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    Default People from Minho (Viana do Castelo, Braga districts)

    The historical province of Minho (in orange on the map below) comprises the current districts of Viana do Castelo and Braga. Some major cities/towns are Guimarães, Esposende, Barcelos, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Fafe, Ponte de Lima, Caminha, Monção.


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    Gisela João (fado singer, from Barcelos)


    Nuno Melo (politician, from Joane)


    Luís Lourenço (actor, from Vila Nova de Cerveira)


    Hugo Soares (politician, from Braga)


    José Sá (football player, from Braga)


    Tiago Brandão Rodrigues (minister of Education, biochemist, from Paredes de Coura)


    Maria Luís Albuquerque (former minister of Finance, economist, from Braga)


    Iva Domingues (TV host, from Braga)


    João Sousa (tennis player, from Guimarães)


    Rui Bragança (taekwondo athlete, from Guimarães)


    Quim Barreiros (folk singer, from Vila Praia de Âncora)


    Manuel Machado (football manager, from Guimarães)


    António Sampaio da Nóvoa (former dean of the University of Lisbon, from Valença)


    António Variações (late pop singer, from Amares)
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    Desfile Batalha das Flores (Vila Nova de Famalicão)




































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    Festas em honra de Nossa Senhora da Bonança (Vila Praia de Âncora)

























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    Ethnic Portuguese football players native to Minho who play for local clubs:

    Pedro Alberto Rocha Araújo (from Braga, currently plays for Gil Vicente FC)


    Bruno Miguel Araújo Morais (from Vila Nova de Famalicão, currently plays for Gil Vicente FC)


    Rui Filipe Pereira Faria (from Barcelos, currently plays for Gil Vicente FC)


    Diogo Sá Ramalho (from Barcelos, currently plays for Gil Vicente FC)


    Rui Pedro Ribeiro Fernandes Duarte Gomes (from Braga, currently plays for Gil Vicente FC)


    Bruno Miguel Gonçalves Lopes (from Barcelos, currently plays for Gil Vicente FC)
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    More from Barcelos:

    Domingos and José Gonçalves (cyclists)




    António Pires de Lima (businessman, born in Lisbon to parents from Barcelos)


    Carlos Sá (athlete)


    Hugo Viana (former football player)


    Rui Faria (football manager)


    João Paulo Fernandes aka Paulinho (football player)

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    Usual mix of Southern and Western European types.

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    More from Braga:

    Carlos Carvalhal (football manager)


    Nuno Fernando Castelões Taborda e Silva aka Nuno Pardal (actor)


    Isabel Pires de Lima (former minister of Culture)


    Emanuel Silva (Olympic silver medalist)


    Paulo Jorge (former football player)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen View Post
    Usual mix of Southern and Western European types.
    Yes, there's not much variation from one region to another.
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    João Ribeiro, canoeing, Esposende


    Fernando Pimenta, canoeing, Ponte de Lima


    Gracinda Nave, Guimarães,actress


    Vitor Paneira, Famalicão, former footballer



    Helder Nunes, Barcelos, hockey player


    Gonçalo Alves, Famalicão, hockey player


    Sofia Ribeiro, Guimarães, singer



    Antonio Salvador, Braga, SC Braga president



    Julio Mendes, Guimarães, Vitoria Guimarães president


    Vieirinha, Guimarães, footballer


    Tiago, Viana do Castelo, footballer


    David Ribeiro, Famalicão, cyclist


    Joaquim Sampaio, Guimarães. cyclist

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    Good thread. Most my ancestry came from Viana do Castelo. This is a common thing in Brazil, this people conquered the Globe and founded our country.

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