The Most Famous
DIPLOMATS from Portugal
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Portuguese Diplomats of all time. This list of famous Portuguese Diplomats is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Damião de Góis (1502 - 1574)
With an HPI of 60.48, Damião de Góis is the most famous Portuguese Diplomat. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Damião de Góis (Portuguese: [dɐmiˈɐ̃w dɨ ˈɣɔjʃ]; February 2, 1502 – January 30, 1574) was a Portuguese diplomat, historian, musician, and humanist philosopher. A friend and student of Erasmus, Góis is considered one of the most influential intellectuals of the Portuguese Renaissance. He was appointed secretary to the Portuguese factory in Antwerp in 1523 by King John III of Portugal. He compiled one of the first accounts on Ethiopian Christianity.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Portuguese diplomats born between 1502 and 1502. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Portuguese diplomats include Damião de Góis.
