List of German-Portuguese personalities
The list of German-Portuguese personalities lists well-known people who are connected to Germany and Portugal or who have rendered services to German-Portuguese relations . Naturally, the list does not claim to be complete.
The list is roughly structured according to the type of connection and sorted chronologically by date of birth.
Portuguese personalities of German descent or families of German descent
- Valentim Fernandes (14 ?? - 1518 or 1519), translator of classics: Marco Polo
- Pedro de Sousa Holstein (1781–1850), Portuguese politician and military officer from the time of the monarchy.
- Alfredo Keil (1850–1907), Portuguese composer, painter and poet. Author of the melody of the national anthem A Portuguesa .
- Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos (1851–1925), German and Portuguese Romance philologist, well-known philologist in Hispanic and Lusitan studies.
- Amélia Schmidt Rey Colaço (1898–1990), important Portuguese theater actress.
- Thilo Krassman , Portuguese conductor and musician of German descent.
- Francisco Keil do Amaral (1910–1975), Portuguese architect and photographer, grandson of Alfredo Keil
- Adolfo Simões Müller (1909–1989), Portuguese children's author.
- Cristovam Pavia (1933–1968), Portuguese poet.
- Herman José , actually Herman Jose von Krippahl (* 1954), Portuguese comedian and actor.
- Pedro Burmester (* 1963), pianist of German descent.
- Miguel Szymanski (* 1966), German-Portuguese journalist.
- Vera Kolodzig (* 1985), Portuguese actress with a German father.
- Luísa Sobral (* 1987), Portuguese singer, brother of Salvador Sobral.
- Salvador Sobral (* 1989), Portuguese singer, winner of the ESC 2017.
Germans who are or were connected to Portugal
- Martin Behaim (1459–1507), German cartographer, navigator, Privy Councilor of His Majesty the King of Portugal.
- Johann Friedrich Ludwig (1673–1752), goldsmith, builder of the largest castle in Portugal , lived and worked in Portugal from 1700 onwards.
- Johann Heinrich Hulenkampf (XVII-XVIII), German organ builder, settled in Portugal in 1701
- João Schwalbach (1774–1874), German-born military in Portugal and Count of Setúbal
- Baron Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege (1777–1855), German miner, geologist and geographer. Built u. a. on behalf of the king the palace Palácio Nacional da Pena .
- Julius Eugen Ruhl (1796–1871), German architect with interior design designs for the Palácio Nacional da Pena palace
- Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868), German botanist, 1840 Knight's Cross Order of Our Lady .
- Guilherme , Conde de Schaumburgo-Lippe (1724–1777), military theorist, military leader in the Seven Years War.
- Auguste Roquemont (1804-1852), Portuguese Romantic painter , son of Prince Friedrich-August von Hessen-Darmstadt.
- Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt (1788–1867), general and from 1829 active in the Miguelistenkrieg on the side of Michael I.
- Rudolf von Stillfried-Rattonitz (1804–1882), first class grandees with the title of Count of Alcantara.
- Auguste de Beauharnais (1810–1835), 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg, 2nd Prince of Venice and Grand Duke of Frankfurt, as well as Duke of Santa Cruz and Prince Consort of Portugal.
- Amélie von Leuchtenberg (1812–1873), Queen of Brazil, wife of King Portugal; Eugène de Beauharnais' youngest daughter.
- Stephanie von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1837-1859), Queen of Portugal by marriage.
- Henriette Michaelis (1849 - after 1895), sister of Carolina Wilhelmina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos, lived in Porto for some time.
- Auguste Viktoria von Hohenzollern (1890–1966), wife of Manuel II (Portugal) , the last crowned king of Portugal.
- Wilhelm von Hohenzollern (1864–1927), son of Prince Leopold von Hohenzollern and the Infanta Antonia Maria of Portugal.
- Ferdinand I (Romania) (1865–1927), son of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern and the Infanta Antonia Maria of Portugal.
- Karl Anton von Hohenzollern (1868–1919), son of Prince Leopold von Hohenzollern and the Infanta Antonia Maria of Portugal.
- Albrecht von Bayern (1905–1996), son of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabriele in Bavaria.
- Hein Semke (1899–1995), German artist.
- Reinhold Schneider (1903–1958), German writer.
- Albert Vigoleis Thelen (1903–1989), German writer, close friendship with Teixeira de Pascoes, with whom he lived in Amarante between 1937 and 1943.
- Ilse Losa (1913–2006), German writer.
- The Kopke family (from 1636), German merchant family from Hamburg, Christian Kopke founded what is now the oldest port export company.
- Diogo Kopke (1808–1844) publicist, lecturer, journalist and military of German descent. He achieved world literary importance through the publication of the only travel report by an eyewitness of Vasco da Gama's first trip to India.
- Joaquim Augusto Kopke (1806–1895) Portuguese entrepreneur, nobleman and military of German descent. For a long time he was the head of the Kopke-Portwein dynasty and its last known member.
- The Burmester family (from 1730), German merchant family from Mölln, are today one of the oldest port wine exporters.
- Jann Hinrich Andresen (from 1840), German emigrant from the island of Föhr, founded the port wine trading company at the age of 19.
- Emil Biel (1838–1915), German businessman, technology pioneer and nature lover. Pioneer in Portugal of photography and collotype.
- Grete Tiedemann (1890–1927), wife of the Portuguese writer Aquilino Ribeiro .
- Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro (1849–1907), Portuguese politician, various prime ministers and three times (1893–1897, 1900–1904 and 1906) Prime Minister of Portugal.
- Orey family (from 1851), Augusto Eduardo Guilherme Heitor Achilles d'Orey came from Baden, OREY Holding has been active since 1886: transport, logistics and real estate investments.
- Friedrich Rosen (1856–1935), 1912–1916 as envoy in Lisbon. Germany declared war on Portugal in 1916 with the aim of a colony of German Central Africa, whereupon Rosen had to return to Germany.
- Hans Freytag (1869–1954), German diplomat in Lisbon during the National Socialist era 1933–1934.
- Oswald Theodor Baron von Hoyningen-Huene (1885–1963), German envoy in the Nazi era 1934–1944.
- Ernesto Vítor Wagner (1818 / 1826–1903), German musician and industrialist, related to Richard Wagner .
- Eduardo Neuparth (1784–1871), German clarinet musician and music master of Jewish origin.
- António de Sommer Champalimaud (1918–2004), private banker and industrialist.
- Ute Steffens (* 1940), sculptor and painter, worked in Portugal for a long time in the 1960s.
- Fernando Ulrich (* 1952), bank manager, ancestor from the north of Hamburg.
- Nikolaus von und zu Sandizell (* 1959), entrepreneur in underwater archeology .
- Katharina Franck (* 1963), German pop musician, grew up in Portugal
- Christoph König (* 1968), was chief conductor of the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Musica from 2008 to 2014 .
- Andreas Moerschel (* 1969), German architect, in Portugal projects with municipalities through public-private partnerships ( PPP ).
Portuguese with a connection to Germany
- Daniel Heuer Fernandes (* 1992), German - Portuguese soccer player, position of goalkeeper at SV Darmstadt 98 .
- Joaquim von Oriola (1772–1846), Portuguese envoy to the Congress of Vienna , member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen .
- Emanuel Herigoyen (1746–1817), Portuguese master builder who lived and worked in Germany from 1776 until his death.
- Luísa Todi (1753–1833), most famous singer of her time with many appearances in German states such as Prussia.
- Maria Anna of Portugal (1843–1884), Princess of Braganza and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Infanta of Portugal.
- Antonia Maria of Portugal (1845–1913), Infanta of Portugal, wife of Prince Leopold von Hohenzollern .
- Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857–1943), Infanta of Portugal and by marriage Duchess of Bavaria.
- Adelgunde of Portugal (1858–1946), Infanta of Portugal and Duchess of Guimarães, daughter of Princess Adelheid von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.
- Maria Anna of Portugal (1861–1942), Infanta of Portugal, by marriage to the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Daughter of Princess Adelheid von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.
- Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862–1959), Infanta of Portugal and daughter of Princess Adelheid von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.
- Elisabeth Gabriele in Bavaria (1876–1965), wife of the Belgian King Albert I and the mother of the later King Leopold III.
- Marie Gabriele in Bavaria (1878–1912), daughter of Duke Carl Theodor in Bavaria and his second wife Maria José of Portugal.
- José Vianna da Motta (1868–1948), pianist and composer, lived and worked in Germany for 30 years.
- Sidónio Pais (1872–1918), military, coup activist and president; From 1912 to 1916 Pais was the Portuguese envoy in Berlin.
- Raul Lino (1879–1974), architect (honored in 1960: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany). Worked in the Albrecht Haupt studio , with whom he had a long friendship.
- Aquilino Ribeiro (1885–1963), writer, lived and worked for several years in Germany and got married here.
- Alberto da Veiga Simões (1888–1954), journalist, politician and ambassador in Berlin, saved Jews during his time as ambassador in Berlin.
- Aníbal do Paço Quesado (1931–2011), archaeologist, worked especially in Mainz from 1960, where he also died.
- António Costa Pinheiro (1932–2015), visual artist, lived in Munich-Schwabing and Portugal
- José Luis Encarnação (* 1941), computer scientist and university professor, for many years head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics .
- Maria João Pires (* 1944), pianist, studied in Munich, Hanover University of Music with Karl Engel .
- Carlos Bica (* 1958), bassist and composer, studied in Würzburg, lives in Berlin.
- Mário Laginha (* 1960), Portuguese jazz musician and composer, a. a. NDR big band , HR big band .
- Miguel Alexandre (* 1968), filmmaker, best known as a crime scene director.
- João José (* 1978). Portuguese European Volleyball League 2010 winner, seven times German champion with VfB Friedrichshafen .
- João Monteiro (* 1983), Portuguese table tennis European champion 2014 , played in Germany in the table tennis Bundesliga .
- Tiago Apolónia (* 1986), Portuguese table tennis European champion 2014, played in Germany in the table tennis Bundesliga.
- Marcos Freitas (* 1988), Portuguese table tennis European champion 2014, played in Germany in the table tennis Bundesliga.
- João Geraldo (* 1995), Portuguese table tennis European champion 2014, played in Germany in the table tennis Bundesliga.