List of Portuguese Americans

This is a list of notable Portuguese Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Portuguese American or must have references showing they are Portuguese American and are notable.

Art and architecture

• William Pereira, (1909–1985), Architect, Cape Canaveral, CBS Television City & Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco.
• Joao de Brito, (1958), painter, sculptor, artist.
• Liliana Feliciano, (1978), Director, Executive Producer Sketch Theatre
• Mel Ramos (born July 24, 1935) is a U.S. figurative painter, whose work incorporates elements of realist and abstract art.
• Nathan Oliveira (December 19, 1928 - November 13, 2010) was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor, born in Oakland, California to Portuguese parents.
• John Mattos is considered one of the best North Americans illustrators, with over 100 awards for graphic excellence from various graphic magazines and design organizations including a Gold Medal from the New York Society of Illustrators, Gold from the New York Art Director’s Club and Silver from the Los Angeles Society of Illustrators.

Business

• Buddy DeSylva, (1895–1950), American songwriter, movie producer & co-founder of Capitol Records.
• Teresa Heinz Kerry, (1938- ), philanthropist, heiress of H.J. Heinz Company, widow of Henry John Heinz III, and wife of John Kerry. (Mozambican-born Portuguese)
• Henry John Heinz IV, (1966- ), André's and Christopher's brother, and one of the heirs of H. J. Heinz Company. (Portuguese on mother's side)
• António José Ribeiro da Rocha - Original owner of most of Hollywood real estate. (Arrived in Los Angeles in 1815).
• Izzy Gomez was a Portuguese immigrant, chef and restaurateur in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California, USA. In 1943, he was recognized by LIFE Magazine as one of San Francisco’s most colorful characters.

Film and television

• Shanna Moakler, (1975-), Model, Actress. Wife of famous Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker.
• Krista Allen, (1972- ), Model.
• Joaquim de Almeida, (1957), Actor (24).
• Mary Astor (1906–1987) - Academy Award winning actress (starred in The Maltese Falcon w/ Humphrey Bogart), mother was of partial Portuguese decent
• Brooke Burke, (1971- ), Model/TV show host: "Wild On..." (part Portuguese Jewish mother).
• Dorothy DeBorba, (1925- ), 1930s child actor, Our Gang, Little Rascals series. (Portuguese Azorean ancestry).
• Hal De Forrest, (1862–1938), Portuguese-born American early silent film actor.
• Frank Delima, (1949- ), Comedian.
• Joe DeRita, (1909–1993), "Curly Joe" of the Three Stooges.
• Paolo Marinou-Blanco, Film director and screenwriter
• Edgar Morais, (1989- ), Actor
• James Franco, (1978- ), Actor (2 supporting roles in the Spider-Man films), director, screenwriter, and film producer, paternal grandfather was of Portuguese descent (Annapolis)
• Khalid Gonçalves, (1971- ), Actor. Both parents were from Portugal.
• Tom Hanks, (1956- ), 2-time Academy Award-winning American actor, voice-over artist and movie producer, his mother was of Portuguese descent.
• Patricia Ford, (1969- ), Model and porn star. (Hawaiian)
• Emeril Lagasse, (1959- ), chef and host of LIVE! Cooking with Emeril.
• Vanessa Marcil, (1969- ), actress known for her roles in the long-running soap opera General Hospital, Gina on Beverly Hills, 90210, mother is of partial Portuguese decent.
• Danica McKellar, (1975- ), American actress best known for her role as Winnie Cooper in the television show The Wonder Years.
• Tamara Mello, (1976- ), actress, she appeared in the TV series Popular as Lily
• Jesse Metcalfe, (1978- ), Actor, 22 appearances on Desperate Housewives (mother is of Portuguese-Italian descent)
• Carmen Miranda, (1909–1955), Actress and singer.
• Wendy Moniz, (1971- ), Best known for her role as Dinah Marler Thorpe Jessup on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light.
• Nestor Paiva, (1905–1966), 1930s-60s actor who appeared on Get Smart, The Beverly Hillbillies, and The Addams Family.
• Harold Peary, (1908–1985), American actor, comedian and singer.
• Piper Perabo, (1976- ), Actress. (Portuguese father)
• Kevin Pereira, (1982- ), Co-host of G4's Attack of the Show!
• Keanu Reeves, (1964- ), Best known for his role as Neo in the action film trilogy The Matrix. (English, Portuguese, Irish, Chinese and Native Hawaiian descent)
• Al Santos, (1976- ), New York actor/model. (Portuguese & Irish ancestry)
• Tom Silva - general contractor on the PBS show This Old House.
• Jonathan Taylor Thomas, (1981- ), Actor and former teen idol. (Portuguese-American maternal grandfather)
• Meredith Vieira, (1953- ), Host of NBC's Today and the syndicated game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
• Daniela Ruah, (1983-), best-known for her role Kensi Blye in the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles (Portuguese Jewish, Ashkenazi Jewish, and Spanish)
• Louis Ferreira, (1967- ), best-known for his roles in Stargate Universe as Colonel Everett Young
• Pedro Mendonça Pinto (born 1975 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese American journalist who is currently a sports anchor for CNN International based in London, England.
• Jazella Moore (born Anabela Mota) is a Portuguese-born American pornographic actress based in Florida.
• Jasmine Guy (born March 10, 1962)[1] is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is best known for her starring role as Whitley Gilbert in the television sitcom A Different World and Roxy in Dead Like Me.
• Hal De Forrest (born 1862, Portugal – died 16 February 1938, New York City) was a Portuguese-born American early silent film actor.
• Karen Valentine (born May 25, 1947; Sebastopol, California) is an American actress of Italian and Portuguese extraction. She is best-known for her role as the idealistic schoolteacher "Alice Johnson" in the television series Room 222.
• Paulina James (born October 29, 1986) is an American pornographic actress of Spanish and Portuguese ancestry. She is an exclusive contract performer and director with SexZ Pictures.
• Cerina Filomena da Graça (simplified Chinese: 嘉碧仪; traditional Chinese: 嘉碧儀, born November 28, 1979) is an American actress of Macau Portuguese and Han Chinese descent.
• Ana Carolina da Fonseca (born October 25, 1978) is an American film and television actress, television personality and model. She was born in São Paulo, Brazil, to Portuguese parents; she moved to the United States at age 12.
• Jason C. Medeiros (born September 9, 1977) better known as Mr. J. Medeiros, is an American M.C., record producer, songwriter, and social activist. He is responsible for forming the Hip Hop group The Procussions, the IAmConstance campaign, and his own label De Medeiros.
• Lyndsy Marie Fonseca (born January 7, 1987) is an American actress known for playing Colleen Carlton on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and The Restless, Dylan Mayfair on the ABC series Desperate Housewives, and Ted Mosby's daughter on How I Met Your Mother. She also played Katie Deauxma in the 2010 superhero film Kick-Ass. She is currently starring as Alex in the CW's action series Nikita (of half Portuguese ancestry)

Literature

• Brian Haberlin, Writer and comic book artist. Co-creator of the Witchblade franchise and former editor in chief for Spawn, of Portuguese and Native Hawaiian heritage.
• John Dos Passos, (1896–1970), Portuguese-American novelist and artist.
• Charles Reis Felix, (1923- ), Writer.
• Mordecai Manuel Noah, (1785–1851), Playwright, diplomat, journalist, and utopian.
• Judah Monis, (1683–1764), North America's first college instructor of Hebrew language.
• Sam Pereira, (1949- ), American poet.
• Daniel Silva, (1960- ), American author who writes thriller/espionage novels.
• Danielle Steel, (1947- ), Writer. (Portuguese mother)
• Katherine Vaz
• Frank X. Gaspar
• Millicent Borges Accardi is a Portuguese-American poet. She has received literary fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the California Arts Council, Barbara Deming Foundation, and Formby Special Collections at Texas Tech.
• George Leite was a California author, poet, publisher and bookstore owner of Portuguese descent active in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1940s and 1950s.
• Stephen Rebello is an American writer, screenwriter and former clinical therapist. Born to parents of third-generation Portuguese-American and French-Portuguese American extraction in Fall River, Massachusetts, Rebello was raised in Somerset, Massachusetts.

Photography

• Pete Souza (born 1954) is an American photojournalist and the current chief White House photographer for President Barack Obama. Pete Souza is of Portuguese descent.

Military

• Peter Francisco, (1760–1831), American Revolution patriot.
• Uriah P. Levy, (1792–1862), Commodore of the U. S. Navy, known for his purchase and restoration of Thomas Jefferson's estate, Monticello.
• Jerry Vasconcells - World War I flying ace .
• John Lobato (John C. Lobato) - Developer of a new type of army tank.
• Sgt. Leroy A. Mendonca - of Pauoa, Hawaii; died in the Korean War at age 19, becoming the youngest soldier awarded the Medal of Honor in the United States.
• Gen. Francis Barretto Spinola, (1821–1891), General of the Union Army during the American Civil War
• Leroy A. Mendonca was a Filipino and Portuguese-American soldier in the United States Army during the Korean War. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions on July 4, 1951.

Music

• Young Fire, (1987- ), Euro-Dance duo born in Azores living in the U.S. Performers, musicians, songwriters and producers.
• Nuno Bettencourt, (1966- ), Guitarist for Extreme.
• Elmar Oliveira - Violinist who, in 1978, was the first American to win the gold medal in Moscow's Tchaikovsky competition.
• Hugo Ferreira, rock musician and singer-songwriter for the band Tantric.
• Nikki Sixx, (1958- ), born Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna, rock star, Mötley Crüe.
• Bobbie Gentry, (1944- ), Country singer.
• Don Ho, (1930-2007), Hawaiian musician, of Chinese, Portuguese, Hawaiian, Dutch and German heritage.
• Hoku, (1981- ), Hawaiian pop star and actress, daughter of Don Ho
• Vincent Lopez, (1895–1975), One of the top bandleaders of the Roaring Twenties.
• Tony Martin, (1912- ), Produced many hit records between 1941 and 1957; he had his own radio show and also appeared in films.
• Glenn Medeiros, (1970- ), Hawaiian singer.
• Joe Perry (1950– ) - Lead guitarist and contributing songwriter for the rock band Aerosmith.
• Linda Perry, (1965- ), songwriter, 2-time Grammy winner. (Portuguese father/ Brazilian mother)
• Steve Perry, (1949- ), Former lead singer of the rock band Journey and solo artist.
• O.C. (1972- ) Brooklyn, New York MC and member of hip hop stable Diggin' In The Crates (Portuguese grandparents)
• Joe Raposo, (1937–1989), American composer and lyricist, 5-time Grammy winner.
• David Lee Roth, (1953- ), American rock vocalist for Van Halen. (Grandmother from Azores, Portugal).
• Phil Demmel (1967-), Guitar player for Metal-band Machine Head.
• Katy Perry (1984-), singer and songwriter, of German, English and Portuguese descent.
• Curtis Salgado (1954-), American singer and harmonica player.
• John Phillip Sousa (1854–1932), American composer known as The March King, inventor of the Sousaphone.
• Sky Ferreira (1992-), singer and songwriter.
• Sean Paul (1973-), Grammy winner, reggae/pop. (Portuguese-Jewish, African, English and Chinese heritage)
• Dev (singer) (1989.-), singer.
• Nelly Furtado,singer with a Portuguese parents and grandparents, both immigrants from the Azores
• Sarah Borges, is a rock and roll musician from Taunton, Massachusetts, signed to Sugar Hill Records.
• Ramana Vieira, is a contemporary Portuguese-American singer of the traditional Portuguese Fado. She has been called "The New Voice of Portuguese World Music."
• Craig Chaquico (born September 26, 1954) is an American guitarist of Portuguese descent. He has had over thirty years of success in a variety of genres: in the 1970s with the post-Summer of Love Jefferson Starship, in that band's 1980s incarnation, Starship, and in the 1990s and 2000s as a contemporary jazz and New Age solo artist.
• John Reis (b. 1969 and also known by the pseudonyms Speedo, Slasher, and The Swami) is an American musician, singer, guitarist, record label owner, and disc jockey. Reis was born in 1969 in the Ocean Beach area of San Diego, California to Portuguese American heritage.

Patriots

• Emma Lazarus, (1849–1887), poet and essayist, best known for a sonnet about the Statue of Liberty, "The New Colossus", which was engraved on the statue's pedestal, welcoming immigrants to the United States: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
• Maria Isilda Ribeiro - Made U.S. flag that was placed on the moon. (Sosa, Vagos, Portugal)
• John Philip Sousa, (1854–1932), Composer of many marching band songs. (Portuguese father)

Politics

• Kathleen M. Honeycutt - 1st Portuguese American California State Assembly Woman.
• John Arruda (John M. Arruda) - Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, for six years.
• Judah P. Benjamin, (1811–1884), Politician and lawyer.^{[citation needed]}
• Ben Nighthorse Campbell - former U.S. Senator, mother was an immigrant from Portugal
• Dennis Cardoza, (1959- ), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 18th District of California.
• Benjamin Cardozo, (1870–1938), A Sephardi Supreme Court Justice.
• Tony Coelho, (1942- ), Elected to the United States House of Representatives from California; probably the first Portuguese American to serve in the national congress.
• Joseph Francis, (1973- ), Joseph F. Francis, Former senator in the Massachusetts State Legislature.
• André Heinz, (1969), Politician, one of the heirs of H.J. Heinz Company, and son of Teresa Heinz. (Portuguese on mother's side)
• Christopher Heinz, (1973- ), Politician, André's brother, and son of Teresa Heinz, and one of the heirs of H.J. Heinz Company. (Portuguese on mother's side)
• Dina Matos McGreevey, (1966 - ), Former New Jersey First Lady.
• M. Teresa Paiva-Weed, (1959- ), President of the Rhode Island Senate since 2008.
• Richard Pombo, (1961- ), Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 11th congressional district from 1993 to 2007.
• Michael A. Rice, (1955- ), biologist & Rhode Island state legislator since 2009.
• Francis Salvador, (1747–1776),
• John Vasconcellos, (1932 - ), California senator. (Portuguese father/ German mother).
• Gen. Francis Barretto Spinola, (1821–1891), senator. (Portuguese father from Madeira Island/ American-Irish mother). 1st Portuguese-American Congressman and Member of the Senate.
• Augusto Amador is an American Democratic Party politician, council member of the East Ward of Newark, New Jersey, though all nine council members of Newark are elected on a nonpartisan basis at the regular municipal election or at the general election for terms of four years. The famous Ironbound or Little Portugal is part of the East Ward.
• Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey, Sr., born November 17, 1961, United States Senator from Pennsylvania. (Native of Providence, Rhode Island. Portuguese-American mother). He is a member of the Republican Party, and succeeded Arlen Specter. He served as the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district from 1999 to 2005.
• Jack M. Martins (born June 19, 1967) represents the 7th District in the New York State Senate. A Republican, Martins won a 451-vote victory over incumbent Craig M. Johnson, a Democrat, in the Nov. 2, 2010 election. Martins, who also had support from the Independence and Conservative Parties, had been the elected mayor of Mineola, N.Y., since 2003.
• Mariano S. Bishop (November 14, 1906 – January 2, 1953) was a labor organizer and union leader who served in turn as principal Organizer, Director, and Executive Vice President of the Textile Workers Union of America.
• Francis Lewis Cardozo (1 February 1836 – 22 July 1903) was a clergyman, politician, and educator. He was the first African American to hold a statewide office in the United States. Francis Cardozo was the son of a free black woman, Lydia Weston, and a Portuguese-Jewish man, Isaac Cardozo, who worked at the customhouse.
• Judah Philip Benjamin (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was an American politician and lawyer. He was born a British subject in Saint Croix, during the British occupation of the Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands), to Phillip Benjamin, an English Jew, and his wife, Rebecca Mendes, a Portuguese Jew.
• Jack M. Martins (born June 19, 1967[1][2]) is a Republican member of the New York State Senate, representing the 7th district located in Nassau County, New York. Martins is a first-generation American, born to parents who emigrated from northern Portugal in the 1960s.
• James R. "Duke" Aiona, Jr. (born June 8, 1955) is an American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010. He is of Hawaiian, Chinese, and Portuguese descent.

Religion

• Stephen Peter Alencastre, (1876–1940), Hawaiian Roman Catholic prelate.
• Marcelino Manoel de Graça, (1882–1960), born in Brava, Cape Verde, Charismatic religious leader, also known as "Sweet Daddy Grace", who founded the United House of Prayer for All People in the Harlem area of New York. His congregation, made up mainly of African Americans, included over three million people.
• William Joseph Levada, (1936- ), Roman Catholic archbishop.
• Humberto Sousa Medeiros, (1915–1983), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
• Gershom Mendes Seixas, (1745–1816), first American born rabbi, patriot, personal friend of George Washington and religious leader of the Portuguese Synagogue of New York.
• Clarence Richard Silva, (1949- ), Roman Catholic Bishop of Hawaii.
• John da Silva Antão (b. March 1933, Salreu, Estarreja, Portugal) is a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark, is a religious leader of the Portuguese-American community in New Jersey and a community leader in Elizabeth, NJ.

Science and medicine

• Goncalo R. Abecasis (1976- ) - Geneticist at the University of Michigan. One of the world's most cited scientists in 2009.
• M. M. Enos (1875- ) - former head of the Portuguese Association of the Portuguese Hospital of Saint Anthony in Oakland, California. He was also director of the Portuguese American Bank and taught at the National Medical School of Chicago.
• Carlos Fernandes (medicine) (d. 1977) - former director of St. John's Hospital in San Francisco.
• Mathias Figueira (1853–1930) - founded the American College of Surgeons.
• George Perry (1953- ) - Alzheimer's disease researcher noted for his discovery of the role of oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease.
• Craig C. Mello (1960- ) - winner of 2006 Nobel Prize for Medicine.

Technology

• Abilio de Silva Greaves - Inventor of a fire-alarm system and of devices used in aviation.

Sports

Baseball

• Kevin John Correia, (born August 24, 1980 in San Diego, California) baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. On December 17, 2010, the Pirates signed Correia to a 2 year, $8 million deal. On March 24, 2011, the Pirates named Correia their Opening Day starter.
• Sid Fernandez, (1962- ), National League baseball player (Native Hawaiian, Portuguese and Spanish).
• Lew Fonseca, (1899–1989), Baseball player; coach for the Chicago White Sox; a pioneer in the use of film to analyze players' performances during a game.
• Jonny Gomes, (1980- ), Current outfielder and designated hitter for Cincinnati Reds.
• Davey Lopes, (1945- ), Former star w/ LA Dodgers. (Cape Verdean / Black African, Portuguese and Irish)
• Billy Martin, (1928–1989), Former Yankees/A's manager. (father from Azores Portugal who later migrated to Hawaii)
• Dustin Pedroia, (1983- ), Current second baseman for the Boston Red Sox, American League MVP in 2008.
• Mark Teixeira, (1980- ), Current first baseman for the New York Yankees.
• Robin Ventura, (1967- ), Former Major League ballplayer.
• Shane Victorino, (1980- ), Baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies. (Portuguese, Hawaiian and Japanese)
• Joseph Lawrence "Joe" Abreu (May 24, 1913 – March 17, 1993) was a Portuguese American Major League Baseball infielder. He played nine seasons in professional baseball, one at the major league level. He served in the United States Navy during World War II.
• Ronald Douglas Correia (born September 13, 1967, in Providence, Rhode Island) is a retired Portuguese-American professional baseball player who played 3 seasons for the California Angels of Major League Baseball.

Basketball

• Ticha Penicheiro, (1974- ), Basketball player for the Sacramento Monarchs.
• Jason Kapono, (1981- ), basketball forward for the Philadelphia 76ers. (Hawaiian and Portuguese descent).

Golf

• Billy Andrade, (1964- ), Pro golf player.
• Tony Lema, (1934–1966), Winner of numerous professional golf tournaments; at the time of his death he ranked tenth in all-time earnings in the PGA.

Soccer

• Carlos Mendes, New York Red Bulls
• Claudio Reyna, (1973- ), Former captain of the U.S. national soccer team.
• Fred “Fredy” Pereira is a former Portuguese-American soccer forward who spent three seasons in the North American Soccer League and earned six caps with the U.S. national team in 1977.
• Telmo Pires is a retired Portuguese-American soccer player professionally in the North American Soccer League, American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. He earned one cap with the United States men's national soccer team in 1975.
• Altino “Tino” Domingues (born in Coimbra, Portugal) is a retired Portuguese-American soccer defender. He played professionally in the United States and earned four caps with the U.S. national team in 1976.
• Manuel "Manny" Matos is a retired Portuguese-American football (soccer) midfielder from New Bedford, MA who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and American Soccer League.
• Manuel "Manny" Matos is a retired Portuguese-American soccer player from Mineola, NY who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.
• Kimberly Maria Brandão (born April 26, 1984) is a Portuguese American professional women's soccer player who is currently a captain of the full Portugal Women's National Team and also the team captain of professional franchise, Buffalo Flash, a western New York state team which is the most recent winner of the United Soccer Leagues' W-League.
• Adelino William ("Billy") Gonsalves (sometimes spelt in the Portuguese form, Gonçalves) (August 10, 1908 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island – July 17, 1977 in Kearny, New Jersey) was an American soccer player, sometimes described as the "Babe Ruth of American Soccer".He spent over 25 years playing in various American professional leagues and was a member of the U.S. squad at the FIFA World Cup in 1930 and 1934. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Wrestling

• Peter Polaco, (1973- ), American professional wrestler.^{[citation needed]}
• Ana Rocha, (1985- ), Female professional wrestler.

Other sports

• Dennis Alexio (born March 12, 1959 in Vacaville, California) is a former world champion kickboxer in the light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions.
• Kurt Gouveia (1964-) Football player who played 13 season in the NFL with the Washington Redskins Philadelphia Eagles and San Diego Chargers and was a member of both their 1987 and 1991 Super Bowl Championship teams (Redskins). Gouveia was born in Hawaii.
• Vic Seixas, Jr., (1923-), E. Victor Seixas, Jr. Tennis star who won the U.S. Open Championship in 1954.
• Jamie Silva (1984-) Football player for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Boston College.
• Keith L. Terceira (born October 19, 1959 in Aurora, Illinois) is a Portuguese-American Boxing coach, Boxing Matchmaker, Writer, Boxing Historian, and residing in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
• James J. Silva (born December 14, 1984 in East Providence, Rhode Island) is an American football safety of Portuguese descent (his family comes from Azores) for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Boston College.
• Juliana "Juli" Furtado (born April 4, 1967 in New York City) is an American mountain biker, who began her sports career in skiing. From 1980 to 1987, she was the youngest member of the U.S. National ski team. Although American by birth, Furtado is of partial Portuguese ancestry.
• John Tavares (born September 4, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario) is a professional box lacrosse player in the National Lacrosse League. He is uncle to the following entry.
• John Tavares (born September 20, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He's a nephew to the previous entry.
• Nate Costa (born May 15th of 1988 from Hilmar, CA) is an American football quarterback for the University of Oregon Ducks. He is of Portuguese decent (his father was born on the Azores island of Terceira).
• Mike Ribeiro (ice hockey) (born February 10, 1980) plays for the Dallas Stars in the NHL).

Non-athletes

• Wayne Fontes, (1940- ), Coach, Detroit Lions (NFL), Cape Verdean ancestry
• Mike Pereira - NFL Officiating Director.
• Pedro Pinto, sports announcer and commentator for World Sports, CNN News Network.
• Fred Silva, (1927–2004), Official in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons.^{[citation needed]}

Others

• Paul Charles Morphy - American chess player.
• David Leite (b. Fall River, Massachusetts) is a Portuguese American food writer and the publisher and editor-in-chief of the two-time James Beard Award-winning Web site Leite's Culinaria.
• Joseph "The Animal" Barboza (September 20, 1932 – February 11, 1976) was a Portuguese-American mafioso and one of the most feared mob hitmen during the 1960s. He is reputed to have murdered at least 26 men in his lifetime—yet never proven.
• Cheryl Ann Araujo (1961–1986) was a Portuguese-American rape survivor whose case became national news, and was the basis of the 1988 film The Accused.
• Dominic Sandoval, American dancer, of mixed Filipino, Indonesian, Hispanic, and Portuguese heritage

See also

• List of Cape Verdeans
• List of Portuguese people
• Luso-American
• Portuguese Canadians

External links

• Distinguished Americans & Canadians of Portuguese Descent
• History of Hawaii: The Pokiki: Portuguese Traditions
• Azoreans to California: A History of Migration and Settlement
• Portuguese Americans are organized and well connected