Editing Porto (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Pr Infante D Henrique 2 (Porto).JPG|thumb|140px|Monument to Prince Henry the Navigator]]
[[File:Duarte-coelho-pereira-2-10-03-1534.jpg|thumb|140px|Duarte Coelho]]
[[File:Silva Porto.jpg|thumb|140px|Statue of António da Silva Oporto in Angola]]

=== Explorers and public service ===
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*[[Prince Henry the Navigator]] (1394–1460), responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Henry of Portugal |volume= 13 |last= Beazley |first= Charles Raymond |author-link= Charles Raymond Beazley |pages = 296–297 |short= 1 }}</ref>
*[[Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia]] (1415–1481), nautical explorer
*[[Pero Vaz de Caminha]] (1450–1500), wrote the letter ''[[Carta de Pêro Vaz de Caminha|Carta do Achamento do Brasil]]'', announcing the discovery of Brazil
*[[Ferdinand Magellan]] ({{circa|1480}}–1521), the globe circumnavigation navigator; lived and studied in Porto<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Magellan, Ferdinand |volume= 17 |last= Beazley |first= Charles Raymond |author-link= Charles Raymond Beazley |pages = 302–304 |short= 1 }}</ref>
*[[Estêvão Gomes]] ({{circa|1483}}–1538), cartographer and explorer
*[[Duarte Coelho]] ({{circa|1485}}–1554), nobleman, military leader, colonial administrator and founder of [[Olinda]] in Brazil
*[[Brás Cubas]] (1507–1589), explorer, colonial administrator and founder of [[Santos, São Paulo|Santos]] in Brazil
*[[Inácio de Azevedo]] (1526–1570), Jesuit missionary
*[[Cormac MacCarthy Reagh]] (b.1770), Irish prince and only surviving male-line issue of the last Chief of the Name MacCarthy Reagh, Finghin of Benduff. 
*[[Sir John Croft, 1st Baronet]] (1778–1862), English diplomat and spy for Wellington against Napoleon
*[[António Pinto Soares]] (1780–1865), [[List of presidents of Costa Rica|Head of State of Costa Rica]] in 1842
*Sir [[William Warre]] (1784–1853), English officer of the British Army
*[[Charles Albert of Sardinia]] (1798–1849), Italian monarch; died here<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Charles Albert |volume= 5 |pages = 938–939 |short= 1 }}</ref>
*[[António da Silva Porto]] (1817–1890), trader and explorer in Angola
*[[Venceslau de Lima]] (1858–1919), geologist, paleontologist, viticulturist and politician, the [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] in 1909
*[[Mary of the Divine Heart]] (1863–1899), countess [[Droste zu Vischering]] and Mother Superior of the Good Shepherd Sisters Convent; died here
*[[António Ferreira Gomes]] (1906–1989), Roman Catholic [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto, Portugal|bishop of Porto]]
*[[Kaúlza de Arriaga]] (1915–2004), [[Portuguese Army|Army]] general, writer, professor and politician
*[[Maria de Lourdes Belchior Pontes]] (1923–1998), writer, poet, [[University of Porto|professor]] and diplomat
*[[Francisco de Sá Carneiro]] (1934–1980), politician, [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] in 1980
*[[Manuel Clemente]] (born 1948), [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] of the Catholic Church, the Metropolitan [[Patriarch of Lisbon]] since 2013 and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto, Portugal|bishop of Porto]] in 2007–2013
*[[José Pacheco Pereira]] (born 1949), politician, professor and political analyst
*[[Alexandre Quintanilha]] (born 1945), scientist and Member of Parliament, lives in Porto
*[[Rui Moreira (politician)|Rui Moreira]] (born 1956), businessman and politician, Mayor of Porto
*[[Augusto Santos Silva]] (born 1956), sociologist, academic, politician and [[Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Portugal)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
*[[Rui Rio]] (born 1957), politician, Mayor of Porto 2002–2013
*[[Diogo Vasconcelos]] (1968–2011), politician and social innovator
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=== Arts and sciences ===
[[File:Estatua Julio Dinis (Porto).JPG|thumb|140px|Statue of Júlio Dinis]]
[[File:Jardim Botanico do Porto-Sophia.JPG|thumb|140px|Statue of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen]]
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*[[Pedro de Escobar]] ({{circa|1465}} – after 1535), Renaissance composer of [[polyphony]]
*[[Daniel de Fonseca]] (1672 – {{circa|1740}}), Jewish court physician
*[[Tomás António Gonzaga]] (1744 – {{circa|1810}}), Brazilian poet
*[[Vieira Portuense]] (1765–1805), painter and pioneer of [[Neoclassicism]]
*[[Almeida Garrett]] (1799–1854), writer, theatre director and liberalist
*[[Maria Peregrina de Souza]] (1809–1894), novelist, poet and folklorist
*[[Júlio Dinis]] (1839–1871), doctor and poet, playwright and novelist
*[[Arthur Napoleão dos Santos]] (1843–1925), composer and pianist
*[[Annibal Napoleão]] (1845–1880), composer and pianist
*[[Alfredo Napoleão]] (1852–1917), composer and pianist
*[[Artur Loureiro]] (1853–1932), painter, lived and worked in Porto
*[[António Nobre]] (1867–1900), poet, published [[Só (poetry collection)|Só]] in 1892, a collection of poems
*[[Abigail de Paiva Cruz]] (1883–1944), naturalist painter, sculptor and feminist activist
*[[Guilhermina Suggia]] (1885–1950), cellist, lived and worked in the UK for many years
*[[Armando de Basto]] (1889–1923), painter, illustrator, sculptor and decorator
*[[Aurora Teixeira de Castro]] (1891–1931), feminist, notary and playwright
*[[Corino Andrade]] (1906–2005), neurologist, born in Porto
*[[Manoel de Oliveira]] (1908–2015), film director and screenwriter
*[[Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen]] (1919–2004), poet and writer
*[[Ana Hatherly]] (1929–2015), poet, visual artist, essayist, film maker, painter and writer
*[[Álvaro Siza Vieira]] (born 1933), architect and [[architectural educator]]
*[[Maria Antónia Siza]] (1940–1973), artist
*[[Alexandre Quintanilha]] (born 1945), scientist, academic and politician
*[[Sérgio Godinho]] (born 1945), singer-songwriter, composer, actor, poet and author
*[[Armando J. L. Pombeiro|Armando Pombeiro]] (born 1949), chemical engineer
*[[Miguel Sousa Tavares]] (born 1952), lawyer, journalist and writer
*[[Eduardo Souto de Moura]] (born 1952), architect and academic
*[[Rui Reininho]] (born 1955), singer, lead vocalist of rock band [[GNR (band)|GNR]]
*[[Jorge Chaminé]] (born 1956), operatic baritone
*[[Richard Zimler]] (born 1956), novelist, lives and works in Porto
*[[Pedro Abrunhosa]] (born 1960), singer-songwriter, musician and composer
*[[J. K. Rowling]] (born 1965), writer who taught English as a foreign language in Porto and lived there in 1991–1993
*[[Armindo Freitas-Magalhães]] (born 1966), psychologist and scientist
*[[Mónica de Miranda]] (born 1976), visual artist, photographer, filmmaker, and researcher
*[[Abel Pereira (musician)|Abel Pereira]] (born 1978), classical horn player
*[[Luciana Abreu]] (born 1985), singer, actress and television host
*[[Sara Sampaio]] (born 1991), supermodel
*[[Cláudia Pascoal]] (born 1994), musician
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===Business===
*[[Charles Augustus Howell]] (1840–1890), art dealer and alleged [[Blackmail]]er
*[[Fernando Van Zeller Guedes]] (1903–1987), co-founded [[Sogrape]], the inspiration behind [[Mateus (wine)|Mateus]] [[rosé]]
*[[Belmiro de Azevedo]] (1938–2017), entrepreneur, industrialist, founder of [[Sonae]]
*[[Paulo de Azevedo]] (born 1965), businessman, son and successor of [[Belmiro de Azevedo]]
*[[José Neves]] (born 1974), billionaire entrepreneur and the founder of [[Farfetch]]

=== Sport ===
[[File:Rosa Mota na Exponor.JPG|thumb|140px|Rosa Mota, 2012]]
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*[[Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa]] (1937-2025), president of [[FC Porto]]
*[[Humberto Coelho]] (born 1950), footballer
*[[Fernando Gomes (Portuguese footballer)|Fernando Gomes]] (born 1956), footballer
*[[Rosa Mota]] (born 1958), marathon runner, Olympic winner
*[[Nuno Marques]] (born 1970), tennis player
*[[Jorge Costa]] (born 1971), football player and manager
*[[João Pinto]] (born 1971), footballer
*[[Miguel Ramos]] (born 1971), racing driver
*[[Ricardo Sá Pinto]] (born 1972), football player and manager
*[[Tiago Monteiro]] (born 1976), racing driver
*[[Petit (Portuguese footballer)|Petit]] (born 1976), football player and manager
*[[André Villas-Boas]] (born 1977), football manager
*[[Bruno Alves]] (born 1981), footballer
*[[Raul Meireles]] (born 1983), footballer
*[[Diogo Leite (footballer, born 1989)|Diogo Leite]] (born 1989), footballer
*[[João Mário (footballer, born January 1993)|João Mário]] (born 1993), footballer
*[[Diogo Jota]] (born 1996), footballer
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