- Portuguese politician - Communist Party.
- One of the chapters of his work "Até Amanhã, Camaradas!" has been lost during an escape of the prison and had that to be rewritten.
- Died two days after another Portuguese politician and friend Vasco Gonçalves.
- Son of Mercedes Simões Ferreira Barreirinhas (1888-1971), a housewife, and Avelino Henrique da Costa Cunhal (1887-1966), a lawyer.
- Brother of António José (died in 1933), Maria Mansueta (died in 1921) and Maria Eugénia (born in 1927).
- Father, with Isaura Maria Moreira, of Ana Cunhal (b.December 25th 1960).
- Former leader of the Portuguese Communist Party. A novelist who wrote some of his books while in prison, during the fascist dictatorship, under the name "Manuel Tiago". He also painted many pictures while in prison.
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