Infante D. Henrique of Portugal (usually just referred to as Henry the Navigator) was a central figure in the Portuguese Age of Discoveries. Under his expeditions, the Portuguese discovered and colonised the island of Madeira, the Azores, and several of the Cape Verde islands. He also sent voyages along the West African coast, many of which returned to Portugal with gold and slaves.

Vasco da Gama

He is the first European explorer to reach India by sea, a feat that was made possible by Dias rounding the cape before him. He was also one of the first known Europeans to visit certain parts of Africa, like Mombasa in Kenya.

A modern Portuguese writer who won the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2003, American literary critic Harold Bloom described Saramago as “the most gifted novelist alive in the world today.”

Salvador Sobral

Salvador Sobral is a Portuguese singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest for Portugal in 2017. He was the first Portuguese singer to win the Eurovision Song Contest and, not only that but Sobral and his entry “Amar pelos dois” hold the record for the highest-scoring winner.