Adelaide Cabete
1867–1935 · obstetrician and gynaecologist
People
117 people, 71 of them women. The imbalance of the history books is what this list tries to correct.
Adriano Correia de Oliveira
1942–1982 · singer and composer
Agostinho Neto
1922–1979 · doctor (Lisbon Faculty of Medicine)
Aida Magro
1918–2011 · chemical engineer
Albina Fernandes
1928–1970 · fighter in the French Resistance
Alda do Espírito Santo
1926–2010 · poet
Alfredo Assunção
lieutenant of the Cavalry Practical School
Alice Pestana
1860–1929 · writer and educationalist (pen name Caiel)
Álvaro Cunhal
1913–2005 · general secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party
Amílcar Cabral
1924–1973 · agronomist (Higher Institute of Agronomy)
Ana de Castro Osório
1872–1935 · writer, pioneer of children’s literature
Ana Maria Teodósio
b. 1945 · singer and songwriter
Angélica Viana Porto
1881–1938 · philanthropist
Angelina Vidal
1847–1917 · teacher
António de Oliveira Salazar
1889–1970 · professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Coimbra
António de Spínola
1910–1996 · general
António Tereso
car mechanic
Arajaryr Campos
1930–1965 · Humberto Delgado’s secretary
Aurora de Castro e Gouveia
1891–1931 · notary, with an office in Alcântara
Aurora Rodrigues
b. 1952 · law student
Carlos Albino
journalist on República
Carolina Beatriz Ângelo
1878–1911 · surgeon and gynaecologist
Cecília Supico Pinto
1921–2011 · founder and leader of the National Women’s Movement (pro-regime)
Celeste Caeiro
1933–2024 · restaurant worker
Cesina Bermudes
1908–2001 · obstetrician
Clarisse Guerra
announcer of the MFA’s 14:30 communiqué (25 April 1974)
Conceição Matos
b. 1936 · factory worker
Costa Gomes
1914–2001 · general
Deolinda Lopes Vieira
1888–1993 · primary school teacher and nursery teacher
Diana Andringa
b. 1947 · medical student
Domingos Abrantes
b. 1936 · leader of the MUD Juvenil
Domitila de Carvalho
1871–1966 · first woman to attend the University of Coimbra
Elina Guimarães
1904–1991 · jurist and writer
Emídio Santana
1906–1988 · metalworker
Ermelinda Duarte
b. 1946 · actress
Estêvão Giro
1937–1962 · printer
Eurico Figueiredo
1939–2025 · leader of the medical students in the 1962 academic crisis
Fernanda Botelho
1926–2007 · writer
Fernando Giesteira
1955–1974 · waiter
Fernando Reis
1950–1974 · soldier in the 1st Disciplinary Company of Penamacor
Fernando Sottomayor
officer of the 7th Cavalry Regiment
Francisco Fanhais
b. 1941 · singer
Glória de Matos
1936–2025 · actress
Helena Cabeçadas
b. 1947 · activist in the secondary-school students’ association movement
Helena Félix
1920–1991 · actress
Helena Neves
b. 1945 · journalist
Helena Pato
b. 1939 · teacher
Helena Roseta
b. 1947 · architect
Humberto Delgado
1906–1965 · soldier and aviator, Air Force general
Isabel Aboim Inglez
1902–1963 · teacher
Isabel do Carmo
b. 1940 · doctor
João Arruda
1954–1974 · philosophy student at the Lisbon Faculty of Letters
João Paulo Diniz
b. 1949 · radio announcer
Joaquim Furtado
b. 1948 · journalist
José Afonso (Zeca Afonso)
1929–1987 · singer and composer
José António Ribeiro Santos
1946–1972 · law student
José Barneto
1935–1974 · clerk
José Dias Coelho
1923–1961 · sculptor
José Luandino Vieira
b. 1935 · Portuguese-Angolan writer
José Mário Branco
1942–2019 · singer and composer
Junqueira dos Reis
brigadier
Leite de Vasconcelos
announcer on the Rádio Renascença programme “Limite”
Luísa Basto
b. 1947 · singer
Luísa Tito de Morais
b. 1942 · activist in the secondary-school movement
Luís Cília
b. 1943 · singer and composer
Luís Filipe Lindley Cintra
1925–1991 · philologist and linguist
Luzia Maria Martins
1927–2000 · stage director and playwright
Madalena Barbosa
1942–2008 · feminist
Manuela Porto
1908–1950 · actress
Manuel Freire
b. 1942 · singer
Manuel Serra
1931–2010 · Merchant Navy officer
Marcelo Caetano
1906–1980 · President of the Council of Ministers (head of government, 1968-1974)
Margarida Tengarrinha
1928–2023 · visual artist
Maria Alda Nogueira
1923–1998 · teacher
Maria Antónia Fiadeiro
1942–2023 · journalist
Maria Antónia Palla
b. 1933 · journalist
Maria Barroso
1925–2015 · actress
Maria Cândida Parreira
1877–1942 · lawyer
Maria Clara Correia Alves
1869–1948 · teacher
Maria da Conceição Moita
1937–2021 · nursery-school teacher
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
1930–2004 · chemical engineer
Maria do Amparo
singer and songwriter
Maria Guardiola
1895–1987 · Mathematics teacher
Maria Isabel Barreno
1939–2016 · writer
Maria José Morgado
b. 1951 · law student
Maria Lamas
1893–1983 · journalist
Maria Lourença Cabecinha
1933–2022 · farm worker
Maria Luísa van Zeller
1906–1983 · doctor
Maria Machado
b. 1949 · underground PCP activist
Maria O'Neill
1873–1932 · writer and poet
Maria Teresa Cárcomo Lobo
1929–2018 · jurist
Maria Teresa Horta
1937–2025 · poet
Maria Veleda
1871–1955 · teacher
Maria Velho da Costa
1938–2020 · writer
Mário Soares
1924–2017 · general secretary of the Socialist Party
Militão Ribeiro
1896–1950 · textile worker
Natália Correia
1923–1993 · poet
Noémia de Sousa
1926–2002 · poet
Norton de Matos
1867–1955 · general
Nuno Teotónio Pereira
1922–2016 · architect
Olga Morais Sarmento
1881–1948 · writer and lecturer
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
1936–2021 · Artillery major
Paulo de Carvalho
b. 1947 · singer
Pinheiro de Azevedo
1917–1983 · naval officer
Raul Alves
1914–1958 · welder
Regina Quintanilha
1893–1967 · first Portuguese woman lawyer
Salgueiro Maia
1944–1992 · Cavalry captain
Sérgio Godinho
b. 1945 · poet, composer and singer
Silva Pais
1905–1981 · major
Simone de Oliveira
b. 1938 · singer and actress
Sofia Ferreira
1922–2010 · farm worker and domestic servant
Sofia Quintino
1879–1964 · doctor
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
1919–2004 · poet
Stella Piteira Santos
1917–2009 · feminist and anti-fascist activist
Teresa Paula Brito
1944–2003 · singer
Virgínia Moura
1915–1998 · civil engineer
Virgínia Quaresma
1882–1973 · first woman reporter in Portugal
