List of people from Póvoa de Varzim
# 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
