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This is a list of Brazilians, people in some way notable that were either born 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 ...
or immigrants to Brazil (citizens or permanent residents), grouped by their area of notability.


Actors

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Zola Amaro Zola Amaro (born Risoleta de la Mazza Simões Lopes; 26 January 1891 – 14 May 1944) was an early Brazilian operatic soprano. She made her début in on 4 September 1919 in the title role of ''Aida'' at the Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro), Thet ...
(1890–1944), operatic soprano *
Alice Braga Alice Braga Moraes (; born 15 April 1983) is a Brazilian actress and producer. She has appeared in several Brazilian films, starring as Angélica in the acclaimed '' City of God'' (2002), Karinna in ''Lower City'' (2005), and Dolores in ''Only ...
(born 1983) * Alinne Moraes (born 1982) *
Ana Paula Arósio Ana Paula Arósio (born 16 July 1975) is a Brazilian former actress and model. She lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, England since 2015. Career Arósio is one of the most popular actresses in Brazil. She started her career at the age of twelve when A ...
(born 1975) *
Antônio Fagundes Antônio José da Silva Fagundes Filho (born 18 April 1949) is a Brazilian actor, playwright, voice actor, and producer. Renowned for his several performances in stage, film and television, where he frequently works in telenovelas. Biography Fa ...
(born 1949) *
Bete Mendes Bete Mendes (born Elizabeth Mendes de Oliveira; 11 May 1949) is a Brazilian actress and politician. Biography Early life Bete Mendes was born Elizabeth Mendes de Oliveira in Santos, São Paulo. She is the daughter of Osmar Pires de Oliveira, ...
(born 1949), actor/politician * Betty Lago (1955–2015) *
Bruno Campos Bruno Campos () is a Brazilian-American lawyer and former actor, best known for his roles of Dr. Quentin Costa on the award-winning television show ''Nip/Tuck'', the voice of Prince Naveen in the animated film ''The Princess and the Frog'', and ...
(born 1973) *
Bruna Lombardi Bruna Patricia Maria Teresa Romilda Lombardi (born August 1, 1952) is a Brazilian poet, writer, model, and film and TV actress. She is daughter of Italian film producer Ugo Lombardi. She is married to actor Carlos Alberto Riccelli and has a son ...
(born 1952) *
Bruna Marquezine Bruna Reis Maia (born 4 August 1995), known professionally as Bruna Marquezine, is a Brazilian actress. She debuted on television in 2000 as one of the children interviewers for the children's program ''Gente Inocente''. She has already been pa ...
(born 1995) *
Carolina Dieckmann Carolina Dieckmann Worcman (born 16 September 1978) is a Brazilian actress. She has acted in telenovelas since 1993. A 2004 article in the ''Women's Wear Daily'' described Dieckmann as one of the "fastest-rising actresses" in Brazil. She portra ...
(born 1978) *
Cauã Reymond Cauã Reymond Marques (, born 20 May 1980) is a Brazilian actor. He is best known for his television roles in ''Malhação'' and ''Cordel Encantado''. His television credits include ''Belíssima'', ''Passione'', '' A Favorita'', and '' Avenida ...
(born 1980) *
Daniel Benzali Daniel Benzali (born January 20, 1946) is a Brazilian-American stage, television and film actor. Early life Benzali was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the son of Lee, a cook, and Carlo Benzali, a salesman who had also been an actor in Brazilian ...
(born 1950) *
Daniele Suzuki Daniele Suzuki (; born 21 September 1977) is a Brazilian actress, filmmaker, and television host. Biography Born in Rio de Janeiro, Danielle Suzuki is the daughter of Hiroshi Suzuki, a second generation Japanese Brazilian from São Paulo, whose ...
(born 1977) *
Denise Fraga Denise Rodrigues Fraga (born October 15, 1964) is a Brazilian actress. She is also a columnist at Editora Globo's ''Crescer'' magazine. Filmography *'' Bambolê'' (1987) – Amália *''A, E, I, O, Urca'' (1990) *'' Barriga de Aluguel'' (1990 ...
(born 1964) *
Dercy Gonçalves Dolores Gonçalves Costa (23 June 1905 – 19 July 2008), known by her stage name Dercy Gonçalves, was a Brazilian actress, comedian and singer. In her 86-year-long career, she worked in the theater, revues, film, radio and television, becoming ...
(1907–2008), artist *
Eliane Giardini Eliane Teresinha Giardini (born October 20, 1952) is a Brazilian actress. Although she had little career success until the age of forty, she is now considered one of Brazil's foremost actresses. Biography Giardini was born in Sorocaba, São Pau ...
(born 1952) *
Fernanda Montenegro Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres ONM (née da Silva; born 16 October 1929), known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro ( /feʁˈnɐ̃dɐ mõtʃiˈnegɾu/), is a Brazilian stage, television and film actress. Considered by many the greatest Brazil ...
(born 1929) Academy Award nominee *
Fernanda Torres Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres (born 15 September 1965) is a Brazilian film, stage and television actress and writer. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, the daughter of the Oscar-nominated actress Fernanda Montenegro and the actor Fernando Torr ...
(born 1965) *
Fábio Assunção Fábio Assunção Pinto (born 10 August 1971) is a Brazilian actor. In 2011, he was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actor for his role in the miniseries '' Dalva e Herivelto: uma Canção de Amor''. Early life Born in São ...
(born 1971) *
Fábio Lago Fábio de Souza Lago (born 13 March 1970) is a Brazilian actor, best known for his works in ''Elite Squad'', '' Caras & Bocas'', and '' Invisible City''. Filmography ;Films *2001: ''3 Histórias da Bahia'' as Roupinol "Roupi" *2002: ''Nada Sé ...
(born 1970) *
Gianfrancesco Guarnieri Gianfrancesco Sigfrido Benedetto Marinenghi de Guarnieri (August 6, 1934 – July 22, 2006) was an Italian–Brazilian actor, lyricist, poet and playwright. He was a key participant in the Arena Theater of São Paulo, his most important work was ...
(1934–2006) *
Giovanna Antonelli Giovanna Antonelli Prado (born 18 March 1976) is a Brazilian actress, television host, and producer. Biography 1991–1999: Beginning of career and first works In 1991, at age 15, Antonelli appeared in the children's show ''Clube da Crian ...
(born 1976) *
Glória Menezes Nilcedes Soares de Magalhães ( née Guimarães; born 19 October 1934), known professionally as Glória Menezes, is a Brazilian actress. Life and career Glória Menezes was born in Pelotas, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Her real name, Ni ...
(born 1934) *
Grande Otelo Grande Otelo (October 18, 1915 – November 26, 1993) was the stage name of Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, and composer Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata. Otelo was born in Uberlândia, and was orphaned as a child. He kept running away from ...
(1915–1993) *
Guilherme Berenguer Guilherme Berenguer Santiago (born September 20, 1980) is a Brazilian actor, best known for his roles in ''Malhação'' (2004) as Gustavo and ''Bang Bang'' (2005) as Neon. Early life As a child, Guillerme liked to engage in street theater with ...
(born 1980) *
Hebe Camargo Hebe Maria Monteiro de Camargo Ravagnani (; 8 March 1929 – 29 September 2012) was a Brazilian television host, singer and actress. She is considered the "Queen of Brazilian Television" ( pt, Rainha da Televisão Brasileira). She died at her ...
(1929–2012), TV presenter, singer, actress *
José Lewgoy José Lewgoy (16 November 1920 – 10 February 2003) was a Brazilian actor. He is recognizable to many art-house cinema fans for his role as Don Aquilino in Werner Herzog's 1982 film ''Fitzcarraldo''. Biography He was born in Veranópolis, ...
(1920–2003) *
José Wilker José Wilker Almeida (20 August 1944 – 5 April 2014) was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. The actor gained fame in telenovelas like '' Roque Santeiro'' (1985), but became known internationally for his role as Vadinho, ...
(1944–2014) *
Juliana Didone Juliana Didone Nascimento (born October 11, 1984) is a Brazilian actress and former model. Television career Born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, she is best known for her role as ''Letícia Gomes da Silva'', the main character of the 2004 ...
(born 1984) *
Juliana Silveira Juliana Bragança Saúda Silveira, known as Juliana Silveira (born March 12, 1980) is a Brazilian actress and singer. She began her acting career on ''Malhação','' a Brazilian telenovela aimed at teenagers. Biography In 2005 Juliana starr ...
(born 1980), actress/singer *
Lázaro Ramos Luís Lázaro Sacramento Ramos (born November 1, 1978) is a prolific Brazilian actor, television presenter, director, writer, and voice actor. He started his acting career with the Flock of Olodum Theater group, in Salvador, and is best known f ...
(born 1978) *
Leonardo Villar Leonardo Villar (25 July 1923 – 3 July 2020) was a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for his performance as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's ''O Pagador de Promessas'', the only Brazilian film so far awarded a Palme d'Or at the ...
(1923–2020) *
Lima Duarte Ariclenes Venâncio Martins (born 29 March 1930), known professionally as Lima Duarte, is a Brazilian actor. He played a number of characters in Brazilian telenovelas, such as Zeca Diabo in ''O Bem-Amado'' and Sinhozinho Malta in ''Roque Santeiro ...
(born 1930) *
Lucélia Santos Maria Lucélia dos Santos (born May 20, 1957) is a Brazilian actress, director and producer. She received international acclaim for her leading role in the 1976 Rede Globo telenovela '' Isaura, The Slave Girl'', broadcast in over 80 countries.
(born 1957) *
Malu Mader Maria de Lourdes "Malu" da Silveira Mäder (born 12 September 1966) is a Brazilian actress. Biography Born in Rio de Janeiro, she is the daughter of Rubens Tramujas Mäder, a Brazilian army colonel (who gives his name to the RJ-163 highway, w ...
(born 1966), *
Carmen Miranda Carmen Miranda, (; born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, 9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress and film star who was active from the late 1920s onwards. Nicknamed "The B ...
(1909–1955), singer *
Marco Nanini Marco Antônio Barroso Nanini (born 31 May 1948) is a Brazilian actor. Most of his activities have been in comedy. Nanini achieved national sensation through his participation in the theatre piece ''"O Mistério de Irma Vap"'', together with fe ...
(born 1948) *
Maria Flor Maria Flor Leite Calaça (born August 31, 1983), usually known as Maria Flor, is a Brazilian actress. Career She was discovered in 2002, and her first role was in the film '' O Diabo a Quatro'', filmed in the same year, and released nationwi ...
(born 1983) *
Marília Pêra Marília Soares Pêra (22 January 1943 – 5 December 2015) was a Brazilian actress, singer, and stage director. Hailed as "one of the decade's 980sten best actresses" by Pauline Kael, Pêra won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Be ...
(1943–2015) *
Matheus Nachtergaele Matheus Nachtergaele (born 3 January 1968) is a Brazilian actor, director, and screenwriter. Career He has starred in numerous Brazilian films, best known for his appearances in the 1997 film ''Four Days in September'' and the 2002 film '' City ...
(born 1968) *
Miguel Falabella Miguel Falabella (born October 10, 1955, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actor, presenter, screen writer, voice actor, film maker, theater actor, producer, writer and director. He is known, among many other works, for playing Caco Antibes in the ...
(born 1956) *
Morena Baccarin Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin (; born 2 June 1979) is a Brazilian actress known for portraying Inara Serra in the sci-fi series '' Firefly'' and its follow-up film '' Serenity'', Vanessa in the superhero comedy franchise ''Deadpool'', Jessi ...
(born 1979) *
Murilo Benício Murilo Benício Ribeiro (born 13 July 1971) is a Brazilian actor. He is perhaps most famous for his roles in the telenovelas: ''O Clone'', '' América'', ''Por Amor'', '' A Favorita'' and '' Avenida Brasil''. In the early 1990s, he began his ca ...
(born 1971) *
Natália Guimarães Natália Aparecida Guimarães (born 25 December 1984 in Juiz de Fora) is a Brazilian people, Brazilian actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Brasil 2007. Early life Due to being born on Christmas, ''nat ...
(born 1984),
Miss Brasil 2007 Miss Brazil ( pt, Miss Brasil) is a Brazilian national beauty pageant, held annually since 1954. The competition has gone through several incarnations throughout its history, while its main purpose has been to select the Brazilian representative ...
, actress *
Oscarito Oscarito, stage name of Oscar Lorenzo Jacinto de la Inmaculada Concepción Teresa Diaz (August 16, 1906 – August 4, 1970) was a Spanish-Brazilian actor, considered to be one of the most popular comedians of Brazil. Life Born in a family of c ...
(1906–1970) *
Paola Oliveira Caroline Paola Oliveira da Silva (born April 14, 1982), best known as Paolla Oliveira, is a Brazilian actress. Biography Paolla Oliveira was born in São Paulo. Her father is a retired military policeman while her mother is a housewife. Paol ...
(born 1982) *
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 ...
(1922–2007) *
Paulo Betti Paulo Sérgio Betti (born 8 September 1952) is a Brazilian actor, playwright, and stage director. He also works occasionally as film producer and director. Biography Paulo Sérgio Betti was born on 8 September 1952 in Rafard, a small town in the ...
(born 1952) *
Raul Cortez Raul Christiano Machado Cortez (28 August 1932 – 18 July 2006) was a Brazilian stage, television, and film actor, director and producer. Cortez died of pancreatic cancer in 2006, aged 73. Filmography *''O Pão Que o Diabo Amassou'' (1957) *' ...
(1932–2006) *
Regina Duarte Regina Blois Duarte (born 5 February 1947) is a Brazilian actress who briefly served as Special Secretary of Culture, a cabinet position in President Jair Bolsonaro's federal administration, from March to May 2020. Political activities Her eff ...
(born 1947) *
Renato Aragão Antônio Renato Aragão (born January 13, 1935), nicknamed Didi, is a Brazilian comedian actor, producer, filmmaker, TV presenter, singer and writer. He is best known as Didi, because of his leading role in the television series ''Os Trapalhões ...
(born 1935) *
Reynaldo Gianecchini Reynaldo Fernandes Cisotto Gianecchini Júnior (; born 12 November 1972) is a Brazilian actor and model. Career Gianecchini started acting at the age of 6, on the stage of his school in Birigüi, São Paulo. He graduated with a degree in law ...
(born 1972) *
Rodrigo Hilbert Rodrigo Hilbert Alberton (born 22 April 1980) is a Brazilian television presenter, actor, and former model. Early life Rodrigo was born in Orleans, Santa Catarina. He is of German and Italian descent. Career Although he also used to think ...
(born 1980) *
Rodrigo Santoro Rodrigo Junqueira Reis Santoro (; born 22 August 1975) is a Brazilian actor. He is most known for his portrayal of Persian King Xerxes in the movie '' 300'' (2006) and its sequel '' 300: Rise of an Empire'' (2014). Other famous movies include ...
(born 1975) *
Ronald Golias Ronald Golias (May 4, 1929 — September 27, 2005) was a Brazilian comedian and actor. Biography Golias was born in the city of São Carlos, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, and worked as a tailor assistant and insurance agent, amongst ...
(1929–2005), actor and comedian *
Selton Mello Selton Figueiredo Mello (born 30 December 1972) is a Brazilian actor and director. Since his childhood, he acted on TV shows. Now he works on TV, movies and theater. Throughout his career, he developed a strong and solid experience in cinema, pr ...
(born 1972) *
Sônia Braga Sônia Maria Campos Braga (; born 8 June 1950) is a Brazilian actress. She is known in the English-speaking world for her Golden Globe Award–nominated performances in '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (1985) and ''Moon over Parador'' (1988). She ...
(born 1950) *
Taís Araújo Taís Bianca Gama de Araújo (; born 25 November 1978) is a Brazilian actress, TV host and model. Her first prominent role on television was in 1996 as protagonist of the Brazilian telenovela '' Xica da Silva'' by Walcyr Carrasco, in the Rede M ...
(born 1978) *
Tarcisio Meira Tarcisio or Tarcísio is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti (1899–1972), Italian Roman Catholic bishop *Tarcisio Bertone (born 1934), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal *Tarcisio Catanese (1967–2 ...
(1935–2021) * Vera Fischer (born 1951) *
Wagner Moura Wagner Maniçoba de Moura (; born 27 June 1976) is a Brazilian actor, director, filmmaker, musician, and journalist. Wagner started his career doing theater in Salvador, where he worked with renowned directors, and soon scored some appearances ...
(born 1976) *
Xuxa Meneghel Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel ( ; ; born Maria da Graça Meneghel, 27 March 1963) is a Brazilian television host, film actress, singer, model, and businesswoman. Known as "Queen of Little Ones", Xuxa built the largest Latin American children's e ...
(born 1963), actress, singer, TV host


Architects and urban planners

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Affonso Eduardo Reidy Affonso Eduardo Reidy (Paris, 26 October 1909 - Rio de Janeiro, 10 August 1964) was a Brazilian architect. He was the son of an English father and a Brazilian mother. Reidy entered the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro at age 17. H ...
(1909–1964), architect and urban planner, reformer of
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 b ...
* Alexandre Chan (born 1942) * João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915–1985), architect and professor *
Lina Bo Bardi Lina Bo Bardi, born Achillina Bo (5 December 1914 – 20 March 1992), was an Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect. A prolific architect and designer, she devoted her working life, most of it spent in Brazil, to promoting the social and cult ...
(1914–1992), architect *
Lúcio Costa Lúcio Marçal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa (27 February 1902 – 13 June 1998) was a Brazilian architect and urban planner, best known for his plan for Brasília. Career Costa was born in Toulon, France, the son of Brazilian parents. His fath ...
(1902–1998), architect and urban planner, creator of
Brasília Brasília (; ) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located at the top of the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region. It was founded by President Juscelino Kubitsche ...
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Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (15 December 1907 – 5 December 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer (), was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was ...
(1907–2012), architect of international renown, winner of the 1988
Pritzker Prize The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international architecture award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produ ...
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha Paulo Mendes da Rocha (October 25, 1928 – May 23, 2021) was a Brazilian architect. Mendes da Rocha attended the Mackenzie Presbyterian University College of Architecture, graduating in 1954. Working almost exclusively in Brazil, Mendes da Roc ...
(1928–2021), architect and professor, winner of the 2006
Pritzker Prize The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international architecture award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produ ...
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Roberto Burle Marx Roberto Burle Marx (August 4, 1909 – June 4, 1994) was a Brazilian landscape architect (as well as a painter, print maker, ecologist, naturalist, artist and musician) whose designs of parks and gardens made him world-famous. He is accredite ...
(1909–1994), architect and
landscape designer Landscape design is an independent profession and a design and art tradition, practiced by landscape designers, combining nature and culture. In contemporary practice, landscape design bridges the space between landscape architecture and garde ...
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Jaime Lerner Jaime Lerner (17 December 1937 – 27 May 2021) was a Brazilian politician. He was the governor of the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil. He is renowned as an architect and urban planner, having been mayor of Curitiba, capital of Paraná, th ...
(1937–2021), architect and urban planner *
Ruy Ohtake Ruy Ohtake (27 January 1938 — 27 November 2021) was a Brazilian architect. He was the son of artist Tomie Ohtake. History Son of Japanese artist Tomie Ohtake, Ruy Ohtake was known for his unusual architectural designs. Examples of his proje ...
(1938–2021), architect *
Marcio Kogan Marcio Kogan (born March 6, 1952, São Paulo) is a Brazilian architect and filmmaker best known for his work on Single-family detached home, private homes and retail design. The son of engineer :pt:Aron Kogan, Aron Kogan (1924–1961), a designer ...
(born 1952), architect * Igor de Vetyemy (born 1981), architect and professor


Artists (Visual arts)


Painters

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Alfredo Volpi Alfredo Volpi (April 14, 1896 – May 28, 1988), was a prominent painter of the artistic and cultural Brazilian modernist movement. He was born in Lucca, Italy but, less than two years later, he was brought by his parents to São Paulo, Brazil ...
(1896–1988) *
Almeida Junior Almeida may refer to: People *Almeida (surname) *Almeida Garrett (1799–1854), Portuguese poet, playwright, novelist and politician * Laurindo Almeida (1917–1995), Brazilian jazz musician Places *Almeidas Province, province in Colombia *Almeid ...
(1850–1899) *
Anita Malfatti Anita Catarina Malfatti (December 2, 1889 – November 6, 1964) is heralded as the first Brazilian artist to introduce European and American forms of Modernism to Brazil. Her solo exhibition in Sao Paulo, from 1917–1918, was controversial ...
(1889–1964) * Arthur Timotheo da Costa (1882-1922) *
Cândido Portinari Candido Portinari (December 29, 1903 – February 6, 1962) was a Brazilian painter. He is considered one of the most important Brazilian painters as well as a prominent and influential practitioner of the neo-realism style in painting. Portinari ...
(1903–1962) *
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti Emiliano Augusto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Melo (September 6, 1897 – October 26, 1976), known as Di Cavalcanti, was a Brazilian painter who sought to produce a form of Brazilian art free of any noticeable European influences. His wife was the p ...
(1897–1976) *
Iberê Camargo Iberê Bassani Camargo (18 November 1914, in Restinga Seca – 8 August 1994, in Porto Alegre) was a Brazilian painter, one of the greatest expressionist artists from his country. Shortly after his death, the Iberê Camargo Foundation was c ...
(1914–1994) * José Pancetti (1902–1958) *
Lasar Segall Lasar Segall (July 21, 1889 – August 2, 1957) was a Lithuanian Jewish and Brazilian painter, engraver and sculptor. Segall's work is derived from impressionism, expressionism and modernism. His most significant themes were depictions of hum ...
(1891–1957) *
Manabu Mabe (September 14, 1924 – September 22, 1997) was a Japanese- Brazilian painter. Mabe worked as a vendor of hand-painted ties in São Paulo before becoming a famous artist. In the late 1950s, Mabe won the top award in São Paulo's Contemporary Ar ...
(1924–1997) *
Manoel da Costa Ataíde Manoel da Costa Ataíde, better known as Mestre Ataíde (18 October 1762 — 2 February 1830), was a Brazilian painter, sculptor, gilder and teacher. An important artist of the baroque-rococo school in Minas Gerais, Ataíde had a major influe ...
(1762–1830) *
Tarsila do Amaral Tarsila de Aguiar do Amaral (; 1 September 1886 – 17 January 1973) was a Brazilian painter, draftswoman, and translator. She is considered one of the leading Latin American modernist artists, and is regarded as the painter who best achieved Bra ...
(1886–1973) *
Vicente do Rego Monteiro Vicente do Rego Monteiro (December 19, 1899 — June 5, 1970), born in Recife, was a Brazilian painter, sculptor, and poet, born to a rich family. He was part of the Semana de Arte Moderna exhibition and helped form the later Brazilian Moderni ...
(1899–1970) *
Victor Meirelles Victor Meirelles de Lima (18 August 1832 – 22 February 1903) was a Brazilian painter and teacher who is best known for his works relating to his nation's culture and history. From humble origins, his talent was soon recognized, being admitted as ...
(1832–1903)


Sculptors

* Antonio Francisco Lisboa "O Aleijadinho" (1730–1814),
Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
sculptor *
Sergio Rossetti Morosini Sergio Rossetti Morosini (born 1953) is a Brazilian-American Scholar, artist and author of Venetian extraction who served as Brazil's Cultural attaché in New Orleans and is dedicated to preserving the Atlantic Forest and restoring the art in st ...
, Brazilian American (born 1953),
Contemporary Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to the present. Contemporary history is either a subset of the late modern period, or it is o ...
sculptor *
Victor Brecheret Victor Brecheret, born ''Vittorio Breheret'' (December 15, 1894 – December 17, 1955), was an Italian-Brazilian sculptor. He lived most of his life in São Paulo, except for his studies in Paris in his early twenties. Brecheret's work combin ...
(1894–1955)


Cartoonists

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Carlos Latuff Carlos Latuff (born 30 November 1968) is a Brazilian political cartoonist. His work deals with themes such as anti-Western sentiment, anti-capitalism, and opposition to U.S. military intervention. He is best known for his images depicting the ...
(born 1968), political cartoonist *
Fábio Moon Fábio Moon is a Brazilian comic book artist best known for his work on ''Casanova''. He is the twin brother of fellow comic book artist Gabriel Bá. Career Fábio has been writing comics for almost 15 years, and has been published in France, It ...
(born 1976) *
Gabriel Bá Gabriel Bá (born 5 June 1976) is a People of Brazil, Brazilian comic book artist best known for his work on ''The Umbrella Academy'', ''Casanova (comics), Casanova'', and ''Daytripper (DC Comics), Daytripper''. He is the twin brother of fellow co ...
(born 1976) *
Henfil Henrique de Souza Filho (5 February 1944 – 4 January 1988), commonly known as Henfil, was a Brazilian cartoonist, caricaturist, journalist and writer, born in Ribeirão das Neves, Minas Gerais. Biography He was a contributor to the satiri ...
(1944–1988) *
Mauricio de Sousa Mauricio Araújo de Sousa (; born October 27, 1935) is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200 characters for his popular series of children's comic books named "Turma da Mônica" or "Monica's Gang (Currently known as: M ...
(born 1935) *
Millôr Fernandes Millôr Fernandes (August 16, 1923"Millôr Fernandes"
''Releituras'' (in Portuguese) – March 2 ...
(1923–2012) *
Ziraldo Ziraldo Alves Pinto (born October 24, 1932), usually referred to mononymous person, mononymically as Ziraldo, is a Brazilian author, painter, comic creator, and journalist. His books have sold about ten million copies, have been translated to ma ...
(born 1932)


Others

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Abraham Palatnik Abraham Palatnik (2 February 1928 – 9 May 2020) was a Brazilian abstract artist and inventor whose innovations include kinechromatic art. Life Palatnik was born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, lived from 1932 to 1947 in Israel before settling ...
(1928–2020) *
Ana Maria Pacheco Ana Maria Pacheco (born 1943) is a Brazilian sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Her work is influenced by her Brazilian heritage and often focuses on supernatural themes, incorporating them into unfolding narratives within her work. Pacheco's work ...
(born 1943), painter and sculptor *
Artur Barrio Artur Barrio (Artur Alipio Barrio de Sousa Lopes) is an artist who lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Much of his work consists of installation pieces that create interaction with the public. Barrio engages the viewer as participant in h ...
(born 1945) * Cybèle Varela (born 1943), painter, mixed-media artist *
Hélio Oiticica Hélio Oiticica (; July 26, 1937 – March 22, 1980) was a Brazilian visual artist, sculptor, painter, performance artist, and theorist, best known for his participation in the Neo-Concrete Movement, for his innovative use of color, and for ...
(1937–1980), painter *
Lygia Clark Lygia Pimentel Lins (23 October 1920 – 25 April 1988), better known as Lygia Clark, was a Brazilian artist best known for her painting and installation work. She was often associated with the Brazilian Constructivist movements of the mid-20t ...
(1920–1988) *
Lygia Pape Lygia Pape (7 April 1927 – 3 May 2004) was a Brazilian visual artist, sculptor, engraver, and filmmaker, who was a key figure in the Concrete art, Concrete movement and a later co-founder of the Neo-Concrete Movement in Brazil during the ...
(1927–2004) * Moysés Baumstein (1931–1991), holographer, painter, film/video producer *
Naza The Naza Group of Companies is a Malaysians, Malaysian business Conglomerate (company), conglomerate involved in many types of business ranging from motoring to education. The group began operations in 1975 as a motor trading company. The mo ...
(born 1955), painter, visual artist *
Oswaldo Goeldi Oswaldo Goeldi (31 October 1895 – 16 February 1961) was a Brazilian artist and renowned engraver. He was the son of Swiss naturalist Émil Goeldi. Goeldi was born in Rio de Janeiro, but lived in Belém, in the state Pará, until he was 6 ...
(1895–1961), illustrator and engraver *
Sebastião Salgado Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior (born February 8, 1944) is a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist. He has traveled in over 120 countries for his photographic projects. Most of these have appeared in numerous press pu ...
(born 1944), photographer


Athletes


Football

*
Adriano Adriano or Adrião is the form of the Latin given name ''Hadrianus'' commonly used in the Italian language; the form Adrian is used in the English language. Notable people with the name include: * Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer, music theori ...
(born 1982) *
Adriano Adriano or Adrião is the form of the Latin given name ''Hadrianus'' commonly used in the Italian language; the form Adrian is used in the English language. Notable people with the name include: * Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer, music theori ...
(born 1985) *
Alisson Becker Álisson Ramsés Becker (born 2 October 1992), known as Alisson Becker or simply Alisson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Liverpool and the Brazil national team. He is widely regarded to ...
(born 1992) *
Bebeto José Roberto Gama de Oliveira (born 16 February 1964), known as Bebeto (), is a Brazilian former professional football player who played as a forward. He entered politics in the 2010 Brazilian General Elections and was elected to the Legi ...
(born 1964) *
Benny Feilhaber Benny Feilhaber (; born January 19, 1985) is an American soccer coach and former professional player who is currently head coach of MLS Next Pro side Sporting Kansas City II, an affiliate of Sporting Kansas City. A midfielder, Feilhaber played fo ...
(born 1985), footballer, center/attacking midfielder (
AGF Aarhus Aarhus Gymnastikforening (; commonly known as AGF ), is a professional sports club based in Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark. Founded in 1880, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country and gymnastics and fencing are featured as its main sports. Howev ...
& US national team) *
Cafu Marcos Evangelista de Morais (born 7 June 1970), known as Cafu (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Known for his pace and energetic attacking runs along the right flank, he is regarded as one of the gr ...
(born 1970), footballer *
Casemiro Carlos Henrique Casimiro (born 23 February 1992), known as Casemiro, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Manchester United and the Brazil national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best d ...
(born 1992), football player for
Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
and three time
UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
Winner *
Dani Alves Daniel Alves da Silva (born 6 May 1983), known simply as Dani Alves (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga MX club UNAM and the Brazil national team. Widely considered one of the greatest full-backs of ...
(born 1983) *
Dante Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...
(born 1983) *
David Luiz David Luiz Moreira Marinho (born 22 April 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Flamengo. Primarily a centre back, he can also be deployed as a defensive midfielder. After starting out at Vitoria, David Luiz moved to Ben ...
(born 1987), football player for
Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...
*
Dida In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Diploma in Digital Applications (DiDA) is an optional information and communication technology (ICT) course, usually studied by Key Stage 4 or equivalent school students (aged 14-16). DiDA was introduc ...
(born 1973) *
Garrincha Manuel Francisco dos Santos (28 October 1933 – 20 January 1983), nicknamed Mané Garrincha, best known as simply Garrincha (, "little bird"), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right winger. He is widely regarded as one of ...
(1933–1983) *
Gabriel Barbosa Gabriel Barbosa Almeida (born 30 August 1996), commonly known as Gabigol or Gabi, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo and the Brazil national team. A graduate of the ...
(born 1996) *
Gabriel Jesus Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (born 3 April 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Arsenal and the Brazil national team. Jesus began his senior club career at Palmeiras, where he was voted Best Newcomer at ...
(born 1997) *
Jairzinho Jair Ventura Filho (born 25 December 1944), better known as Jairzinho (), is a Brazilian former footballer. A quick, skillful, and powerful right winger known for his finishing ability and eye for goal, he was a key member and top scorer of th ...
(born 1944) *
Lúcio Lucimar Ferreira da Silva (born 8 May 1978), commonly known as Lúcio, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. A tall and physically strong defender who excelled in the air, Lúcio was known for his long, sur ...
(born 1978), retired footballer *
Kaká Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (; born 22 April 1982), commonly known as Kaká () or Ricardo Kaká, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. In his prime as a playmaker at AC Milan, a period marke ...
(born 1982) *
Lucas Leiva Lucas Pezzini Leiva (born 9 January 1987), known as Lucas or Lucas Leiva (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Grêmio. Lucas began his career as a box-to-box midfielder at Grêmio where he won the ...
(born 1987) *
Lucas Moura Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva (born 13 August 1992), known as Lucas Moura (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger and forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. Moura started his professional career at São Pa ...
(born 1992) *
Marcelo Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to: * Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...
(born 1988) *
Marta Marta may refer to: People * Marta (given name), a feminine given name * Märta, a feminine given name * Marta (surname) :István Márta composer * Marta (footballer) (born 1986), Brazilian professional footballer Places * Marta (river), an ...
(born 1986) *
Neymar Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (born 5 February 1992), known as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Sain ...
(born 1992) *
Oscar Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People * Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology), ...
(born 1991) *
Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labelled "the greatest" by FIFA, ...
(1940-2022), football player, three-time
World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
Champion *
Philippe Coutinho Philippe Coutinho Correia (born 12 June 1992) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Brazil national team. He is known for his combination of vision, ...
(born 1992), football player for
FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Founded ...
*
Rivaldo Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira (born 19 April 1972), known simply as Rivaldo (), is a Brazilian former footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder but also as a second striker, and on occasion deployed as a wide midfielder or as a w ...
(born 1972) *
Rivelino Roberto Rivellino (also Rivelino, ; ; born 1 January 1946) is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer. He was one of the stars of Brazil's 1970 FIFA World Cup winning team. Rivellino currently works as a pundit for Brazilian TV Cult ...
(born 1946) *
Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), commonly known as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his care ...
(born 1973),
2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...
Champion *
Roberto Firmino Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira (born 2 October 1991) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for club Liverpool and the Brazil national team. After starting his career with Figueirense in 20 ...
(born 1991), footballer,
Liverpool FC Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has p ...
*
Robinho Robson de Souza ( or , born 25 January 1984), known as Robinho (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. In 1999, at 15 years of age, Robinho was picked by Brazil legend Pelé as his heir apparent and, in 2002, ...
(born 1984) *
Rodrigo Caio Rodrigo Caio Coquette Russo (born 17 August 1993), known as Rodrigo Caio, is a footballer who plays as a central defender for Flamengo and the Brazil national team. Club career São Paulo Born in Dracena, São Paulo, Rodrigo Caio is a product ...
(born 1993) *
Rogério Ceni Rogério Mücke Ceni (; born 22 January 1973) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who is in charge of São Paulo FC. He is considered one of the all-time greatest Brazilian goalkeepers and is recognised by the Inter ...
(born 1973) *
Romário Romário de Souza Faria Figueiredo (born 29 January 1966), known simply as Romário (), is a Brazilian politician and a former professional footballer. A prolific striker renowned for his clinical finishing, he scored over 750 goals and was ...
(born 1966) *
Ronaldinho Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho () or simply Ronaldinho, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder, but was also deployed as a winger. Wide ...
(born 1980), footballer, two-time FIFA World Player of the Year *
Ronaldo Ronaldo is a Portuguese given name equivalent to the English Ronald. It became a common name in all Portuguese-speaking countries, being also prevalent in Italy and Spanish-speaking countries. People Notable people known as Ronaldo include: As ...
(born 1976), footballer, two-time World Cup champion * Taffarel (born 1966),
1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States ...
Champion *
Thiago Silva Thiago Emiliano da Silva (born 22 September 1984) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Chelsea and captains the Brazil national team. Considered one of the best defenders of his generation, he is known f ...
(born 1984), football player for
Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, they play their home games at Stamford Bridge. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football ...
*
Vinícius Júnior Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior (born 12 July 2000), commonly known as Vinícius Júnior or Vini Jr. (), is a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), winger for La Liga ...
(born 2000) * Wesley (born 1989), footballer * Willian (born 1988) * Zico (born 1953), retired footballer *
Zizinho Thomaz Soares da Silva, also known as Zizinho (; 14 September 1921 – 8 February 2002), was a Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for the Brazil national football team. He came to international prominence at the 195 ...
(1921–2002), retired footballer


Basketball

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Anderson Varejão Anderson França Varejão (; born September 28, 1982) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 13 of those with the Cleveland Cavaliers. With a career that spanned ...
(born 1982), former NBA player *
Bruno Caboclo Bruno Correa Fernandes Caboclo (born September 21, 1995) is a Brazilian professional basketball player for Ratiopharm Ulm of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He plays at the forward positions. After making his debut for Pinheiros in Brazil, ...
(born 1995), NBA player *
Fab Melo Fabricio Paulino de Melo (; June 20, 1990 – February 11, 2017) was a Brazilian professional basketball player. He played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics before returning to his home country and play ...
(1990–2017), former NBA player *
Leandro Barbosa Leandro Mateus Barbosa (; born November 28, 1982), also known as Leandrinho Barbosa, is a Brazilian former professional basketball player who is an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also rep ...
(born 1982), NBA champion *
Marcelo Huertas Marcelo "Marcelinho" Tieppo Huertas (born 25 May 1983) is a Brazilian professional basketball player for Iberostar Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. He is also a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team, and holds Italian ...
(born 1983), professional basketball player *
Nenê Hilário Nenê (; born Maybyner Rodney Hilário; September 13, 1982) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player. Known previously as Nenê Hilario, he legally changed his name to simply Nenê in 2003. Early life Born Maybyner Rodney Hilário i ...
(born 1982), NBA player *
Oscar Schmidt Oscar Daniel Bezerra Schmidt (born February 16, 1958) is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player. He is also commonly known as Oscar Schmidt in Spain, where he played for Fórum Valladolid for the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons, ...
(born 1958), retired basketball player *
Raul Neto Raul "Raulzinho" Togni Neto (; born 19 May 1992) is a Brazilian professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team. ...
(born 1992), NBA player *
Tiago Splitter Tiago Splitter Beims (born January 1, 1985) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently serving as player development coach for the Brooklyn Nets. A ...
(born 1985), NBA champion


Volleyball

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Adriana Behar Adriana Brandão Behar (born February 14, 1969, in Rio de Janeiro) was one of the most outstanding volleyball players of her generation. Behar is Jewish. She moved to beach volleyball in 1993, after playing in the Brazilian women's national i ...
(born 1969), volleyball, beach player; two-time Olympic silver; Pan American champion; two-time world champion * Alison Cerutti (born 1985), Olympic medalist and World Champion * Bernard Rajzman (born 1957), Olympic silver; Pan American champion; world silver *
Bruno Oscar Schmidt Bruno Oscar Schmidt (born 6 October 1986) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. He plays as a right-side defender. Bruno is the nephew of the former Brazilian basketball player Oscar Schmidt and of the TV news announcer Tadeu Schmidt. In 2010, ...
(born 1986), Olympic medalist and World Champion * Bruno Rezende (born 1986), Olympic medalist and World Champion *
Giba Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho, known as Giba (born 23 December 1976), is a Brazilian former professional volleyball player who played as an outside hitter. For much of the 2000s, he was widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players in t ...
(born 1976), eight-time World League champion *
Lucas Saatkamp Lucas Saatkamp (born 6 March 1986) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club SESI São Paulo, winning a gold medal with Brazil at the 2010 World Championships, a participant and silver ...
(born 1986), Olympic medalist and World Champion


Judo

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Érika Miranda Érika de Souza Miranda (born 4 June 1987) is a Brazilian judoka. She won the silver medal in the Half-lightweight −52 kg division at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the wo ...
(born 1987) World Championship medalist *
Felipe Kitadai Felipe Kitadai (born July 28, 1989) is a judoka from Brazil. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2011 Pan American Games. He also won gold medals six consecutive times in the Pan American Games Judo Championships: at 20 ...
(born 1989), Olympic medalist *
Flávio Canto Flávio Vianna de Ulhôa Canto (born April 16, 1975 in Oxford, England) is a Brazilian judoka who competed in Men's 81 kg Judo. He won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is founder and president of the Instituto Reação, and ...
(born 1975), Olympic medalist *
Ketleyn Quadros Ketleyn Lima Quadros (born 1 October 1987) is a Brazilian judoka. She won the bronze medal in the 57 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and became the first Brazilian woman to win an Olympic medal in an individual sport. Personal l ...
(born 1987), Olympic medalist *
Leandro Guilheiro Leandro Marques Guilheiro (born August 7, 1983) is a Brazilian male judoka. He won the bronze medal in the lightweight (<73 kg) division at the
(born 1983), Olympic medalist *
Mayra Aguiar Mayra Aguiar da Silva (born August 3 1991) is a Brazilian judoka. She was a bronze medallist in three consecutive Olympics, 2012, 2016 and 2020. She is also three-time world champion (2014, 2017, 2022). She is the first Brazilian woman to win t ...
(born 1991), Olympic medalist and World Champion * Rafael Silva (born 1987) two-time Olympic medalist *
Rafaela Silva Rafaela Lopes Silva (born 24 April 1992) is a Brazilian judoka. She won gold medals at the World Judo Championships of 2013 World Judo Championships – Women's 57 kg, 2013 and 2022 World Judo Championships – Women's 57 kg, 2022 and at the J ...
(born 1992), Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion *
Sarah Menezes Sarah Gabrielle Cabral de Menezes (born March 26, 1990) is a judoka from Brazil. In Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg, 2012, she became the first Brazilian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in judo, after defeating the reigning ...
(born 1990), Olympic gold medalist *
Tiago Camilo Tiago Henrique de Oliveira Camilo (born 24 May 1982) is a judoka from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the lightweight (−73 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also won a gold medal at the 2007 World Judo Championships, and was ...
(born 1982), two-time Olympic medalist and World Champion


Gymnastics

* Arthur Mariano (born 1993), Olympic medalist and World Champion *
Arthur Zanetti Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (born April 16, 1990) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. He won the gold medal in the rings exercise at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, becoming the first Brazilian and Latin American gymnast to win an Olympic medal i ...
(born 1990), Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion *
Daiane dos Santos Daiane Garcia dos Santos (born February 10, 1983) is a retired Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She is the 2003 world champion on the floor apparatus. On doing so, she became the first black gymnast to ever win an event at the World Champio ...
(born 1983), World Champion *
Daniele Hypólito Daniele Matias Hypólito (born 8 September 1984) is a Brazilian gymnast who competed at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and the 2016 Olympic Games. Hypólito is the first gymnast from Brazil to win a medal at the World Championships, a silver in fl ...
(born 1984), World Championship medalist *
Diego Hypólito Diego Matias Hypólito (; born 19 June 1986) is a Brazilian gymnast, the 2005 and 2007 World Champion in the floor exercise. He is the first male gymnast from Brazil, and South America, to win a medal at the World Championships. He also won 6 ...
(born 1986), Olympic medalist and 2x World Champion *
Flávia Saraiva Flávia Lopes Saraiva (born September 30, 1999) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. She represented Brazil at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She was part of the te ...
(born 1999) *
Jade Barbosa Jade Fernandes Barbosa (born July 1, 1991) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Championships, and represented Brazil at the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics. Gymnastics career Barbosa was the Brazilian ...
(born 1991), World Championship medalist *
Rebeca Andrade Rebeca Rodrigues de Andrade (born 8 May 1999) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic and 2021 World champion on the vault and 2022 World all-around champion. Andrade is the first Brazilian female gymnast to medal at an Olym ...
(born 1999)


Swimming

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Ana Marcela Cunha Ana Marcela Jesus Soares da Cunha (born 23 March 1992) is a Brazilian swimmer who specializes in the open water swimming marathon. She is considered one of the best open water swimmers in history, having obtained 14 medals in FINA World Aquatic ...
(born 1992), five-time World Champion * Bruno Fratus (born 1989), World Championship medalist *
César Cielo César Augusto Cielo Filho (, born 10 January 1987) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who specializes in sprint events. He is the most successful Brazilian swimmer in history, having obtained three Olympic medals, winning six individual World ...
(born 1987), two-time Olympic medalist, Olympic and World record holder *
Daniel Dias Daniel de Faria Dias (born 24 May 1988) is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer. Having learnt to swim in 2004 after being inspired by Clodoaldo Silva at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, he entered his first international competition two years later winni ...
(born 1988), swimmer, paralympian *
Fernando Scherer Fernando de Queiroz Scherer (born October 6, 1974) is a Brazilian former international swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the 50-meter freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and another bronze medal four years later in Sydney with ...
(born 1974), Olympic medalist *
Gustavo Borges Gustavo França Borges (born December 2, 1972) is a Brazilian former competitive swimmer. He swam for Brazil in the Summer Olympic Games in: 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. Borges has won the second-most Olympic medals of any Brazilian, with fouron ...
(born 1972), Olympic medalist *
Marcelo Chierighini Marcelo Chierighini (born 15 January 1991) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer. In the 100 metre freestyle, he was an Olympic finalist at the Rio 2016 Games, and four times in a row a finalist at the World Championships in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 20 ...
(born 1991), World Championship medalist *
Poliana Okimoto Poliana Okimoto (born March 8, 1983) is a Brazilian long-distance swimmer. Career She was at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Moscow, where she finished 18th in the 800-metre freestyle. She won the Travessia dos Fortes in 20 ...
(born 1983), Olympic medalist *
Thiago Pereira Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira (born 26 January 1986) is a retired Brazilian international competition swimmer. One of the greatest swimmers in the history of Brazil, Pereira won the silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2012 ...
(born 1986), Olympic medalist


Athletics

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Almir dos Santos Almir Cunha dos Santos (born 4 September 1993) is a Brazilian male track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump and long jump. He was a silver medallist in the triple jump at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2018. Athletic caree ...
(born 1993) * Caio Bonfim (born 1991) *
Darlan Romani Darlan Romani (born 9 April 1991 in Concórdia) is a Brazilian track and field athlete specialising in the shot put. Indoor World Champion in 2022, he also finished 4th at the 2020 Olympic Games, 4th at the 2019 World Championships, and was cha ...
(born 1991) * Eronilde de Araújo (born 1970), Olympic finalist in 400 meters hurdles *
Fabiana Murer Fabiana de Almeida Murer (born 16 March 1981) is a retired Brazilian pole vaulter. She holds the South American record in the event with an indoor best of 4.82 m and an outdoor best of 4.87 m, making her the fourth highest vaulter eve ...
(born 1981), World Champion *
Joaquim Cruz Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (born March 12, 1963) is a Brazilian former middle-distance runner, winner of the 800 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is one of only five men to run the 800 metres in less than 1 minute, 42 seconds. Biography Cruz wa ...
(born 1963), Olympic Gold medalist *
Maurren Maggi Maurren Higa Maggi (born June 25, 1976, in São Carlos) is a former Brazilian track and field athlete and Olympic gold medallist. She is the South American record holder in the 100 metres hurdles and long jump, with 12.71 seconds and 7.26 metre ...
(born 1976), retired olympic gold medalist *
Robson Caetano Robson Caetano da Silva (born September 4, 1964 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian sprinter. He participated in four consecutive Olympic Summer Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996) and won the bronze medal over 200 metres in the 1988 Seoul Olympics a ...
(born 1964), Olympic medalist *
Thiago Braz da Silva Thiago Braz da Silva (born 16 December 1993) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the pole vault who holds the Olympic record of 6.03 metres. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics . ...
(born 1993), Olympic Gold medalist


Auto racing

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Ayrton Senna da Silva Ayrton Senna da Silva (; 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver who won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in , , and . Senna is one of three Formula One drivers from Brazil to win the World Championship and wo ...
(1960–1994), three-time Formula 1 World Champion *
Bruno Senna Bruno Senna Lalli (, born 15 October 1983) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He is the nephew of the late Ayrton Senna, three-time Formula One world champion. He is also the first man to win a race in every WEC class, and was the 2017 W ...
(born 1983), Formula One racing driver *
Christian Fittipaldi Christian Fittipaldi (born 18 January 1971) is a Brazilian former racing driver who has competed in various forms of motorsport including Formula One, Champ Car, and NASCAR. He was a highly rated young racing driver in the early 1990s, and parti ...
(born 1971), NASCAR driver/Indycar driver *
Emerson Fittipaldi Emerson Fittipaldi (; born 12 December 1946) is a Brazilian former automobile racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship and the Indianapolis 500 twice each and the CART championship once. Moving up from Formula Two, Fittip ...
(born 1946), Formula One two-time champion. Raced for McLaren, Lotus and Fittipaldi automotive *
Felipe Massa Felipe Massa (, born 25 April 1981) is a Brazilian racing driver. He competed in 15 seasons of Formula One between 2002 and 2017, where he scored 11 Grand Prix victories, 41 podiums and finished as championship runner-up in 2008 by one poin ...
(born 1981), Formula One driver, notably for Scuderia Ferrari *
Felipe Nasr Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Nasr (born 21 August 1992) is a Brazilian racing driver. He is the 2018 IMSA Sportscar champion and won the 2019 12 Hours of Sebring. After a year as the official test driver for Williams in 2014, he joined Sauber a ...
(born 1992), Formula One driver, notably for Sauber F1 Team *
Hélio Castroneves Hélio Castroneves (; born Hélio Alves de Castro Neves; 10 May 1975) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He has won the Indianapolis 500 a record-equalling four times: in 2001, 2002, 2009, and 2021. He won the 2021 24 Hours of Daytona wit ...
(born 1975), IndyCar driver *
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 ...
(born 1952), three-time Formula One world champion, raced for Williams, Benetton, McLaren, Ensign, and Brabham *
Rubens Barrichello Rubens "Rubinho" Gonçalves Barrichello (, ; born 23 May 1972) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who competed in Formula One between and . He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 111 Toy ...
(born 1972), former
Formula 1 Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
driver, raced for Jordan, Stewart, Ferrari, Honda, Braun, and Williams *
Tony Kanaan Antoine Rizkallah "Tony" Kanaan Filho (born 31 December 1974), nicknamed TK, is a Brazilian racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 6 Toyota Corolla E210 for Full Time Bassani a ...
(born 1974), IndyCar driver


Combat sports

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Alex Pereira Alexsandro Pereira (born 7 July 1987) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. He currently competes in the Middleweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Middlewe ...
(born 1987), Former Kickboxer, Mixed Martial Artist *
Amanda Nunes Amanda Lourenço Nunes (born May 30, 1988) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. She competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the current UFC Women's Featherweight Champion and two-time UFC Women's Bantamw ...
(born 1988), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts Female World Champion *
Anderson Silva Anderson da Silva (; born 14 April 1975) is a Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and boxer. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion and holds the record for the longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days. This started in 2006 and ...
(born 1975), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion *
Charles Oliveira Charles Oliveira da Silvahttp://boxing.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/boxingnvgov/content/results/2014_Results/12-12-14MMA.pdf (born October 17, 1989) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. He currently comp ...
(born 1989), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion *
Cris Cyborg Cristiane Justino Venâncio (born July 9, 1985), known professionally by her ring name Cris Cyborg (and formerly by her married name Cristiane Santos), is a Brazilian-American mixed martial artist who as of January 2021 competes in Bellator MMA, ...
(born 1985), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts Female World Champion *
Deiveson Figueiredo Deiveson Alcântara Figueiredo (born December 18, 1987) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the two-time and current UFC Flyw ...
(born 1987), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts World Champion *
Gilbert Burns Gilbert Alexander Pontes Burns (born 20 July 1986) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and submission grappler. He currently competes in the Welterweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As a grappler, Burns ...
(born 1986), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, mixed martial artist *
Glover Teixeira Glover Lucas Teixeira (; born 28 October 1979) is a Brazilian-American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion ...
(born 1979), Former World Champion Mixed Martial Artist *
Jéssica Andrade Jéssica Fernanda da Costa Andrade (born September 25, 1991) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. Andrade is currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she competes in the women's Flyweight division and is a ...
(born 1991), Former Female Mixed Martial Artist World Champion *
José Aldo José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Júniorhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CI3oOc0VAAAr_iv.jpg (, born 9 September 1986), commonly anglicized as Jose Aldo, is a retired Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. He last competed in the Ultimate Fight ...
(born 1986), Former World Champion Mixed Martial Artist *
Junior dos Santos Junior dos Santos (; born 30 January 1984) is a Brazilian Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and Professional wrestling, professional wrestler who competes in the Heavyweight (MMA), Heavyweight division of Eagle FC. As a mixed martial ar ...
(born 1984), Former World Champion Mixed Martial Artist *
Patricky Pitbull Patricky Freire (born January 21, 1986), known professionally by his ring name Patricky Pitbull, is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in Bellator's Lightweight division, where he is a former Bellator Lightweight World Champio ...
(born 1986), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts World Champion *
Patrício Pitbull Patrício Freire (born July 7, 1987, in Natal, Brazil), known professionally by his ring name Patrício Pitbull, is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in Bellator MMA where he is the current three-time Bellator Featherweight Ch ...
(born 1987), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts World Champion *
Paulo Costa Paulo Henrique Costa (born 21 April 1991) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Middleweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of August 1, 2022, he is #6 in the UFC middleweight ...
(born 1991), mixed martial artist *
Rafael dos Anjos Rafael Souza dos Anjos (; born October 26, 1984) is a Brazilian American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight and Lightweight divisions in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former UFC Light ...
(born 1984), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion * Thiago Alves (born 1983), mixed martial artist *
Lyoto Machida (born 30 May 1978), is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and karateka, who currently competes in the Light heavyweight division. He formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was a former UFC Light ...
(born 1978), black belt in Machida Karate, Former mixed martial arts World Champion * Marcio Navarro (born 1978), professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist *
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (, born 2 June 1976), better known as Minotauro or Big Nog, is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist. He competed in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former Inter ...
(born 1976), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion *
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua Mauricio may refer to: *Mauricio (given name) *Maurício José da Silveira Júnior (born 1988), Brazilian footballer known by the mononym Maurício *Maurício (footballer) (Maurício dos Santos Nascimento, born 1988), Brazilian footballer *216428 M ...
(born 1981), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion *
Murilo Rua Murilo Milani Rua (; born May 22, 1980), also known as Ninja, is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist who fought in Pride Fighting Championships. He is the older brother of former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. He is ...
(born 1980), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion *
Wanderlei Silva Wanderlei César da Silva ( , , ; born 3 July 1976) is a Brazilian-American former mixed martial artist who competed in Japan's Pride Fighting Championships and the American-based Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He holds the record for the ...
(born 1976), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion


Sailing

* Daniel Adler (born 1958), Olympic medalist * Jorge Zarif (born 1992) *
Kahena Kunze Kahena Kunze (born 12 March 1991) is a Brazilian sailor in the 49er FX class. Together with Martine Grael she won the 49er FX class at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships and a gold medal in the inaugural 49er FX race, during the 2016 Rio O ...
(born 1991) *
Lars Grael Lars Schmidt Grael (born February 9, 1964 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian politician and former professional sailor, having won two Olympic bronze medals (in 1988 and 1996). His brother, Torben Grael, is also a sailor. Together they won ...
(born 1964) *
Martine Grael Martine Soffiatti Grael (born 12 February 1991) is a Brazilian sailor in the 49er FX class. Together with Kahena Kunze she won the 49er FX class at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships and at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. ...
(born 1991) *
Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt (born April 15, 1973) is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final. He is one of the most successful sailors at Olympic Games and one of t ...
(born 1973)


Surfing

* Adriano de Souza (born 1987) * Filipe Toledo (born 1995) *
Gabriel Medina Gabriel Medina Pinto Ferreira (born 22 December 1993) is a Brazilian professional surfer who won the 2014, 2018 and 2021 WSL World Championships. With 16 WSL Championship Tour (CT) event wins and 29 Final appearances under his belt, Medina is ...
(born 1993) *
Ítalo Ferreira Ítalo Ferreira (born May 6, 1994) is a Brazilian professional surfer hailing from a small community of Baía Formosa, in Rio Grande do Norte on the northeastern coast of Brazil. Ferreira is one of the most explosive surfers in the world, and is ...
(born 1994) * Rodrigo Koxa (born 1979)


Tennis

*
Bruno Soares Bruno Fraga Soares (; born 27 February 1982) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. A doubles specialist, Soares won six major titles, the Australian Open and US Open in 2016 alongside Jamie Murray, and ...
(born 1982) *
Fernando Meligeni Fernando Ariel Meligeni (born April 12, 1971), nicknamed ''Fininho'' (diminutive form in Portuguese for ''thin''), is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He won 3 singles titles and reached the semi-finals of both the 1999 French Ope ...
(born 1971) *
Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten (; born 10 September 1976) is a Brazilian former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the French Open singles title three times ( 1997, 2000, and 2001), and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000. During his career he ...
(born 1976) three-time
French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
winner *
Marcelo Melo Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to: * Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...
(born 1983) * Thiago Monteiro (born 1994) *
Thiago Seyboth Wild Thiago Seyboth Wild (; born 10 March 2000) is a Brazilian tennis player. He won 2018 US Open junior singles title. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 106 on September 14, 2020 and a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 8 on Ja ...
(born 2000) *
Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challenger Tour victories early in ...
(born 1987)


Others

* Alexandre de Pontes (1968–1993), bodyboarder *
Bob Burnquist Robert Dean Silva Burnquist (; born 10 October 1976) is a Brazilian-American professional skateboarder who competed for Brazil throughout his career. In 2010, he became the first skateboarder to land a " fakie 900" (900-degree reverse-natural r ...
(born 1976), professional skateboarder *
Eric Maleson Eric Leme Walther Maleson is Brazil’s first Olympic Bobsled pilot and considered the father of ice sports in Brazil. He is also the founder and former President of the Brazilian Ice Sports Federation (CBDG). He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Bra ...
(born 1967), Olympic Bobsled Athlete *
Eurico Rosa Da Silva Eurico Rosa da Silva (born June 29, 1975, in Buri, São Paulo, Brazil) is a retired Thoroughbred racing jockey who raced for five years in his native Brazil and another four years in Macau before coming to Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. ...
(born 1975), jockey *
Felipe Wu Felipe Almeida Wu (born 11 June 1992 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian sport shooter. He won a silver medal in the Men's 10m air pistol event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Career He won a silver medal in the boys' air pistol at t ...
(born 1992), Olympic medalist in Shooting *
Hugo Calderano Hugo Marinho Borges Calderano (born 22 June 1996, in Rio de Janeiro) is a table tennis player from Brazil. In January 2022, he peaked at number 3 in the world rankings, becoming the greatest Americas player of all time. He is the first-ever pl ...
(born 1996) *
Isaquias Queiroz Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos (born 3 January 1994) is a Brazilian sprint canoeist who has competed since 2005. He is the only Brazilian athlete to ever win three medals in a single edition of the Olympic Games, and the third most decorated Brazil ...
(born 1994), Olympic medalist and World Champion in Sprint Canoeing *
Kevin Alves Kevin Alves (born October 19, 1991) is a Brazilian Canadian figure skater and actor. He competed in the free skate at five ISU Championships. He is the first male skater to represent Brazil at an ISU Championship ( 2008 Four Continents) and the f ...
(born 1991), figure skater * Maicon Siqueira (born 1993), Olympic medalist in Taekwondo * Natália Falavigna (born 1984), Olympic medalist in Taekwondo * Robson Conceição (born 1988), Olympic medalist in Boxing * Rodrigo Pessoa (born 1972), Olympic Champion show jumper * Yan Gomes (born 1987), MLB player * Yane Marques (born 1984), Olympic medalist in Modern Pentathlon


Diplomats

* Barão do Rio Branco (1845–1912) * Joaquim Nabuco (1849–1910) * Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas (1876–1954) * Oswaldo Aranha (1894–1960) * Rui Barbosa (1849–1923) * Walter Moreira Salles (1912–2001) * Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948–2003), UN representative


Film directors

* Aluizio Abranches * Ana Carolina (director), Ana Carolina (born 1945) * Andrucha Waddington (born 1970) * Anna Muylaert (born 1964) * Alberto Cavalcanti (1897–1982), pioneer filmmaker * Anselmo Duarte (1920–2009), Palme d'Or winner * Arnaldo Jabor (born 1940), Silver Berlin Bear-winner * Bruno Barreto (born 1955), Golden Berlin Bear-nominated director * Cacá Diegues (born 1940) * Cao Hamburger (born 1962) * Carlos Reichenbach (1945–2012) * Daniel Filho (born 1937) * Daniela Thomas (born 1959) * Eduardo Coutinho (1933–2014), documentary filmmaker * Fabio Barreto (1957–2019) * Fernando Meirelles (born 1955), Academy Award nominee * Gabriel Mascaro (born 1983) * Glauber Rocha (1939–1981), founder of Cinema Novo; Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival award-winning director * Hector Babenco (1946–2016), Argentine-born Brazilian Academy Award-nominated director * Heitor Dhalia (born 1970) * Humberto Mauro (1897–1983), pioneer and inventive filmmaker * João Moreira Salles (born 1962), documentary director * Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (1932–1988), member of Cinema Novo * Jorge Furtado (born 1959) * José Mojica Marins (1936–2020), also known as Coffin Joe * José Padilha (born 1967), Golden Berlin Bear winner * Júlio Bressane (born 1946) * Karim Aïnouz (born 1966) * Kleber Mendonça Filho (born 1968) * Leon Hirszman (1937–1987) * Lima Barreto (director), Lima Barreto (1906–1982) * Luiz de Barros (1893–1982) * Luiz Fernando Carvalho (born 1960) * Luís Sérgio Person (1936–1976) * Marcelo Gomes (director), Marcelo Gomes (born 1963) * Mário Peixoto (1908–1992), pioneer filmmaker * Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1928–2018) * Norma Bengell (1935–2013), director and actress * Paulo César Saraceni (1933–2012) * Petra Costa (born 1983) Academy Award nominee * Roberto Farias (1932–2018) * Roberto Santos (1928–1987) * Rogério Sganzerla (1946–2004) * Ruy Guerra (born in Mozambique, 1931), member of Cinema Novo * Sérgio Machado (born 1968) * Sérgio Rezende (born 1951) * Suzana Amaral (1932–2020) * Tata Amaral (born 1960) * Walter Hugo Khouri (1929–2003) * Walter Lima Jr. (born 1938) * Walter Salles (born 1956), Golden Berlin Bear winner


Executives and business entrepreneurs

* Abílio dos Santos Diniz, Abílio Diniz (born 1936) * Aloysio de Andrade Faria (1920–2020) * Andre Medici (born 1956) * Antônio Ermírio de Moraes (1928–2014) * Armínio Fraga (born 1957) * Assis 'Chatô' Chateaubriand, Assis Chateaubriand (1892–1968) * Arne Ragnar Enge * Bob Falkenburg (1926–2022) * Carlos Ghosn (born 1954) * Carlos Alberto Sicupira (born 1948) * Cristina Junqueira (born 1984) * Daniel Dantas (entrepreneur), Daniel Dantas (born 1954) * Edmond Safra (1932–1999) * Eduardo Saverin (born 1982) * Eike Batista (born 1956) * Count Francesco Matarazzo (1854–1937) * Germán Efromovich (born 1950) * Gustavo Brigagão * Gustavo Franco (born 1956) * Henrique Meirelles (born 1945) * João Carlos di Genio (born 1939) * Jorge Paulo Lemann (born 1939) * José Alencar (1931–2011) * Julio Bozano (born 1936) * Luciano Hang (born 1962) * Luiza Trajano (born 1948) * Marcel Herrmann Telles (born 1950) * Mike Krieger (born 1986) * Norberto Odebrecht (1920–2014) * Pedro Moreira Salles (born 1959) * Ricardo Samuel Goldstein (born 1966) * Ricardo Semler (born 1959) * Roberto Marinho (1904–2003) * Samuel Klein (businessman), Samuel Klein (1923–2014) * Victor Civita (1907–1990) * Walter Moreira Salles (1912–2001)


Explorers and discoverers

* Cândido Rondon (1865–1958), famous explorer and engineer * Villas Boas brothers, Orlando Villas Boas (1914–2003), explorer and indigenist * Amyr Klink (born 1955), adventurer and navigator, first solo rowing across the South Atlantic * Sydney Possuelo (born 1940), explorer, social activist and Indian expert


Fashion designers

* Alexandre Herchcovitch (born 1971) * Amir Slama (Rosa Chá) * Carlos Falchi (1944–2015) * Carlos Tufvesson * Clodovil Hernandes (1937–2009) (Haute-Couture) * Francisco Costa (designer), Francisco Costa (born 1964) (Calvin Klein) * Ocimar Versolato (1961–2017) * Tufi Duek (born 1954) (Fórum / Triton) * Zuzu Angel (1921–1976)


Geologists

* Djalma Guimarães (1895–1973, born Santa Luzia, MG, died Belo Horizonte) * Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (1916–2013), one of the most outstanding geologists of the 20th century * José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (1763–1838) * Louis Agassiz (1807–1873) * Louis de Loczy (Hungria, 1897–1980, born Brazil, Rio de Janeiro) * Orville Adalbert Derby (1851–1915, born Kellogsville, New York, died Rio de Janeiro), American geologist who worked in Brazil, particularly for the DNPM and CPRM * Reinhard Maack (1892–1969, born in Herford-Germany, died in Curitiba-Brazil) * Walter K. Link (1902–1982), USA geologist; controversial organizer of oil exploration in Brazil * Octávio Barbosa (1907–1997), Brazilian field geologist, prospector * Heinz Ebert (1907–1983), born in Saxony, Germany, died in Rio Claro, São Paulo * Aziz Ab'Saber (1924–2012, São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo), Brazilian geoscientist * Sérgio Estanislau do Amaral (1925–1996) * Peter Szatmari (geologist), Peter Szatmari, Hungarian geologist


Heroes and historical figures

* Joaquim Marques Lisboa, Admiral Tamandaré (1807–1897), military combatant, war veteran, "father of the Navy" * Ana Néri (1814–1880), pioneering nurse; assisted Brazilian forces on the battlefield, "mother of nursery" * Anita Garibaldi (1821–1849), revolutionary combatant, fought in Brazil and Italy, was married to Giuseppe Garibaldi * Ayrton Senna (1960–1994), Brazilian racing driver and a source of inspiration for many Brazilians,
Formula 1 Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
* Francisco Manuel Barroso da Silva, Barão do Amazonas (1804–1882), Admiral of the Navy, war hero, led the decisive Battle of Riachuelo * Carlos Marighella (1911–1969), marxist writer, politician and guerilla fighter * Bento Gonçalves da Silva, Bento Gonçalves (1788–1847), military commander, led a separatist movement * Chico Mendes (1944–1988), murdered rural leader and martyr of ecological movements in the Amazon * Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (1803–1880), military commander, nationalist leader, "father of the Army" * José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, José Bonifácio (1763–1838), Patriarch of the Independence * Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Princess Isabel (1846–1921), Princess Imperial of Brazil, later de jure Empress of Brazil, daughter of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, D. Pedro II, signed the abolition of slavery in the country * Tiradentes (1746–1792), leader of a failed conspiracy against the Portuguese, executed by hanging followed by quartering * Tristão de Alencar Araripe (1821–1908), Confederation of the Equator, republican leader * Zumbi, Zumbi dos Palmares (1655–1695), African-born leader of a slave revolt, killed in battle. * Santos Dumont (1873–1932), Brazilian inventor and aeronaut * Maria Tomásia Figueira Lima (1826-1902), aristocrat, abolitionist


Intellectuals and thinkers

* Leonardo Boff (born 1938), friar, theologian, silenced by the Holy See, Vatican due to his socialist stance * Benjamin Constant (Brazil), Benjamin Constant (1836–1891), abolitionist and republican * Raymundo Faoro (1925–2003), jurist * Paulo Freire (1921–1997), educator and university professor * Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), sociologist * Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), sociologist * Anna Veronica Mautner (1935–2019) psychologist, psychoanalyst, essayist and columnist Brazilian * Pontes de Miranda (1892–1979), jurist, mathematician, philosopher and writer * José do Patrocínio (1854–1905), liberal abolitionist and republican * Darcy Ribeiro (1922–1997), anthropologist and educator, scientific leader and politician * Jorge Stolfi (born 1950), computer scientist * Milton Santos (1926–2001), geographer, writer and university professor


Mathematicians


Models


Female

* Adriana Lima (born 1981) * Alessandra Ambrosio (born 1981) * Aline Weber (born 1989) * Ana Beatriz Barros (born 1982) * Ana Carolina Reston (1985–2006) * Ana Claudia Michels (born 1981) * Ana Hickmann (born 1981) * Bruna Erhardt (born 1988) * Bruna Tenório (born 1989) * Camilla Finn (born 1991) * Caroline Trentini (born 1987) * Cintia Dicker (born 1986) * Daiane Conterato (born 1990) * Daniella Cicarelli (born 1978) * Daniella Sarahyba (born 1984) * Emanuela de Paula (born 1989) * Fabiana Semprebom (born 1984) * Fernanda Lessa (born 1977) * Fernanda Motta (born 1981) * Fernanda Tavares (born 1980) * Flavia de Oliveira (born 1983) * Gianne Albertoni (born 1981) * Gisele Bündchen (born 1980), model, actress * Isabeli Fontana (born 1983) * Izabel Goulart (born 1984) * Lais Ribeiro (born 1990) * Letícia Birkheuer (born 1978) * Luciana Curtis (born 1976) * Luciana Gimenez (born 1969) * Luíza Brunet (born 1962) * Marcelle Bittar (born 1981) * Mariana Weickert (born 1982) * Michelle Alves (born 1978) * Monique Olsen (born 1990) * Raica Oliveira (born 1984) * Raquel Zimmermann (born 1983) * Shirley Mallmann (born 1977) * Solange Wilvert (born 1989) * Yasmin Brunet (born 1988)


Male

* Evandro Soldati (born 1985) * Francisco Lachowski (born 1991) * Marlon Teixeira (born 1991) * Miro Moreira (born 1984) * Romulo Pires (born 1983)


Monarchs

* Maria I of Portugal, Queen Maria I (1734–1816) * John VI of Portugal, King John VI (1767–1826) * Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor Pedro I (1798–1834) * Pedro II of Brazil, Emperor Pedro II (1825–1891)


Musicians


Classical

* Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836–1896) * Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)


Popular

* Adoniran Barbosa (1912–1982) * Anitta (singer), Anitta (born 1993), pop singer * Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994), composer, songwriter * Arnaldo Antunes (born 1960) * Astrud Gilberto (born 1940), singer * Andre Matos (1971–2019), singer * Andreas Kisser (born 1968), guitarist * Baden Powell (guitarist) (1937–2000), guitarist * Bebel Gilberto (born 1966), singer * Beto Guedes (born 1951) * Caetano Veloso (born 1942), Música popular brasileira, MPB singer-songwriter * Cartola (1908–1980) * Chico Buarque (born 1944) * Clara Nunes (1942–1983) * Claudia Leitte (born 1980), axé singer * Chorão (1970–2013) * Djavan (born 1949) * Elis Regina (1945–1982) * Gal Costa (born 1945) * Gilberto Gil (born 1942) * Herbert Vianna (born 1961) * Ivete Sangalo (born 1972), axé singer * João Gilberto (1931–2019), singer-songwriter, guitarist * Jorge Ben (born 1939) * Kelly Key (born 1983), pop/R&B singer * Lô Borges (born 1952) * Ludmilla (singer) (born 1995), pop singer * Mallu Magalhães (born 1992), folk singer * Maria Bethânia (born 1946) * Marília Mendonça (1995–2021), sertaneja singer * Marisa Monte (born 1967), MPB singer * Marcelo Falcão (born 1973) * Milton Nascimento (born 1942) * Ney Matogrosso (born 1941) * Negra Li (born 1979) * Pabllo Vittar (born 1993), pop singer * Renato Russo (1960–1996) * Rita Lee (born 1947) * Sandy (singer), Sandy (born 1983), pop singer * Tim Maia (1942–1998), singer-songwriter * Tom Zé (born 1936) * Yamandu Costa (born 1980), guitarist and composer


Politicians

* Aécio Neves (born 1960); federal deputy by Minas Gerais; ex-president of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Federal Chamber of Deputies; ex-senator by Minas Gerais; ex-national president of Brazilian Social Democracy Party *Alfredo Sirkis (1950–2020); ex-federal deputy by Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro; defeated presidencial candidate * André Franco Montoro (1916–1999); ex-governor of the state of São Paulo; ex-senator by São Paulo (state), São Paulo; ex-minister of Labour * Adhemar de Barros (1901–1969); ex-governor of the state of São Paulo for two times; ex-mayor of the city of São Paulo *Anthony Garotinho (born 1960); ex-governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro; defeated presidential candidate * Artur da Costa e Silva (1899–1969); ex-president of Brazil; ex-minister of War; ex-minister of Mines and Energy *Arthur do Val (born 1986); state deputy of São Paulo (state), São Paulo * Carlos Lacerda (1914–1977), ex-governor of the state of Guanabara; ex-federal deputy by Federal District (1891-1960), Federal District *Celso Russomanno (born 1956); federal deputy by São Paulo (state), São Paulo * Cesar Maia (born 1945); alderman of
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; ex-mayor of the city of
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 b ...
*Cid Gomes (born 1963); senator by Ceará; ex-governor of the state of Ceará; ex-minister of Education; ex-mayor of he city of Sobral, Ceará, Sobral; ex-state deputy of Ceará *Davi Alcolumbre (born 1977); president of the Brazilian Senate, Federal Senate; senator by Amapá * Dilma Rousseff (born 1947); ex-president of Brazil, Impeachment, impeached; ex-Chief of Staff of the Presidency (Brazil), Chief of Staff of the Presidency; ex-minister of Mines and Energy *Deodoro da Fonseca (1827–1892); ex-president of Brazil; ex-president of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul Province *Eduardo Bolsonaro (born 1984); federal deputy by São Paulo (state), São Paulo; son of president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro. He was the most voted federal deputy of the history of Brazil until today *Eduardo Campos (1965–2014); ex-governor of Pernambuco; ex-minister of Science and Technology *Eduardo Jorge, Eduardo Jorge Martins (born 1949); ex-federal deputy by São Paulo (state), São Paulo; defeated presidencial candidate; defeated vice-presidential candidate *Eduardo Suplicy (born 1941); ex-senator by São Paulo (state), São Paulo *Enéas Carneiro (1938–2007); ex-federal deputy by São Paulo (state), São Paulo * Ernesto Geisel (1907–1996); ex-president of Brazil; ex-office executive of the Institutional Security Bureau (Then named the "Military Office"); ex-minister of the Judiciary of Brazil, Superior Militar Court *Esperidião Amin (born 1947); senator by Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina; ex-governor of the state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina for two times; ex-mayor of the city of Florianópolis *Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883–1974); ex-president of Brazil; ex-minister of War * Fernando Collor de Mello (born 1949); senator by Alagoas; ex-president of Brazil, Impeachment, impeached; ex-governor of the state of Alagoas; ex-mayor of the city of Maceió * Fernando Henrique Cardoso (born 1931); ex-president of Brazil; ex-senator by São Paulo; ex-minister of Exchequer; ex-minister of Foreign Affairs *Flávio Bolsonaro (born 1981); senator by Rio de Janeiro *Floriano Peixoto (1839–1895); ex-president of Brazil; ex-vice-president of Brazil; ex-president of Mato Grosso Province, Mato Grosso province * Geraldo Alckmin (born 1952); ex-governor of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo; defeated presidential candidate for two times * Getúlio Vargas (1882–1954); ex-president of Brazil; ex-governor of the state of Rio Grande do Sul; ex-senator by Rio Grande do Sul; ex-minister of Exchequer * Golbery do Couto e Silva (1911–1987); ex-Chief of Staff of the Presidency (Brazil), Chief of Staff of the Presidency *Hamilton Mourão (born 1953); Vice President of Brazil, vice-president of Brazil *Jânio Quadros (1917–1992); ex-president of Brazil; ex-governor of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo; ex-mayor of the city of São Paulo * Jair Bolsonaro (born 1955); former president of Brazil; army officer, ex-federal deputy by Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro *Joice Hasselmann, Joice Cristina Hasselmann (born 1978); federal deputy by São Paulo (state), São Paulo *João Amoêdo (born 1962); national president of New Party (Brazil), New Party; defeated presidential candidate *João Doria (born 1957); governor of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo; ex-mayor of the city of São Paulo *João Goulart (1919–1976); ex-president of Brazil, deposed by a 1964 Brazilian coup d'état, coup; ex-Vice President of Brazil, vice-president of Brazil; ex-minister of Labour, Industry and Trade * José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (1763–1838); ex-minister of Foregin Affairs; hero of independence *José Dirceu (born 1946); ex-Chief of Staff of the Presidency (Brazil), Chief of Staff of the Presidency; ex-federal deputy by São Paulo (state), São Paulo; ex-state deputy of São Paulo (state), São Paulo; ex-national president of Workers' Party (Brazil), Worker's Party *José Sarney (born 1930); ex-president of Brazil; ex-Vice President of Brazil, vice-president of Brazil; ex-president of the Federal Senate; ex-governor of the state of Maranhão; ex-senator by Maranhão; ex-senator by Amapá * Júlio Prestes (1882–1946); ex-president of Brazil, did not take office; ex-governor of the state of São Paulo * Juscelino Kubitschek (1902–1976); ex-president of Brazil; ex-governor of the state of Minas Gerais *Kim Kataguiri (born 1996); federal deputy by São Paulo *Leonel Brizola (1922–2004); ex-governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro; ex-governor of the state of Rio Grande do Sul *Luciana Genro (born 1971); ex-federal deputy by Rio Grande do Sul; defeated presidential candidate; daughter of Tarso Genro - Socialism and Liberty Party, Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) *Luís Carlos Prestes (1898–1990); ex-senator by Federal District (Brazil), Federal District; ex-general secretary of Brazilian Communist Party * Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born 1945); president of Brazil *Manuela d'Ávila (born 1981); ex-federal deputy by Rio Grande do Sul; ex-state deputy of Rio Grande do Sul; defeated vice-presidential candidate - Communist Party of Brazil, Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) *Marcelo Freixo (born 1967); federal deputy by Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro *Marielle Franco (1979–2018); ex-alderwoman of
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 b ...
* Mário Covas (1930–2001); ex-governor of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo; ex-senator by São Paulo (state), São Paulo; ex-mayor of the city of São Paulo (state), São Paulo *Marina Silva (born 1958); national president of Sustainability Network; ex-senator by Acre (state), Acre; ex-minister of the Environment; defeated presidencial candidate for three times * Marta Suplicy (born 1945); ex-vice-president of the Federal Senate; ex-senator by São Paulo (state), São Paulo; ex-minister of Culture; ex-minister of Turism; ex-mayor of the city of São Paulo * Michel Temer (born 1940); ex-president of Brazil; ex-Vice President of Brazil, vice-president of Brazil; ex-president of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Federal Chamber of Deputies *Miguel Arraes (1916–2005); ex-governor of the state of Pernambuco; ex-mayor of the city of Recife *Osvaldo Aranha, Oswaldo Aranha (1894–1960); ex-president of the United Nations General Assembly; ex-governor of the state of Rio Grande do Sul; ex-minister of Foreign Affairs; ex-minister of Exchequer; ex-minister of Justice *Paulo Maluf (born 1931); ex-governor of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo; ex-mayor of the city of São Paulo *Prudente de Morais (1841–1902); ex-president of Brazil; ex-president of the Brazilian Senate, Federal Senate; ex-governor of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo *Rodrigo Maia (born 1970); president of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Federal Chamber of Deputies; federal deputy by Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro *Romário (born 1966); senator by Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro; ex-federal deputy by Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro - Podemos (Brazil), We Can (PODE) *Romeu Zema (born 1964); governor of the state of Minas Gerais * Tancredo Neves (1910–1985); ex-president of Brazil, died before took office; ex-Prime Minister of Brazil, prime minister of Brazil *Tarso Genro (born 1947); ex-governor of the state of Rio Grande do Sul; ex-minister of Education; ex-minister of Justice; ex-minister of institutional relations *Djalma Bom (born 1939); founding member of the country's Workers' Party


Religious leaders

* Antonio Conselheiro (1830–1897), also known outside Brazil as "The Counselor", founder of Canudos * Inri Cristo (born 1948), claims to be Jesus * Frei Galvão, Saint Anthony of Saint Anne Galvão (Friar Galvão) (1739–1822), friar, Catholic saint * D. Helder Câmara (1909–1999), Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, a fierce defender of civil rights during the military regime * D. Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921–2016), former Archbishop of São Paulo, also a civil rights leader * D. Cláudio Hummes (born 1934), Bishop, Archbishop and Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal of São Paulo, current Mayor of the Congregation for the Clergy * Helvécio Martins (1930–2005), General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Chico Xavier (1910–2002), main figure of Spiritism


Journalists and TV celebrities

* Abelardo Barbosa (1917–1988) * Angélica (television host), Angélica (born 1973) * Boris Casoy (born 1941) * Eliana (television host), Eliana (born 1973) * Fátima Bernardes (born 1962) * Jô Soares (1938–2022) * Maria Júlia Coutinho (born 1978) * Rodrigo Souza Leão (1965–2009) * Marília Gabriela (born 1948) * Pedro Bial (born 1958) * Silvio Santos (born 1930) * Xuxa (born 1963) * William Bonner (newscaster), William Bonner (born 1963)


Writers


Fictionists

* Alfredo D'Escragnolle Taunay (1843–1871) * Aluísio Azevedo (1857-1913) * Clarice Lispector (1925–1977) * Dalton Trevisan (born 1925) * Érico Verissimo (1905–1975) * Fernando Sabino (1923–2004) * Graciliano Ramos (1892–1953) * João Guimarães Rosa (1908–1967) * Jorge Amado (1912–2001) * José de Alencar (1829–1877) * José Lins do Rego (1901–1957) * Lima Barreto (1881-1922) * Luis Fernando Veríssimo (born 1936) * Lya Luft (born 1938) * Lygia Fagundes Telles (1918–2022) * Machado de Assis (1839–1908) * Mário de Andrade (1893–1945) * Márcio Souza (writer), Márcio Souza (born 1946) * Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948) * Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954) * Paulo Coelho (born 1947) * Raduan Nassar (born 1935) * Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003) * Raul Pompeia (1863–1895) * Rubem Fonseca (1925–2020)


Poets

* Adélia Prado (born 1935) * Alphonsus de Guimaraens (1870–1921) * Álvares de Azevedo (1831–1852) * Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914) * Antônio Gonçalves Dias (1823–1864) * Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987) * Castro Alves (1847–1871) * Cecília Meireles (1901–1964) * Cruz e Sousa (1861–1898) * Ferreira Gullar (1930–2016) * Gregório de Matos (1636–1696) * Haroldo de Campos (1929–2003) * Helena Kolody (1912–2004) * João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999) * Lucila Nogueira (1950–2016) * Manoel de Barros (1916–2014) * Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968) * Menotti del Picchia (1892–1988) * Murilo Mendes (1901–1975) * Olavo Bilac (1865–1918) * Paulo Leminski (1944–1989) * Tomás Antônio Gonzaga (1744–1810) * Vinícius de Morais (1913–1980)


Playwrights

* Ariano Suassuna (1927–2014) *
Gianfrancesco Guarnieri Gianfrancesco Sigfrido Benedetto Marinenghi de Guarnieri (August 6, 1934 – July 22, 2006) was an Italian–Brazilian actor, lyricist, poet and playwright. He was a key participant in the Arena Theater of São Paulo, his most important work was ...
(1934–2006) * Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001) * Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980) * Oduvaldo Vianna Filho (1936–1974)


Essayists and critics

* Alfredo Bosi (1936–2021) * Antonio Candido (1918–2017) * Euclides da Cunha (1866–1909) * Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978)


Science and technology


See also

*Brazilian diaspora *Brazilian Americans *Brazilian Canadians *List of Brazilian British people *List of Brazilian Americans *Indigenous people of South America, Native Brazilians *Brazilians in France *Brazilians in the United Kingdom *Brazilians in Japan *Afro-Brazilians


References

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