Flag of Brazil This is a list of Brazilians , people in some way notable that were either born in Brazil or immigrants to Brazil (citizens or permanent residents), grouped by their area of notability.
Activists
Actors Zola Amaro (1890–1944), operatic sopranoAlice Braga (born 1983)[1] Alinne Moraes (born 1982)Ana Paula Arósio (born 1975)Antônio Fagundes (born 1949)Bete Mendes (born 1949), actor/politicianBetty Lago (1955–2015)Bruno Campos (born 1973)Bruna Lombardi (born 1952)Bruna Marquezine (born 1995)Carolina Dieckmann (born 1978)Cauã Reymond (born 1980)Daniel Benzali (born 1950)Daniele Suzuki (born 1977)Denise Fraga (born 1964)Dercy Gonçalves (1907–2008), artistEliane Giardini (born 1952)Fernanda Montenegro (born 1929), Academy Award nomineeFernanda Torres (born 1965)Fábio Assunção (born 1971)Fábio Lago (born 1970)Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1934–2006)Giovanna Antonelli (born 1976)Glória Menezes (born 1934)Grande Otelo (1915–1993)Guilherme Berenguer (born 1980)Hebe Camargo (1929–2012), TV presenter, singer, actressJosé Lewgoy (1920–2003)José Wilker (1944–2014)Juliana Didone (born 1984)Juliana Silveira (born 1980), actress/singerLázaro Ramos (born 1978)Leonardo Villar (1923–2020)Lima Duarte (born 1930)Lucélia Santos (born 1957)Malu Mader (born 1966)Carmen Miranda (1909–1955), singerMarco Nanini (born 1948)Maria Flor (born 1983)Marília Pêra (1943–2015)Matheus Nachtergaele (born 1968)Miguel Falabella (born 1956)Morena Baccarin (born 1979)Murilo Benício (born 1971)Natália Guimarães (born 1984), Miss Brasil 2007 , actressOscarito (1906–1970)Paola Oliveira (born 1982)Paulo Autran (1922–2007)Paulo Betti (born 1952)Raul Cortez (1932–2006)Regina Duarte (born 1947)Renato Aragão (born 1935)Reynaldo Gianecchini (born 1972)Rodrigo Hilbert (born 1980)Rodrigo Santoro (born 1975)Ronald Golias (1929–2005), actor and comedianSelton Mello (born 1972)Sônia Braga (born 1950)Taís Araújo (born 1978)Tarcisio Meira (1935–2021)Vera Fischer (born 1951)Wagner Moura (born 1976)Xuxa Meneghel (born 1963), actress, singer, TV host
Architects and urban planners Affonso Eduardo Reidy (1909–1964), architect and urban planner, reformer of Rio de Janeiro Alexandre Chan (born 1942)João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915–1985), architect and professorLina Bo Bardi (1914–1992), architectLúcio Costa (1902–1998), architect and urban planner, creator of Brasília Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012), architect of international renown, winner of the 1988 Pritzker Prize Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928–2021), architect and professor, winner of the 2006 Pritzker Prize Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994), architect and landscape designer Jaime Lerner (1937–2021), architect and urban plannerRuy Ohtake (1938–2021), architectMarcio Kogan (born 1952), architectIgor de Vetyemy (born 1981), architect and professor
Artists (Visual arts)
Painters
Sculptors
Cartoonists
Others Abraham Palatnik (1928–2020)[2] Ana Maria Pacheco (born 1943), painter and sculptorArtur Barrio (born 1945)[2] Cybèle Varela (born 1943), painter, mixed-media artistHélio Oiticica (1937–1980),[2] painterLygia Clark (1920–1988)[2] Lygia Pape (1927–2004)[2] Moysés Baumstein (1931–1991), holographer, painter, film/video producerNaza (born 1955), painter, visual artist Oswaldo Goeldi (1895–1961),[2] illustrator and engraverSebastião Salgado (born 1944),[2] photographerLucas Simões (born 1980) painter; concrete, paper, steel, foam materials[3]
Athletes Ayrton Senna Leandro Barbosa Rubens Barrichello Hélio Castroneves Emerson Fittipaldi Felipe Massa Neymar Pelé
Football Adriano (born 1982)Adriano (born 1985)Alisson Becker (born 1992)Bebeto (born 1964)Benny Feilhaber (born 1985), footballer, center/attacking midfielder (AGF Aarhus & US national team)Cafu (born 1970), footballer Casemiro (born 1992), football player for Real Madrid and three time UEFA Champions League WinnerDani Alves (born 1983)Dante (born 1983)David Luiz (born 1987), football player for Arsenal Dida (born 1973) Garrincha (1933–1983)Gabriel Barbosa (born 1996)Gabriel Jesus (born 1997)Humberto (born 1966)Jairzinho (born 1944)Lúcio (born 1978), retired footballerKaká (born 1982) Lucas Leiva (born 1987)Lucas Moura (born 1992)Marcelo (born 1988)Marta (born 1986)Neymar (born 1992)Oscar (born 1991)Pelé (1940–2022), football player, three-time World Cup Champion[4] Philippe Coutinho (born 1992), football player for FC Barcelona Rivaldo (born 1972)Rivellino (born 1946)Roberto Carlos (born 1973), 2002 FIFA World Cup ChampionRoberto Firmino (born 1991), footballer, Liverpool FC Robinho (born 1984)Rodrigo Caio (born 1993)Rogério Ceni (born 1973)Romário (born 1966)Ronaldinho (born 1980), footballer, two-time FIFA World Player of the YearRonaldo (born 1976), footballer, two-time World Cup championTaffarel (born 1966), 1994 FIFA World Cup ChampionThiago Silva (born 1984), football player for Chelsea F.C. Vinícius Júnior (born 2000)Wesley (born 1989), footballerWillian (born 1988)Zico (born 1953), retired footballer Zizinho (1921–2002), retired footballer
Basketball
Volleyball Adriana Behar (born 1969), volleyball, beach player; two-time Olympic silver; Pan American champion; two-time world champion[12] Alison Cerutti (born 1985), Olympic medalist and World ChampionBernard Rajzman (born 1957), Olympic silver; Pan American champion; world silverBruno Oscar Schmidt (born 1986), Olympic medalist and World ChampionBruno Rezende (born 1986), Olympic medalist and World ChampionGiba (born 1976), eight-time World League champion Lucas Saatkamp (born 1986), Olympic medalist and World Champion
Judo
Gymnastics
Swimming Ana Marcela Cunha (born 1992), five-time World ChampionBruno Fratus (born 1989), World Championship medalistCésar Cielo (born 1987), two-time Olympic medalist, Olympic and World record holderDaniel Dias (born 1988), swimmer, paralympianFernando Scherer (born 1974), Olympic medalistGustavo Borges (born 1972), Olympic medalistMarcelo Chierighini (born 1991), World Championship medalistPoliana Okimoto (born 1983), Olympic medalistThiago Pereira (born 1986), Olympic medalist
Athletics
Auto racing Ayrton Senna da Silva (1960–1994), three-time Formula 1 World Champion[13] Bruno Senna (born 1983), Formula One racing driverChristian Fittipaldi (born 1971), NASCAR driver/Indycar driverEmerson Fittipaldi (born 1946), Formula One two-time champion. Raced for McLaren, Lotus and Fittipaldi automotive[14] Felipe Massa (born 1981), Formula One driver, notably for Scuderia FerrariFelipe Nasr (born 1992), Formula One driver, notably for Sauber F1 TeamHélio Castroneves (born 1975), IndyCar driverNelson Piquet (born 1952), three-time Formula One world champion, raced for Williams, Benetton, McLaren, Ensign, and Brabham[15] Rubens Barrichello (born 1972), former Formula 1 driver, raced for Jordan, Stewart, Ferrari, Honda, Braun, and WilliamsTony Kanaan (born 1974), IndyCar driver
Combat sports Alex Pereira (born 1987), Former Kickboxer, Mixed Martial ArtistAmanda Nunes (born 1988), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts Female World ChampionAnderson Silva (born 1975), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World ChampionCharles Oliveira (born 1989), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World ChampionCris Cyborg (born 1985), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts Female World ChampionDeiveson Figueiredo (born 1987), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts World ChampionGilbert Burns (born 1986), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, mixed martial artistGlover Teixeira (born 1979), Former World Champion Mixed Martial ArtistJéssica Andrade (born 1991), Former Female Mixed Martial Artist World ChampionJosé Aldo (born 1986), Former World Champion Mixed Martial ArtistJunior dos Santos (born 1984), Former World Champion Mixed Martial ArtistPatricky Pitbull (born 1986), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts World ChampionPatrício Pitbull (born 1987), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts World ChampionPaulo Costa (born 1991), mixed martial artistRafael dos Anjos (born 1984), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World ChampionThiago Alves (born 1983), mixed martial artistLyoto Machida (born 1978), black belt in Machida Karate, Former mixed martial arts World ChampionMarcio Navarro (born 1978), professional kickboxer and mixed martial artistAntônio Rodrigo Nogueira (born 1976), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World ChampionMauricio "Shogun" Rua (born 1981), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World ChampionMurilo Rua (born 1980), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World ChampionWanderlei Silva (born 1976), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion
Sailing
Surfing
Tennis
Others Alexandre de Pontes (1968–1993), bodyboarderBob Burnquist (born 1976), professional skateboarderEric Maleson (born 1967), Olympic Bobsled AthleteEurico Rosa Da Silva (born 1975), jockeyFelipe Wu (born 1992), Olympic medalist in ShootingHugo Calderano (born 1996)Isaquias Queiroz (born 1994), Olympic medalist and World Champion in Sprint CanoeingKevin Alves (born 1991), figure skaterMaicon Siqueira (born 1993), Olympic medalist in TaekwondoNatália Falavigna (born 1984), Olympic medalist in TaekwondoRobson Conceição (born 1988), Olympic medalist in BoxingRodrigo Pessoa (born 1972), Olympic Champion show jumperYan Gomes (born 1987), MLB player[16] Yane Marques (born 1984), Olympic medalist in Modern Pentathlon
Diplomats
Film directors Aluizio Abranches Ana Carolina (born 1945)[17] Andrucha Waddington (born 1970)Anna Muylaert [17] (born 1964)Alberto Cavalcanti (1897–1982), pioneer filmmakerAnselmo Duarte [17] (1920–2009), Palme d'Or winnerArnaldo Jabor [17] (born 1940), Silver Berlin Bear-winnerBruno Barreto [17] (born 1955), Golden Berlin Bear -nominated directorCacá Diegues [17] (born 1940)Cao Hamburger [17] (born 1962)Carlos Reichenbach [17] (1945–2012)Daniel Filho (born 1937)Daniela Thomas [17] (born 1959)Eduardo Coutinho [17] (1933–2014), documentary filmmakerFabio Barreto (1957–2019)Fernando Meirelles [17] (born 1955), Academy Award nomineeGabriel Mascaro (born 1983)Glauber Rocha [17] (1939–1981), founder of Cinema Novo ; Cannes Film Festival award -winning directorHector Babenco [17] (1946–2016), Argentine-born Brazilian Academy Award -nominated directorHeitor Dhalia (born 1970)Humberto Mauro [17] (1897–1983), pioneer and inventive filmmakerJoão Moreira Salles [17] (born 1962), documentary directorJoaquim Pedro de Andrade [17] (1932–1988), member of Cinema Novo Jorge Furtado [17] (born 1959)José Mojica Marins [17] (1936–2020), also known as Coffin JoeJosé Padilha [17] (born 1967), Golden Berlin Bear winnerJúlio Bressane [17] (born 1946)Karim Aïnouz [17] (born 1966)Kleber Mendonça Filho [17] (born 1968)Leon Hirszman [17] (1937–1987)Lima Barreto [17] (1906–1982)Luiz de Barros (1893–1982)Luiz Fernando Carvalho [17] (born 1960)Luís Sérgio Person [17] (1936–1976)Marcelo Gomes [17] (born 1963)Mário Peixoto [17] (1908–1992), pioneer filmmakerNelson Pereira dos Santos [17] (1928–2018)Norma Bengell (1935–2013), director and actressPaulo César Saraceni [17] (1933–2012)Petra Costa (born 1983) Academy Award nomineeRoberto Farias [17] (1932–2018)Roberto Santos [17] (1928–1987)Rogério Sganzerla [17] (1946–2004)Ruy Guerra [17] (born in Mozambique, 1931), member of Cinema Novo Sérgio Machado (born 1968)Sérgio Rezende (born 1951)Suzana Amaral [17] (1932–2020)Tata Amaral (born 1960)Walter Hugo Khouri [17] (1929–2003)Walter Lima Jr. [17] (born 1938)Walter Salles [17] (born 1956), Golden Berlin Bear winner
Executives and business entrepreneurs
Explorers and discoverers
Fashion designers
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 centuryJosé 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[19] Reinhard Maack (1892–1969, born in Herford-Germany, died in Curitiba-Brazil)Walter K. Link (1902–1982), US geologist; controversial organizer of oil exploration in BrazilOctávio Barbosa (1907–1997), Brazilian field geologist, prospectorHeinz Ebert (1907–1983), born in Saxony, Germany, died in Rio Claro, São PauloAziz Ab'Saber (1924–2012, São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo), Brazilian geoscientistSérgio Estanislau do Amaral (1925–1996)Peter Szatmari , Hungarian geologist
Intellectuals and thinkers Leonardo Boff (born 1938), friar, theologian , silenced by the Vatican due to his socialist stanceBenjamin Constant (1836–1891), abolitionist and republicanFrancisco Doratioto (born 1956), historianRaymundo Faoro (1925–2003), juristPaulo Freire (1921–1997), educator and university professorFlorestan Fernandes (1920–1995), sociologistGilberto Freyre (1900–1987), sociologistCarlos Marighella (1911–1969), Marxist writer, politician and guerilla fighterAnna Veronica Mautner (1935–2019) psychologist, psychoanalyst, essayist and columnist BrazilianPontes de Miranda (1892–1979), jurist, mathematician, philosopher and writerJosé do Patrocínio (1854–1905), liberal abolitionist and republicanDarcy Ribeiro (1922–1997), anthropologist and educator, scientific leader and politicianJorge Stolfi (born 1950), computer scientistMilton Santos (1926–2001), geographer, writer and university professor
Mathematicians
Models Gisele Bündchen Adriana Lima
Female
Military Baron of Amazonas (1804–1882), Admiral of the Navy, war hero, led the decisive Battle of Riachuelo Duke of Caxias (1803–1880), military commander, nationalist leader, "father of the Army"Anita Garibaldi (1821–1849), revolutionary combatant, fought in Brazil and Italy, was married to Giuseppe Garibaldi Bento Gonçalves (1788–1847), military commander, led a separatist movementBaron of Itapevi (1801-1886), patron of the artillery for the Brazilian ArmyBaron of Melgaço (1802-1880), admiral and several times president of Mato GrossoAdmiral Tamandaré (1807–1897), military combatant, war veteran, "father of the Navy"Tiradentes (1746–1792), leader of a failed conspiracy against the Portuguese, executed by hanging followed by quartering
Monarchs Emperor Pedro II
Musicians
Classical
Popular Adoniran Barbosa (1912–1982)Anitta (born 1993), pop singerAntônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994), composer, songwriterArnaldo Antunes (born 1960)Astrud Gilberto (born 1940), singerAndre Matos (1971–2019), singerAndreas Kisser (born 1968), guitaristBaden Powell (guitarist) (1937–2000), guitaristBebel Gilberto (born 1966), singerBeto Guedes (born 1951)Caetano Veloso (born 1942), MPB singer-songwriterCartola (1908–1980)Chico Buarque (born 1944)Clara Nunes (1942–1983)Claudia Leitte (born 1980), axé singerChorão (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 singerJoão Gilberto (1931–2019), singer-songwriter, guitaristJorge Ben (born 1939)Kelly Key (born 1983), pop/R&B singerLô Borges (born 1952)Ludmilla (singer) (born 1995), pop singerMallu Magalhães (born 1992), folk singerMaria Bethânia (born 1946)Marília Mendonça (1995–2021), sertaneja singerMarisa Monte (born 1967), MPB singerMarcelo Falcão (born 1973)Milton Nascimento (born 1942)Ney Matogrosso (born 1941)Negra Li (born 1979)Pabllo Vittar (born 1993), pop singerRenato Russo (1960–1996)Rita Lee (born 1947)Sandy (born 1983), pop singerTim Maia (1942–1998), singer-songwriterTom Zé (born 1936)Yamandu Costa (born 1980), guitarist and composer
Nurses and physicians Ana Néri (1814–1880), pioneering nurse; assisted Brazilian forces on the battlefield, "mother of nursery"
Politicians Adriane Lopes (born 1976); mayor of Campo Grande Aécio Neves (born 1960); federal deputy by Minas Gerais ; ex-president of the 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 ; defeated presidencial candidateAndré Franco Montoro (1916–1999); ex-governor of the state of São Paulo ; ex-senator by São Paulo ; ex-minister of LabourAdhemar 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 ; defeated presidential candidateArtur da Costa e Silva (1899–1969); ex-president of Brazil; ex-minister of War; ex-minister of Mines and EnergyArthur do Val (born 1986); state deputy of São Paulo Carlos Lacerda (1914–1977), ex-governor of the state of Guanabara; ex-federal deputy by the Federal District Celso Russomanno (born 1956); federal deputy by São Paulo Cesar Maia (born 1945); alderman of Rio de Janeiro ; ex-mayor of the city of Rio de Janeiro 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 ; ex-state deputy of Ceará Daiana Santos (born 1982); deputy in the federal Chamber of Deputies Davi Alcolumbre (born 1977); president of the Federal Senate ; senator by Amapá Dilma Rousseff (born 1947); ex-president of Brazil, impeached ; ex-Chief of Staff of the Presidency ; ex-minister of Mines and EnergyDeodoro da Fonseca (1827–1892); ex-president of Brazil; ex-president of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul Province Djalma Bom (born 1939); founding member of the country's Workers' PartyEduardo Bolsonaro (born 1984); federal deputy by São Paulo ; son of president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro . He was the most voted federal deputy of the history of Brazil until todayEduardo Campos (1965–2014); ex-governor of Pernambuco ; ex-minister of Science and TechnologyEduardo Jorge Martins (born 1949); ex-federal deputy by São Paulo ; defeated presidencial candidate; defeated vice-presidential candidateEduardo Suplicy (born 1941); ex-senator by São Paulo Enéas Carneiro (1938–2007); ex-federal deputy by 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 Superior Militar Court Esperidião Amin (born 1947); senator by Santa Catarina ; ex-governor of the state of Santa Catarina for two times; ex-mayor of the city of Florianópolis Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883–1974); ex-president of Brazil; ex-minister of WarFernando Collor de Mello (born 1949); senator by Alagoas ; ex-president of Brazil, 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 AffairsFlávio Bolsonaro (born 1981); senator by Rio de JaneiroFloriano Peixoto (1839–1895); ex-president of Brazil; ex-vice-president of Brazil; ex-president of Mato Grosso province Geraldo Alckmin (born 1952); ex-governor of the state of São Paulo ; defeated presidential candidate for two timesGetúlio 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 ExchequerGolbery do Couto e Silva (1911–1987); ex-Chief of Staff of the Presidency Hamilton Mourão (born 1953); vice-president of Brazil Jânio Quadros (1917–1992); ex-president of Brazil; ex-governor of the state of 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 [21] Joice Cristina Hasselmann (born 1978); federal deputy by São Paulo João Amoêdo (born 1962); national president of New Party ; defeated presidential candidateJoão Doria (born 1957); governor of the state of São Paulo ; ex-mayor of the city of São Paulo João Goulart (1919–1976); ex-president of Brazil, deposed by a coup; ex-vice-president of Brazil ; ex-minister of Labour, Industry and TradeJosé Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (1763–1838); ex-minister of Foregin Affairs; hero of independenceJosé Dirceu (born 1946); ex-Chief of Staff of the Presidency ; ex-federal deputy by São Paulo ; ex-state deputy of São Paulo ; ex-national president of Worker's Party José Sarney (born 1930); ex-president of Brazil; ex-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 PauloLeonel Brizola (1922–2004); ex-governor of the state of 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 (PSOL) Luís Carlos Prestes (1898–1990); ex-senator by Federal District ; ex-general secretary of Brazilian Communist PartyLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born 1945); president of BrazilManuela 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 (PCdoB) Marcelo Freixo (born 1967); federal deputy by Rio de Janeiro Marielle Franco (1979–2018); ex-alderwoman of Rio de Janeiro Mário Covas (1930–2001); ex-governor of the state of São Paulo ; ex-senator by São Paulo ; ex-mayor of the city of São Paulo Marina Silva (born 1958); national president of Sustainability Network ; ex-senator by Acre; ex-minister of the Environment; defeated presidencial candidate for three timesMarta Suplicy (born 1945); ex-vice-president of the Federal Senate; ex-senator by 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 ; ex-president of the Federal Chamber of Deputies Miguel Arraes (1916–2005); ex-governor of the state of Pernambuco ; ex-mayor of the city of Recife 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 JusticeLuiz Loures ; Deputy Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)[22] Paulo Maluf (born 1931); ex-governor of the state of São Paulo ; ex-mayor of the city of São Paulo Princess Isabel (1846–1921), Princess Imperial of Brazil, later de jure Empress of Brazil, daughter of Emperor D. Pedro II , signed the abolition of slavery in the countryPrudente de Morais (1841–1902); ex-president of Brazil; ex-president of the Federal Senate ; ex-governor of the state of São Paulo Rodrigo Maia (born 1970); president of the Federal Chamber of Deputies ; federal deputy by Rio de Janeiro Romário (born 1966); senator by Rio de Janeiro ; ex-federal deputy by Rio de Janeiro - 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 BrazilTarso 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 relationsTristão de Alencar Araripe (1821–1908), republican leader Zumbi dos Palmares (1655–1695), leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares
Religious leaders Antonio Conselheiro (1830–1897), also known outside Brazil as "The Counselor", founder of Canudos Inri Cristo (born 1948), claims to be JesusSaint Anthony of Saint Anne Galvão (Friar Galvão) (1739–1822), friar, Catholic saintD. 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 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 SaintsChico Xavier (1910–2002), main figure of Spiritism
Journalists and TV celebrities
Writers
Fictionists
Poets
Playwrights
Essayists and critics
Science and technology Manuel de Abreu (1894–1962), physician, inventor of abreugraphy (mass radiography of the lungs for screening tuberculosis )Aziz Ab'Saber (1924–2012), geographer; geologist; ecologist recognized for the Theory of Refuges and Amazon studies; former president of the SBPCFernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (1916–2013), geologistCarlos Paz de Araújo , scientist and inventor, holds nearly 600 patents in the area of nanotechnology José Márcio Ayres (1954–2003), biologist, zoologist, primatologistMarcia Barbosa (born 1960), physicistEddy Bensoussan (born 1938), physicianWilson Teixeira Beraldo (1917–1998), co-discoverer of bradykinin Thaisa Storchi Bergmann (born 1955), astrophysicist at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul [24] Carlos Augusto Bertulani (born 1955), physicistVital Brazil (1865–1950), physician and scientist, discoverer of the antivenom for snakes and other venomous animals Ennio Candotti (born 1942), physicist and scientific leaderFernando Henrique Cardoso (born 1931), sociologist and former PresidentJosé Cândido de Melo Carvalho (1914–1994), biologist, zoologist, entomologistCarlos Chagas (1879–1934), biologist, zoologist, public health workerEvandro Chagas (1905–1940), physician and biomedical scientist specialized in tropical medicine; son of Carlos ChagasGauss Moutinho Cordeiro (born 1952), mathematician and statisticianVera Cordeiro (born 1950), social entrepreneur and physicianNewton da Costa (born 1929), mathematician and logician, recognised for his works in paraconsistent logic Oswaldo Cruz (1872–1917), physician and public health champion, eliminated yellow fever , bubonic plague and smallpox in Rio de Janeiro at the turn of the 20th centuryJohanna Döbereiner (1924–2000), biologist, discoverer of the nitrogen fixing role of soil bacteriaAdolpho Ducke (1876–1959), Croatian-Brazilian biologist ; zoologist ; entomologist ; botanist Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), father of Brazilian sociology Sérgio Henrique Ferreira (1934–2016), physician and pharmacologist , discovered the active principle of a drug for hypertension Carlos Chagas Filho (1910–2000), physician and physiologist, former president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences , former president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences ; son of Carlos Chagas Hércules Florence (1804–1879), pioneer of photography Santiago Americano Freire (1908–1997), physician and professor of pharmacology, psychiatrist, writer, painterGilberto Freyre (1900–1987), historiographer and sociologistCelso Furtado (1920–2004), noted economist and ideologue of economy of developing nations Marcelo Gleiser (born 1959), physicist, writer and professor of physics and astronomy at the Dartmouth College since 1991José Goldemberg (born 1928), physicist, former Minister of Science & Technology and Dean of the University of São Paulo Émil Göldi (1859–1917), Swiss-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; naturalistBartolomeu de Gusmão (1685–1724), Brazilian Catholic priest, pioneer of aviation, the inventor of the balloon, became known as the "flying priest"Jacques Hüber (1867–1914), Swiss-Brazilian biologist; botanistIvan Izquierdo (1937–2021), physician and neuroscientist ; discovered neural mechanisms of memory Jean Paul Jacob (1937–2019), electronic engineer, researcher and professor, research manager at the Almaden IBM Research Center, California Adib Jatene (1929–2014), heart surgeon Alexander Kellner (born 1961), Liechtensteinian/Brazilian paleontologist Warwick Estevam Kerr (1922–2018), geneticist, researcher on the biology and genetics of beesEduardo Krieger (born 1928), physician and physiologist , former president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences César Lattes (1924–2005), experimental physicist, co-discoverer of the pion, a type of subatomic particle, first president of the Brazilian National Research Council Napoleão Laureano (1914–1951), cancer researcherAristides Leão (1914–1993), physician and physiologist, discovered Leão's depression , a phenomenon of nervous tissue Ângelo Moreira da Costa Lima (1887–1964), doctor , entomologist Henrique da Rocha Lima (1879–1956), physician, pathologist and infectologist, discovered Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus José Leite Lopes (1918–2006), theoretical physicistAdolfo Lutz (1855–1940), physician and pioneer of public health José Lutzenberger (1926–2002), ecologist and zoologistRoberto Landell de Moura (1861–1928), pioneer of telephony Fritz Müller (1821–1897), German-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; botanist; naturalist; entomologistMiguel Nicolelis (born 1961), neuroscientist, one of Scientific American 's best scientists of 2004Jacob Palis (born 1940), mathematician of international fame, current president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences Maurício Peixoto (1921–2019), engineer, mathematician , pioneered the studies on structural stability , author of Peixoto's theorem Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna (1818–1888), biologist, zoologist, naturalistJosé Aristodemo Pinotti (1934–2009), physician and gynecologist, former president of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Marcos Pontes (born 1963), first Brazilian astronaut, Missão Centenário Patricia Pranke (born 1967), stem cell researcher, professorAna Maria Primavesi (1920–2020), soil scientist and promoter of the ecological management of tropical soilsAndré Rebouças (1838–1898), pioneer engineer, brother of Antônio Rebouças FilhoJosé Reis (1907–2002), biologist, greatest Brazilian science writerGilberto Righi (1937–1999), biologist, zoologist, specialist on earthwormsMilton Santos (1926–2001), geographer, won the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize , the highest award that can be gained in the field of geographyAlberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932), aviator and inventorAdemar Agostinho Sauthier (1940), theologistMário Schenberg (1914–1990), theoretical physicistHelmut Sick (1910–1991), German-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; ornithologistLotar Siewerdt (born 1939), agronomist; forage productionManuel Augusto Pirajá da Silva (1873–1961), responsible for the identification and complete description of the pathogenic agent and the pathophysiological cycle of schistosomiasis disease Maurício Rocha e Silva (1910–1983), physician and pharmacologist, discovered bradykinin , an active cardiovascular peptide Emilio Joaquim da Silva Maia (1808–1859), physician and naturalistNise da Silveira (1905–1999), psychiatrist and mental health reformerJorge Stolfi (born 1950), computer scientist, professor at UNICAMP Jayme Tiomno (1920–2011), experimental and theoretical nuclear physicistPaulo Emílio Vanzolini (1924–2013), biologist, zoologist, herpetologistGlaci Zancan (1935–2007), biochemist[25] Mayana Zatz (born 1947), biologist and geneticistEuryclides Zerbini (1912–1993), heart surgeon, pioneer of first heart transplant in Brazil
Foreign scientists and engineers who lived or live in Brazil Alexander Grothendieck (1928–2014), French mathematicianDavid Bohm (1917–1992), American physicistGregory Chaitin (born 1947), Argentine-American mathematicianLouis Couty (1854–1884), French physiologist and pharmacologistMiguel Rolando Covian (1913–1992), Argentinian physiologistOrville Adalbert Derby (1851–1915), American geologistHeinz Ebert (1907–1983), German geologistLuigi Fantappiè (1901–1956), Italian mathematicianRichard Feynman (1918–1988), American physicistCharles Frederick Hartt (1840–1878), Canadian-American geologist and paleontologistHermann von Ihering (1850–1930), German naturalistFritz Köberle (1910–1983), Austrian physician and pathologistGrigori Ivanovitch Langsdorff (1774–1852), German/Russian naturalistClaude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009), French anthropologistEmmanuel Liais (1826–1900), French astronomer and naturalistLucien Lison (1908–1984), Belgian anatomistFritz Müller (1821–1897), German naturalistGiuseppe Occhialini (1907–1993), Italian physicistLudwig Riedel (1790–1861), German botanistOscar Sala (1922–2010), Italian nuclear physicistCarl August Wilhelm Schwacke (1848–1904), German botanistFriedrich Sellow (1789–1831), German botanistHelmut Sick (1910–1991), German zoologistPeter Szatmari (born 1950), Hungarian geologistGleb Wataghin (1899–1986), Russian/Italian physicistStefan Zweig (1881–1942), Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer
See also
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