List of personalities of the city of Lisbon

The following list shows personalities born in Lisbon . Personalities from Lisbon who have moved here are also listed behind it. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Lisbon

Until 1600

Anthony of Padua (1195–1231), Franciscan, theologian and preacher
Pope John XXI. (1205–1277), head of the Roman Catholic Church from September 8, 1276 to May 20, 1277
Dionysius (1261–1325), King of Portugal
John I (1357–1433), King of Portugal
Afonso Domingues († 1402), Gothic builder
Johann Manuel of Portugal and Vilhena (1416–1476), Bishop of Ceuta and Guarda
Jaime de Portugal (1433–1459), cardinal and archbishop of Lisbon
Isaak Abrabanel (1437–1508), politician and financier
Francisco de Almeida (1450–1510), seafarer and military, first governor of Portuguese India
John II (1455–1495), King of Portugal
Jehuda ben Isaak Abravanel (1460–1521), Jewish doctor, poet and philosopher
Tristão da Cunha (1460–1540), admiral
Tomé Pires (1468–1540), pharmacist, pharmacologist, diplomat and writer
Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1469–1533), navigator, astronomer and geographer
Alfons, Infante of Portugal (1475–1491), historically tragic heir to the throne
Garcia de Noronha (1480–1540), nobleman, viceroy of Portuguese India
Francisco de Mello (1490–1536), mathematician, theologian and teacher
João de Castro (1500–1548), general and navigator
Salomon Molcho (1500–1532), Kabbalistic preacher and sect leader
Heliodoro de Paiva (1502–1552) composer, philosopher and theologian
Johann III. (1502–1557), King of Portugal
Jorge Reinel (1502–1572), cartographer
Henry I (1512–1580), King of Portugal
Jorge Ferreira de Vasconcellos (1515–1585), playwright and novelist
Francisco de Holanda (1517–1585), painter, architect, antiquarian, historian and art theorist
Luís de Almeida (1525–1597), surgeon, merchant and missionary in Japan
António Ferreira (1528–1569), poet and playwright
Thomas de Jesus (1529–1582), scholar, spiritual writer and mystic
António von Crato (1531–1595), member of the Portuguese royal family Avis
Luís Fróis (1532–1597), missionary
Maria of Portugal (1538–1577), Hereditary Princess of Parma and Piacenza
Diogo de Couto (1542-1616), historian
Manuel Mendes (1547–1605), Renaissance composer, important exponent of Portuguese polyphony
Rodrigo de Castro (1550–1627), Portuguese doctor and author, died in Hamburg
Sebastian (1554–1578), King of Portugal
Filipe de Brito e Nicote (1566–1613), merchant and military man, as Nga Zinkar king of Siriam, a kingdom in Burma
Johannes Bermudes († 1570), military doctor, alleged patriarch of Ethiopia
Zacutus Lusitanus (1575–1642), doctor and medical historian
Maria Nunes (1575–?), Person of Judaism in Amsterdam
Abraham Senior Teixeira (1581–1666), Portuguese-Jewish banker in Hamburg
Diogo de Paiva de Andrade the Younger (1586–1660), poet and playwright

17th century

Violante do Céu (1601–1693), nun, important poet of the Baroque era
Francisco Manuel de Melo (1608–1666), writer
António Vieira (1608–1697), theologian, Jesuit and missionary
António Barbosa Bacelar (1610–1663), lawyer, poet, writer and historian
Moses Gideon Abudiente (1610–1688), rabbi and author
Alfonso VI (1643–1683), King of Portugal
Johannes de Britto (1647–1693), Jesuit, missionary and martyr
Peter II (1648–1706), King of Portugal
António de Albuquerque Coelho de Carvalho (1655–1725), colonial administrator
Sóror Maria do Céu (1658–1753), nun, poet and playwright of the Baroque era
Luís da Cunha (1662–1749), diplomat under King John V.
Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde (1664–1750), cardinal
Manuel Correia de Lacerda (1679–1751), governor of the Portuguese Timor colony
Bernardo Gomes de Brito (1688–1759 or 1760), publicist
John V (1689–1750), King of Portugal
Emanuel Silva-Tarouca (1691–1771), court building director
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Mello (1699–1782), First Minister of Portugal

18th century

António Teixeira (1707–1776), composer
José de Mascarenhas da Silva e Lencastre, Duke of Aveiro (1708–1759), executed nobleman
Maria Barbara de Bragança (1711–1758), Infanta of Portugal and Queen of Spain
Fernando de Sousa e Silva (1712–1786), cardinal
Luís António Verney (1713–1792), enlightener, theologian, philosopher and author
Pedro Avondano (1714–1782), violinist and composer
Joseph I (1714–1777), King of Portugal
João de Loureiro (1717–1791), missionary and botanist
Pedro António Correia Garção (1724–1772), important neoclassical poet
Domingos dos Reis Quita (1728–1770), poet
António Dinis da Cruz e Silva (1731–1799), poet and lawyer
Pina Manique (1733–1805), Police Prefect and Chancellor of Portugal
Manuel do Nascimento (1734–1819), poet, religious and translator
Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida (1740–1811), lawyer and poet, important satirist
José Anastácio da Cunha (1744–1787), mathematician and poet
Maria Francisca Benedita of Portugal (1746–1829), Infanta of Portugal and Brazil and Princess of Beira
António Botelho Homem Bernardes Pessoa (1749–1810), aristocratic military man, governor of Portuguese Timor
Alcipe (1750–1839), noble poet and translator
André da Silva Gomes (1752–1844), composer
Fernando José de Portugal e Castro (1752–1817), penultimate Viceroy of Brazil and First Minister of the independent Brazilian Empire
Joseph of Braganza (1761–1788), heir to the Portuguese throne (infant)
Marcos António Portugal (1762–1830), composer of operas and church music
Johann VI. (1767–1826), King of Portugal
Domingos de Sequeira (1768–1837), painter
Francisco Solano Constâncio (1777–1846), lexicographer, grammarian, translator, Romance scholar, Lusitanist and diplomat
António de Saldanha da Gama (1778–1839), diplomat and colonial administrator, aristocrat and Freemason
Karl Robert von Nesselrode (1780–1862), Russian diplomat, foreign minister and chancellor
José da Gama Carneiro e Sousa (1788–1849), military and politician
José Jorge Loureiro (1791–1860), military and politician
James Ellsworth De Kay (1792-1851), zoologist
António José de Sousa Manoel de Menezes Severim de Noronha (1792–1860), statesman and general
Julião José da Silva Vieira (1793–1855), military and colonial administrator
Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu (1798–1883), multiple First Minister and Foreign Minister of the Brazilian Empire

19th century

1801 to 1850

Isabella Maria of Portugal (1801–1876), Infanta
Michael (1802–1866), King of Portugal
Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto (1804–1875), politician
José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral (1808–1873), colonial administrator and politician
Inocêncio Francisco da Silva (1810–1876), literary scholar
Alexandre Herculano (1810–1877), scholar, historian, writer, storyteller, politician, editor, poet, and novelist
João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa (1811–1895), Prime Minister of Portugal
George Edward Gray (1812–1898), soldier, explorer, writer and governor
Carlos Ribeiro (1813–1882), geologist, military and politician
António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo (1819–1887), politician and statesman
Maria Severa (1820–1846), fado singer
José António Marques (1822–1884), army doctor
Luís Augusto Rebelo da Silva (1822–1871), journalist, historian, novelist and politician
Augusto Carlos Teixeira de Aragão (1823–1903), general, military doctor, antiquarian and historian, important numismatist
Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque (1824–1916), military and colonial administrator
Camilo Castelo Branco (1825–1890), writer, novelist, critic, poet and translator
Francisco Augusto Metrass (1825–1861), Romantic painter
Francisco Júlio de Caldas Aulete (1826–1878), lexicographer, politician, didactician, Romanist and Lusitanist
Francisco Teixeira da Silva (1826-1894), governor
Alfredo Possolo Hogan (1830–1865), writer
José Maria Nepomuceno (1836–1895), architect
Peter V (1837–1861), King of Portugal
Ludwig I (1838–1889), King of Portugal
Aniceto dos Reis Gonçalves Viana (1840–1914), Romanist, Lusitanist, phonetician and lexicographer
Francisco António da Veiga Beirão (1841–1916), politician
Manuel Joaquim Pinheiro Chagas (1842–1895), scholar, poet, playwright, novelist, publicist, journalist, translator and politician
Johann Maria of Portugal (1842–1861), nobleman
Maria Anna of Portugal (1843–1884), Infanta of Portugal
Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral (1843–1923), military and politician, 1908 head of government
Guiomar Torrezão (1844–1898), writer and women's rights activist
Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins (1845–1894), writer, historian, editor, politician and thinker
Antonia Maria of Portugal (1845–1913), Infanta of Portugal
Augusto Machado (1845–1924), composer, lecturer and theater director
António Gomes Leal (1848–1921), poet and journalist
José Luís Monteiro (1848–1942), architect
Ernesto Vieira (1848–1915), music writer and piano teacher
Alfredo Keil (1850–1907), composer and painter

1851 to 1900

Rafael Jácome de Andrade (1851–1900), officer and colonial administrator
Maria das Neves of Portugal (1852–1941), Infanta of Portugal
Wenceslau de Moraes (1854–1929), naval officer, diplomat and author, particularly on Japan
Cesário Verde (1855–1886), poet
Henrique Lopes de Mendonça (1856–1931), naval officer, poet and playwright, lyricist of the national anthem of Portugal
Eduardo António Prieto Valadim (1856–1890), military
Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857–1929), painter
Francisco d'Andrade (1859–1921), opera singer
Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro (1861–1944), military, colonial administrator and politician
João do Canto e Castro (1862–1934), admiral and politician
Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa (1863–1929), general, politician and Prime Minister
Charles I (1863–1908), King of Portugal
Alfredo de Sá Cardoso (1864–1950), military and politician
Alfons Heinrich of Portugal (1865–1920), Viceroy of Portuguese India
Augusto de Vasconcelos (1867–1951), doctor, diplomat and politician
Gago Coutinho (1869–1959), officer
António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona (1869–1951), President of Portugal
Artur Ivens Ferraz (1870–1933), general, politician and Prime Minister
António Maria da Silva (1872–1950), politician, multiple head of government
Chaby Pinheiro (1873–1933), actor
Domingos da Costa Oliveira (1873–1957), military and politician
Walther Katzenstein (1878–1929), German rower
Edgar Katzenstein (1879–1953), German rower
Raul Lino (1879–1974), architect
Ewald Graf von Kleist-Wendisch Tychow (1882–1953), lawyer
Cosme Damião (1885–1947), football player, main founder of the Benfica Club in Lisbon

Mário de Noronha (1885–1973), fencer

Raul Leal (1886–1964), lawyer and occultist, homosexual writer

António Silva (1886–1971), actor

Ludwig Philipp of Portugal (1887–1908), Crown Prince of Portugal

Carlos Rebelo de Andrade (1887–1971), architect

Afonso Botelho (1887–1968), General

Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935), poet, writer, employee and humanities scholar

Manuel II (1889–1932), King of Portugal

Santa Rita Pintor (1889-1918), painter

Luís de Freitas Branco (1890–1955), composer and musicologist

Raul Ferrão (1890–1953), composer

Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890–1916), poet and writer

Armandinho (1891-1946), fado guitarist and composer

Alfredo Guisado (1891–1975), poet, journalist and politician

Alfredo Marceneiro (1891–1982), singer

Duarte Monteverde Abecasis (1892–1966), engineer

Augusto Ferreira Gomes (1892–1953), poet and journalist

João Sassetti (1892–1946), fencer

Francisco Craveiro Lopes (1894–1964), General and Portuguese President

Américo Tomás (1894–1987), President of the Republic

Arthur Duarte (1895–1982), actor and film director

António Ferro (1895–1956), journalist, publisher, critic and politician

José Leitão de Barros (1896–1967), director

Domingos de Sousa Coutinho (1896–1984), Olympic show jumper

Cassiano Branco (1897–1970), architect

Vasco Regaleira (1897–1968), architect

José Ângelo Cottinelli Telmo (1897–1948), architect and film director

Clementina Carneiro de Moura (1898–1992), painter

Chianca de Garcia (1898–1983), film director

Alves dos Reis (1898–1955), impostor

Vasco Santana (1898-1958), actor

Sarah Afonso (1899–1983), painter

Carlos Botelho (1899–1982), painter

Julieta Ferrão (1899–1974), art historian and writer

20th century

1901 to 1910

Paulo d'Eça Leal (1901–1977), fencer
José Rodrigues Miguéis (1901–1980), Luso-American writer
António Sousa da Câmara (1901–1971), agricultural scientist
Augusto Macedo (1902–1997), taxi driver
Plácido António Cunha de Abreu (1903–1934), aerobatic pilot
José Beltrão (1905–1948), show jumper
Marcelo Caetano (1906–1980), politician and lawyer
António Gedeão (1906–1997), writer and scientist
Manuel Mendes (1906–1969), writer
Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907–1995), writer and pretender to the throne
Carlos Ramos (1907–1969), fado singer
Carlos Queiroz Ribeiro (1907-1949), poet
Hermínia Silva (1907–1993), actress and singer
Carlos Silva Freire (1907–1961), General
Fernando Paes (1907–1972), Olympic rider
Paulo Cunha (1908–1986), legal scholar and politician
António Lopes Ribeiro (1908–1995), film director and producer
Joaquim Paço d'Arcos (1908–1979), writer
Joaquim Fiúza (1908-2010), sailing enthusiast
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908–1992), painter
Adolfo Simões Müller (1909–1989), journalist of German origin, writer and cultural functionary
Hermano Patrone (1909–1999), swimmer, water polo player and swimming coach
Jorge Brum do Canto (1910-1994), film director
Augusto Fraga (1910–2000), director, actor, screenwriter and film critic
Francisco Keil do Amaral (1910–1975), architect and photographer

1911 to 1920

Ribeirinho (1911–1984), actor and director
Orlando Ribeiro (1911–1997), geographer and historian
António Vilar (1912–1995), actor
João Villaret (1913–1961), actor
José Nogueira Valente Pires (1914-2010), Governor General of Portuguese Timor
Mário Dionísio de Assis Monteiro (1916–1993), writer and painter
António Pires (* 1916), writer and journalist, Angola specialist
Fernando Garcia (* 1917), film director and film critic
Alberto Soeiro (* 1917), architect
Anselmo Fernandez (1918–2000), architect and football coach
Duncan Lamont (1918–1978), actor
Vitorino Magalhães Godinho (1918–2011), historian
Maria Teresa de Noronha (1918–1993), fado singer
Ruy Furtado (1919–1991), actor
Jorge de Sena (1919–1978), writer, literary scholar and translator
Jacinto do Prado Coelho (1920–1984), literary scholar, Romanist and Lusitanist
Ruben Alfredo Andresen Leitão (1920–1975), historian and writer
Sidónio Muralha (1920–1982), neo-realistic poet, children's book author and anti-fascist
Amália Rodrigues (1920–1999), fado singer
Francisco Castro Rodrigues (1920–2015), architect

1921 to 1930

Laura Alves (1921–1986), actress
Matilde Rosa Araújo (1921–2010), writer, children's and youth author
Nuno Craveiro Lopes (1921–1972), architect
Vasco Gonçalves (1921–2005), general and politician
Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão (1922–2012), bishop
Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles (* 1922), politician and landscape architect
Nuno Teotónio Pereira (1922–2016), architect
Mariana Rey Monteiro (1922-2010), actress
Manuel Tainha (1922–2012), architect
José Travassos (1922–2002), football player
Mário Cesariny (1923-2006), painter and poet
Lagoa Henriques (1923–2009), sculptor
Mário-Henrique Leiria (1923–1980), writer and painter
Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1923–1996), politician, Prime Minister 1978
Urbano Tavares Rodrigues (1923–2013), writer and well-known intellectual
Alexandre O'Neill (1924–1986), poet and songwriter
Francisco Antunes Santana (1924–1982), bishop
Argentina Santos (1924-2019), fado singer
Joly Braga Santos (1924–1988), composer and conductor
Mário Soares (1924–2017), politician
Odette Ferreira (1925–2018), microbiologist, eminent HIV researcher
Pancho Guedes (1925–2015), architect, sculptor and painter
Nuno Oliveira (1925–1989), riding master and author
Fernando Lemos (1926–2019), Portuguese-Brazilian painter, graphic designer and sculptor
Menez (1926-1995), painter
Milú (1926–2008), actress and singer
Luís de Sttau Monteiro (1926–1993), writer, playwright, journalist and translator
Júlio Pomar (1926-2018), painter
Ruy de Carvalho (born 1927), actor
Maria Eugénia (1927-2016), actress
Francisco Gentil Martins (1927–1988), medic
David Mourão-Ferreira (1927–1996), writer
João Abel Manta (* 1928), caricaturist, painter, ceramic artist, graphic artist and architect
João de Almeida (1928–2020), architect
Antonio Maria Lisboa (1928–1953), surrealist poet
Raul Solnado (1929–2009), comedian
Joaquim Durão (1930–2015), chess player and official
Júlio Moreira (* 1930), writer

1931 to 1940

Fernando Lima Bello (* 1931), sailor and sports official
Nico Castel (1931-2015), American opera singer
Isabel de Castro (1931–2005), actress
Raúl Hestnes Ferreira (1931–2018), architect
João Manuel Serra (1931–2010), known as the city original of Lisbon
António de Macedo (1931-2017), director and author
Pedro Ramos de Almeida (1932–2012), writer and politician
Arthur Dunkel (1932-2005), economist
Rosa Lobato Faria (1932–2010), writer, actress and songwriter
Manuel de Seabra (1932–2017), writer and translator
Cristovam Pavia (1933–1968), poet and Germanist
Armando Baptista-Bastos (1934–2017), journalist and writer
Pedro Tamen (* 1934), poet and translator
Cris Huerta (1935-2004), actor
Paula Rego (* 1935), painter
Leonardo Charles Zaffiri Duarte Mathias (1936–2020), diplomat
Alberto Seixas Santos (1936–2016), film director
Carlos Martins Pereira (1937–2013), painter, writer, illustrator and translator
Francisco Pinto Balsemão (* 1937), journalist, businessman and politician
Ary dos Santos (1937–1984), poet, songwriter and reciter
Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1938–2007), writer and Germanist
Simone de Oliveira (* 1938), singer and actress
Maria Isabel Barreno (1939–2016), writer
Carlos do Carmo (born 1939), singer
Francisco Lemos (* 1939), badminton player
Jorge Sampaio (* 1939), politician
António Victorino de Almeida (* 1940), composer, conductor, pianist and author
Michael Breisky (* 1940), diplomat
Rão Kyao (* 1940), musician, composer and singer
Manuela Ferreira Leite (* 1940), economist and politician
Mário Lino (* 1940), politician
Yvette Centeno (* 1940), writer

1941 to 1950

Maria Cabral (1941–2017), actress
Eduardo Guedes (1941-2000), director
Emmanuel Nunes (1941–2012), composer
Maria José Ritta (* 1941), wife of President Jorge Sampaio
Ana Salazar (* 1941), fashion designer
Lauro António (* 1942), director
Hanna Damásio (* 1942), neuroscientist and university professor in California
Jorge Gaspar (* 1942), geographer
António Lobo Antunes (* 1942), writer
Ernâni Lopes (1942–2010), economist and politician
Tomás Pedro Barbosa da Silva Nunes (1942-2010), theologian
João Aguiar (1943-2010), writer
Adelino Amaro da Costa (1943–1980), engineer and politician, 1980 Minister of Defense
Vítor Constâncio (* 1943), economist and politician
Luis Rego (* 1943), French actor and musician
Eduardo Serra (* 1943), cameraman and film director
José Barrias (1944-2020), artist
António Damásio (* 1944), neuroscientist
Álvaro Gil-Robles (* 1944), lawyer and human rights activist
António Livramento (1944–1999), roller hockey player and coach
Maria João Pires (* 1944), pianist
João Braga (* 1945), fado singer
Luís Galvão Teles (* 1945), director and lawyer
Eduardo Geada (* 1945), film critic and film director
Maria Guinot (1945-2018), singer
Fernando Jóse Fernandes Costa Mascarenhas, 11th Marquês de Fronteira (1945–2014), high nobleman, committed democrat during the Nazi dictatorship
João de Deus Pinheiro (* 1945), politician
Simonetta Luz Afonso (* 1946), museologist and cultural manager
Teresa Gouveia (* 1946), cultural functionary and politician, minister several times
Daniel Sampaio (* 1946), psychiatrist, family therapist, university professor and writer
Mário Barroso (* 1947), director and cameraman
Paulo de Carvalho (born 1947), singer
Teresa Lago (* 1947), astronomer
Vítor Damas (1947–2003), football player
José Nascimento (* 1947), film director and film editor
Luís Filipe Rocha (* 1947), director and actor
Jean-Michel Bismut (* 1948), mathematician
Mariano Gago (1948–2015), engineer and politician
Jorge Silva Melo (* 1948), director, actor, critic and author
Julião Sarmento (* 1948), multimedia artist and painter
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (* 1948), politician, lawyer, university professor and journalist
Fernando Tordo (* 1948), singer
Carlos Zingaro (* 1948), musician
António Guterres (* 1949), politician
António Mega Ferreira (* 1949), author, lawyer, journalist, communication scientist, head of Expo 98
Francisco Manso (born 1949), director
Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (* 1949), politician
João Soares (* 1949), politician, 1995–2002 Mayor of Lisbon
Luís Filipe Vieira (* 1949), entrepreneur and President of Benfica Lisbon
Paulo Branco (* 1950), film producer and actor
Pedro Caldeira Cabral (* 1950), composer and musician
Mário Cardoso (* 1950), actor, voice actor and voice director
Jorge Palma (* 1950), songwriter and rock musician

1951 to 1960

Francisco Nunes Correia (* 1951), engineer and politician
José Carlos de Oliveira (* 1951), director
José Manuel Rodrigues (* 1951), Portuguese-Dutch photographer
João Semedo (1951–2018), doctor and left-wing politician
Nuno Crato (* 1952), mathematician and statistician, education and science minister in the Passos Coelho cabinet
Rita Azevedo Gomes (* 1952), filmmaker
Ana Nobre de Gusmão (* 1952), author
António Sousa Lara (* 1952), politician, university professor and diplomat
Fernando Ulrich (* 1952), Portuguese bank manager of German origin
Pedro Calapez (* 1953), painter
José Ribeiro e Castro (* 1953), lawyer and politician
Diogo Dória (* 1953), actor and theater director
António Bastos Lopes (* 1953), football player
Virgílio Castelo (born 1953), actor
Mário Pacheco (* 1953), guitarist of the Portuguese guitar , operator of a fado bar
Miguel Amaral (* 1954), entrepreneur and racing car driver
Ana Gomes (* 1954), politician
Herman José Von Krippahl (* 1954), show star and comedian
Jorge Paixão da Costa (* 1954), director
Manuel Pinho (* 1954), economist and politician
Fernando Santos (* 1954), football coach
Jorge Theriaga (* 1954), three-cushion billiard player and doctor
Carlos Maria Trindade (* 1954), musician
Miguel Esteves Cardoso (* 1955), writer and journalist
Maria João Rodrigues (* 1955), politician
Maria de Fátima (* 1956), singer
Luísa Costa Dias (1956–2011), photographer and curator
José Manuel Barroso (* 1956), politician and President of the European Commission
Maria João (* 1956), jazz singer
Joaquim Leitão (* 1956), film actor and director
Pedro Santana Lopes (* 1956), politician
Francisco Louçã (* 1956), economist and politician
José Pinto (* 1956), Olympic walker
Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues (* 1956), sociologist and politician
Joaquim de Almeida (born 1957), actor
João Vale de Almeida (* 1957), diplomat
Carlos Bechegas (* 1957), jazz musician
Rui Veloso (* 1957), singer, composer and guitarist
António Vitorino (* 1957), politician
João Zilhão (* 1957), paleoanthropologist and university professor
Carlos Bica (* 1958), musician
Manuel Carmo (1958–2015), visual artist and book author
Manuel Heitor (* 1958), engineer, university professor and politician, from 2015 Minister of Science in the Costa I cabinet
Pedro Costa (* 1959), director
Pedro Ayres Magalhães (* 1959), musician
Manuel Mozos (* 1959), director
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves (* 1959), conservative politician, university lecturer and philosopher
Ernesto Rodrigues (* 1959), violinist and composer
Ana Tostões (* 1959), architect and university professor
José Wallenstein (* 1959), actor
Rui Águas (* 1960), football player and coach
Miguel Vale de Almeida (* 1960), anthropologist, author, university professor, politician and LGBT activist
Carlos Coelho (* 1960), politician
Edgar Pêra (* 1960), film director

1961 to 1970

António Costa (* 1961), politician
Maria de Fátima (* 1961), singer
Carlos de Mello (* 1961), photographer
João Garcia Miguel (* 1961), theater director, playwright and actor
Ricardo Pinto (* 1961), writer
Miguel Relvas (* 1961), politician
João Paulo Esteves da Silva (* 1961), pianist and composer
Rui Zink (* 1961), writer
Cristina Duarte (* 1962), Cape Verdean politician, manager and UN advisor
Pedro Hestnes (1962–2011), actor
Paulo Portas (* 1962), politician
Manuel Rodrigues (* 1962), French racing car driver
Fernando Vendrell (* 1962), director
Filipe Alarcão (* 1963), product designer
Daniel Blaufuks (* 1963), Portuguese photo and video artist of German-Polish-Jewish descent
Ana Maria Guerra Martins (* 1963), lawyer, judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Frederico Lourenço (* 1963), classical philologist, translator, Germanist, university professor and writer
Paulo Macedo (* 1963), manager and politician, Minister of Health in the Passos Coelho cabinet
Fernando Mendes (* 1963), television presenter and actor
Rodrigo Amado (* 1964), jazz and improvisation musician, photographer, music producer and columnist
André Gago (* 1964), actor
Rodrigo Leão (* 1964), musician and composer
Victor Lopes (born 1964), football player
Alexandre Delgado (* 1965), composer, conductor, music critic, music theorist, violinist and music editor
José Riço Direitinho (* 1965), writer
Alexandra Lencastre (born 1965), actress
Maria de Medeiros (* 1965), actress, director and screenwriter
José Morais (* 1965), football coach
Francisco Ribeiro (1965-2010), musician
Dora (* 1966), singer
Pedro Guerreiro (* 1966), left-wing politician, MEP
Jorge Mendes (* 1966), international soccer player agent
João Pedro Rodrigues (* 1966), film director
João Silva (* 1966), photojournalist
Teresa Villaverde (* 1966), director
João Cunha e Silva (* 1967), tennis player
Aldina Duarte (* 1967), fado singer
José Manuel Fernandes (* 1967), politician
João Garcia (* 1967), mountaineer
Diogo Infante (* 1967), actor
Cristina Nóbrega (* 1967), fado singer
Ana Padrão (born 1967), actress
Paulo Pires (* 1967), actor and former model
Nicolai von Schweder-Schreiner (* 1967), German translator and musician
Manuel Caldeira Cabral (* 1968), economist and politician, Minister of Economic Affairs since 2015
Caetano Reis e Sousa (* 1968), immunologist and university professor
Rui da Silva (* 1968), house DJ and music producer
DJ Vibe (* 1968), DJ and music producer
João Aguardela (1969–2009), versatile musician and singer
Paulo Bento (* 1969), soccer player and coach
Teresa Caeiro (* 1969), politician and lawyer
Esteban Benzecry (* 1970), composer
Manuel Mota (* 1970), guitarist
Catarina Mourão (* 1970), director
Pedro Proença (* 1970), international football referee
Gabriela Ruivo Trindade (* 1970), writer
Bernardo Sassetti (1970–2012), jazz pianist and composer
Leonor Silveira (* 1970), actress

1971 to 1980

Bernardo Mota (* 1971), tennis player

Carla Sacramento (born 1971), track and field athlete

Bruno Simões (1971–2012), actor

Nuno Barreto (* 1972), Olympic sailor

Catarina Furtado (* 1972), television presenter and actress

Miguel Gomes (* 1972), film director

Marco Martins (* 1972), film director

Teresa Pinheiro (* 1972), university professor, Germanist, Lusitanist and anthropologist

Paulo Santos (born 1972), football player

Guilherme Bentes (* 1973), judoka, world champion 1997

Ivo Canelas (* 1973), actor

Filipa Cavalleri (* 1973), Olympic judoka

Ana Cristina de Oliveira (* 1973), actress

Gonçalo Galvão Teles (* 1973), director, screenwriter and film producer, son of Luís Galvão Teles

João Portugal (* 1973), pop singer

Michel Almeida (* 1974), Olympic judoka

José António Calado (* 1974), football player

Costinha (* 1974), football player

Carla Couto (* 1974), soccer player, national record player

Kiko Dionisio (* 1974), photographer, based in Berlin

José Dominguez (* 1974), football player

Nuno Felício (1974–2013), journalist and news anchor

João Leão (* 1974), economist, Minister of Finance in the Costa II cabinet since 2020

Pedro Mota Soares (* 1974), lawyer and politician, Minister in the Passos Coelho cabinet

Lula Pena (* 1974), fado singer

Fernando Ribeiro (* 1974), heavy metal musician

Nuno Valente (* 1974), football player

Pedro Miguel Lopes (* 1975), racing cyclist

Lura (* 1975), Cape Verdean-Portuguese singer

André Neves (* 1975), mathematician

João Tordo (* 1975), writer, journalist, translator and screenwriter

Miguel Cardoso (* 1976), poet, translator and essayist

Luís Carreira (1976–2012), motorcycle racer

André Couto (* 1976), Portuguese-Macau racing driver

Daniel da Cruz Carvalho (* 1976), football player

Paulo Sérgio Rodrigues Duarte de Almeida (* 1976), football player

Rita Durão (* 1976), actress

Alfredo Esteves (* 1976), football player

Katrin Filzen (* 1976), actress

José Gusmão (* 1976), economist and politician

Lúcia Moniz (* 1976), singer and actress

Luís Boa Morte (* 1977), football player

Cafú (* 1977), Cape Verdean football player

Pedro Cazanova (* 1977), DJ and music producer

Nuno Frechaut (* 1977), soccer player

Freddy Locks (* 1977), reggae musician

Maniche (* 1977), football player

Marco Silva (* 1977), soccer player and coach

Jorge Andrade (* 1978), football player

João Ferreira (* 1978), communist politician, Member of the European Union since 2009

Nuno Lopes (born 1978), actor

Sara Tavares (* 1978), singer

Manuel Cortez (* 1979), actor

João Alexandre Duarte Ferreira Fernandes (Neca) (* 1979), football player

Tatiana Salem Levy (* 1979), Brazilian writer

Ana Malhoa (* 1979), pop singer

Hélder Rodrigues (* 1979), racing driver

António Semedo (* 1979), football player

José Semedo (* 1979), football player

Sara Serpa (* 1979), jazz musician

Rui Sandro de Carvalho Duarte (* 1980), football player

Bruno Magalhães (* 1980), rally driver

Miguel (* 1980), football player

Ana Moreira (* 1980), actress

Manuel Sá Pessoa (* 1980), actor

Leonor Seixas (* 1980), actress

1981 to 1990

Nuno Miguel Pereira Diogo (* 1981), football player
Eduardo Fernandes Pereira Gomes (* 1981), football player
Diogo Morgado (born 1981), actor
Jorge Ribeiro (* 1981), football player
Ricardo Ribeiro (* 1981), fado singer
Carmen Souza (* 1981), singer, musician, composer
Angélico Vieira (1982–2011), pop singer and actor
Soraia Chaves (born 1982), actress
Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia (* 1982), football player
Ricardo Teixeira (* 1982), racing car driver
Jaime Celestino Dias Bragança (* 1983), football player
Pedro Ribeiro Gomes (* 1983), triathlete
Carlos Marques (born 1983), football player
João Paiva (born 1983), football player
Ricardo Quaresma (* 1983), football player
Maria Areosa (* 1984), triathlete
Carminho (* 1984), fado singer
Filipe Gui Paradela Maciel da Costa (* 1984), football player
João Pedro da Silva Pereira (* 1984), football player
João Salaviza (* 1984), actor and director
Ruben Amorim (* 1985), football player
Frederico Gil (* 1985), tennis player
João Manzarra (* 1985), television presenter
José Gonçalves (born 1985), football player
Filipe Morais (* 1985), football player
Filipe Sambado (* 1985), singer and composer
Raquel Tavares (* 1985), fado singer
Gonçalo Brandão (* 1986), football player
Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa (* 1986), Spanish handball player of Portuguese origin
Manuel Fernandes (* 1986), football player
Dossa Júnior (* 1986), Cypriot-Portuguese football player
Miguel Lopes (* 1986), football player
Carlos Saleiro (* 1986), football player
Emídio Rafael Augusto Silva (* 1986), football player
Jorge Teixeira (* 1986), football player
Ricardo Vaz Tê (* 1986), football player
Manuel Durão (* 1987), composer and conductor
Ana Free (* 1987), singer
Fernando Fernandes (* 1987), pop singer and musical actor
Sílvio Manuel Azevedo Ferreira Sá Pereira (* 1987), football player
Luísa Sobral (* 1987), jazz musician and singer, sister of Salvador Sobral
Wilson Davyes (* 1988), handball player
Patrícia Mamona (* 1988), track and field athlete
Pedro Santos (* 1988), football player
Zeca (* 1988), football player
Conan Osíris (* 1989), singer, representative of Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Ricardo de Sá (* 1989), actor and singer
Salvador Sobral (* 1989), singer and first ESC winner for Portugal
Sam Jimmyjoe (* 1989), short actor in Switzerland
André Almeida (* 1990), football player
Filipe Ferreira (* 1990), football player

1991 to 2000

André Baleiro , opera singer

António Félix da Costa (* 1991), racing driver

Erica Fontes (* 1991), porn actress

Josué Sá (* 1992), football player

Michelle Larcher de Brito (born 1993), tennis player

Marta Pen (* 1993), track and field athlete

Ricardo Pereira (* 1993), football player

Bernardo Saraiva (* 1993), tennis player

Nélson Semedo (* 1993), football player

Tiago Silva (* 1993), soccer player

Carlos Fortes (* 1994), football player

Carlos Mané (* 1994), football player

Bernardo Silva (* 1994), football player

Bruno Varela (* 1994), football player

Chico Geraldes (* 1995), football player

Jéssica Inchude (* 1996), Guinea-Bissau-Portuguese shot putter and discus thrower

Hildeberto Pereira (* 1996), football player

Renato Sanches (born 1997), football player

Pedro Pereira (* 1998), football player

Jota (* 1999), football player

Florentino Luís (* 1999), Angolan-Portuguese football player

Filipe Soares (* 1999), soccer player

Marisa Vaz Carvalho (* 1999), track and field athlete

Rafael Camacho (* 2000), football player

Nuno Tavares (* 2000), football player

21st century

Tomás Tavares (* 2001), football player

Well-known residents of Lisbon

Joan of Castile (1462–1530), Princess of Castile and Queen of Portugal
João de Barros (1496–1570), historian
Duarte Lobo (1565–1646), composer
Filipe de Magalhães (1571–1652), composer
David de Pury (1709–1786), Swiss banker, diamond and slave dealer
Calouste Gulbenkian (1869–1955), British engineer, oil explorer, businessman, financial expert and art collector
Joshua Benoliel (1873-1932), British photojournalist
Vera Leisner (1885–1972), German prehistorian
Eugénio de Andrade (1923-2005), poet
Helena Marques (* 1935), writer and journalist
Vasco Graça Moura (1942–2014), politician, writer and translator
Antonio Tabucchi (1943–2012), Italian writer and literary scholar
João de Melo (* 1949), writer
Ana Paula Ribeiro Tavares (* 1952), Angolan historian and poet
John Malkovich (born 1953), American actor
Madonna (* 1958), American pop musician
Bryan Adams (* 1959), Canadian rock musician
Fernando Eduardo Carita (1961–2013), writer
Monica Bellucci (born 1964), Italian actress
Christian Louboutin (* 1964), French fashion designer
Éric Cantona (* 1966), Franco-British football player
Damián Ortega (* 1967), Mexican artist
Jacinto Lucas Pires (* 1974), writer, screenwriter and director
Michael Fassbender (* 1977), German-Irish actor
Ondjaki (* 1977), Angolan writer