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

Alumni Noted professors and lecturers

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 Pedro de Castilho (1540–1615), bishop and viceroy of Portugal Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias, electrical engineer 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 Hipólito da Costa (1774–1823), creator of Correio Braziliense and father of the Brazilian press 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 Guilhermina Prata (born 1952), lawyer and politician 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 António Tavares (born 1960), author and journalist 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 Sam Hou Fai (1962), Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

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