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
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