Portal is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Abraham Portal
Abraham Portal (baptised 1726 – 1809) was an English goldsmith and dramatist.
Life
He was the son of a clergyman, Peter William Portal, of Huguenot origin. He started in life as a goldsmith and jeweller on Ludgate Hill, but lost money both in ...
(1726–1809), English goldsmith and dramatist
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Alejandro Portal
Alejandro Miguel Portal Oliva (born 21 October 1995) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Simcoe County Rovers in League1 Ontario.
Early life
Portal was born in the town of Quivicán, located south of Havana.
Clu ...
(born 1995), Cuban footballer
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Alex Portal (born 2002), French Paralympic swimmer
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Alexia Portal, French actress
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Antoine Portal
Baron Antoine Portal (January 5, 1742 – July 23, 1832) was a French anatomist, doctor, medical historian and founding president of the Académie Nationale de Médecine.
Biography
Born on January 5, 1742, in Gaillac, he was the eldest of 12 s ...
(1742–1832), French anatomist, doctor and medical historian
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Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, (21 May 1893 – 22 April 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as a bomber pilot in the First World War, and rose to become fi ...
(1893–1971), British air force officer
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Enrique del Portal (1932–2020), Spanish tenor and actor
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Gerald Portal
Sir Gerald Herbert Portal (13 March 1858 – 25 January 1894) was a British diplomat who was the Consul General for British East Africa and British Special Commissioner to Uganda, and a main figure in the establishment of the Uganda Protect ...
(1858–1894), British colonial diplomat
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Jane Portal (born 1955), British art historian and curator
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Jane Williams, Baroness Williams of Elvel née Portal (1929-2023), British government worker and socialite
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Jean-Michel Portal
Jean-Michel Portal (born 29 May 1970 in Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an ...
(born 1970), French actor
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Louise Portal
Louise Portal (born May 12, 1950) is a Canadian actress, film director, singer and writer. She won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film ''The Decline of the American Empire'', and was a nominee for Best Actress for ...
(born 1950), Canadian actress
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Magda Portal
Magda Portal (May 27, 1900 – 1989) was a Peruvian poet, feminist, author, and political activist and leader. She was recognized in the vanguardia poetry literary movement in Peru and Latin America, and she was one of the founders of the APRA ...
(1900–1989), Peruvian poet, author and activist
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Manuel Vázquez Portal
Manuel Vázquez Portal (born 1951 in Morón, Cuba, Morón, Ciego de Ávila province, Cuba) is a Cuban poet, writer and journalist known for his 2003 imprisonment.
Background
Vázquez Portal received a degree in philology from Villa Clara Unive ...
(born 1951), Cuban journalist and poet
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Marta Portal
Marta Portal Nicolás (10 August 1930 – 26 August 2016) was a Spanish writer, critic, journalist, and professor associated with the Generation of '50. She was a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela.
Career
Portal held a degree in philosophy ...
(1930–2016), Spanish writer, critic, journalist and academic
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Melville Portal
Melville Portal JP, DL (31 July 1819 – 24 January 1904) was a British Conservative Party politician from Hampshire.
Career
Portal was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1842, and M.A. in 1844. In 1841 he was treasurer and ...
(1819–1904), British politician and father of Gerald Portal
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Michel Portal
Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz".
Early life
Portal was born in Bayonne on ...
(born 1935), French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
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Nicolas Portal (1979–2020), French cyclist
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Sir Reginald Henry Portal (1894–1983), British naval officer
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Robert Portal
Robert Portal is an English actor. Portal is known for his role as Paul Critchley on the BBC television series ''The Amazing Mrs Pritchard'' (2006) and as the King in the film '' The Huntsman: Winter's War'' (2016). He is also known for his rol ...
(born 1967/68), English actor
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Sébastien Portal (born 1982), French cyclist
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Stanley Portal Hyatt (1877–1914), English explorer, hunter and writer
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Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal
Wyndham Raymond Portal, 1st Viscount Portal, (9 April 1885 – 6 May 1949), was a British politician.
The eldest son of Sir William Wyndam Portal, 2nd Baronet, and Florence Elizabeth Mary Glyn, daughter of Hon. St Leger Glyn, 2nd son of Georg ...
(1885–1949), British businessman and public servant
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