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?), Catholic saint; mythology
• Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar (1904 — 1955), Catholic mystic
• José da Sacra Família (1788 — 1858), friar and Catholic missionary
• D. Joaquim Gonçalves (1936, Fafe — 2013, Póvoa de Varzim), bishop

Literature

• Gomes de Amorim (1827 — 1891), poet
• Eça de Queiroz (1845 — 1900), novelist
• Agustina Bessa-Luís
• Camilo Castelo Branco
• Daniel Hompesch (1948, Liege — 2017, Póvoa de Varzim), painter

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
• Elísio Martins da Nova, radio-telegrafist of the Portuguese armada
• Manuel Silva (1869 — 1941), historian
• Maria da Paz Varzim, creator of the Maria da Paz Varzim Institute

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

Television

• Sandra Sousa, TV presenter, journalist

Sports

• Alves brothers
  • Bruno Alves
  • Geraldo Alves (footballer, born 1980)
  • Júlio Regufe Alves
• Rui Costa (cyclist)
• Hélder Postiga
• Fábio Coentrão
• Bino (footballer)
• António Lima Pereira
• Aurora Cunha