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Portugal
Portugal
Portugal ranks 35th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Croatia, Serbia, and Egypt. Memorable people born in present day Portugal include Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco da Gama, and Bartolomeu Dias. Memorable people who died in Portugal include António de Oliveira Salazar, Eusébio, and Prince Henry the Navigator. Portugal has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers.
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country in the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are two autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the capital and largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other metropolitan area. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 180 BC and 2003, present day Portugal was the birth place of 676 globally memorable people, including Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco da Gama, and Bartolomeu Dias. Additionaly, 273 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Portugal including António de Oliveira Salazar, Eusébio, and Prince Henry the Navigator.
People Born in Present Day Portugal
Go to all RankingsFerdinand Magellan
EXPLORER
1480 - 1521
HPI: 91.30
Rank: 1
Vasco da Gama
EXPLORER
1460 - 1524
HPI: 89.42
Rank: 2
Bartolomeu Dias
EXPLORER
1450 - 1500
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 3
Anthony of Padua
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1195 - 1231
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 4
José Saramago
WRITER
1922 - 2010
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 5
Cristiano Ronaldo
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 77.67
Rank: 6
António de Oliveira Salazar
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1970
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 7
António Guterres
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 8
Prince Henry the Navigator
EXPLORER
1394 - 1460
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 9
Pedro Álvares Cabral
EXPLORER
1467 - 1520
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 10
Fernando Pessoa
WRITER
1888 - 1935
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 11
Luís de Camões
WRITER
1524 - 1580
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Portugal
Go to all RankingsFerdinand, Count of Flanders
NOBLEMAN
1188 - 1233
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 130
Cristóvão Ferreira
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1580 - 1650
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 148
Américo Lopes
SOCCER PLAYER
1933 - 2023
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 152
Bartolomeu Perestrello
EXPLORER
1400 - 1457
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 181
Alexandrina of Balazar
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1904 - 1955
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 186
Alberto Festa
SOCCER PLAYER
1939 - 2024
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 195
Duarte Pacheco Pereira
EXPLORER
1460 - 1533
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 204
Fernando II, Duke of Braganza
POLITICIAN
1430 - 1483
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 212
Maria Severa Onofriana
SINGER
1820 - 1846
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 230
Carlos Tavares
BUSINESSPERSON
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 233
João Fernandes Lavrador
EXPLORER
1453 - 1505
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 243
Pedro da Fonseca
PHILOSOPHER
1528 - 1599
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 254
People Deceased in Present Day Portugal
Go to all RankingsAntónio de Oliveira Salazar
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1970
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 1
Eusébio
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 2014
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 2
Prince Henry the Navigator
EXPLORER
1394 - 1460
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 3
Charles I of Austria
POLITICIAN
1887 - 1922
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 4
Pedro Álvares Cabral
EXPLORER
1467 - 1520
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 5
Miklós Horthy
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1957
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 6
Fernando Pessoa
WRITER
1888 - 1935
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 7
Luís de Camões
WRITER
1524 - 1580
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 8
Manuel I of Portugal
POLITICIAN
1469 - 1521
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 9
Afonso I of Portugal
POLITICIAN
1109 - 1185
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 10
Pedro I of Brazil
POLITICIAN
1798 - 1834
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 11
Alexander Alekhine
CHESS PLAYER
1892 - 1946
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Portugal
Go to all RankingsBartolomeu Perestrello
EXPLORER
1400 - 1457
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 144
Alexandrina of Balazar
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1904 - 1955
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 148
Duarte Pacheco Pereira
EXPLORER
1460 - 1533
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 155
Fernando II, Duke of Braganza
POLITICIAN
1430 - 1483
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 157
Maria Severa Onofriana
SINGER
1820 - 1846
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 170
Attaces
MILITARY PERSONNEL
350 - 418
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 177
Mumadona Dias
NOBLEMAN
901 - 968
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 188
Pedro da Fonseca
PHILOSOPHER
1528 - 1599
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 192
Infante João, Duke of Beja
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1842 - 1861
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 202
Martim Afonso de Sousa
EXPLORER
1500 - 1564
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 203
Manuel Cardoso
COMPOSER
1566 - 1650
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 219
Audeca
POLITICIAN
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 223
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Portugal were soccer players (230), politicians (130), athletes (46), writers (40), and explorers (37), while most who died were politicians (111), writers (29), soccer players (21), companions (19), and explorers (16).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Portugal, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Fernando Santos, and Jorge Jesus. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Portugal, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Fernando Santos, and Jorge Jesus.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Portugal since 1700.