List of University of Coimbra people

This is a list of notable alumni and students, from the University of Coimbra.

Nobel laureates

 * Egas Moniz (1874–1955), physician and neurologist; 1949 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology

Others

 * José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva (1763–1838), Brazilian statesman and naturalist
 * Félix Avelar Brotero (1744–1828), botanist and professor
 * George Buchanan (1506–1582), a Scottish historian and humanist scholar, professor at the Colegio de la Artes
 * Luís Wittnich Carrisso (1886-1937), botanist, professor
 * António Castanheira Neves (1929), legal philosopher and professor emeritus at the law faculty
 * Fernão Lopes de Castanheda (1500–1559), historian, bedel and archivist
 * André de Gouveia (1497–1548), head teacher, humanist and pedagogue
 * Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira (1756–1815), naturalist
 * Eduardo Lourenço (born 1923), professor, essayist, critic, philosopher, and writer
 * Pedro Nunes (1502–1578), mathematician
 * Sidónio Pais (1872–1918), politician; President in 1918; military; professor of mathematics
 * Carlos Mota Pinto (1936–1985), Prime Minister
 * António de Oliveira Salazar (1889–1970), politician; Prime Minister; Dictator of Portugal, 1932-1968
 * Boaventura de Sousa Santos (born 1940), sociologist, professor and researcher
 * Fernando Távora (1923–2004), architect and professor
 * Domenico Vandelli (1735–1816), Italian naturalist

Noted attendees
Noted persons who graduated from or otherwise attended the university include:


 * Zeca Afonso (1929–1987), singer, songwriter and poet; left-winger whose music is considered a symbol of the Carnation Revolution
 * Manuel Alegre (1936), poet; politician; member of the Socialist Party (did not graduate)
 * António José de Almeida (1866–1929), politician, President, founder of Lisbon and Porto universities
 * Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida (1740–1811), foremost Portuguese satirical poet of the 18th century
 * José de Anchieta (1534–1597), jesuit missionary, apostle of Brazil, writer and poet
 * José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta (1832–1897), 19th century explorer and naturalist (did not graduate)
 * Leão Ramos Ascensão (1903–1980), integralist politician and writer
 * Manuela Azevedo (1970), singer
 * João Botelho (1949), film director (did not graduate)
 * Luís de Almeida Braga, (1890–1970), integralist politician and writer
 * Teófilo Braga (1843–1924), politician, President, writer and playwright
 * Luís Vaz de Camões, (c. 1524–1580), considered Portugal's greatest poet (did not graduate)
 * Jorge Chaminé (b, 1956), baritone; Human Rights Medal from the UN; Goodwill Ambassador of Music in ME (Music in the Middle East)
 * José Cid (1942), singer and composer (did not graduate)
 * Christopher Clavius (1538–1612), German mathematician and astronomer; main architect of the modern Gregorian calendar
 * Narana Coissoró (1933), lawyer and politician
 * Fausto Correia (1951–2007), politician; member of the Portuguese Parliament and the Government of Portugal; member of the Parliament of the European Union
 * João de Deus (1830–1896), poet (did not graduate)
 * Bishop James Warren Doyle (1786–1834), Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin in Ireland, studied for his doctorate in Coimbra
 * Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996), writer and teacher
 * Armindo Freitas-Magalhães (1966), psychologist and researcher, working on the psychology of the human smile
 * Almeida Garrett (1799–1854), romanticist and writer
 * Manuel Teixeira Gomes (1860–1941), political figure (did not graduate)
 * Ruy Luís Gomes (1905–1984), mathematician
 * João Mário Grilo (1958), film director (did not graduate)
 * José A.F.O. Correia (1984), Portuguese researcher, professor and engineer
 * Miguel Guedes (1972), musician, songwriter and singer
 * Gregório de Matos e Guerra (1636-1696), poet and lawyer
 * Bartolomeu de Gusmão (1685–1724), naturalist, recalled for his early work on lighter-than-air ship design
 * Alfredo Augusto das Neves Holtreman, 1st Viscount of Alvalade, lawyer and businessman who was the first president of Sporting Clube de Portugal
 * Artur Jorge (1946), football coach and former football player (did not graduate at this university but at the University of Lisbon)
 * Guerra Junqueiro (1850–1923), lawyer, politician, member of the Portuguese House of Representatives, journalist, author and poet
 * Valentim Loureiro (1938), military major, politician, mayor, former football club chairman (did not graduate)
 * Fábio Lucindo (1985-), Brazilian voice actor, best-known for his work in anime.
 * Bernardino Machado (1851–1944), politician, President
 * Marquês de Pombal (1699–1782), Prime Minister to King Joseph I of Portugal throughout his reign
 * Aristides Sousa Mendes (1885–1954), diplomat, known for protecting European Jews as a consul in France during World War II against government orders
 * Luís Marques Mendes, (1957), politician; former leader of the Social Democratic Party
 * Manoel da Nóbrega, (1517–1570), jesuit priest; first Provincial of the Society of Jesus in colonial Brazil; influential in the early history of Brazil; participated in the founding of several cities
 * António Nobre (1867–1900), poet (did not graduate)
 * Adriano Correia de Oliveira (1942–1982), musician, famous singer and composer of politically engaged folk music in the 1960s-70s (did not graduate)
 * Carlos de Oliveira (1921–1981), poet and novelist
 * Álvaro Santos Pereira (1972), economist and professor
 * Eça de Queiroz (1845–1900), novelist, one of the leading intellectuals of the Generation of 1870
 * Antero de Quental (1842–1891), poet, philosopher, political activist
 * José Hipólito Raposo (1885–1953), integralist politician and writer
 * José Adriano Pequito Rebelo (1892–1983), integralist politician and writer
 * Maria de Belém Roseira (1949), politician (member of the Socialist Party, former minister)
 * António de Almeida Santos (1926), politician and minister
 * Fernando Machado Soares (1930), fado singer, author, judge
 * Miguel Torga, pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha (1907–1995), writer, poet and physician
 * Maria de Jesus Trovoada (1961), politician and geneticist.
 * João Maria Tudela (1929), singer, musician and entertainer (did not graduate)
 * Salgado Zenha (1923–1993), left-wing politician and lawyer
 * Luís Simões da Silva (1962), Portuguese researcher, professor and engineer