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

• Saint Peter of Rates (? — 60), catholic saint; mythology
• Saint Felix the Hermit (9th century?) saint; mythology
• Blessed Alexandrina of Portugal, (1904 — 1955), mystical
• José da Sacra Família
• D. Joaquim Gonçalves 1936 (Fafe) - 2013 (Póvoa de Varzim), Bishop

Literature

• Gomes de Amorim (1827 — 1891), poet
• Eça de Queiroz (1845 — 1900), very famous and influential novelist
• Agustina Bessa-Luís
• Camilo Castelo Branco

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 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

• Rui Costa (cyclist)
• Bruno Alves
• Hélder Postiga
• Fábio Coentrão
• Geraldo Alves
• Júlio Regufe Alves
• Bino (footballer)
• António Lima Pereira
• Antero Simões, tennis player and teacher in Portugal and Portuguese Africa.
• Aurora Cunha