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Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho (1936–2021), chief strategist of the Carnation Revolution of Portugal; Aníbal Augusto Milhais (1895–1970), most decorated soldier Ordem de Torre e Espada do Valor, Lealdade e Mérito of Portugal; Salgueiro Maia (1944–1992), Captain who led a cavalry unit into Lisbon during the Carnation Revolution of Portugal
Leonor de Almeida Portugal (1750–1839), Marchioness of Alorna, 8th Countess of Assumar, one of the greatest figures of Portuguese literature, known as Alcippe, and the most famous holder of the title; Carlos Frederico Lecor (1764–1836), general and politician. He was the first Baron of Laguna, in
José Joaquim Almeida (1777–1832) Portuguese-born American naturalized corsair who fought in the Anglo-American War of 1812 and the War of Independence of Argentina. Cheryl Ann Araujo (1961–1986) Portuguese-American rape survivor whose case became national news, and was the basis of the 1988 film The Accused.
Portuguese fishermen, farmers and indentured labourers inhabited other Caribbean countries, especially Jamaica (about 5,700 people, primarily of Portuguese-Jewish descent), [309] [310] [311] St. Vincent and the Grenadines (0.7% of the population), [312] [313] and Suriname, whose first capital, Torarica (literally "rich Torah" in Portuguese ...
This is a list of the wealthiest Portuguese people by net worth. It is primarily based on data from The World's Billionaires publication by Forbes magazine, [ 1 ] as well as other sources. List of wealthiest people
This is a list of Portuguese monarchs who ruled from the establishment of the Kingdom of Portugal, in 1139, to the deposition of the Portuguese monarchy and creation of the Portuguese Republic with the 5 October 1910 revolution. Through the nearly 800 years in which Portugal was a monarchy, the kings held various other titles and pretensions.
Leonor de Almeida Portugal, Marquise of Alorna; Francisco Ferreira do Amaral; Ana Maria Magalhães (writer) ... Category: People from Lisbon. 42 languages ...
In what is today's mainland Portugal territory, before the rule of the Roman Empire, several peoples and tribes were living there for many centuries and they had their own culture, language and political organization (tribal chiefdoms, tribal confederations and early forms of kingdoms and states), these peoples and tribes were in the Iron Age.