Santa Comba Dão
António de Oliveira Salazar, who was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968 and leader of the "Estado Novo", was born in Vimieiro, Santa Comba Dão on 28 April 1889.
Tomás António Gonzaga
Tomás António Gonzaga (11 August 1744 – c. 1810) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian poet. One of the most famous Neoclassic colonial Brazilian writers, he was also the "" and the ombudsman of the city of Ouro Preto (formerly "Vila Rica"), as well as the "desembargador" of the appeal court in Bahia. He wrote under the pen name Dirceu.