Maria Alice singer
Germano Almeida author, lawyer
Rufino Almeida aka Bau musician
Orlanda Amarilis writer
Carlos Andrade basketball player
Mayra Andrade singer
Jose Antonio Tavares dos Anjos journalist, historian, genealogist
Bana (Adriano Goncalves) singer
Jorge Barbosa poet, writer
Viriato de Barros writer
Vladine Biosse boxer
Victor Borges politician
Jose Brito politician, ambassador
Amilcar Cabral agricultural engineer, writer, nationalist
Teofilo Chantre musician
Davidson Renato da Cruz Coronel aka Bijou footballer
Mario Correia basketball player
Oceano da Cruz footballer, manager
Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha "Nani" footballer
Silvino Manuel da Luz politician, diplomat
Abilio Duarte politician
Bela Duarte artist
Vera Duarte human rights activist, politician
Cesaria Evora singer
Elvis Evora basketball player
Fantcha singer
Gelson Fernandes footballer
Daniel Damasio Ascensao Filipe poet, journalist
Ana Firmino singer
Aguinaldo Fonseca poet
Jorge Carlos Fonseca president
Corsino Fortes writer, ambassador
Sergio Frusoni poet
Arlindo Gomes Furtado bishop
Jose Emilio Furtado footballer
Joao Gomes basketball player
Aalviar Lima kick boxer
Lidiane Lopes sprinter
Manuel Lopes novelist, poet, essayist
Suzana Lubrano singer
Gabriel Mariano poet, essayist
Joao Cleofas Martins writer
Ovidio Martins poet, journalist
Rodrigo Mascarenhas basketball player
Luis Romano de Madeira Melo poet, novelist, folklorist
Adysangela Moniz judoka
Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro former president
Jorge Fernandes Monteiro (Jotamont) musician, composer
Wania Monteiro gymnast
Yolanda Morazzo writer, poet
Jose Maria Neves politician, prime minister
Manuel de Novas poet, composer
Eva Verona Teixeira Ortet politician
Tito Paris singer, musician
Aristides Maria Pereira former president
Pedro Pires former president, former prime minister
Fernando Quejas singer, songwriter
Ivone Ramos writer
Gualberto do Rosario former prime minister
Ruben Sanca long distance runner
Odair Sanches basketball player
Gil Semedo recording artist, performer
Baltasar Lopes da Silva writer, poet, linguist
Onesimo Silveira writer, politician
Armando Zeferino Soares composer, author
Rui Alberto de Figueiredo Soares politician
Henrique Teixeira de Sousa physician, author
Manuel Inocencio Sousa politician
Eugenio Tavares poet
Tcheka (Manuel Lopes Andrade) singer, songwriter
Antoninho Travadinha musician
Joao Vario writer, neurosurgeon, scientist, professor
Carlos Veiga politician, former prime minister
Fatima Veiga politician, diplomat, ambassador
Armenio Vieira journalist