Rita Lopes de AlmeidaW
Rita Lopes de Almeida

Rita Lopes de Almeida - in religion Rita Amada de Jesus - was a Portuguese professed religious and the founder of the "Sisters of Jesus, Mary and Joseph" religious congregation. She spread the faith in the spirit of evangelization across Portugal despite a period of anti-religious sentiment and even received some intimidating threats during the course of her apostolate due to this; her order was dedicated to tending to girls and it ferried them off to their parents when anti-religious sentiment intensified.

Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do AmaralW
Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral

Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, GCTE was a Portuguese naval commander and politician.

Lili CaneçasW
Lili Caneças

Lili Caneças, the professional name of Maria Alice Custódio Carvalho Monteiro is a Portuguese socialite.

José Dias Correia de CarvalhoW
José Dias Correia de Carvalho

José Dias Correia de Carvalho was a Portuguese bishop, he was bishops of Santiago de Cabo Verde and Viseu.

Maria Cavaco SilvaW
Maria Cavaco Silva

Maria Alves da Silva Cavaco Silva is the wife of Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the 19th President of the Portuguese Republic and, as such, was the First Lady of Portugal from 2006 until 2016.

Manuel ClementeW
Manuel Clemente

Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente, GCC, officially Manuel III, is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been the Patriarch of Lisbon since 18 May 2013 and a cardinal since 14 February 2015. He has been a bishop since 1999 and was Bishop of Porto from 2007 to 2013.

Francisco Rodrigues da CruzW
Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz

Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz, S.J., more commonly known as Father Cruz was a Portuguese priest of the Catholic Church. Revered in Portugal for his apostolic fervor and charity, he visited prisons and hospitals in every city, gave alms to the poor and ministered spiritually to all, achieving a great reputation for sanctity. Some called him "Blessed Father Cruz" and "Apostle of Charity" still in his lifetime.

Curry CabralW
Curry Cabral

José Curry da Câmara Cabral, better known simply as Curry Cabral, was a Portuguese physician, and one of the most famous medical researchers and professors in the country. An eminent clinician, he was one of the most prestigious figures in Portuguese medicine in the early 20th century, alongside Sousa Martins, Manuel Bento de Sousa, and Oliveira Feijão.

Francisco Manuel de Melo Breyner, 4th Count of FicalhoW
Francisco Manuel de Melo Breyner, 4th Count of Ficalho

D. Francisco Manuel de Melo Breyner, 4th Count of Ficalho, was a Portuguese aristocrat, noted botanist, intellectual and amateur arabist.

Bento António GonçalvesW
Bento António Gonçalves

Bento António Gonçalves, GOL (1902–1942) was the second Secretary General of the Portuguese Communist Party. He was born in Montalegre, Vila Real District, in the North of Portugal. Not much is known about his childhood. In 1915 he became an apprentice mechanical turner in Lisbon. Four years later, in 1919 he started doing the same work in the arsenal of the Portuguese navy in Alfeite.

Sister LúciaW
Sister Lúcia

Lúcia de Jesus Rosa dos Santos, O.C.D., also known as Lúcia of Fátima and by her religious name Sister Maria Lúcia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart, was a Portuguese Catholic Discalced Carmelite nun, one of the three children, along with her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto, who claimed to have witnessed Marian apparitions in Fátima in 1917.

Elzira Dantas MachadoW
Elzira Dantas Machado

Elzira Dantas Gonçalves Pereira Machado was a Portuguese feminist activist. From 1882 until her death in 1942, she was the wife of Bernardino Machado, two-time President of the Portuguese Republic and, as such, was the First Lady of Portugal from 1915 to 1917 and again from 1925 to 1926.

Infanta Maria Antonia of PortugalW
Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal

Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal was the seventh and last child of Miguel of Portugal and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.

Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e BragançaW
Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança

Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, also known by her literary pseudonym Hilda de Toledano, was a Portuguese writer and journalist who claimed to be the bastard daughter of King Carlos I of Portugal. From 1932 she also claimed the right to the title of Duchess of Braganza and to be the rightful heiress to the throne of Portugal.

Francisco and Jacinta MartoW
Francisco and Jacinta Marto

Francisco de Jesus Marto and Jacinta de Jesus Marto were siblings from Aljustrel, a small hamlet near Fátima, Portugal, who with their cousin Lúcia dos Santos (1907–2005) witnessed three apparitions of the Angel of Peace in 1916 and several apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Cova da Iria in 1917. The title Our Lady of Fátima was given to the Virgin Mary as a result, and the Sanctuary of Fátima became a major centre of world Christian pilgrimage.

Mário Lemos PiresW
Mário Lemos Pires

Mário Lemos Pires was a Major-general of the Portuguese Army and the last colonial governor of Portuguese Timor.

José PolicarpoW
José Policarpo

José da Cruz Policarpo, GCC, officially referred to as José IV, Patriarch of Lisbon, though usually referred to as "D. José Policarpo", was Patriarch of Lisbon from 24 March 1998 to 18 May 2013. Pope John Paul II made him a Cardinal in 2001. Policarpo held a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

Manuel Joaquim Machado RebeloW
Manuel Joaquim Machado Rebelo

Manuel Joaquim Machado Rebelo, most commonly known as the Abbot of Priscos, was a Portuguese priest who is best known as a famous amateur cook and a gastronomic reference in 19th-century Portugal. He is today mostly remembered as the creator of Pudim Abade de Priscos, a classic of Portuguese cuisine.

Alves RedolW
Alves Redol

António Alves Redol was an influential Portuguese neorealist writer.

Manuel RibeiroW
Manuel Ribeiro

Manuel António Ribeiro was a Portuguese writer, poet, and relevant political figure during the First Portuguese Republic. He is known for his role as an active proponent of syndicalism in the early 20th century, as the founder of the first Bolshevist organisation in Portugal, as well as one of the first organisers of the Portuguese Communist Party.

Reynaldo dos SantosW
Reynaldo dos Santos

Reynaldo dos Santos was a Portuguese physician, writer, and art historian. As a physician, he was a pioneer in the fields of vascular surgery and urology; as an art historian, he published numerous works on 15th-century Portuguese art, including on the Manueline style and on the paintings of Nuno Gonçalves.

Agostinho da SilvaW
Agostinho da Silva

George Agostinho Baptista da Silva, GCSE was a Portuguese philosopher, essayist, and writer. His thought combines elements of pantheism and millenarism, an ethic of renunciation, and a belief in freedom as the most important feature of man. Anti-dogmatic, he asserts that truth is only found in the sum of all conflicting hypothesis. He may be considered a practical philosopher, living and working for a change in society, according to his beliefs.

Miguel TorgaW
Miguel Torga

Miguel Torga, pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha, is considered one of the greatest Portuguese writers of the 20th century. He wrote poetry, short stories, a genre in which he is considered a master, theater and a 16 volume diary, written from 1932 to 1993.