Portugal (surname)
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Portugal is a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 derived from the country of the same name
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

. People with the name include:
  • Anne Portugal
    Anne Portugal
    Anne Portugal is a French poet who lives and works in Paris. She was born in Angers and attended Vincennes University in the suburbs of Paris....

     (b.1949), French poet
  • Francisco de Portugal, 3rd Count of Vimioso
    Francisco de Portugal, 3rd Count of Vimioso
    Francisco de Portugal, also known as Francis II of Portugal, 3rd Count of Vimioso , was the eldest son and heir of the 2nd Count of Vimioso, Afonso de Portugal ....

     (1550-1582), Portuguese nobleman, Constable of António, Prior of Crato, during the War of the Portuguese Succession (1580-1583).
  • Eliezer Zusia Portugal
    Eliezer Zusia Portugal
    Eliezer Zusia Portugal , the first Skulener Rebbe, was revered by his followers in Russia, Romania, Israel, and the United States for his personal warmth and his care for hundreds of Jewish youth and war orphans. He established the Skulener dynasty in America in the 1960s...

     (1898-1982), Rabbi (first Skulener Rebbe)
  • Hugo Sánchez Portugal
    Hugo Sánchez Portugal
    Hugo Sánchez Portugal is sports commentator with Televisa Deportes in Mexico. He is the son of Mexican football legend Hugo Sánchez, former manager of the Mexican national team....

     (b. 1984), Mexican football commentator
  • Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa
    Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa
    Marcelo Figueiredo Portugal Gouvêa was the chairman of São Paulo Futebol Clube in Brazil from 2002 to 2006....

     (b.1938), Brazilian football manager
  • Marcos Portugal
    Marcos Portugal
    Marcos António da Fonseca Portugal was a Portuguese classical composer, who achieved great international fame for his operas in Italian....

     (1762-1830), Portuguese opera composer
  • Mark Portugal
    Mark Portugal
    Mark Steven Portugal is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the major leagues from 1985 to 1999.-Career:Portugal attended Norwalk High School in Norwalk, California. He was signed by the Minnesota Twins in 1980...

     (b.1962), United States baseball player
  • Yisroel Avrohom Portugal
    Yisroel Avrohom Portugal
    Yisroel Avrohom Portugal son of Rabbi Eliezer Zusia Portugal and his first wife, Sheina Rachel, is the Rebbe of Skulen in Brooklyn, New York....

    (b.1925), Rabbi (second Skulener Rebbe)
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