Portugal ranks 1,319th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ube, Yamaguchi, Youngstown, Ohio, and Kansas City, Kansas. Memorable people born in Portugal include Diego Columbus, Isabel of Coimbra, and Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu. Memorable people who died in Portugal include Manoel de Oliveira and Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne. Portugal has been the birth place of many soccer players and explorers and the death place of many film directors and companions. Portugal is located in Portugal.
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in mainland Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1400 and 1989, Portugal was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Diego Columbus, Isabel of Coimbra, and Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Portugal including Manoel de Oliveira and Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne.
1479 - 1527
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 1
1432 - 1455
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 2
1430 - 1506
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 3
1935 - Present
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 4
1400 - 1460
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 5
1979 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 6
1975 - Present
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 7
1979 - Present
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 8
1989 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 9
1908 - 2015
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 1
1202 - 1259
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 2
Most individuals born in present day Portugal were soccer players (4), explorers (2), companions (1), politicians (1), and painters (1), while most who died were film directors (1) and companions (1).