List of Brazilian Americans

Updated on Oct 04, 2024

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This is a list of Brazilian Americans, Americans of Brazilian ancestry, including both immigrants from Brazil who have American citizenship or residency, and their American descendants.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Brazilian American or must have references showing they are Brazilian American and are notable.

List

Carmen Miranda - One of the most prominent singer and actress from the 40's and 50's

Naza, Visual Artist

Hailey Baldwin - model

Rosental Calmon Alves, PhD., professor of journalism, School of Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin

Alessandra Ambrosio - model

Pedro Andrade - model, actor and journalist

Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD., professor of History at Howard University

Morena Baccarin - actress

Raimundo César Barreto Junior, PhD., assistant professor of World Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary

Ana Beatriz Barros - model

Anderson Silva - UFC Middleweight Champion

Paulo Blikstein, PhD., assistant professor at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education (Stanford University)

Vitor Belfort - former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion

Lyoto Machida - former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira - former Interim UFC Heavyweight

Royce Gracie - UFC Hall of Famer

Leandro Barbosa - basketball player

Bruno Barreto - film director

Walter Salles - film director

Camilla Belle - actress (Brazilian mother)

Daniel Benzali - actor

Blondfire - brother and sister musical act

Jordana Brewster (1980 - ) - film actress (Brazilian mother)

Marshall Brickman - screenwriter

Alexandra Bruce - writer and filmmaker

Otávio Bueno, PhD., professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami

Gisele Bundchen - model and entrepreneur

Bob Burnquist - professional skateboarder

Mario Caldato, Jr. - music producer

Bruno Campos - actor

Sergio Cariello - comic book artist

Ana Maria Carvalho, PhD., professor of Linguistics at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Arizona

Max Cavalera - musician

Lin Chao - biologist and geneticist

Flavia Colgan - political strategist

Nelson Cupello - soccer player

Marcelo Jorge de Paula Paixão, PhD., associate professor at the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at Austin

Bruce Driscoll - musician

Pedro Erber, PhD., associate Professor of Luso-Brazilian Studies at Cornell University

Lucy D’Escoffier Crespo da Silva - astronomy student for whom asteroid 96747 Crespodasilva was named after

Guy Ecker - actor

Sergio Kato - actor, host, comedian and businessman.

Benny Feilhaber - soccer player

Val Fernandes - soccer player

Roquinaldo A. Ferreira, PhD., Vasco da Gama Associate Professor of History and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University

Rodrigo Fonseca, PhD., assistant professor at Brown University's Computer Science Department

A. C. Frieden - author

Breno Giacomini - American football player

Bebel Gilberto - singer

Marcelo Gleiser, PhD., physicist and astronomer. Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College

Alésia Glidewell - Actress, 1/2 Japanese descent

Ben Goertzel, PhD., former professor of Computer Sciences at the University of New Mexico, researcher of artificial intelligence, visiting faculty at Xiamen University

Yan Gomes - baseball player

Julia Goldani Telles - actress and ballet dancer

Carley Gracie - members of the Gracie family

Rolles Gracie Jr. - members of the Gracie family

Bill Handel, radio personality

Nene Hilário, basketball player

Ryan Hollweg - hockey player

Marília Librandi-Rocha, PhD., Assistant Professor of Luso-Brazilian and Latin American Literature and Cultures at Stanford University

Adriana Lima - model

Roger Lima - Bass guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the ska-punk band Less Than Jake

Leticia Marteleto, Phd., Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and a Faculty Research Associate of the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin

Carlos Metidieri - soccer player

Pele (real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento) - retired professional soccer player; considered the best player of all time

Luciana Namorato, PhD., Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University

David Neeleman - founder of JetBlue Airways, also CEO and founder of Azul Airlines

Miguel Nicolelis, M.D., Ph.D., Duke School of Medicine Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, Duke University Professor of Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering and Psychology and Neuroscience, and founder of Duke's Center for Neuroengineering.

Michelle Nordin - actress

Nancy Randall - model

Andre Rienzo - baseball player

Sonia Roncador, PhD., associate professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese at The University of Texas at Austin

Bianca A. Santos - actress, 1/2 Cuban descent

Jovino Santos-Neto - musician

Zuleyka Silver - model and actress

Tiago Splitter - basketball player

Ed Soares - martial arts businessman

Thales S. Teixeira, PhD., Associate Professor at Harvard Business School (Harvard University)

Maiara Walsh - actress

Robert Rey - plastic surgeon featured on TV series Dr. 90210

Rodrigo Santoro - actor

Lateef Crowder dos Santos - actor and martial artist

Eduardo Saverin - entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook

Roberto Mangabeira Unger, LL.M., S.J.D., Roscoe Pound Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School (Harvard University)

Luiz Fernando Valente, PhD., Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies and Comparative Literature at the Brown University

Anderson Varejão - basketball player

Fabrício Werdum - MMA fighter, current UFC Heavyweight Champion

Cristiane Justino – MMA fighter, current Invicta FC World Featherweight Champion

Walter Afanasieff - Grammy Award-winning record producer and songwriter

References

List of Brazilian Americans Wikipedia

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