Famous Portuguese people

Arts



Amália » Famous Portuguese Fado singer. She died in 1999.

Literature



José Saramago » Nobel-laureate novelist, poet, playwright and journalist. He died in 2010.

Sciences



Egas Moniz » Nobel-laureate neurologist and developer of cerebral angiography. He is best known for introducing the controversial psychosurgical procedure known as lobotomy. He died in 1955.

Politics



Aristides de Sousa Mendes » diplomat who saved 30,000 refugees seeking to escape the Nazi terror, 12,000 of whom were Jewish. He died in 1954.

Sports

Cristiano Ronaldo » football player                    José Mourinho » football coach