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Portugal ranks 35th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Croatia, Serbia, and Egypt. Memorable people born in present day Portugal include Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco da Gama, and Bartolomeu Dias. Memorable people who died in Portugal include Prince Henry the Navigator, Charles I of Austria, and António de Oliveira Salazar. Portugal has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers.

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. It is an unitary semi-presidential republic composed by continental Portugal and two autonomous regions, with Lisbon as both its capital and largest city. The continental portion borders Spain to the north and east, with Madeira and the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. It features the the westernmost point in continental Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 180 BC and 2007, present day Portugal was the birth place of 735 globally memorable people, including Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco da Gama, and Bartolomeu Dias. Additionaly, 277 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Portugal including Prince Henry the Navigator, Charles I of Austria, and António de Oliveira Salazar.

People Born in Present Day Portugal

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People Deceased in Present Day Portugal

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Portugal were soccer players (268), politicians (132), athletes (48), writers (41), and explorers (37),  while most who died were politicians (111), writers (30), soccer players (23), companions (19), and explorers (16).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Portugal, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Luís Figo, and Fernando Santos. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Portugal, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Luís Figo, and Fernando Santos.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Portugal since 1700.