Madeira - Notable Citizens

Notable Citizens

The following people were either born or have lived part of their lives in Madeira:

• António de Abreu, naval officer and navigator
• Nadia Almada, a winner of the British reality show Big Brother
• Menasseh Ben Israel, a notable Jewish Rabbi.
• Joe Berardo, Portuguese millionaire, and art collector
• Pedro Macedo Camacho, composer
• Charles I of Austria, deposed monarch, died in exile on Madeira in 1922
• Catarina Fagundes, Olympic athlete for windsurf
• Vânia Fernandes, Portuguese singer who represented Portugal in Eurovision 2008
• José Vicente de Freitas, military and politician
• Vasco da Gama Rodrigues, poet, born in Paul do Mar
• Teodósio Clemente de Gouveia, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Herberto Hélder, poet
• Moisés Henriques, former Australian Under-19 Captain and current NSW Blues cricketer
• Alberto João Jardim, President of the Regional Government
• Luís Jardim, producer of music
• Paul Langerhans, German pathologist and biologist
• Fátima Lopes, fashion designer
• Jaime Ornelas Camacho, first and former President of the Regional Government
• Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, former Archbishop of the former Portuguese colonial enclave Goa (in India)
• Sir Lloyd William Matthews, British naval officer, politician and abolitionist
• Dionísio Pestana, president of the Pestana Group
• Rigo 23, artist
• João Rodrigues, Olympic windsurfer
• Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid, Portugal and former Manchester United football player
• John Santos, photographer
• Ana da Silva, founding member of the post-punk band The Raincoats
• Manoel Dias Soeyro or Menasseh Ben Israel (1604–1657), Sephardi Rabbi and publisher
• Artur de Sousa Pinga, former CS Marítimo and FC Porto football player
• Maximiano de Sousa (Max), popular singer, born in Funchal
• Virgílio Teixeira, actor
• José Travassos Valdez, 1st Count of Bonfim, governor in 1827–1828