Famous people who grew up or lived in Portugal
3 notable people grew up or lived in Portugal. Each listing explores the home and neighbourhood, and how the place shaped the person they became.
Cristiano Ronaldo1985–1997
📍 Santo António, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo was born in Funchal, the capital of Madeira, in February 1985, the youngest of four children of José Dinis Aveiro, a gardener for the city council and part-time kit man at…
Ferdinand Magellan1480–1492
📍 Sabrosa, Vila Real, Portugal
I was born around 1480 in northern Portugal, into a family of minor nobility, the Magalhães. Tradition and many historians place my birth in Sabrosa, a granite village in the hills of…
Garrett McNamara2010–2020
📍 Nazaré, Portugal
Garrett McNamara was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in August 1967, and grew up partly in California before his family moved to Hawaii when he was eleven, where he and his brother…