List of personalities from Portugal born in Angola
The list of Portuguese- born personalities from Angola includes well-known Portuguese born in Angola . The list is sorted alphabetically and does not claim to be complete.
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The African country Angola was a Portuguese colony from the 15th century until 1975 ; Angola and Portugal still have close and varied relationships to this day.
A.
- Cláudio Abreu (* 1971), football player
- José Águas (1930-2000), football player
- Sandro Aguilar (* 1973), film director
- Sofia Alves (* 1973), actress
- Ilídio do Amaral (1926-2017), geographer
- José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (1917–1983), military and politician, Prime Minister 1975–1976
B.
- Patrícia Barbas (* 1971), architect
C.
- Jorge Campinos (1937–1993), lawyer, university professor and socialist politician, multiple minister
- Gabriela Canavilhas (* 1961), pianist and politician, Minister of Culture in the Sócrates II cabinet
- Adolfo Luxúria Canibal (* 1959), singer in the Portuguese band Mão Morta
- Arsénio Pompílio Pompeu de Carpo (1792–1869), businessman and politician
- João Carqueijeiro (* 1954), sculptor
- Isabel Estrada Carvalhais (* 1973), politician, political scientist and university professor
- William Carvalho (* 1992), national soccer player
- Carlos Castro (1945–2011), journalist and writer, activist for gay rights
- José Luís Champalimaud (1939–1996), doctor and researcher
- Luís Cília (* 1943), songwriter and composer
- Luísa Coelho (* 1954), linguist and writer
- José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro (* 1967), Bishop of Bragança / Miranda
- Pedro Couceiro (* 1970), racing car driver, singer known as a child
- Assunção Cristas (* 1974), lawyer and politician
- Marisa Cruz (* 1974), presenter and actress
D.
- Fernando Dacosta (* 1945), journalist and author
- Noémia Delgado (1933–2016), film director, film editor and screenwriter
- Pedro Emanuel (* 1975), Portuguese football player
- António Escudeiro (* 1933), director and cameraman
- Vítor Estêvão (* 1952), cameraman
- Estrela (* 1995), football player
- José Xavier Ezequiel (* 1962), writer
F.
- Alexandre Faria (* 1973), lawyer and local politician
- Emanuel Fernandes (* 1967), Olympic beach volleyball player
- José Fonseca e Costa (1933-2015), director
G
- Armando Gama (* 1954), Portuguese singer, represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983
- Hélder Gonçalves (* 1970), musician, guitarist of the group Clã
- Bárbara Guimarães (* 1973), television presenter
H
- Hélder (* 1971), football player
J
- Lucas João (* 1993), football player
- Rui Jordão (* 1952), football player
- José Maria Júnior (born 1943), football player
K
- Tomaz Kim (1915–1967), poet and translator
M.
- Paulo Madeira (* 1970), soccer player, a. a. National player at the EM'96
- Valter Hugo Mãe (* 1971), writer, visual artist and musician * Jorge Melício (* 1957), sculptor
- Pedro Malagueta (born 1951), singer
- Mascarenhas (1937–2015), soccer player, top scorer in the 1963/64 European Cup Winners' Cup
- Rodrigo de Matos (* 1975), cartoonist and comic artist
- Jorge Melício (* 1957), sculptor
- António Aniceto Monteiro (1907–1980), mathematician
- Joaquim Moreno (* 1973), architect and author
N
- Eduardo Nascimento (1943–2019), singer, represented Portugal at the 1967 Grand Prix de la Chanson
- Fernando Nobre (* 1951), politician, doctor, activist and university professor
O
- Hélder Ornelas (* 1974), Olympic track and field athlete
P
- Jorge Perestrelo (1948-2005), sports journalist
- Fernando Peyroteo (1918–1978), football player
- Herlander Peyroteo (1929–2002), film and television director
- Alberto Oliveira Pinto (* 1962), writer
- João Teixeira Pinto (1876–1917), colonial officer
- Pedro Proença (* 1962), painter and author
Q
- Júlio Quaresma (* 1958), architect, visual artist and art critic
- Luis Quintais (* 1968), anthropologist and poet
R.
- Cláudio Ramos (* 1973), television presenter, actor and writer
- Emídio Rangel (* 1947), journalist
- Carlos Rocha (* 1974), comic book author
- Henrique Nascimento Rodrigues (1940–2010), lawyer and politician, Minister of Labor 1981
- Jacinto Rodrigues (* 1939), philosopher, university professor and author
- José Joaquim Rodrigues (* 1936), sculptor and draftsman
S.
- Paulo Salvador (* 1965), journalist
- Joaquim Santana (1936–1989), football player
- Paulo Castro Seixas (* 1967), anthropologist and sociologist, university professor and author
- Luís Lopes de Sequeira († 1681), Afro-Portuguese officer, commander of the Battle of Ambuila (1665)
- António Sérgio (1950–2009), important radio presenter
- Edite Soeiro (1934–2009), journalist
- Laura Soveral (1933–2018), actress
- Luís Soveral (* 1961), painter, architect, actor and genealogist
T
- António Segadães Tavares (* 1944), civil engineer
- Gonçalo M. Tavares (* 1970), writer
- Luís Filipe B. Teixeira (* 1959), writer, philosopher and university professor
- Paula Teixeira da Cruz (* 1960), lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice in the Passos Coelho cabinet
V
- João de Vallera (* 1950), Portuguese diplomat
- Francisca Van Dunem (* 1952), Angolan-Portuguese lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice in the Costa I cabinet
- João Viana (* 1966), Portuguese film director
- Luís Vidigal (* 1973), football player and coach
- José Pedro Machado Vieira (* 1959), diplomat
X
- Xesko (* 1962), Angolan-Portuguese artist and Olympic swimmer