Portuguese Communist Party

The Portuguese Communist Party (Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português or PCP) is a major left-wing political party in Portugal, founded in 1921 as the Portuguese section of Communist International (Comintern).

List of some famous PCP members, friends and supporters

• Adriano Correia de Oliveira - singer
• Alice Vieira - writer
• Álvaro Cunhal
• Ary dos Santos - poet
• Barata Moura - Director of the University of Lisbon
• Bento de Jesus Caraça - scientist
• Bento Gonçalves
• Carlos Carvalhas
• Carlos Paredes - portuguese guitar player
• Carvalho da Silva - Coordinator of the General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers
• Canto e Castro - actor
• Edivaldo Monteiro - olimpic athlete
• José Manuel Osório - musicologist
• José Saramago - writer awarded with a Nobel
• Luís Varatojo - member of the band Despe & Siga
• Manuel Freire - singer
• Manuel Gusmão - writer and poet
• Manuel Rocha - member of the band Brigada Victor Jara
• Mário Castrim - journalist
• Mário Sacramento - doctor and essayist
• Miguel Madeira - President of the World Federation of Democratic Youth
• Miguel Urbano Rodrigues - writer
• Morais e Castro - actor
• Odete Santos - actress, lawyer and MP
• Paulo de Carvalho - singer
• Siza Vieira - architect
• Soeiro Pereira Gomes - writer
• Urbano Tavares Rodrigues - writer and journalist
• Vasco Gonçalves - General and former Prime-Minister
• Vitorino - singer
• Zeca Afonso - singer