Entertainment & Art
* Tamara Mello, Actress, Portuguese Ancestry
* John A. Mendes , Magician as Prince Mendes, Falls River, MA
* Sam Mendes, Movie and Stage Musicals Producer, (American Beauty), Born in London, Portuguese father
* Jesse Metcalfe, Actor, Desperate Housewives, Portuguese Ancestry, mother
* Aurora Miranda, Movie actress, singer, Portuguese Ancestry
* Carmen Miranda, Portuguese Born Actress & Singer, Portugal, Brazil, (died in Hollywood)
* Shanna Moakler, Actress, Model, Wife Blink 182 Drummer, Portuguese Ancestry
* Wendy Moniz, Movie and TV Actress (The Guardian), Fall River, MA, Portuguese Parents
* Edgar Morais, Actor, Portuguese Ancestry
* Mauricio Morais, Singer, Songwriter, Portuguese American
* Susan Neves, Opera Singer, 1996
* Silvia Nevjinsky, Dancer Paul Taylor Company, NY
* Omar, "O.C." Credle, MC/hip hop, Portuguese Grandparents
* Elmar Oliveira, Violinist, Tchaikowski Prize winner, Naugatuck, CT, Portuguese parents
* Nathan Oliveira, Stanford University - Artist Painter, Oakland, CA 1928
* Manny Oliveira, Comedian, HBO, A&E, TV & Movies, East Providence, Portuguese ancestry
* Maxine Olson, Artist, Portuguese Ancestry
* David Ortiz, Actor (Miss Match - NBC), (People 2004), Portuguese Ancestry
* Nester Paiva, Actor, Portuguese Ancestry
* Mariano Palhinha, Magic Inventor and writer of magic books, Portuguese Ancestry
* Piper Perabo, Movie Actress, Singer, Coyote Ugly, born in NJ, Portuguese mother
* Harold, "José Pereira de Faria" Peary, Comedian, The Great Gildersleeve, San Leandro, CA, Azores Parents
* Diana Pereira, Ford Agency Model, Super Model of the World at 17
* Kevin Pereira, Co-host G4's "Attack of the Show!, Portuguese Ancestry
* William Pereira, Architect, Cape Canaveral, CBS TV, Portuguese Ancestry
* Joe Perry, Lead guitarist "Aerosmith", Portuguese Ancestry
* Katy Perry, Singer, Portuguese Ancestry
* Linda Perry, Songwriter, 2 time Grammy winner, Portuguese Father
* Steve Perry, Singer, Records 10 million copies, Journey Band, CA
* Phillip Pine, film and television actor, writer, director, and producer, Portuguese Ancestry
* Artur Pizarro, Pianist, Kansas City, KS 1998
* James Rainho, Magic Inventor w/100 patents, Lecturer. Magician, born in Portugal
* Joe Raposo, Musician, Composer, Sesame Street, MA
* Stephen Rebello, Writer, Journalist, Author, Editor, (Movieline), Fall River, MA, Azorean grandparents
* Keanu Reeves, Movie Actor, Portuguese Ancestry
* Gerardo Ribeiro, Violinist, 1998
* Carmelyn Rio-Borroz, Writer, Washington, Arizona
* Eugenio Manuel Rodrigues, Composer of Coimbra, CT State Univ., Yale & Duke
* David Lee Roth, Van Halen Rock Band, Dick Clark show, - musician, singer, Portuguese Grandmother
* Daniela Rua , NCIS LA 2009, - Actress, Boston, MA, Portuguese Ancestry
* Al Santos, Radio Announcer, Washington, DC, Born in Portugal
* Al Santos, NY Actor/model, Portuguese Ancestry
* Frank Santos, Noted Hypnotist, Portuguese Ancestry
* Angelo Dos Santos, Classical Harmonica Player, Brazil, Born Agueda, Portugal
* Nicole dos Santos, Actress, Broadway
* Daniel Silva, Author Best Seller, Journalist,, Azorean adopted parents, MA
* Tom Silva, "TV Star ", PBS, This Old House series
* William Posey Silva, Landscape Painter, Artist
* Hattie Bence Silvia, Artist, Painter, Pioneer Teacher, (1871-1971), Granddaughter of Azores immigrants
* Horace (Ward Martin Tavares Silva) Silver, Jazz Musician, Composer, Cape Verde, Portuguese Ancestry
* Nikki (Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna) Sixx, Motley Crue, Portuguese Father
* Zózimo de Sousa, Actor, (b), Born Azores, St. George, 1888
* John Philip de Sousa, Composer Military Marches, Washington, DC
* Steven de Sousa, Writer, Die Hard, Beverly Hills,etc., (Hollywood), Born in PA, Madeira Parents
* Danielle Steel, #1 Bestselling Author, (1947-), Maternal grandparents born in Azores
* George C. de Sylva **, Producer, Song writer
* Henry da Sylva **, Henrique Maria Jaime da Silva, Movie Actor, Director, Lisbon, 1920's
* Jonathan Taylor (Weiss) Thomas, Movie & TV Actor, TV series: Home Improvement, * Randy Taylor, Portuguese Ancestry
* Manuel Robert Thomas, Famous Magician of the 30s and 40s, Portuguese Ancestry
* Karen Valentine, Actress TV series: Room 222, parents from Azores
* Joey Vieira, Lassie TV series, Patriot, ABC TV, Movie & TV Actor, Azores ancestry
* Meredith Vieira, Announcer with Barbara Walters, ABC-TV, Providence, RI, Azores Ancestry
