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Jaime Ornelas Camacho (1921–2016), first President of the Regional Government of Madeira. Jerónimo de Sousa (born 1947), General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party. Jorge Sampaio, President of the Republic and Mayor of Lisbon. José Manuel Barroso, Prime Minister and President of the European Commission.
The Portuguese people (Portuguese: Portugueses – masculine – or Portuguesas) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation indigenous to Portugal, a country in the west of the Iberian Peninsula in the south-west of Europe, who share a common culture, ancestry and language. [89] [90] [91]
James Franco (born 1978), actor, director, screenwriter, and film producer; paternal grandfather was of Portuguese descent [11] Tom Franco (born 1980), actor. Khalid Gonçalves (born 1971), actor/musician. Both parents were from Portugal. Jasmine Guy (born March 10, 1962) [1], American actress, singer and dancer.
Ferdinand Magellan[a] (c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese [3] explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies, which achieved the first circumnavigation of Earth in history. During the expedition, he also discovered the Strait of Magellan, allowing his fleet to pass from the Atlantic ...
Leonor de Almeida Portugal (1750–1839), Marchioness of Alorna, 8th Countess of Assumar, one of the greatest figures of Portuguese literature, known as Alcippe, and the most famous holder of the title; Carlos Frederico Lecor (1764–1836), general and politician. He was the first Baron of Laguna, in Portugal, and later Viscount of Laguna in ...
Bartolomeu Dias[pron 1] (c. 1450 – 29 May 1500) was a Portuguese mariner and explorer. In 1488, he became the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa and to demonstrate that the most effective southward route for ships lies in the open ocean, well to the west of the African coast. His discoveries effectively established ...
Philippa of Lancaster. Dom Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu (4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460), better known as Prince Henry the Navigator (Portuguese: Infante Dom Henrique, o Navegador), was a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15th-century European maritime discoveries and maritime expansion.
This is a list of the wealthiest Portuguese people by net worth. It is primarily based on data from The World's Billionaires publication by Forbes magazine, [ 1 ] as well as other sources. List of wealthiest people