List of people associated with 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), mystic
- 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), 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 the 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
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