List of people from Póvoa de Varzim

The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.

Saints and religion

Literature

Discovery Age & imperialism

  • Tomé de Sousa (1503 — 1579), first general-governor of Brazil
  • Diogo Dias de São Pedro, captain of the Portuguese armada, liberator of Bahia, Brazil
  • António Cardia, Judge/Mayor of Póvoa de Varzim, liberator of Pernambuco, Brazil
  • Garcia d'Ávila, Bandeirante in Brazil

Ethnography and local politics

Relevant people on subjects of local importance, such as ethnographic studies, history and politics:

  • Cego do Maio (1817 — 1884), local hero and fisherman
  • António Augusto da Rocha Peixoto (1866 — 1909), naturalist and ethnologist
  • David José Alves (1866 — 1924), politician
  • António dos Santos Graça (1882 — 1956), ethnologist
  • Patrão Lagoa, fisherman
  • Patrão Sérgio, fisherman
  • Flávio Gonçalves, teacher
  • Caetano Vasques Calafate, journalist, writer
  • Elísio Martins da Nova, radio-telegrafist of the Portuguese armada
  • Manuel Silva (1869 — 1941), historian
  • Maria da Paz Varzim, creator of the Maria da Paz Varzim Institute
  • Aurelino Costa (b. 1956), poet

Politics and economics

  • Diogo Freitas do Amaral (b. 1941), politician, founder of the CDS party, former prime minister and minister
  • Tavares Moreira (b. 1944), economist and former president of the Bank of Portugal
  • Miguel Cadilhe (b. 1944), economist and former finance minister
  • Manuel Francisco de Almeida Brandão (1837-1902), capitalist, Portuguese Progressist party, mayor of Póvoa de Varzim
  • Ezequiel de Campos, economist, engineer, writer

Television

  • Sandra Sousa, TV presenter, journalist

Sports

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