Coimbra - Famous People

Famous People

  • Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal. He is buried at the Santa Cruz Monastery in Coimbra.
  • Sancho I, second king of Portugal, son of Afonso Henriques. He is buried at the Santa Cruz Monastery in Coimbra.
  • Afonso II, third Portuguese king (1211), was born and died in Coimbra
  • Sancho II, fourth king of Portugal, was born in Coimbra on September 8, 1209
  • Afonso III, the youngest brother of Sancho II, fifth king of Portugal, was born in Coimbra on August 15, 1210
  • Elizabeth of Portugal (Holy Queen Isabel), wife of King Denis I. She was buried at the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha.
  • Pedro I, king of Portugal.
  • José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit, humanist and writer.
  • Anthony of Lisbon, Catholic saint.
  • Francisco Álvares, Portuguese missionary and explorer.
  • Luís Vaz de Camões, Portuguese poet and author of the Lusiad.
  • Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Portuguese poet of the Renaissance.
  • Mem de Sá, Governor-General of Brazil.
  • António Nobre, Portuguese poet.
  • Mário Simões Dias, violinist and musicologist.
  • Al Berto, Portuguese poet.
  • Lúcia dos Santos, Carmelite nun and one of the three visionaries of Fátima.
  • José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit and writer.
  • Pedro Nunes, Famous mathematician in the 16th century.
  • Christopher Clavius, German-born jesuit mathematician, one of the responsibles for the gregorian calendar.
  • Carlos Seixas, prominent Portuguese composer of the 18th century.
  • Joaquim Machado de Castro, Portuguese sculptor of the 18th century.
  • João Maria Correia Ayres de Campos, 1st Count of Ameal, Portuguese art collector.
  • Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese politician, noted communist leader. He was born in Coimbra.
  • Miguel Torga, Portuguese writer of prose and poetry, pseudonym of Adolfo Correia Rocha who was a medical doctor.
  • Carlos Paredes, Portuguese musician.
  • Zeca Afonso, Portuguese musician.
  • Carlos Mota Pinto, Portuguese political figure, interim prime minister of Portugal between 1978 and 1979.
  • Mário Crespo, Portuguese journalist and reporter. He was born in Coimbra.
  • Zita Seabra, Portuguese politician, formerly a high profile member of the Portuguese Communist Party, who renounced and criticized communist ideology just before the fall of Berlin Wall.
  • Pedro Passos Coelho, Portuguese Prime Minister, politician. He was born in Coimbra.
  • Sérgio Conceição, Portuguese international footballer.
  • Zé Castro, Portuguese international footballer.
  • Nuno Piloto, Portuguese footballer, captain of the Academica Coimbra OAF football team.
  • Luis de Matos, Portuguese magician.
  • Paulo Furtado, the leading vocalist of the band Wraygunn.
  • JP Simões, singer and musician.
  • André Sardet, Portuguese singer and musician.
  • Filipe Albuquerque, Portuguese race car driver.
  • João Neto, Portuguese judo champion.
  • Miguel Veloso, Portuguese international footballer
  • Pedro Miranda, Merthyr Tydfil, legend.

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