Lu��s Marcelo Dur��n (born August 31, 1974 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a former Uruguayan footballer currently played for clubs of Uruguay, Chile and Peru.

Lu��s Infante de Lacerda Sttau Monteiro (April 3, 1926 ��� July 23, 1993) was a Portuguese writer, novelist and playwright, a man to whom "the only sacred thing was to be free as the wind".

Lu��s Filipe Jesus (born 19 November 1968) is a Portuguese long-distance runner. He set his personal best (2:08:55) in the marathon in 2006 (Paris).He finished fourteenth in the short race at the 1998 World Cross Country Championships and seventh at the 1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. In the marathon he finished eighteenth at the 2005 World Championships and tenth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. Jesus competed in track distances at the World Championships in 1993 and 1995, without reaching the finals.

Lu��s Filipe ��ngelo Rodrigues Fernandes

Lu��s Lombardi Neto, known as Lombardi (September 22, 1940 ��� December 2, 2009) was a Brazilian television announcer and voice actor.

Lu��s Henrique Dias (born 18 May 1960) is a Brazilian former footballer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Lu��s Fernando de Sousa Pires de Goes commonly known as Luiz Goes (1933 ��� 18 September 2012) was a Portuguese fado singer.

Lu��s Gomes da Mata was a Portuguese nobleman and the 7th High-Courier of the Kingdom of Portugal.

Lu��s Carlos Novo Neto (born 26 May 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Russian club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg as a central defender.

Lu��s Vin��cius de Menezes, more famously known as Vin��cio (born 28 February 1932 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil) was a professional football player, who played as a centre forward. Although he is a Brazilian, Vin��cio played his entire career in Italy, and because of this, he was excluded from the Brazilian national side, in a similar manner to Jos�� Altafini; unlike Altafini, however, Vin��cio chose not to play for the Italian national side. Following his professional footballing career, he later became a manager.

Lu��s Rafael Marga��a Garcia Zambujo (born 29 September 1986) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Portimonense SC as a winger.

Lu��s de Velasco (1511 ��� July 31, 1564) was the second viceroy of New Spain during the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the mid-sixteenth century.

Lu��s Miguel Rocha (Porto, February 1976 ��� Mazaferes, 26 March 2015) was a Portuguese author, television writer and producer. He became a New York Times bestseller in 2009.

Lu��s Alberto Figueira Gon��alves Jardim is a Portuguese percussionist, born in the Madeira Island, best known for his work with producer Trevor Horn.

Lu��s Queir�� (born July 2, 1953 in Coimbra) is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party���People's Party coalition; part of the European People's Party���European Democrats group.

Lu��z Carlos Martins Moreira (born 5 July 1985), simply known as Lu��z Carlos is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Al-Ahli Saudi FC.In the summer of 2016, Lu��z Carlos signed for Al-Ahli Saudi FC

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Lu��s Airton Barroso "Lul��" Oliveira (born 24 March 1969 in S��o Luis, Maranh��o, Brazil) is a former Brazilian-Belgian football player and currently coach of Floriana in the Maltese Premier League. He spent most of his playing career in Italy.

Lu��s Melo (born November 13, 1947, in Curitiba, Brazil) is a Brazilian actor.

Luis Mendes de Vasconcellos (c. 1542 ��� March 7, 1623) was a Portuguese nobleman who served as colonial Governor of Angola between 1617 and 1621, and the 55th Grand Master of the Order of Saint John between 1622 and 1623. He was also a writer.He was born in ��vora, Portugal in around 1542 . He was the son of Francisco Mendes de Vasconcelos (brother of Lu��s da Costa, a servant of Henrique of Portugal) and Isabel Pais de Oliveira; paternal grandson of Crist��v��o Nunes da Costa (natural son of Lu��s Nunes da Costa by Isabel Botelho and brother of Br��s Nunes da Costa who had natural issue by Catarina Anes) and Catarina Mendes de Vasconcelos; and maternal grandson of Paio Rodrigues de Vilalobos and Isabel de Oliveira.From 1608 to 1612 he was a writer in Lisbon.In 1617 Vasconcellos became Governor of the Portuguese colony of Angola. He suppressed a revolt in 1618. During his three-year term as governor, he enslaved about 50,000 Angolans and shipped them to the Americas.Vasconcellos was also a distinguished member of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. He was well known for his bravery in various naval expeditions against the Ottoman Empire. He was elected Grandmaster of the Order on 17 September 1622, after the death of Alof de Wignacourt.He was the first Portuguese Grandmaster since Alfonso de Portugal, and the first one on Malta. Vasconcellos served as Grandmaster for less than six months since he died on 7 March 1623. He was succeeded by Antoine de Paule.He was the father of Joanne Mendes de Vasconcelos, who fought in the Portuguese Restoration War.

Lu��s Romano de Madeira Melo (Ponta do Sol on Santo Ant��o, Cabo Verde, 10 June 1922 - Brasil, 22 January 2010) was a bilingual poet, novelist, and folklorist who has written in Portuguese and the Capeverdean Crioulo of Santo Ant��o.Born in the northernmost town of Ponta do Sol in the Capeverdean island of Santo Ant��o, he prefers to refer to the Capeverdean language as "l��ngua cabo-verdiana". He collaborated along with additional publishers and founded the Morabeza review. An independent idealist, he edited local and international literary reviews.In the late 1950s, Lu��s Romano joined the ideas of independence and became member of the PAIGC, captured by PIDE, he went to exile in Senegal, then Mauritania and Morocco where he travelled with an engineer from the salt industry, Algiers and Paris, Romano lived in Brazil for the remainder of his life. He visited his home country in Praia during the country's independence in 1975 and returned to Brazil.He established the official linguistic material of Kriolander in the whole archipelago. He published his first novel Famintos (Famine, Hunger), about the deaths of several Cape Verdeans during the drought of the 1940s, it was written in 1940, as it was censored at the time, it was published in Brazil in 1962. He also wrote poems especially Negrume (Lzimparim) which was published in Rio de Janeiro in 1973.One of his poem can be found on the CD Poesia de Cabo Verde e Sete Poemas de Sebasti��o da Gama (2007) by Afonso Dias

Lu��s Mesquita de Oliveira, best known as Luisinho, (29 March 1911, in Rio de Janeiro ��� 27 December 1983, in S��o Paulo) was an association footballer, one of the most valuable strikers of the 1930s.During his career (1928���1946) he played for Anglo Brasileira, Paulistano, Estudantes S��o Paulo, S��o Paulo and Palmeiras. He won seven S��o Paulo State Championship (1929, 1931, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946) and was top goalscorer of Campeonato Paulista in 1944 with 22 goals scored.

Lu��s da C��mara Cascudo (December 30, 1898 ��� July 30, 1986) was a Brazilian anthropologist, folklorist, journalist, historian, lawyer, and lexicographer.He was born in Natal, Northeast Brazil. He lived his entire life in Natal and dedicated himself to the study of Brazilian culture and he was a professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. He was also interested in music and was a co-founder of the Natal Instituto de M��sica in 1933. The institute of anthropology there now bears his name.He was once nearly fired for studying folkloric figures such as the werewolf.

Lu��s Pedro Gomes Martins (born 23 June 1989), known as Lu��s Pedro, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Freamunde as a central defender.

Lu��s Fernandez (born in Brazil) is a former Lebanese-Brazilian footballer.

Lu��s Silva (born 3 May 1972) is a Portuguese fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Lu��sa Dacosta (born 1927, Vila Real as Marie Louise Pinto Saraiva dos Santos, died 2015, Matosinhos) was a Portuguese writer. In 2010 she was awarded the Verg��lio Ferreira Prize by the University of Evora.From 1944 to 1947 she attended the Faculty of Arts on the University of Lisbon, where she completed the course of history and philosophy. In 1955 she published her first book, Prov��ncia, which contains a preface, three stories and seven original illustrations by the painter Carlos Botelho. In the field of tales, she also wrote Vov�� Ana, Bisav�� Filomena e Eu in 1969 and Corpo Recusado in 1985. She has also published two chronicles, A-Ver-o-Mar in 1980 and Morrer a Ocidente in 1990. The chronicles take place in the village of A-Ver-o-Mar, belonging to Vila do Conde. She also wrote the short story taking place in this village, Nos Jardins do Mar in 1983 with original illustrations by Jorge Pinheiro, and even a poetry book A Maresia eo Sarga��o dos Dias in 2002. Her diary, considered essential to the understanding of her work, was published in two volumes, Na ��gua do Tempo and Um Olhar Naufragado. She also wrote a small anthology of texts, Inf��ncia e Palavra in 2001 and novel O Planeta Desconhecido e Romance da que Fui Antes de Mim in 2000.

Luisa Kiala (born 25 January 1982) is an Angolan handball player.

Lu��s Manuel Braga Dias (born 3 January 1987 in Penafiel) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Penafiel as a right back.

Lu��s Mesquita de Oliveira, best known as Luisinho, (29 March 1911, in Rio de Janeiro ��� 27 December 1983, in S��o Paulo) was an association footballer, one of the most valuable strikers of the 1930s.During his career (1928���1946) he played for Anglo Brasileira, Paulistano, Estudantes S��o Paulo, S��o Paulo and Palmeiras. He won seven S��o Paulo State Championship (1929, 1931, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946) and was top goalscorer of Campeonato Paulista in 1944 with 22 goals scored. He's also the six best top goalscorer in S��o Paulo Futebol Clube history with 145 goals, and nine best goalscorer in Palmeiras history with 123 goals from 1935 to 1941.For the Brazil national football team he scored 4 goals at South American Championship 1937 and participated at the 1934 FIFA World Cup, played one match with Spain in Genoa, and in the 1938 FIFA World Cup, playing two matches.He died at 72 years old.

Lu��s Henrique Pereira dos Santos (born 20 August 1968 in Jequita��) more commonly known simply as Lu��s Henrique is a Brazilian soccer player who played as a midfielder. He participated at two Copa Am��rica tournaments for Brazil.

Lu��s Cl��udio Cicchetto Tarallo (born 27 May 1966) is a Brazilian basketball coach.At the 2012 Summer Olympics he coached the Brazil women's national basketball team.

Lu��s Carlos Ramos Martins (born 10 June 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Granada CF as a left back.

Lu��s Galego (born in Porto, Portugal, 25 April 1966) is a Portuguese chess grandmaster. He represented Portugal in ten Chess Olympiads (at top board since 2002), and achieved a top Elo rating of 2543, and was national champion five times, most recently in 2012.In 2006, he tied for 2nd���9th with Luke McShane, Stephen J. Gordon, Gawain Jones, ��ar��nas ��ulskis, Danny Gormally, Klaus Bischoff and Karel van der Weide in the 2nd EU Individual Open Chess Championship in Liverpool.As of March 2011, his rating is 2500, making him Portugal's top player.

Lu��s Gustavo de Carvalho Soares (born 3 September 1968), commonly known as Luis Gustavo, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Lu��s Pereira Geraldes (born May 15, 1957), is a contemporary metaphysical Portuguese artist.He is more widely known for his oil painting although he has produced a vast amount of sculpture, drawings and large Ceramic murals. His art can be labelled as metaphysical/mysticism symbolism or magnetic spirituality. He has also produced a lengthy number of ceramic murals in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. Which are on public display at Trafalgar Street metro station in the suburb of Petersham, and Audley street in Marrickville, Sydney

Lu��sa Maita (Portuguese pronunciation: [lu��iz��] is a Brazilian singer-songwriter whose debut album was released in US and Europe by Cumbancha and in Brazil by Oi M��sica in May 2010.

Lu��s Pires (15th century/16th century), was a Portuguese explorer who accompanied Pedro ��lvares Cabral in the discovery of Brazil, being one of the captains of the fleet. On leaving the Cape Verde Islands, Pires was forced by a storm to return to Lisbon, never having reached Brazil or India (the initial and official destination of the journey).

Lu��s Filipe Lindley Cintra (5 March 1925 in Lisbon ��� 18 August 1991) was a prominent figure in Portuguese philology and linguistics. A prolific writer with over 80 published works, he was a keen student of the historical differentiation during the 14th and 15th centuries between literary Portuguese and Castilian Spanish (1958).

Lu��s Marques Guedes (born 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the government of Pedro Passos Coelho, Secretary of State to the Prime Minister of Portugal, and the Government XII Undersecretary of State Assistant to the Prime Minister. He held the position of Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the Social Democratic Party, of which he has been a member since 1995.

Lu��s Fernando Peixoto Gon��alves Sobrinho (born 5 May 1961) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Luis Onmura (born June 29, 1960) is a retired judoka from Brazil. He represented the Brazil at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Onmura claimed the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division (��� 71 kg), alongside Great Britain's Kerrith Brown.

Lu��sa Margarida de Barros Portugal (13 April 1816 ��� January 1891), later Countess of Barral, was a Brazilian noble, preceptor of Brazilian princesses Isabel and Leopoldina, rumored to be the major love interest of Pedro II of Brazil and later part of Louis Philippe I of France's court.

Frei Lu��s de Sousa (Manoel or Manuel de Sousa Coutinho) (1555 ��� 5 May 1632), a Portuguese monk and prose-writer, was born at Santar��m, a member of the noble family of Sousa Coutinho.

Lu��s Maria Cabral Norton de Matos (born 14 December 1953) is a former Portuguese footballer who played as a forward, and the current coach of C.F. Uni��o.He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 210 games and 36 goals over the course of nine seasons, representing in the competition Acad��mica, Estoril, Atl��tico, Belenenses and Portimonense. In 1989 he became a manager, going on to work with several clubs.

Lu��s Filipe Rocha (born 16 November 1947) is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and actor. He has directed ten films since 1976. His film Cerromaior was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.

Luis Filipe de Bragan��a e Sousa da Silva Teixeira (born November 3, 1959 in Luanda), Portuguese essayist and University teacher.He has a PhD in Portuguese Studies and 19th Century Portuguese Culture by the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1998). Master in Philosophy by the Lisbon University, he is at February 2012 tenured Professor in School of Communication Sciences, Arts and Information Technologies (Member of the Executive Board) at Universidade Lus��fona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, in Lisbon.After, Researcher at CIES-IUL (ISCTE-IUL) and at NELI-Nucleo de Estudos em LIteratura e Intersemiose (Univ. Federal de Pernambuco - Brasil).

Lu��s Miguel Pinheiro Andrade (born 27 March 1990), known as Luisinho, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Boavista F.C. as a left winger.

Lu��s Guillermo Per��z (born 10 December 1962) is a Colombian human rights lawyer who is currently serving as the General Secretary for the Americas for the International Federation for Human Rights. He has represented the Americas at the FIDH since 2004 and in May 2013 announced his candidacy to stand for the FIDH's presidency.He is a lawyer with the Jos�� Alvear Restrepo Lawyer's Collective and sits on its general assembly.

Lu��z Trochillo, best known as Luizinho and named fans Pequeno Polegar (born in S��o Paulo, Brasil, March 7, 1930 ��� dead January 17, 1998) was an association footballer in striker role.He was a skilled dribbler and for some veteran Corinthians supporters the greatest player of the club history.He played entire career (1949���1967) with Corinthians, except in season 1962���63 when play for Clube Atl��tico Juventus. He won three S��o Paulo State Championship in 1951, 1952 and 1954.

Lu��sa Dias Diogo (born 11 April 1958) was Prime Minister of Mozambique from February 2004 to January 2010. She replaced Pascoal Mocumbi, who had been Prime Minister for the previous nine years. Before becoming Prime Minister, she was Minister of Planning and Finance, and she continued to hold that post until February 2005. She was the first female Prime Minister of Mozambique. Diogo represents the party FRELIMO, which has ruled the country since independence in 1975.Diogo studied economics at Maputo's Eduardo Mondlane University. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1983. She went on to obtain a master's degree in financial economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 1992. In 1980, she began working in Mozambique's Finance Ministry. She became a department's head in 1986 and in 1989 became national budget director. Then she worked for the World Bank as program officer in Mozambique. In 1994 she joined the FRELIMO government as Deputy Minister of Finance.In September 2005, she was the international guest speaker at the British Labour Party Conference.Diogo has urged the African health ministers to offer reproductive and sexual health services free of charge throughout the continent. These services could reduce infant mortality by two thirds, reduce maternal mortality by three quarters, reverse the spread of AIDS, and promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. The target set by the UN is to achieve these goals by 2015.Diogo lately has focused on gender equality and women's empowerment through a recently launched "Network of Women Ministers and Parliamentarians" (MUNIPA). The MUNIPA network aims to strengthen advocacy and lobbying activities so that policies and legislation are adopted favourable to gender equity and women's empowerment. Promoting equality between men and women is a central concern of the Mozambican government, which has been adopting instruments to promote women's empowerment at all levels [of government].Diogo is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an international network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilize the highest-level women leaders globally for collective action on issues of critical importance to women and equitable development.

Lu��s Xavier J��nior (born 12 October 1907 in Set��bal), is a former Portuguese footballer who played for Vit��ria Set��bal and Benfica, as a forward.

Lu��s de Almeida Portugal Soares de Alarc��o d'E��a e Melo Silva Mascarenhas, 2nd Marquess of Lavradio (27 June 1729 in Lisbon - 2 May 1790) was the 11th Viceroy of the Portuguese colony of Brazil, the second one that ruled the colony after the seat of government moved to Rio de Janeiro. He was the son of a Marquis of the same title, D. Ant��nio de Almeida Soares e Portugal and his wife, D. Francisca das Chagas Mascarenhas.

Luiz Gonzaga Pinto da Gama (June 21, 1830 ��� August 24, 1882) was a Brazilian Romantic poet, journalist, lawyer, Republican and a prominent abolitionist.

Luis Maur��cio Capelache dos Santos (born August 7, 1980 in Santos) is a male water polo player from Brazil, who plays as a goalkeeper. He competed for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games, where he claimed the silver medal with the Brazil men's national water polo team.

Lu��s Filipe Veiga Dias (born 8 May 1981) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for C.D. Cova da Piedade mainly as a right back.

D. Lu��s da Cunha (Portuguese pronunciation: [lu��i�� ���� ��ku����]; 25 January 1662 in Lisbon ��� 9 October 1749 in Paris) was a Portuguese diplomat who served under D. Jo��o V of Portugal as part of His Most Faithful Majesty's Council. He was also Judge of the Royal Household, Envoy Extraordinary of Portuguese Cortes to London, Madrid and Paris, and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Congress of Utrecht, as well as part of the Portuguese Royal Academy of History.D.

Lu��sa Rosa de Aguiar Todi (1753���1833) was a popular and successful Portuguese mezzo-soprano opera singer.

Lu��s Teot��nio Pereira (March 17, 1895 ��� February 13, 1990) was a Portuguese politician and diplomat. He was born in Lisbon, Sagrado Cora����o de Jesus.

Lu��s M��rio Miranda da Silva or simply Lu��s M��rio (born November 1, 1976 in Vigia-PA), is a Brazilian striker.

Lu��s Manuel Mendes Pereira (born 25 June 1981), known as Lu��s Manuel, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vilaverdense FC as a midfielder.

Lu��z Trochillo, best known as Luizinho and named fans Pequeno Polegar (born in S��o Paulo, Brasil, March 7, 1930 ��� dead January 17, 1998) was an association footballer in striker role.He was a skilled dribbler and for some veteran Corinthians supporters the greatest player of the club history.He played entire career (1949���1967) with Corinthians, except in season 1962���63 when play for Clube Atl��tico Juventus. He won three S��o Paulo State Championship in 1951, 1952 and 1954. He died at 67 years old.

Lu��s Gil Bettencourt (born June 26, 1956) is a Portuguese-American musician, songwriter, and music producer.

Lu��s Henrique Farinhas Taffner (born 17 March 1998), commonly known as Lu��s Henrique, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Botafogo.

Lu��s Filipe ��ngelo Rodrigues Fernandes (born 14 June 1979), known as Lu��s Filipe, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a defender but also as a midfielder, always on the right side.He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 269 games and 14 goals during 16 seasons, representing in the competition Acad��mica, Braga (two spells), Sporting, Uni��o de Leiria, Mar��timo, Benfica, Vit��ria de Guimar��es and Olhanense.

Lu��sa Mell (born September 19, 1978 in S��o Paulo) is a Brazilian actress and former presenter of the RedeTV! programme Late Show.

Lu��sa Costa Gomes is a Portuguese chronicler, librettist, novelist, playwright and screenwriter.

Lu��s Miguel de Olim Andrade (born 27 August 1981 in Funchal, Madeira), known as Olim, is a Portuguese retired professional footballer. A versatile defender, he could play on either flank or in the middle.

Lu��s Manuel Gon��alves Marques Mendes (b. Guimar��es, S��o Pedro de Azur��m, 5 September 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, and a former Leader of the Social Democratic Party.

Lu��s Romano de Madeira Melo (Ponta do Sol on Santo Ant��o, Cabo Verde, 10 June 1922 - Brasil, 22 January 2010) was a bilingual poet, novelist, and folklorist who has written in Portuguese and the Capeverdean Crioulo of Santo Ant��o.Born in the northernmost town of Ponta do Sol in the Capeverdean island of Santo Ant��o, he prefers to refer to the Capeverdean language as "l��ngua cabo-verdiana". He collaborated along with additional publishers and founded the Morabeza review.

Lu��s Germano Pires Lopes de Almeida (born 18 May 1990), simply known as Kiki Ballack, is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays for Mafra.

Lu��s Morais (born 23 August 1930) is a former Brazilian football player. He played for the Brazil national football team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup finals.Cabe����o played club football for Corinthians, Bangu, Portuguesa, Comercial-SP, Juventus-SP and Portuguesa Santista, winning the Campeonato Paulista in 1951, 1952 and 1954 with Corinthians.

Lu��s "Dinga" Reis (born 1 October 1980) is a Portuguese Muay Thai kickboxer of Cape Verdian descent fighting out of Lisbon, Portugal for the Olival Gym. He is a K-1 MAX and It's Showtime regional champion who has also won medals for Portugal at amateur level. His older brother Jos�� Reis is also a respected kickboxer.

Lu��s Vasco Nogueira Prista (1925 - 2004), or Professor Prista (as he is still remembered by his students and disciples), was a Cathedatric Professor in Pharmaceutical Technology at the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal. He is one of the main personalities in pharmaceutical sciences of Portuguese language countries.

Lu��s Miguel Fontes Martins (born 24 July 1972 in Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro District), known as Lu��s Miguel, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Lu��s de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca (born 17 May 1944 in Santo Ant��o) is a Cape Verdean diplomat and civil servant.Fonseca has taken a position as the ambassador to the Netherlands and European Community from 1987-1991, then Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (1991-1994), to Austria (1999-2001) and the United Nations (2001-2004). From July 2004 to 2008, da Fonseca was the Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries.From 1995-1997, he served as director general for Political and Cultural Affairs. Then from 1997-1999, da Fonseca was the Director General for Foreign Policy.He is married and has two children.

D. Lu��s Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Duke of Braganza, (Portuguese pronunciation: [lu��i�� f����lip(��)]; 21 March 1887 ��� 1 February 1908) was the eldest son and heir-apparent of King Carlos I of Portugal. He was born in 1887 while his father was still Prince Royal of Portugal, and received the usual style of the heirs to the heir of the Portuguese crown: he was then at birth 4th Prince of Beira, with the subsidiary title of 14th Duke of Barcelos. After his grandfather king Dom Lu��s I of Portugal died, he became Prince Royal of Portugal, with the subsidiary titles of 21st Duke of Braganza, 20th Marquis of Vila Vi��osa, 28th count of Barcelos, 25th count of Our��m, 23rd count of Arraiolos, 22nd count of Neiva; he was later created Knight Commander of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Vi��osa, Knight of the Order of the Garter, and Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Lu��s da C��mara Cascudo (December 30, 1898 ��� July 30, 1986) was a Brazilian anthropologist, folklorist, journalist, historian, lawyer, and lexicographer.He was born in Natal, Northeast Brazil. He lived his entire life in Natal and dedicated himself to the study of Brazilian culture and he was a professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. He was also interested in music and was a co-founder of the Natal Instituto de M��sica in 1933.

Lu��s Ricardo Nascimento (born 24 September 1981) is a Brazilian handball player for Handebol Clube Taubat�� and the Brazilian national team.

Lu��s Vaz Pereira Pinto Guedes, 2nd Viscount of Montalegre, was a Portuguese soldier, born 1770, who served on the absolutist side in Portugal's Liberal Wars.As the military commander in Tr��s-os-Montes in 1823, he raised a rebellion in the name of the absolutist prince, Infante Dom Miguel of Portugal.

Lu��s do Rego Barreto, Viscount Geraz Lima, (28 October 1777, Viana do Castelo ��� 7 September 1840, Vila Real) better known as General Luis Rego, was a military and Portuguese colonial administrator who distinguished himself in the fight against the French invasion.

Lu��s R��mulo de Castro commonly known as R��mulo (born 9 December 1987) is a Brazilian footballer.

Lu��s Monteiro (born 26 November 1961) is a Portuguese modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Lu��s de Azevedo (born at Carrazedo de Montenegro, in the Diocese of Braga, in Portugal, in 1573; died in Ethiopia in 1634) was a Portuguese Jesuit scholar and missionary.

Lu��s Miguel da Costa Lobo (born 9 October 1979), known as Lu��s Miguel, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a forward.

Lu��s Filipe Jesus (born 19 November 1968) is a Portuguese long-distance runner. He set his personal best (2:08:55) in the marathon in 2006 (Paris).He finished fourteenth in the short race at the 1998 World Cross Country Championships and seventh at the 1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. In the marathon he finished eighteenth at the 2005 World Championships and tenth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships.

Lu��s Carlos de Lima de Almeida Braga (20 October 1890 ��� 27 February 1970) was a Portuguese writer and politician who has one of the leading figures within the Integralismo Lusitano movement.

Lu��s Carlos Louren��o da Silva (born 5 June 1983 in Luanda, Angola), known as Louren��o, is a footballer who plays as a forward.

Lu��s de Almeida served as the Angolan government's top diplomat to Europe during the 1980s, at one point specifically as ambassador to France.

Lu��s Lopes de Sequeira (died 4 September 1681) was a military commander in Portuguese Angola. Of mixed Portuguese and Angolan descent, he rose to the rank of captain-general of the forces in the colony, and led the army that defeated and killed King Ant��nio I of Kongo at the Battle of Mbwila on 29 October 1665.Sequeira died in the Battle of Katole on 4 September 1681.Sequeira is the subject of a play by Jos�� Mena Abrantes, Sequeira, Lu��s Lopes ou o mulato dos prod��gios (first performed 1995).

Luis Seoane (1910���1979) was a lithographer and artist. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on June 1, 1910, of Galician immigrants, he spent much of his childhood and youth in Galicia (Spain). He was educated in A Coru��a. His first exhibition was held in 1929.Returning to Argentina in 1936 to escape the Spanish Civil War, Seoane became an important cultural figure in Buenos Aires, where he was responsible for the creation of a number of murals and other public works of art.On his return to Galicia in 1960, he became a leading figure within the movement to revive Galician culture. He died in A Coru��a in 1979.

Lu��s Filipe de Menezes Lopes (born Ovar, 2 November 1953) is a Portuguese politician.

Lu��s Gon��alves das Chagas, Baron of Candiota (c.1815���1894) was a Brazilian landowner, military leader and noble.Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state, Chagas was the owner of several estancias in the municipalities of Santa Maria, S��o Gabriel and Bag��. He fought the Ragamuffin War (1835-1845) on the Republican side.In 1865, he raised a regiment to fight for Brazil in the Paraguayan War (1864-1870). On March 20, 1875 Chagas was created Baron of Candiota (the name of a creek in one of his properties) by Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.

Lu��s Manuel Ferreira Delgado (born 1 November 1979 in Luanda), is a retired Angolan professional footballer who played mainly as a left defender.

Luis Paulo da Silva is a Brazilian football player. He currently plays for Fukushima United FC in the J3 League

Lu��sa Beir��o (born August 29, 1977 in Sever do Vouga) is a Portuguese model. She was a spokesmodel of Nivea and Coca-Cola in Portugal. Lu��sa married Portuguese football (soccer) player Miguel Pedrosa in June 1999.

Lu��s Gomes da Mata Coronel was a Portuguese nobleman and the 5th High-Courier of the Kingdom of Portugal.

Luis Goncalves is a Paralympic athlete from Portugal. He mainly competes in category T12 sprint events.Goncalves competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a silver medal in the men's 400 metres T11 event, went out in the quarter-finals of the men's 200 metres T11 event and a part of the Portuguese team in the men's 400 metres T11 event that was disqualified in the first round.

Luis d'Andrea (February 23, 1934 ��� September 8, 2012) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Caxias do Mananh��o, Brazil.Ordained to the priesthood in 1959, d'Andrea was named bishop in 1987 and retired in 2010.

Lu��s Gomes is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil.

Lu��s Jorge S�� Silva (born 23 August 1990 in Benguela) is an Angolan racing driver currently competing in the GP3 Series with Carlin.He competes under a Macanese competition licence, as the Angolan motorsport federation (FADM ��� Federa����o Angolana de Desportos Motorizados) is not recognised by the FIA to issue the Grade A competition license that he requires.

D. Lu��s Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Duke of Braganza, (Portuguese pronunciation: [lu��i�� f����lip(��)]; 21 March 1887 ��� 1 February 1908) was the eldest son and heir-apparent of King Carlos I of Portugal. He was born in 1887 while his father was still Prince Royal of Portugal, and received the usual style of the heirs to the heir of the Portuguese crown: he was then at birth 4th Prince of Beira, with the subsidiary title of 14th Duke of Barcelos.

Lu��z Ant��nio dos Santos (born April 6, 1964 in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro) is a retired long-distance runner from Brazil, who won the 1995 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:09:30 on December 3, 1995. Earlier that year he claimed the bronze medal at the 1995 World Championships. He represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in tenth place. He won the Chicago Marathon in both 1993 and 1994.

Lu��s Filipe Pimenta (born 6 March 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who currently plays for Le Mont.

Infante Lu��s of Portugal, Duke of Beja (3 March 1506, in Abrantes ��� 27 November 1555, in Marvila, in Lisbon) was the second son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife Maria of Aragon (the third daughter of the Catholic Monarchs). He participated in the Conquest of Tunis.

Lu��s Manuel Gon��alves Silva (born 25 July 1995) aka Reko, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Braga B as a midfielder.

Lu��s Azevedo da Silva Novo (born May 29, 1970 in Oliveira do Bairro) is a male long-distance runner from Portugal, who won the 2001 edition of the Vienna Marathon, clocking 2:10.28. He ended up in fourth place in the men's marathon at the 1999 World Championships.He set het personal best time (2:09.41) in 2002 at the Berlin Marathon, when he finished in seventh place. Novo represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing in 50th place.

Lu��s Manuel Costa Silva (born 29 September 1992 in Matosinhos) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for C.F. Os Belenenses as a midfielder.

Lu��s Santos (2 January 1980) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of ONE Championship. A professional competitor since 2000, Santos has also formerly competed for Bellator, the WEC, and the XFC.

Dom Lu��s I (31 October 1838 in Lisbon ��� 19 October 1889 in Cascais) was the King of Portugal and the Algarves between 1861 and 1889. He was the second son of Maria II and Ferdinand II, a member of the House of Braganza and was created Duke of Porto.

Lu��s Gabriel Sacilotto Filho (born 18 March 1983 in Americana, S��o Paulo) is a Brazilian football player, he currently plays for the Italian club Lecce.

Luis Macedo Matoso, also Luis Marcelo Matozzo (?), known as Feiti��o (S��o Paulo, December 29, 1901 - S��o Paulo, August 23, 1985) was an association football player who played the national teams of Brazil and Uruguay and was six times top scorer of the State championship of S��o Paulo.

Lu��s Filipe Paix��o Martins (born 1 January 1954, Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese communication and public relations consultant. He founded LPM Comunica����o, the first communication consultancy firm in Portugal and current leader in the sector.

Lu��s Pereira de Sousa is a Portuguese journalist. He was born in the early 1940s and has been active since 1960 in the press as well as in radio and television shows.During a 40-year-long career, he always stood for the importance of being completely unbiased towards the political, economical and religious powers.He became famous for the numerous television shows he made for the Portuguese public television RTP, during the 1980s.

Luisa Kiala (born 25 January 1982) is an Angolan handball player. She is a member of the Angola women's national handball team and participated at the 2011 and 2013 World Women's Handball Championships in Brazil and Serbia.She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where Angola placed 9th, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Angola placed 12th and at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Angola placed 10th.She is a sister to fellow handball player Marcelina Kiala and half-sister of Nat��lia Bernardo.

Lu��s Filipe Santos Pinto (born 12 June 1982 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for S.C. Covilh�� as a forward.

Lu��s Edmundo Pereira (born June 21, 1949) is a retired association footballer. He played centre back, in particular with S.E. Palmeiras, Atl��tico Madrid and the Brazilian national team. He won national championships in both Brazil and Spain beyond UEFA and the Intercontinental Cup. Known for his pace and power, as well as his marking and defensive leadership, he was, for a time, considered one of the best defenders in Europe during his time with Atl��tico Madrid. However, he was not as highly regarded in Brazil. While his defending style can be considered "classical," he is also considered the first and best of Brazil's "modern" centre back, a role that would go on to include world-cup winner L��cio.

Lu��sa Dacosta (born 1927, Vila Real as Marie Louise Pinto Saraiva dos Santos, died 2015, Matosinhos) was a Portuguese writer. In 2010 she was awarded the Verg��lio Ferreira Prize by the University of Evora.From 1944 to 1947 she attended the Faculty of Arts on the University of Lisbon, where she completed the course of history and philosophy. In 1955 she published her first book, Prov��ncia, which contains a preface, three stories and seven original illustrations by the painter Carlos Botelho.

Lu��s In��cio Lucena Adams (b.���March 2, 1965, Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian lawyer who was appointed to be Brazil's Attorney General on October 23, 2009.Adams earned his LL.B from the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, the capital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, and later pursued a LLM from the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, in Florian��polis, the capital of the State of Santa Catarina.He was attorney for the National Treasury from 1993. In 2006, assumed leadership of the Attorney General of the Treasury and will be the first minister of the AGU to belong to one of the careers of the institution. Both posts are held in Bras��lia, the capital of Brazil.

Luis dos Reis Goncalves (born February 1, 1962) is a former Brazilian football manager.

Lu��s Manuel Lamas Martins or simply Lu��s Martins (born 29 November 1963), is a Portuguese football coach. He is currently an assistant manager with FC Zenit St. Petersburg.

Luis Rodrigo Vieira is a Brazilian football player.

Luis Rouxinol (born 8 August 1968) is a top bullfighter in Portugal and averages around 40���60 bullfights a year. He was born in Peg��es, Montijo, with Jo��o Moura as his godfather. He received his alternativa, becoming a professional bullfighter, on 1987-06-10 in Santar��m.

Lu��s Magalh��es (Portuguese pronunciation: [m��������������������]; born 1958) is a Portuguese basketball coach. He is a former head coach of the Angola national basketball team. He succeeded Portuguese-Angolan native Alberto Carvalho in 2009, and coached Angola at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009, where the team won its seventh consecutive African championship.Prior to moving to Angola, Magalh��es was one of the best coaches in Portuguese basketball.

Lu��s Fr��is (1532 ��� 8 July 1597) was a Portuguese missionary.He was born in Lisbon and in 1548 joined the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). In 1563, he arrived in Japan to engage in missionary work, and in the following year arrived in Kyoto, meeting Ashikaga Yoshiteru who was then Shogun. In 1569, he befriended Oda Nobunaga and stayed in his personal residence in Gifu while writing books for a short while.

Lu��s F��bio Gomes (born 11 November 1975) is Brazilian football player.

Lu��s Manuel Teixeira S�� (born 7 March 1981) is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the 110 metres hurdles. He represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics failing to qualify for the second round.He has personal bests of 13.62 for the 110 metres hurdles (2004) and 7.79 for the 60 metres hurdles (2003).

Lu��s Vaz de Torres (Galician and Portuguese), or Luis V��ez de Torres in the Spanish spelling (born c. 1565; fl. 1607), was a 16th- and 17th-century maritime explorer of a Spanish expedition noted for the first recorded European navigation of the strait which separates the continent of Australia from the island of New Guinea, and which now bears his name (Torres Strait).

Lu��s Alberto Proen��a Sim��es da Silva also known as Luis Simoes da Silva, (born 24 January 1962) is a Professor of Structural Mechanics at the Department of Civil Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Coimbra in Portugal. He is head of the Civil Engineering Department and director of Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering research centre financed by FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) evaluated in 2014 with excellent. He is also president of cmm (Portuguese Steelwork Association).

Lu��sa of Portugal, Duchess of Cadaval (Portuguese pronunciation: [lu��iz��]; English: Louise; January 9, 1679 in Lisbon ��� December 23, 1732 in ��vora) was a natural daughter of Portuguese King Peter II and a Portuguese lady named Maria da Cruz Mascarenhas.She was raised among the family of secretary of state Francisco Correia de Lacerda and after that at the Monastery of Carnide with her aunt Maria of Braganza (natural daughter of John IV of Portugal). Lu��sa married D. Lu��s and after his death married D. Jaime de Melo, respectively 2nd and 3rd dukes of Cadaval.She died in ��vora, Alentejo, and is buried at the Convent of Saint John the Evangelist in the same city.

Lu��s Miguel Silva Tavares (born 10 March 1974), commonly known as Lu��s Vouzela, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 215 games and four goals over the course of eight seasons, mainly with Uni��o de Leiria (five years).

Lu��s Wittnich Carrisso (14 February 1886 ��� 14 June 1937) was a Portuguese botanist, professor at the University of Coimbra.

Luis Maria Augusto Pinto de Soveral, Marqu��s de Soveral (28 May 1851 ��� 5 October 1922) was a Portuguese diplomat. The Kaiser nicknamed him "the Blue Monkey".He was born at S��o Jo��o da Pesqueira, son of Eduardo Pinto de Soveral, visconde de S��o Luis, and his wife Maria da Piedade Paes de Sande e Castro.Joining the diplomatic service, he was an attach�� and Secretary of Legation at Vienna, Berlin, and Madrid. He was First Secretary at the London Embassy in 1885 and advanced to the rank of Minister in 1891. He was a Counsellor of State, and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1895 to 1897.In 1897 he was made an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the British Order of St Michael and St George, and later that year was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St James's. Soveral was a friend of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and a prominent member of the "Marlborough House set". He was Ambassador Extraordinary for Edward VII's coronation and was made an Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1902. He was Ambassador Extraordinary to the Second Hague Conference in 1907. His tenure as Portuguese Minister in London ended in 1910, when the Revolution of 5 October overthrew the Portuguese monarchy.Soveral was created a Marquess by the King of Portugal in 1900, and was a Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword. He died at Paris, when his title became extinct.

Luis Fernando da Gra��a Loureiro (born 4 December 1976 in Sintra, Lisbon) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and a coach.He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 142 games and 15 goals over the course of seven seasons, representing mainly in the competition Gil Vicente.

Lu��s da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque (June 16, 1792 in Lisbon ��� December 27, 1846 in Torres Vedras; Portuguese pronunciation: [lu��i�� d�� ��si��v�� mow��zi��u d�� a��bu��k����k(��)]) was a Portuguese military officer, engineer, poet, scientist and politician, who distinguished himself during the Liberal Wars and in the conflicts that marked Portugal's history in the first half of the 19th century. He served as the Minister of the Kingdom (a post similar to today's Minister of Internal Affairs) during the liberal regency of Pedro of Braganza (formerly Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal). This was the most prominent post inside the government at that time, which made him the Prime Minister of Portugal in all but name. He was also several times minister and deputy minister during the Constitutional Monarchical period. Among other offices, he served as Chief of the National Mint, captain-general and governor of Madeira, and inspector-general of public works. He was the grandfather of Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a military officer and colonial administrator.

Lu��s Alves Coelho Rocha (born July 6, 1937 in Loreto ��� dead March 8, 2001 in S��o Lu��s) was Brazilian politician and lawyer. He was married to Terezinha Rocha, with whom he had two children, Lu��s Rocha Filho and Roberto Rocha. He served as governor of Maranh��o, from 1983 to 1986. Rocha dead in S��o Lu��s on March 8, 2001.

Lu��s Miguel Silva Mendon��a (born 24 September 1991 in Porto da Cruz - Machico) simply Lu��s Miguel, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for C.S. Mar��timo B as a midfielder.

Lu��s Mena e Silva (January 24, 1902 ��� August 3, 1963) was a Portuguese horse rider who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he and his horse Fossette won the bronze medal as part of the Portuguese show jumping team, after finishing 21st in the individual jumping competition. Twelve years later he won his second bronze medal. This time with his horse Fascinante as part of the Portuguese dressage team, after finishing twelfth in the individual dressage competition.

Lu��s Pissarra (born 5 October 1975 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese rugby union footballer of Argentine descent. He plays as a scrum-half for Agronomia, with whom he won the National Championship in 2006-07.Pissarra had 73 games for the Portugal national team, from 1996 to 2007. He was the vice-captain of the Portugal squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, where he played in all four games. He left the National Team after the 8-23 loss to Romania, at 1 December 2007, aged 32, in a match where he was the captain.

Lu��s Filipe Vieira Ferreira (born 22 June 1949) is a Portuguese real estate businessman and the current president of S.L. Benfica.

Lu��s Vaz de Cam��es (Portuguese pronunciation: [lu��i�� ��va�� d�� ka��m��j��]; sometimes rendered in English as Camoens or Camo��ns (e.g. by Byron in English Bards and Scotch Reviewers), /��k��m o������nz/; c. 1524 or 1525 ��� 20 June [O.S. 10 June] 1580), is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Vondel, Homer, Virgil and Dante. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lus��adas (The Lusiads). His collection of poetry The Parnasum of Lu��s de Cam��es was lost in his lifetime. The influence of his masterpiece Os Lus��adas is so profound that Portuguese is sometimes called the "language of Cam��es".

Lu��s Miguel Rodrigues Monteiro (born January 22, 1983) is a Portuguese former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He is a fourth-place finalist in the 200 m freestyle (1:52.33) at the 2001 European Junior Swimming Championships in Valletta, Malta. Monteiro is a member of the swimming team for Football Club Porto (Portuguese: Futebol Clube do Porto), and is trained by long-time coach and mentor Rui Sardinha.Monteiro qualified for two swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-cut of 1:50.93 (200 m freestyle) from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. In the 200 m freestyle, Monteiro challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including three-time Olympian Jacob Carstensen of Denmark. He touched out Poland's ��ukasz Drzewi��ski to take a fifth spot and twenty-ninth overall by 0.12 of a second in 1:51.78. He also teamed up with Adriano Niz, Jo��o Ara��jo, and Miguel Pires in the 4 �� 200 m freestyle relay. Swimming the lead-off leg in heat one, Monteiro set his own personal best of 1:50.43, but the Portuguese team settled only for seventh place and fourteenth overall in a new national record of 7:27.99.

Lu��s Pedro Magalh��es (born February 4, 1972 in Mozambique) is a Portuguese auto racing driver.

Luis Mendes de Vasconcellos (c. 1542 ��� March 7, 1623) was a Portuguese nobleman who served as colonial Governor of Angola between 1617 and 1621, and the 55th Grand Master of the Order of Saint John between 1622 and 1623. He was also a writer.He was born in ��vora, Portugal in around 1542 .

Lu��s de Menezes Bragan��a (Konkani: ������������ ������ ������������������������ ������������������������������; 15 January 1878 ��� 10 July 1938), alternatively spelled as Lu��s de Menezes Braganza, was a prominent Indian journalist, writer, politician and anti-colonial activist from Goa. He was one of the few Goan aristocrats who actively opposed the Portuguese colonisation of Goa.

Lu��s Leal dos Anjos (born 29 May 1987), known as Leal, is a Santomean professional footballer who plays for Paraguayan club Cerro Porte��o as a striker.

Lu��s Vin��cius de Menezes, more famously known as Vin��cio (born 28 February 1932 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil) was a professional football player, who played as a centre forward. Although he is a Brazilian, Vin��cio played his entire career in Italy, and because of this, he was excluded from the Brazilian national side, in a similar manner to Jos�� Altafini; unlike Altafini, however, Vin��cio chose not to play for the Italian national side.

Lu��s Miguel Valle Cintra (born 29 April 1949) is a Portuguese actor. He has appeared in 60 films since 1970.

Lu��s In��cio Lucena Adams (b.���March 2, 1965, Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian lawyer who was appointed to be Brazil's Attorney General on October 23, 2009.Adams earned his LL.B from the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, the capital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, and later pursued a LLM from the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, in Florian��polis, the capital of the State of Santa Catarina.He was attorney for the National Treasury from 1993.

Lu��s Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J. (April 2, 1923 ��� August 7, 2013) was a Portuguese Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Silva was born in Rebord��es, Portugal and ordained a priest on July 11, 1953 from the religious order of the Society of Jesus. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Lichinga on November 10, 1972 and ordained on December 17, 1972. He retired from the Diocese of Lichinga on January 25, 2003.

Lu��s Pissarra (born 5 October 1975 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese rugby union footballer of Argentine descent. He plays as a scrum-half for Agronomia, with whom he won the National Championship in 2006-07.Pissarra had 73 games for the Portugal national team, from 1996 to 2007. He was the vice-captain of the Portugal squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, where he played in all four games.

By the second or third corner I turned to Lu��s Figo and said: ���Forget it, mate. You���re on your own���. I used to offer Lu��s the chance to take the short corner, drawing up close to him near the touchline, but not this time. Missiles were raining down from the stands: coins, a knife, a glass whisky bottle. Johnnie Walker, I think. Or J&B. Best to keep away. Short corners? No thanks.
Lu��s Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [lu��i�� ��fi��u]; born 4 November 1972) is a retired Portuguese footballer. He played as a winger for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Internazionale before retiring on 31 May 2009. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team a then record but later broken by Cristiano Ronaldo.Renowned for his creativity and having the ability to get past defenders, Figo is regarded as one of the greatest wingers of his generation. He made 106 assists in La Liga, the second most in La Liga history, behind Lionel Messi. He won the 2000 Ballon d'Or, 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year, and in 2004 was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. Figo is one of the few football players to have played for both Spanish rival clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid. His controversial transfer in 2000 from Barcelona to bitter rivals Real Madrid set a world record fee of ��37 million (���62 million).Figo had a successful career highlighted by several trophy wins, including the Portuguese Cup, four La Liga titles, two Spanish Cups, three Spanish Super Cups, one UEFA Champions League title, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, two UEFA Super Cups, one Intercontinental Cup, four Serie A titles, one Italian Cup and three Italian Super Cups. On the international level, he scored 32 goals for Portugal, representing the nation at three European Championships and two World Cups, helping it finish runner-up at Euro 2004.

Luis Macedo Matoso, also Luis Marcelo Matozzo (?), known as Feiti��o (S��o Paulo, December 29, 1901 - S��o Paulo, August 23, 1985) was an association football player who played the national teams of Brazil and Uruguay and was six times top scorer of the State championship of S��o Paulo. With more than 400 career goals he is one of the most prolific scorers of the game.Feiti��o spent his childhood and youth in the S��o Paulo neighborhood of Bixiga, a quarter with strong Italian influences, where he began playing football.He started his career with a single match in 1921 for SC Corinthians Paulista. In 1923 the center-forward joined Associa����o Atl��tica S��o Bento in downtown S��o Paulo, where he was top scorer of the State Championship in 1923, 24 and 25, winning the title in 1925. In 1926 he joined Santos FC where in 1927 he was part the famous hundred goals attack. He once more was top scorer of the Campeonato Paulista in 1929, 1930 and 1931.1932 to 1933 he played again for Corinthinas, where this time he scored 12 times in 12 matches. From 1933 to 1935 he played in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo for CA Pe��arol, where in his first year after two hard fought 0-0's in the championship decider against Nacional Pe��arol eventually lost the third match 2-3. In 1935 Pe��arol won the championship of Uruguay. In 1936 he returned briefly to Santos, where he altogether scored 216 goals in 151 matches. Later that year he moved to Rio to Janeiro to play for CR Vasco da Gama winning the State Championship in his first year, being acclaimed as best player of his side. 1938 to 1938 he played again in S��o Paulo, his time for Palestra It��lia, today's SE Palmeiras. 1940 he returned to Rio to end his career in the north of the town with S��o Crist��v��o FR.After becoming in 1927 the first foreigner to play for Uruguay - six matches - he played in 1931 in one official match for Brazil, against Uruguay. He played on more occasions for the national team, but then against club teams. His major competitors here were Arthur Friedenreich, Nilo and in the end the legendary "rubber man" Le��nidas da Silva.

Lu��sa Macuto Tom��s (born 24 March 1983) is an Angolan female basketball player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Angola women's national basketball team in the women's event.

Lu��s de Almeida Portugal Soares de Alarc��o d'E��a e Melo Silva Mascarenhas, 2nd Marquess of Lavradio (27 June 1729 in Lisbon - 2 May 1790) was the 11th Viceroy of the Portuguese colony of Brazil, the second one that ruled the colony after the seat of government moved to Rio de Janeiro. He was the son of a Marquis of the same title, D. Ant��nio de Almeida Soares e Portugal and his wife, D. Francisca das Chagas Mascarenhas. During the 1762 Spanish invasion of Portugal, he commanded the 1st Cascais Infantry Regiment.

Lu��s Manuel da C��mara (1685;Lisbon-1723), member of the Azorean dynastic Gon��alves da C��mara family, he was son of Jos�� Rodrigo da C��mara, grandson of Fran��ois, Prince of Soubise, and 12th Donatary-Captain of the island of S��o Miguel (though he never took on the post and barely participated in the activities on the island, except for a joint-venture with his father).

Lu��s Howorth (11 March 1909 ��� 10 February 1977) was a Portuguese sports shooter. He competed in two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Lu��s M��ller (born February 14, 1961) is a former Brazilian football player.

Lu��sa of Portugal, Duchess of Cadaval (Portuguese pronunciation: [lu��iz��]; English: Louise; January 9, 1679 in Lisbon ��� December 23, 1732 in ��vora) was a natural daughter of Portuguese King Peter II and a Portuguese lady named Maria da Cruz Mascarenhas.She was raised among the family of secretary of state Francisco Correia de Lacerda and after that at the Monastery of Carnide with her aunt Maria of Braganza (natural daughter of John IV of Portugal). Lu��sa married D.

Lu��s Magalh��es (Portuguese pronunciation: [m��������������������]; born 1958) is a Portuguese basketball coach. He is a former head coach of the Angola national basketball team. He succeeded Portuguese-Angolan native Alberto Carvalho in 2009, and coached Angola at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009, where the team won its seventh consecutive African championship.Prior to moving to Angola, Magalh��es was one of the best coaches in Portuguese basketball. He led three teams to the Portuguese Basketball Premier League title - Portugal Telecom (2000���01, 2001���02, 2002���03), FC Porto (2003���04), and Ovarense (2006���07). He moved to Angolan side Primeiro de Agosto, where he was the head coach from January 2008 to June 2011, winning 12 titles, amidst national and international competitions.As of November 2012, he has been the head coach of Angolan side Recreativo do Libolo

Lu��s Teixeira or Ludovico Teixeira was a 16th-century Portuguese, cartographer, and mathematician. He had two sons, also cartographers.He should not be confused with Lu��s Teixeira Lobo, one of the first Portuguese humanists, son of Jo��o Teixeira and brother of ��lvaro, who was sent to study in Italy and influenced by the florentine ideals of Angelo Poliziano. Lu��s Teixeira Lobo was later rector of the University of Siena (1476), Professor of Law at Ferrara (1502) and teacher to the King John III of Portugal.Teixeira contributed a well-known early map of Japan (Iaponiae Insulae Descriptio) [1] [2] to Abraham Ortelius's atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. It was the first separate map of Japan, and was for many years the standard map of Japan used by Europeans (until the 1655 map by Martino Martini).An important atlas of the colony of Brazil is attributed to Teixeira, entitled Roteiro de todos os sinais, conhecimentos, fundos, baixos, alturas, e derrotas que h�� na costa do Brasil desde o Cabo de Santo Agostinho at�� ao estreito de Fern��o de Magalh��es (1586).

Lu��s Mena e Silva (January 24, 1902 ��� August 3, 1963) was a Portuguese horse rider who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he and his horse Fossette won the bronze medal as part of the Portuguese show jumping team, after finishing 21st in the individual jumping competition. Twelve years later he won his second bronze medal.

Lu��s Miguel Vieira Babo Machado (born 4 November 1992) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for C.D. Feirense as a winger.

Lu��s Filipe Silva (born December 6, 1969) is a Portuguese writer of science fiction.

Lu��s P��rez Companc (born 2 January 1972 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a rally driver and is son of Gregorio P��rez Companc. Alongside co-driver Jos�� Mar��a Volta, he is a regular competitor in the World Rally Championship. He is the older brother of Pablo P��rez Companc, also involved in motorsport as a one-time Indy Pro Series racer with the Chip Ganassi Racing team, but who suffered serious injuries in an on-track incident in 2007.

Lu��s Tinoco is a Portuguese composer who has achieved renown for works including the operas Evil Machines (2008) and Paint Me (2010), and the cantata Wanderings of the Solitary Dreamer (2011). He was born in Portugal on 16 July 1969.

Luis Seoane (1910���1979) was a lithographer and artist. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on June 1, 1910, of Galician immigrants, he spent much of his childhood and youth in Galicia (Spain). He was educated in A Coru��a.

Lu��s de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca (born 17 May 1944 in Santo Ant��o) is a Cape Verdean diplomat and civil servant.Fonseca has taken a position as the ambassador to the Netherlands and European Community from 1987-1991, then Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (1991-1994), to Austria (1999-2001) and the United Nations (2001-2004).

Lu��s Pereira Geraldes (born May 15, 1957), is a contemporary metaphysical Portuguese artist.He is more widely known for his oil painting although he has produced a vast amount of sculpture, drawings and large Ceramic murals. His art can be labelled as metaphysical/mysticism symbolism or magnetic spirituality. He has also produced a lengthy number of ceramic murals in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.

Lu��s Santos (born 30 June 1955) is a Portuguese International Master chess player born in Lisbon. He won the Portuguese Chess Championship in 1978, 1979 and 1982.In 1980 he played International Master Francisco Trois at Vigo in Spain. His opponent took two hours and 20 minutes considering two possible knight moves for his 7th move, which the chess.com website records as one of the slowest moves ever.Santos was awarded the title of International Master (IM) in 1986 and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (ICCGM) in 1990.

Lu��sa Baptista (born October 26, 1995) is an Angolan model and beauty queen who won the title of Miss Angola 2016 and will represent Angola in Miss Universe 2016.

Lu��s Moniz Pereira (born in 1947 in Lisbon, Portugal) is Professor of Computer Science and Director of the AI centre at Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Lu��s Maria da Costa de Freitas Branco (Lisbon, 12 October 1890 ��� Lisbon, 27 November 1955) was a Portuguese composer, musicologist, and professor of music who played a pre-eminent part in the development of Portuguese music in the first half of the 20th century.

Lu��s Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J. (April 2, 1923 ��� August 7, 2013) was a Portuguese Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Silva was born in Rebord��es, Portugal and ordained a priest on July 11, 1953 from the religious order of the Society of Jesus. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Lichinga on November 10, 1972 and ordained on December 17, 1972. He retired from the Diocese of Lichinga on January 25, 2003. After his retirement he returned to the Angonia district on the other side of the Lake Malawi, where he came from Portugal as a missionary priest from the Society of Jesus in the 50's. and served as assistant parish priest among the Christian communities there. He died on August 7, 2013 a week after a heart attack.

Lu��s de Sousa (6 October 1630 in Porto ��� 4 January 1701 in Lisbon), was the 19th Archbishop of Lisbon. Major figure of the 2nd half of the Portuguese XVII���s century, Lu��s de Sousa was Royal Chaplain of king Peter II and Councilor of State. Was created cardinal priest by Pope Innocent XII in 1697.

Lu��s Roberto Barroso (born March 11, 1958, in the city of Vassouras) is a Brazilian Professor, Jurist and judge of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil.Barroso owned a law firm since 1980, and served as State attorney of Rio de Janeiro since 1985, until May 2013, when he was nominated Justice of the Supreme Federal Court.He obtained his Masters degree at Yale University and his J.D. and S.J.D.

Lu��s Gon��alves das Chagas, Baron of Candiota (c.1815���1894) was a Brazilian landowner, military leader and noble.Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state, Chagas was the owner of several estancias in the municipalities of Santa Maria, S��o Gabriel and Bag��. He fought the Ragamuffin War (1835-1845) on the Republican side.In 1865, he raised a regiment to fight for Brazil in the Paraguayan War (1864-1870).

Lu��s Miguel Rodrigues Monteiro (born January 22, 1983) is a Portuguese former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He is a fourth-place finalist in the 200 m freestyle (1:52.33) at the 2001 European Junior Swimming Championships in Valletta, Malta.

Lu��s P��rez Companc (born 2 January 1972 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a rally driver and is son of Gregorio P��rez Companc. Alongside co-driver Jos�� Mar��a Volta, he is a regular competitor in the World Rally Championship. He is the older brother of Pablo P��rez Companc, also involved in motorsport as a one-time Indy Pro Series racer with the Chip Ganassi Racing team, but who suffered serious injuries in an on-track incident in 2007. He is also related to multi-millionaire Richard Rodriguez Mendez.Companc competed initially in the world series, through the production car-based Group N category. He debuted on his home event in 2001. He then won the Argentina Rally Championship in 2005. His profile heightened for the 2006 season, when he assumed a place in the newly formed Stobart VK M-Sport Ford team alongside the teenager Matthew Wilson, son of Malcolm Wilson, the boss of both the Stobart VK squad and the Blue Oval marque's more senior manufacturer-backed works team, which would incidentally go on to win the world manufacturers' title that year.Having initially fared on the early season rallies with older, 2004-specification Ford Focus RS WRCs, both Companc and Wilson would eventually be entrusted with examples of the 2006 championship-winning car, an arrangement which persisted into the 2007 season. Aboard the Focus, Companc competed on eight rallies in all in 2006, while planning ten rounds for the following year, and scored his first WRC points on the 2006 Rally New Zealand. Companc's team for 2007, Munchi's Ford World Rally Team chose to pair him with fellow native, Juan Pablo Raies, who was in turn co-driven by P��rez Companc's brother, Jorge. When Raies was replaced in the Munchi's team's post-Rally Argentina lineup by Federico Villagra, winner of that rally in Group N, Jorge P��rez Companc continued his co-driving duties in the second car, with the exception of Rally Japan when Villagra was co-driven by Jos�� D��az, according to personal problems of Jorge.In 2008 Companc will switch to sports car racing, running a Ferrari F430 for Advanced Engineering in the FIA GT Championship, while competing in selected WRC events for the Munchi's team, his final rally being Rally Finland.

Lu��s Pedro (born 27 April 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for English side Carlisle United. He has also played club football in the Netherlands, Bulgaria and Romania.

Lu��s Vaz Pereira Pinto Guedes, 2nd Viscount of Montalegre, was a Portuguese soldier, born 1770, who served on the absolutist side in Portugal's Liberal Wars.As the military commander in Tr��s-os-Montes in 1823, he raised a rebellion in the name of the absolutist prince, Infante Dom Miguel of Portugal. During the civil war between Dom Miguel and his elder brother, the former Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil, he was a prominent Miguelite general: he was in joint command of the Miguelite army at the Battle of Ponte Ferreira, and was the Miguelite commander at the Battle of Asseiceira in which Miguel's cause was finally defeated.After the war ended, he was cashiered from the army in 1834. He wrote memoirs justifying his actions, and died in 1841.

Lu��s Miguel Loureiro is a Portuguese state television (R��dio e Televis��o de Portugal) journalist and media researcher at the University of Minho in Braga.He conducted live reporting for RTP television and RDP national radio from Beirut, and Tyre, Lebanon during the final two weeks of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War until after the UN negotiated ceasefire.

Lu��s Carlos Gaspar Santos Ribeiro (born 19 April 1992 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Spanish club Recreativo de Huelva on loan from Sporting Clube de Portugal as a goalkeeper.On 6 December 2012, Ribeiro made his professional debut with Sporting B in a 2012���13 Segunda Liga match against Uni��o Madeira. He went on to make seven further appearances, playing second-fiddle to Victor Golas.

Lu��sa Dias Diogo (born 11 April 1958) was Prime Minister of Mozambique from February 2004 to January 2010. She replaced Pascoal Mocumbi, who had been Prime Minister for the previous nine years. Before becoming Prime Minister, she was Minister of Planning and Finance, and she continued to hold that post until February 2005. She was the first female Prime Minister of Mozambique.

Dom Lu��s de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 3rd Count of Castelo Melhor (1636 ��� 15 August 1720) was a Portuguese politician and prime minister.Portuguese royal favourite who, as effective governor of Portugal from 1662 to 1667 during the reign of Afonso VI, was responsible for the successful prosecution of the war against Spain, which led, in 1668, to Spanish recognition of Portugal's new ruling dynasty.Shortly after Afonso VI's coming-of-age in 1662, Castelo Melhor saw an opportunity to gain power at court by befriending the mentally unstable king. He managed to convince the king that his mother, Luisa of Medina-Sidonia, was out to steal his throne and exile him from Portugal. As a result, Afonso took control of the throne and his mother was sent to a convent.The King appointed Castelo Melhor his secret notary (escriv��o da puridade), a position in which the favourite was able to exercise the functions of first minister.Castelo Melhor overcame the difficulties which had hitherto beset Portugal in the war against Spain, reorganizing the troops (now reinforced by an English contingent by virtue of the English king Charles II's marriage to Catherine of Braganza) and entrusting their command to competent generals. Consequently the Portuguese Restoration War entered a victorious phase for Portugal (1663���65) and Spain began peace negotiations.Agreement proved difficult to attain and meanwhile the internal political situation in Portugal deteriorated. Castelo Melhor and his Francophile party were losing ground to the Anglophile party. The King was obliged to dismiss Castelo Melhor on 9 September 1667, in a palace coup organized by the king's wife Maria Francisca of Nemours and brother Pedro . Shortly afterwards, the king himself was also deprived of power.Castelo Melhor went into exile in Paris and then London, but in 1685 he was permitted to return to Portugal and, two years after that, to court. On the accession of John V (1706), he was appointed a councillor of state and he continued to occupy a position of distinction until his death in 1720.He was also the 12th captain-major of Santa Maria Island in the Azores from 1667 to 1720.

Luis Maria Augusto Pinto de Soveral, Marqu��s de Soveral (28 May 1851 ��� 5 October 1922) was a Portuguese diplomat. The Kaiser nicknamed him "the Blue Monkey".He was born at S��o Jo��o da Pesqueira, son of Eduardo Pinto de Soveral, visconde de S��o Luis, and his wife Maria da Piedade Paes de Sande e Castro.Joining the diplomatic service, he was an attach�� and Secretary of Legation at Vienna, Berlin, and Madrid.

Dom Lu��s de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 3rd Count of Castelo Melhor (1636 ��� 15 August 1720) was a Portuguese politician and prime minister.Portuguese royal favourite who, as effective governor of Portugal from 1662 to 1667 during the reign of Afonso VI, was responsible for the successful prosecution of the war against Spain, which led, in 1668, to Spanish recognition of Portugal's new ruling dynasty.Shortly after Afonso VI's coming-of-age in 1662, Castelo Melhor saw an opportunity to gain power at court by befriending the mentally unstable king.

Lu��s Moniz Pereira (born in 1947 in Lisbon, Portugal) is Professor of Computer Science and Director of the AI centre at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. His research is in the field of logic programming and in knowledge representation, reasoning and cognitive science more generally.He was the founding president of the Portuguese AI association, and has been a founding member of the editorial boards of the journals of Logic Programming, Automated Reasoning, New Generation Computing, Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, Universal Computer Science, Applied Logic, Electronic Transactions on AI, and of the Computational Logic Newsletter. He is also advisory editor of the International Journal of Reasoning-Based Intelligent Systems and Associate Editor for Artificial Intelligence of the ACM Computing Surveys.He was awarded the Doctor honoris causa by the Technical University of Dresden in 2006, and became an ECCAI Fellow in 2001. He coordinates the Erasmus Mundus European MSc in Computational Logic at UNL, is vice-president of EASE, the European Association for semantic Web Education, and belongs to the Board of Trustees and to the Scientific Advisory Board of IMDEA ��� Madrid Advanced Studies Institute (Software).

Lu��s Henrique Silveira or simply Lu��s Henrique (born January 29, 1979 in Itu), is a Brazilian left back.

Lu��s Gustavo Ledes Evangelista dos Santos (born 28 September 1992), known as Lu��s Gustavo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Spanish club Celta de Vigo B as a central midfielder.

Lu��s Vaz de Cam��es (Portuguese pronunciation: [lu��i�� ��va�� d�� ka��m��j��]; sometimes rendered in English as Camoens or Camo��ns (e.g. by Byron in English Bards and Scotch Reviewers), /��k��m o������nz/; c. 1524 or 1525 ��� 20 June [O.S. 10 June] 1580), is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Vondel, Homer, Virgil and Dante.

Lu��s Teixeira or Ludovico Teixeira was a 16th-century Portuguese, cartographer, and mathematician. He had two sons, also cartographers.He should not be confused with Lu��s Teixeira Lobo, one of the first Portuguese humanists, son of Jo��o Teixeira and brother of ��lvaro, who was sent to study in Italy and influenced by the florentine ideals of Angelo Poliziano.

Lu��s Alberto Proen��a Sim��es da Silva also known as Luis Simoes da Silva, (born 24 January 1962) is a Professor of Structural Mechanics at the Department of Civil Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Coimbra in Portugal.

Lu��s de Menezes Bragan��a (Konkani: ������������ ������ ������������������������ ������������������������������; 15 January 1878 ��� 10 July 1938), alternatively spelled as Lu��s de Menezes Braganza, was a prominent Indian journalist, writer, politician and anti-colonial activist from Goa. He was one of the few Goan aristocrats who actively opposed the Portuguese colonisation of Goa. During his lifetime, Menezes Bragan��a was widely hailed around the Lusosphere (Portuguese speaking world) as "O Maior de todos" ("The Greatest of all [Goans]") and in the Indian mainland as "The Tilak of Goa".

Luis Filipe de Bragan��a e Sousa da Silva Teixeira (born November 3, 1959 in Luanda), Portuguese essayist and University teacher.He has a PhD in Portuguese Studies and 19th Century Portuguese Culture by the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1998).

Lu��s Roberto Barroso (born March 11, 1958, in the city of Vassouras) is a Brazilian Professor, Jurist and judge of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil.Barroso owned a law firm since 1980, and served as State attorney of Rio de Janeiro since 1985, until May 2013, when he was nominated Justice of the Supreme Federal Court.He obtained his Masters degree at Yale University and his J.D. and S.J.D. at the Rio de Janeiro State University, where he is a Constitutional Law Tenured Professor.In 2011 Barroso was a visiting scholar at Harvard University, when he wrote and published, in the United States, paper called: "Here, there and everywhere: human dignity in contemporary law and in the transnational discourse".

Lu��s Edmundo Pereira (born June 21, 1949) is a retired association footballer. He played centre back, in particular with S.E. Palmeiras, Atl��tico Madrid and the Brazilian national team. He won national championships in both Brazil and Spain beyond UEFA and the Intercontinental Cup. Known for his pace and power, as well as his marking and defensive leadership, he was, for a time, considered one of the best defenders in Europe during his time with Atl��tico Madrid.

Lu��s Filipe Lindley Cintra (5 March 1925 in Lisbon ��� 18 August 1991) was a prominent figure in Portuguese philology and linguistics. A prolific writer with over 80 published works, he was a keen student of the historical differentiation during the 14th and 15th centuries between literary Portuguese and Castilian Spanish (1958). Another special interest was the relationship between Galician and Portuguese, as evinced by his study of the dialects of Madeira (1990) and his plan, together with Manuel de Paiva Bol��o and Jos�� G. Herculano de Carvalho, for a linguistic-ethnographic atlas of Portugal and Galicia (1960). He is also co-author, with Celso Ferreira da Cunha, of a major work on Portuguese grammar, the Nova Gram��tica do Portugu��s Contempor��neo.

Lu��s Galego (born in Porto, Portugal, 25 April 1966) is a Portuguese chess grandmaster. He represented Portugal in ten Chess Olympiads (at top board since 2002), and achieved a top Elo rating of 2543, and was national champion five times, most recently in 2012.In 2006, he tied for 2nd���9th with Luke McShane, Stephen J.

Lu��s Manuel da C��mara (1685;Lisbon-1723), member of the Azorean dynastic Gon��alves da C��mara family, he was son of Jos�� Rodrigo da C��mara, grandson of Fran��ois, Prince of Soubise, and 12th Donatary-Captain of the island of S��o Miguel (though he never took on the post and barely participated in the activities on the island, except for a joint-venture with his father). Remembered for his defense of the square of Campo Maior, referenced by the Spanish and King John V of Portugal, he was posted to the court of Louis XIV, following the War of Spanish Succession.

D. Lu��s da Cunha (Portuguese pronunciation: [lu��i�� ���� ��ku����]; 25 January 1662 in Lisbon ��� 9 October 1749 in Paris) was a Portuguese diplomat who served under D. Jo��o V of Portugal as part of His Most Faithful Majesty's Council. He was also Judge of the Royal Household, Envoy Extraordinary of Portuguese Cortes to London, Madrid and Paris, and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Congress of Utrecht, as well as part of the Portuguese Royal Academy of History.D. Luis da Cunha was considered an "Estrangeirado", a Portuguese that has been influenced greatly by foreign ideas.

Lu��s Santos (born 30 June 1955) is a Portuguese International Master chess player born in Lisbon. He won the Portuguese Chess Championship in 1978, 1979 and 1982.In 1980 he played International Master Francisco Trois at Vigo in Spain.

Lu��s Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [lu��i�� ��fi��u]; born 4 November 1972) is a retired Portuguese footballer. He played as a winger for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Internazionale before retiring on 31 May 2009. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team a then record but later broken by Cristiano Ronaldo.Renowned for his creativity and having the ability to get past defenders, Figo is regarded as one of the greatest wingers of his generation.

Lu��s Miguel Loureiro is a Portuguese state television (R��dio e Televis��o de Portugal) journalist and media researcher at the University of Minho in Braga.He conducted live reporting for RTP television and RDP national radio from Beirut, and Tyre, Lebanon during the final two weeks of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War until after the UN negotiated ceasefire. He was also awarded two honourable mentions at the 2006 UNESCO Journalism For Human Rights Prize and the AMI Foundation Journalism Against Indifference Prize for his in-depth journalistic reporting on social issues such as long-lasting drug abuse and its effects on human dignity, on public health and society.

Lu��s Marques Guedes (born 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the government of Pedro Passos Coelho, Secretary of State to the Prime Minister of Portugal, and the Government XII Undersecretary of State Assistant to the Prime Minister. He held the position of Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the Social Democratic Party, of which he has been a member since 1995. When he ceased his activities as Minister of the Presidency, in late 2015, he became President of the Parliamentary Commission on Ethics, a section of the First Commission on Fundamental Rights.He was deputy mayor of Cascais, and was responsible for the legal departments, municipal police, and civil protection. He was also a member of the Municipal Assembly of Cascais and chairman of the Youth Institute.He is a younger brother of Armando Marques Guedes, political scientist, anthropologist and former diplomat.

Lu��s da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque (June 16, 1792 in Lisbon ��� December 27, 1846 in Torres Vedras; Portuguese pronunciation: [lu��i�� d�� ��si��v�� mow��zi��u d�� a��bu��k����k(��)]) was a Portuguese military officer, engineer, poet, scientist and politician, who distinguished himself during the Liberal Wars and in the conflicts that marked Portugal's history in the first half of the 19th century.