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