French Brazilians (french: Franco-Brésilien; pt, Franco-brasileiro or galo-brasileiro) refers to Brazilian citizens of full of partial French ancestry or persons born in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

who reside in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. Between 1850 and 1965 around 100,000 French people immigrated to Brazil. The country received the second largest number of French immigrants to

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after

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

(239,000). It is estimated that there are around 1 million Brazilians of French descent today.

French immigration to Brazil

From 1819 to 1940, 40,383 French people immigrated to

. Most of them settled in the country between 1884 and 1925 (8,008 from 1819 to 1883, 25,727 from 1884 to 1925, 6,648 from 1926 to 1940). Another source estimates that around 100,000 French people immigrated to Brazil between 1850 and 1965. The French community in Brazil numbered 592 in 1888 and 5,000 in 1915. It was estimated that 14,000 French people were living in Brazil in 1912, 9% of the 149,400 French people living in

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, the second largest community after Argentina (100,000). As of 2014, it is estimated that 30,000 French people are living in Brazil, most of them in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

and

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

. They form the largest community of French expatriates in

French colonies

* Piracicaba (

- 1852) * Guaraqueçaba ( Paraná - 1852) * Ivaí ( Paraná - 1847)

Education

Brazil has the following French international schools: * Lycée Pasteur de São Paulo * Lycée Molière de Rio de Janeiro * Lycée Français François Mitterrand - Brasília

Notable French Brazilians

* Renée Le Brun de Vielmond * Alfred Agache, architect *

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Cândido Rondon Marshal Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon (5 May 1865 – 19 January 1958) was a Brazilian military officer most famous for his telegraph commission and exploration of Mato Grosso and the Western Amazon Basin, as well as his lifelong support ...

* Virginie Boutaud * Lúcio Costa * Louis Adolphe le Doulcet * Marie Durocher * Marc Ferrez * Hércules Florence * Prince Gaston, Count of Eu * Magda Tagliaferro *

Paulo Autran Paulo Paquet Autran (September 7, 1922 – October 12, 2007) was a Brazilian film and theater actor. His accomplishments during his life earned him the nickname, "Lord of the Stage." Biography Autran was born in Rio de Janeiro, First Brazilian ...

* Aurélien Hérisson * Éder Jofre * Henriette Morineau * Pardal Mallet *

Nelson Piquet Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (, born 17 August 1952) is a Brazilian retired racing driver and businessman. Since his retirement, Piquet, a three-time World Champion, has been ranked among the greatest Formula One (F1) drivers in various motorspo ...

* Nelson Piquet Jr. * Ivo Pitanguy *

Hermano da Silva Ramos Hermano João "Nano" da Silva Ramos (born 7 December 1925) is a French-Brazilian former racing driver. He had a French mother and a Brazilian father. Career Da Silva Ramos was born in Paris, France. He first ventured into motor racing, driving ...

* Alberto Santos-Dumont * Arkan Simaan * Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy * Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay * Félix Taunay *

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* Ricardo Boechat * Érick Jacquin

References

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French immigration to Brazil

French colonies

Education

Notable French Brazilians

See also

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