Famous Persons from Silves, Faro, Portugal
- Carlos Henriques - Born on July 7, 1993 - Association football player
- Micael Silva - Born on March 16, 1993 - Association football player
- Ivo Gonçalves - Born on May 6, 1984 - Association football player
- Rui Bento - Born on January 14, 1972 - Association football player, and Association football coach
- Trinidad María Lorenzo Gómez - Born on August 13, 1966 - Teacher
- José António Silva - Born on June 15, 1957 - Entrepreneur (died: November 22, 2017)
- Maria Emília de Sousa - Born on November 14, 1944 - Politician - Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry (died: November 22, 2017)
- Torquato da Luz - Born on November 26, 1943 - Journalist, and Poet (died: March 24, 2013)
- Clara Rocha - Born on May 9, 1943 - Actor (died: July 14, 2017)
- Maria Cavaco Silva - Born on March 19, 1938 - Politician, and Teacher - Dame Commander with Star of the Order of St. Gregory the Great | Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry | Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland | Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (died: July 14, 2017)
- Inácio de Passos - Born on August 14, 1934 - Journalist, and Writer (died: May 11, 2012)
- Amélia Veiga - Born on January 12, 1932 - Poet, and Writer (died: May 11, 2012)
- José Luís Cabrita - Born on December 23, 1930 - Archaeologist (died: January 1, 2018)
- Maria Antonieta Júdice Barbosa - Born on November 14, 1924 - Writer (died: January 1, 1960)
- José Vitoriano - Born on December 30, 1917 - Trade unionist, and Politician - Commander of the Order of Liberty (died: February 3, 2006)
- João Lourenço - Born on February 25, 1917 - Sport cyclist (died: September 1, 1998)
- Maria Keil - Born on August 9, 1914 - Painter, and Photographer - Commander of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (died: June 10, 2012)
- Garcia Domingues - Born on May 18, 1910 - Historian, and Arabist (died: May 1, 1989)