 for her humanitarian work. She is the only woman in modern history to have served as First Lady of two countries: South...

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82. José Manuel Durão Barroso

1956-. (aged 70)

politician economist

José Manuel Durão Barroso is a Portuguese politician and law professor. He served as the prime minister of Portugal from 2002 to 2004 and as the president of the European Commission from 2004 to 2014.

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83. Mário Soares

1924-2017 (aged 93)

lawyer writer politician

Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares GColTE, GCC, GColL was a Portuguese politician, who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the president of Portugal from 1986 to 1996. He was the first secretary-general of the Socialist Party, from its foundation in 1973 to 1986. A major political figure in...

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84. 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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85. 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.

86. 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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87. 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.

88. 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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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. Nuno Júdice

1949-2024 (aged 75)

playwright essayist poet literary critic translator

Nuno Judice was a Portuguese essayist, poet, writer, novelist and academic.

92. Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente

1948-. (aged 78)

patriarch priest Catholic priest historian university teacher

Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente, GCC, officially Manuel III, is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Metropolitan Patriarch of Lisbon from 2013 to 2023 and a cardinal since 14 February 2015. He has been a bishop since 1999 and was Bishop of Porto from 2007 to 2013.

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93. Adolfo Mesquita Nunes

1977-. (aged 49)

jurist politician

Adolfo Miguel Baptista Mesquita Nunes is a Portuguese jurist and politician. While part of CDS – People's Party, he served as Member of the Assembly of the Republic from 2011 to 2013, and as Secretary of State for Tourism in Pedro Passos Coelho's first and second governments from 2013 to 2015.

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94. 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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95. 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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96. Carlos Moedas

1970-. (aged 56)

banker politician painter engineer economist

Carlos Manuel Félix Moedas is a Portuguese politician, civil engineer, and economist who has served as the mayor of Lisbon since 2021. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD).

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97. Maria da Conceição Tavares

1930-2024 (aged 94)

university teacher politician analyst statistician economist

Maria da Conceição Tavares was a Portuguese naturalized Brazilian economist. She was a full professor at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and professor emeritus of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Her students included the former president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff and José Serra, candidate to president of Brazil on several occasions. Tavares was affiliated with the...

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98. José Sarto

1959-. (aged 67)

politician physician

José Sarto Nogueira Moreira is a physician and a Brazilian politician affiliated to the Democratic Labour Party (PDT). He has been the former mayor of Fortaleza, the capital city of Ceará since 2021.

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99. Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane

1920-1969 (aged 49)

explorer anthropologist politician

Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane was a Mozambican revolutionary and anthropologist who was the founder of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO). He served as the FRELIMO's first leader until his assassination in 1969 in Tanzania. An anthropologist by profession, Mondlane also worked as a history and sociology professor at Syracuse University before returning to Mozambique in 1963.

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100. Fernando Pessoa

1888-1935 (aged 47)

philosopher essayist poet literary critic translator

Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher. He has been described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language. He also wrote in and translated from English and French.

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