Os Grandes Portugueses

Os Grandes Portugueses is a Portuguese TV show from 2007 that is comparable to the German format Unser Beste . It was developed based on the model of the 100 Greatest Britons by the radio station Rádio e Televisão de Portugal . The aim was to determine the “best” or “greatest” Portuguese of all time through surveys. The main thing that attracted attention was the fact that the dictator António Salazar was chosen by far in first place.

The best ten

• 1. António de Oliveira Salazar - politician, dictator of Portugal 1932-68 (41%)
• 2. Álvaro Cunhal - politician, chairman of the Partido Comunista Português 1961 to 1992 (19.1%)
• 3. Aristides de Sousa Mendes - diplomat, savior of refugees from the Nazi dictatorship (13%)
• 4. Alfonso I - King (12.4%)
• 5. Luís de Camões - Poet (4%)
• 6. John II - King (3%)
• 7. Henry the Navigator - Prince (2.7%)
• 8. Fernando Pessoa - Poet (2.4%)
• 9. Marquês de Pombal - politicians (1.7%)
• 10. Vasco da Gama - explorers (0.7%)

Trivia

• 19 women were voted into the "Top 100".
• 33 people still living at the time of the election are represented among the top 100.
• There was also a list of the worst Portuguese ( Os Piores Portugueses ) also won by Salazar.

See also

• The 100
• Our best (Germany)
• 100 Greatest Britons (Great Britain)
• The Greatest American (USA)
• The Greatest Canadian (Canada)
• De Grootste Nederlander (Netherlands)
• Il più grande italiano di tutti i tempi (Italy)
• Suuret Suomalaiset (Finland)
• De Grootste Belg (Belgium)
• Ranking show

Web links

• RTP website for the broadcast, with all the results of the election (Portuguese) ( Memento from July 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )