Famous Portuguese People A-Z

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Lifetime	Letter	Hint	Answer
1920-1999	A	Queen of Fado	Amália
1956-present	B	11th President of the European Commission (2004–14)	José Manuel Barroso
c. 1467-1520	C	Navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil	Pedro Álvares Cabral
c. 1451-1500	D	The first European explorer to reach the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic	Bartholomew Diaz
1942-2014	E	The Black Panther or The King; one of the greatest footballers of all time	Eusébio
1811-1896	F	19th-century businesswoman known for leadership in the cultivation of port wine	Antónia Adelaide Ferreira
1949-present	G	The Secretary-General-designate of the United Nations	António Guterres
1394-1460	H	The main initiator of the Age of Discoveries	Henry the Navigator
1850-1898	I	Explorer of Africa, geographer, and an officer of the Portuguese Navy	Roberto Ivens
c. 1215-1277	J	He became Pope John XXI	Peter Juliani
1938-present	K	Businesswoman and philanthropist, wife of current U.S. Secretary of State	Teresa Heinz Kerry
1453- c. 1501	L	Explorer; a large peninsula in eastern Canada is named after him	João Fernandes Lavrador
1480-1521	M	Organised the expedition resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth	Ferdinand Magellan
1502-1578	N	One of the greatest mathematicians of his time, invented the nonius	Pedro Nunes
1501-1568	O	Pioneer of tropical medicine, pharmacognosy and ethnobotany	Garcia de Orta
1888-1935	P	Poet, one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century	Fernando Pessoa
1845-1900	Q	The greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style	Eça de Queirós
1985-present	R	The only football player to win four European Golden Shoe awards	Cristiano Ronaldo
1922-2010	S	A Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature	José Saramago
1082-1162	T	The reformer of religious life in Portugal and the first Portuguese saint	Theotonius
1148-1211	U	Daughter of the first king of Portugal, she was queen consort of León	Urraca
c. 1465- c. 1536	V	Father of Portuguese drama and one of Western literature's greatest playwrights	Gil Vicente
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1972-present	X	Former footballer and current head coach of the Mozambique national team	Abel Xavier
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c. 1390-1471	Z	Explorer who established settlements and recognition of the Madeira Islands	João Gonçalves Zarco

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