1. Famous
Portuguese
Etwinning Project:
How much we have in
common, how little we differ?
Prof. Monika WalkowiakProf. Cláudia Saraiva Prof. Pedro Moura

2.  Portuguese explorer, one
of the most successful in
the Age of Discovery;
 Commander of the first
ships to sail directly
from Europe to India;
 He was born 1460 or
1469 in Sines, on the
southwest coast of Portugal.
1460/1469? -1524 (55/64 years
old)
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3.  He was
a Portuguese nobleman, military
commander, navigator and
explorer regarded as the
discoverer of Brazil.
 He was born in 1467 or 1468
at Belmonte, about 30
kilometres from Covilhã in
central Portugal.
1467 /1468? -1520 (51/53 years
old))
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4.  He was a Portuguese explorer.
 Magellan's expedition of 1519–
1522 became the first expedition
to sail from the Atlantic Ocean
into the Pacific Ocean (then
named "peaceful sea" by
Magellan; the passage being
made via the Strait of
Magellan), and the first to cross
the Pacific. His expedition
completed the
first circumnavigation of the Earth.
 Magellan was born around 1480
at Sabrosa, in the northeast of
Portugal.
1480-1521 (41 years old))
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5.  He was a Portuguese
poet, writer, literary
critic, translator, publisher and
philosopher, described as one of
the most significant literary
figures of the 20th century and
one of the greatest poets in
the Portuguese language
 He also wrote in English and
French
 He wrote The Book of
Disquiet, and the Message
 He was born in 1888, in Lisbon
1888 -1935 (47 years old))
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Pessoa.jpg

6. 1524 -1580 (56 years old))
 He is considered Portugal's
and the Portuguese language's
greatest poet
 His mastery of verse has been
compared to that
of Shakespeare, Homer, Virgil
and Dante
He wrote a considerable
amount of lyrical poetry and
drama but is best remembered
for his epic work ”Os Lusiadas“
(The Lusiads)
 He is thought to have been
born around 1524 in Lisbon
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7. 1874 -1955 (81 years old))
 He was a Portuguese neurologist
 He developed the surgical
procedure leucotomy (also known
as lobotomy), for which he became
the first Portuguese national to
receive a Nobel Prize in 1949
 He was born in 1874 in Avanca
(Aveiro’s District)
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8.  He was a Portuguese writer
 He wrote Gospel According to
Jesus Christ; Blindness; Cain
 Awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in
Literature, more than two million
copies of Saramago's books have
been sold in Portugal alone and
his work has been translated into
25 languages
1922 -2010 (87 years old))
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9.  Full name: Eusébio da Silva
Ferreira
 He is considered one of the best
footballers of all-time by
the IFFHS,[experts and fans
 He won the Ballon d’Or award in
1965
 He played for Benfica for 15
years
 He was the first ever player to
win the European Golden
Bootaward, in 1968, a feat he
later replicated in 1973
 Nicknamed the Black
Panther, the Black Pearl, or O
Rei (The King) in
Portugal, Eusébio scored 733
goals in 745 competitive games
in his career.
1942 -
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10. 1972 -
 He is
a Portuguese former international
footballer
 He played as a midfielder for
Sporting CP, FC Barcelona, Real
Madrid, and Internazionale
 Figo was the 2000 European
Footballer of the Year, the 2001
FIFA World Player of the Year, and
was named amongst the FIFA 100
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11. 1985 -
 He is considered one of the
best footballers in the world.
 He is a Portuguese footballer
who plays as a forward for
Spanish La Liga club Real
Madrid and who serves as
captain of the Portuguese
national team.
 Ronaldo became the most
expensive footballer in history
after moving from Manchester
United to Real Madrid in a
transfer worth 90 euros.
 In 2008, Ronaldo won the Ballon
d'Or. He placed second in the
Ballon d'Or in 2007, 2009, 2011
and 2012.
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12. 1963 -
 He is a Portuguese football
manager, currently the head
coach of Real Madrid
 He is commonly known as "The
Special One"
 Mourinho became the third
manager in football history to
win the UEFA Champions
League with two different
teams
 He won the first ever FIFA Ballon
d'Or Best Coach Award in 2010
 He became the fourth coach,
to have won league titles in at
least four different countries:
Portugal, England, Italy, and
Spain
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13. 1920 -1999 (79 years old))
 Amália Rodrigues was a
Portuguese singer and actress
 She was known as the Rainha
do Fado ("Queen of Fado") and
was most influential in popularizing
fado worldwide
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14.  Film
director, screenwriter, cinematogr
apher, actor, Industrialist
 He was born in 1908, in Oporto
1908 -
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15.  Pope between 1276-1277 (8
months)
 Famous
doctor, philosopher, teacher and
mathematician
 He was probably born in 1205
and 1220, in Lisboa
1205/1220? -1524 (55/64 years
old))
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16.  Aristides de Sousa Mendes was
a Portuguese diplomat
 He is known for saving the lives
of more than 30,000 refugees
seeking to escape the Nazi
terror during World War II
 He ignored and defied the
orders of his own government
for the safety of war refugees
fleeing from invading German
military forces in the early years
of World War II
 Between June 16 and June
23, 1940, he frantically issued
Portuguese visas free of
charge, to over 30,000 refugees
seeking to escape the Nazi
terror, 12,000 of whom were
Jews 1885 – 1954 (68 years old))
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