Editing Porto (section)

=== 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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