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.
Architects and urban planners
Affonso Eduardo Reidy (1909–1964), architect and urban planner, reformer of Rio de Janeiro
João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915–1985), architect and professor
Lina Bo Bardi, architect
Lúcio 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 (born 1928), architect and professor, winner of the 2006 Pritzker Prize
Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994), architect and landscape designer
Jaime Lerner, (born 1937), architect and urban planner
Ruy Ohtake, (born 1938), architect
Marcio Kogan, (born 1952), architect
Igor de Vetyemy, (born 1981), architect and professor
Antonio Francisco Lisboa "O Aleijadinho" (1730–1814), Baroque sculptor
Artur Barrio
Moysés Baumstein, holographer, painter, film/video producer (1931–1991)
Raul Bopp, painter
Victor Brecheret (1894–1955), sculptor
Lygia Clark (1920–1988)
Mauricio de Sousa, cartoonist
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897–1976), painter
Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), painter
Oswaldo Goeldi (1895–1961), illustrator and engraver
Ricardo Graziano (born 1987), ballet dancer
Almeida Junior (1850–1899), painter
Carlos Latuff, political cartoonist
Manabu Mabe (1924–1997)
Anita Malfatti, painter
Victor Meirelles (1832–1903)
Naza, painter, Visual Artist
Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980), painter
Ana Maria Pacheco(born 1943) painter and sculptor
José Pancetti (born 1902), painter
Lygia Pape (1924–2004)
Cândido Portinari (1903–1962), painter
Lasar Segall
Ana Lucia Souza (born 1982), ballet dancer
Taiguara (1945–1996), singer/songwriter
Sidnei Tendler (born 1958)
Cybèle Varela (born 1943), painter, mixed-media artist
Alfredo Volpi (1896–1988), painter
Barão do Rio Branco (1845–1912)
Joaquim Nabuco (1849–1910)
Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas
Oswaldo Aranha
Rui Barbosa
Sérgio Vieira de Mello
Walter Moreira Salles
Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948–2003), UN representative
Aluizio Abranches
Ana Carolina
Andrucha Waddington
Alberto Cavalcanti (1897–1982), pioneer filmmaker
Ana Maria Magalhães, director and actress
Anselmo Duarte (born 1920), winner of a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or
Bruno Barreto, Golden Berlin Bear-nominated director
Arnaldo Jabor, director, writer and journalist, Silver Berlin Bear-winner
Cacá Diegues
Cao Hamburger
Carlos Coimbra (1925–2007)
Carlos Reichenbach
Daniel Filho, director and actor
Daniela Thomas
David Neves (1938–1994)
Domingos Oliveira
Eduardo Coutinho, documentary filmmaker
Fabio Barreto, Bruno Barreto's brother
Fernando Meirelles, Academy Award-nominated director
Glauber Rocha (1939–1981), founder of Brazilian New Cinema – Cinema Novo, Cannes Film Festival award – winning director
Guilherme de Almeida Prado
Hugo Carvana, director and actor
Hector Babenco, Argentine-born Brazilian Academy Award-nominated director
Heitor Dhalia
Humberto Mauro (1897–1983), pioneer and inventive filmmaker
João Moreira Salles, documentary director and Walter Salles's brother
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (1932–1988), member of Brazilian New Cinema – Cinema Novo
Joel Zito Araújo
Jom Tob Azulay
Jorge Furtado
José Mojica Marins (born 1936), also known as Coffin Joe, filmmaker expert in horror movies.
José Padilha, Golden Berlin Bear winner
Karim Aïnouz
Lima Barreto (1906–1982)
Lucélia Santos, director and actress
Luiz de Barros (1893–1992)
Luiz Duarte (born 1956), director and screenplaywriter
Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Marcelo Gomes
Mário Peixoto (1910–1992), pioneer filmmaker
Nelson Pereira dos Santos, director
Norma Bengell, director and actress
Paulo Morelli
Paulo Porto (1917–1999), director and actor
Paulo Thiago
Roberto Farias
Roberto Santos (1928–1987)
Ruy Guerra (born in Mozambique, 1931), member of Brazilian New Cinema – Cinema Novo
Sérgio Machado
Sérgio Rezende
Suzana Amaral
Tata Amaral
Walter Hugo Khouri (1929–2003)
Walter Lima Jr.
Walter Salles, director of "Central do Brasil" (Central Station)
Executives and business entrepreneurs
Abílio Diniz
Aloysio de Andrade Faria
Andre Medici
Antônio Ermírio de Moraes
Armínio Fraga
Assis Chateaubriand
Bob Falkenburg
Carlos Ghosn
Daniel Dantas
Edmond Safra
Eduardo Saverin
Eike Batista
Count Francesco Matarazzo
Germán Efromovich
Gustavo Brigagão
Gustavo Franco
Henrique Meirelles
João Carlos di Genio
Jorge Paulo Lemann
José Alencar
José Mentor Guilherme de Mello
Julio Bozano
Mike Krieger
Norberto Odebrecht
Pedro Moreira Salles
Ricardo Samuel Goldstein
Ricardo Semler
Roberto Marinho
Samuel Klein
Victor Civita
Walter Moreira Salles
Explorers and discoverers
Cândido Rondon (1865–1958), famous explorer and engineer
Orlando Villas Boas (1914–2003), explorer and indigenist
Amyr Klink, adventurer and navigator, first solo rowing across the South Atlantic
Sydney Possuelo (1940–), explorer, social activist and Indian expert
Alexandre Herchcovitch
Amir Slama (Rosa Chá)
André Lima
Carlos Falchi
Carlos Tufvesson
Clodovil Hernandes (Haute-Couture)
David Azulay (Blue Man)
Francisco Costa (Calvin Klein)
Igor Cavalera (Cavalera)
João Pimenta
Ocimar Versolato
Ricardo Almeida
Tufi Duek (Fórum / Triton)
Zuzu Angel
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
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, CPRM.
Reinhard Maack (1892–1969, born in Herford-Germany, died in Curitiba-Brazil)
Walter K. Link, 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 Rio Claro, São Paulo
Aziz Ab'Saber (born 1924, São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo), Brazilian geoscientist
Sérgio Estanislau do Amaral
Peter Szatmari (geologist), Hungarian geologist
Admiral Tamandaré, military combatant, war veteran, Father of the Navy.
Ana Néri, pioneering nurse, she 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.
Barão do Amazonas, Admiral of the Navy, war hero, led the decisive Battle of Riachuelo.
Bento Gonçalves, 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, military commander, nationalist leader, Father of the Army.
José Bonifácio, Patriarch of the Independence.
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 country.
Tiradentes (1746–1792), leader of a failed conspiracy against the Portuguese, executed by hanging followed by quartering.
Tristão de Alencar Araripe, republican leader.
Zumbi dos Palmares (1655–1695), African-born leader of a slave revolt, killed in battle.
Intellectuals and thinkers
Benjamin Constant (1836–1891), abolitionist and republican
Darcy Ribeiro (1922–1997), anthropologist and educator, scientific leader and politician
Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), sociologist
Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), sociologist
Jorge Stolfi (born 1950), computer scientist
José do Patrocínio (1854–1905), liberal abolitionist and republican
Leonardo Boff (born 1938), friar, theologian, silenced by the Vatican due to his socialist stance
Milton Santos (1926–2001), geographer, writer and university professor
Paulo Freire (1921–1997), educator and university professor
Pontes de Miranda (1892–1979), jurist, mathematician, philosopher and writer
Raymundo Faoro (1925–2003), jurist
Artur Avila, work on dynamical systems, Fields Medal winner
Manfredo do Carmo, work on differential geometry, author of popular textbooks
Walter Carnielli
Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro
Celso Costa, discovered Costa's minimal surface
Newton da Costa, logician
César Camacho
Marcos Dajczer
Francisco Antônio Dória
Djairo Guedes de Figueiredo, noted for his researches on differential equations
Leopoldo Penna Franca
Arnaldo Garcia
Alfredo Noel Iusem
Yoshiharu Kohayakawa
Elon Lages Lima, topologist and geometer, teacher and author of textbooks
Artur Oscar Lopes
Ricardo Mañé
Fernando Codá Marques, work on differential geometry, co-author of the first proof of the Willmore conjecture
Carlos Matheus
Júlio César de Mello e Souza, the Malba Tahan
Welington de Melo
Raimundo Teixeira Mendes
Carlos Gustavo Moreira
Leopoldo Nachbin, introduced Nachbin's theorem and did important work on Hewitt–Nachbin spaces
Antônio Carbonari Netto
Valeria de Paiva
Jacob Palis, work on dynamical systems, Balzan Prize winner
Maurício Peixoto, introduced Peixoto's theorem
Paulo Pinheiro
Enrique Pujals
Paulo Ribenboim
Ruy de Queiroz
Aron Simis
Imre Simon
Joaquim Gomes de Souza, the pioneer in mathematical research in Brazil
Jorge Sotomayor Tello
Keti Tenenblat
Marcelo Viana
José Felipe Voloch
Adriana Lima
Alessandra Ambrosio
Ana Beatriz Barros
Ana Carolina Reston
Ana Claudia Michels
Ana Hickmann
Bruna Erhardt
Bruna Tenório
Camilla Finn
Caroline Ribeiro
Caroline Trentini
Cintia Dicker
Daniella Cicarelli
Daniella Sarahyba
Emanuela de Paula
Fabiana Semprebom
Fernanda Lessa
Fernanda Motta
Fernanda Tavares
Flavia de Oliveira
Gianne Albertoni
Gisele Bündchen
Isabeli Fontana
Izabel Goulart
Jeisa Chiminazzo
Jéssica Pauletto
Juliana Martins
Lais Ribeiro
Letícia Birkheuer
Luciana Curtis
Luciana Gimenez
Luíza Brunet
Marcelle Bittar
Mariana Weickert
Michelle Alves
Monique Olsen
Raica Oliveira
Raquel Zimmermann
Shirley Mallmann
Yasmin Brunet
Marlon Teixeira
Anderson Silva
Evandro Soldati
Miro Moreira
Rafael Verga
Romulo Pires
Francisco Lachowski
King John VI
Emperor Pedro I
Emperor Pedro II
Princess Isabel
Antônio Carlos Jobim, composer, songwriter
João Gilberto, singer, songwriter, guitarist
Astrud Gilberto, singer
Bebel Gilberto, singer
Caetano Veloso mpb singer-songwriter
Sandy pop singer
Marisa Monte mpb singer
Anitta funk melody singer
Kelly Key pop/r&b singer
Claudia Leitte axé singer
Ivete Sangalo axé singer
Mallu Magalhães folk singer
Aécio Neves, senator of Minas Gerais, grandson of former president Tancredo Neves.
André Franco Montoro, senator and governor of the state of São Paulo
Adhemar de Barros, governor of the state of São Paulo
Artur da Costa e Silva, general and president during the military regime
Carlos Lacerda (1914–1977), journalist and governor of former Guanabara State
Cesar Maia, mayor of Rio de Janeiro.
Ciro Gomes, mayor of Fortaleza, governor of Ceará, presidential candidate and minister
Dilma Rousseff, president
Ernesto Geisel (1907–1996), general and president during the military regime, started the political liberalization
Esperidião Amin, senator and governor of Santa Catarina
Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883–1974), marshal of the Army, war minister during the WWII, succeeded by Getúlio Vargas in 1951.
Fernando Collor de Mello, mayor, governor of Alagoas and impeached president in 1992
Fernando Henrique Cardoso (born 1931), sociologist and university professor, senator, minister and twice president
Geraldo Alckmin, ex-mayor of Pindamonhangaba, vice-governor and ex-governor of São Paulo
Getúlio Vargas (1882–1954), senator and twice president (1930–45;1951–54), was also a dictator (1937–45), killed himself in 1954
Golbery do Couto e Silva (1911–1987), early conspirator of the military coup against Goulart, and powerful political figure behind the office of the president under Ernesto Geisel
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, statesman, first Brazil's foreign minister, hero of the independence
José Sarney (born 1930), governor of Maranhão and senator, vice-president of Tancredo Neves, became president upon the latter's sudden death
Júlio Prestes, governor of the state of São Paulo and defeated presidential candidate
Juscelino Kubitschek(1902–1976), mayor, governor of Minas Gerais, senator and president
Jânio Quadros, mayor and governor of São Paulo, president (renounced 1961)
João Goulart, vice-president of Jânio Quadros, president (deposed by a military coup in 1964)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born 1945), labor activist and politician, former president.
Mário Covas (1930–2001), mayor and governor of the state of São Paulo, senator and federal representative
Marta Suplicy, Federal representative, mayor of São Paulo, minister of Tourism and senator
Paulo Maluf, state governor and twice mayor of the state capital of São Paulo, defeated presidential candidate
Paulo Renato Souza, education minister 1995–2002
Tancredo Neves (1910–1985), several times federal representative and senator, elected president by the Congress in 1985, being the first civil president after the military ruled, but died before taking office.
Antonio Conselheiro, also known outside Brazil as "The Counselor", founder of Canudos
Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.
Inri Cristo (born 1948), claims to be Jesus.
R. R. Soares, founder of the International Church of the Grace of God.
Saint Anthony of Saint Anne Galvão (Friar Galvão), 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, former Archbishop of São Paulo, also a civil rights leader.
D. Cláudio Hummes, Bishop, Archbishop and Cardinal of São Paulo, current Mayor of the Congregation for the Clergy.
Helvécio Martins, 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
Angélica
Boris Casoy
Eliana
Jô Soares
Luciano Huck
Pedro Bial
Silvio Santos
William Bonner
Xuxa
Daniel Adler, sailing, Olympic silver (yachting; sailing class)[1]
Francisco Arrué, footballer
Kevin Alves,
Thiago Alves Mixed Martial Arts
Jade Barbosa, (1991– ), gymnast
Leandro Barbosa, basketball player
Rubens Barrichello
Bebeto
Adriana Behar, volleyball, beach player; 2-time Olympic silver; Pan American champion; 2-time world champion
Bob Burnquist, professional skateboarder
Cafu
Roberto Carlos
Hélio Castroneves, IndyCar driver
Eurico Rosa Da Silva, Jockey
Eronilde de Araújo – athlete who specializes in 400 meters hurdles
Daniel Dias Swimming, paralympian
Dida
Junior dos Santos World Champion Mixed Martial Artist
Benny Feilhaber, Footballer, center/attacking midfielder (AGF Aarhus & US national team)
César Cielo Filho (1987– ), professional swimmer, having obtained two Olympic medals
Christian Fittipaldi, Nascar driver/Indycar driver
Emerson Fittipaldi, Formula One two-time champion. Raced for McLaren, Lotus and Fittipaldi automotive, which was founded by him and his brother, it was the only Brazilian Formula One team ever founded
Garrincha,(1933–83) Legendary Footballer
Giba, (born 1976), volleyball player, eight time World League champion
Bruno Demetrio Iotti, (born 1987), footballer
Nenê Hilário, basketball player
Jairzinho, footballer
Kaká, Footballer
Tony Kanaan,IndyCar driver
Felipe Kitadai, Olympic medalist judoka
Lucas Leiva, football player for Liverpool FC
Lúcio
David Luiz, football player for Paris Saint-Germain
Lyoto Machida, Black Belt in Machida Karate, Mixed Martial Arts World Champion
Maurren Maggi
Felipe Massa, Formula One Driver, noticeably for Scuderia Ferrari
Marcio Navarro, professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist
Marta Vieira da Silva, footballer
Neymar, footballer playing for FC Barcelona
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Black Belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Mixed Martial Arts World Champion
Roberto Firmino football Liverpool FC
Antônio Rogério Nogueira Black Belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Pelé, football player, three times World Cup Champion
Nelson Piquet, Three time Formula One world champion, raced for Williams, Benetton, McLaren, Ensign, and Brabham
Bernard Rajzman, volleyball, Olympic silver; Pan American champion; world silver
Rivaldo, footballer
Rivelino, footballer
Robinho, footballer
Rodrigo Pessoa, Olympic Champion Show Jumper
Rogério Ceni, footballer (goalkeeper)
Romário, footballer
Ronaldinho, Footballer, two time Fifa World Player Of The Year
Ronaldo, Footballer, two times World Cup champion.
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua Younger Brother of "Ninja" Rua Black Belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Mixed Martial Arts World Champion
Murilo Rua Older brother of "Shogun" Rua, Black Belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Mixed Martial Arts World Champion
Alefein Santos
Oscar Schmidt, retired basketball player
Ayrton Senna da Silva, (1960–94), 3-time Formula 1 World Champion
Bruno Senna, Formula One racing driver and the nephew of Ayrton Senna
Anderson Silva Black Belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Mixed Martial Arts World Champion
Thiago Silva, football player for Paris Saint-Germain
Wanderlei Silva Black Belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Mixed Martial Arts World Champion
Tiago Splitter, basketball player
Anderson Varejão, basketball player
Diego Walsh
Zico, retired footballer
Zizinho, retired footballer
Philippe Coutinho, football player for Liverpool FC
Writers and poets
Álvares de Azevedo (1831–1852), poet and writer
Alfredo D'Escragnolle Taunay (1843–1871), writer and historian
Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914), poet
Antônio Gonçalves Dias (1823–1864), poet
Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987), poet and writer
Castro Alves (1847–1871), poet and writer
Cecília Meireles (1901–1964), poet
Clarice Lispector (1925–1977), writer
Érico Verissimo (1905–1975), writer
Fernando Sabino (1923–2004), writer
Ferreira Gullar, writer and poet
Gustavo Dourado, (1960–) writer and poet
Haroldo de Campos (1929–2003), poet
Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996) writer
João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999), poet
João Guimarães Rosa (1908–1967), writer
Jorge Amado (1912–2001), writer
José de Alencar (1829–1877), writer
Luis Fernando Veríssimo (born 1936), writer
Lya Luft (born 1938), writer and poet
Machado de Assis (1839–1908), writer
Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968), poet
Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001), playwright
Mário de Andrade (1893–1945), writer
Márcio Souza (born 1946), writer
Menotti del Picchia, critic and writer
Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948), writer and publisher
Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980), journalist and writer
Oduvaldo Vianna Filho (1936–1974), playwright
Olavo Bilac (1865–1918), poet
Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978), critic
Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954), writer and critic
Paulo Coelho (born 1947), writer
Vinícius de Morais (1913–1980), poet
Luiz Duarte (born 1956), writer, playwright, and screenplaywriter
Paulo Fernando Craveiro (born 1934) romance writer, chronicalist, poet, journalist
Science and technology
Carolina Martuscelli Bori, psychologist and president of Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência entre 1986 e 1989
Manuel de Abreu, physician, inventor of abreugraphy (mass radiography of the lungs for screening tuberculosis)
Aziz Ab'Saber, geographer; geologist; ecologist recognized for the Theory of Refuges and Amazon studies; former president of the SBPC
Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida, geologist
Carlos Paz de Araújo, scientist and inventor, holds nearly 600 patents in the area of nanotechnology
José Márcio Ayres, biologist, zoologist, primatologist
Marcia Barbosa, physicist
Wilson Teixeira Beraldo, co-discoverer of bradykinin
Thaisa Storchi Bergmann, astrophysicist at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Carlos Augusto Bertulani, physicist
Vital Brazil, physician and scientist, discoverer of the antivenom for snakes and other venomous animals
Ennio Candotti, physicist and scientific leader
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, sociologist and former President
José Cândido de Melo Carvalho, biologist, zoologist, entomologist
Carlos Chagas, biologist, zoologist, public health worker
Evandro Chagas, physician and biomedical scientist specialized in tropical medicine; son of Carlos Chagas
Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro, mathematician and statistician
Vera Cordeiro, social entrepreneur and physician
Newton da Costa (1929), mathematician and logician, recognised for his works in paraconsistent logic
Oswaldo Cruz, physician and public health champion, eliminated yellow fever, bubonic plague and smallpox in Rio de Janeiro at the turn of the 20th century
Emmanuel Dias-Neto, biologist and geneticist; described the sequencing methodology ORESTES
Johanna Döbereiner (1924–2000), biologist, discoverer of the nitrogen fixing role of soil bacteria
Adolpho Ducke, Croatian-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; entomologist; botanist
Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), father of Brazilian sociology
Sérgio Henrique Ferreira, physician and pharmacologist, discovered the active principle of a drug for hypertension
Carlos Chagas Filho, 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, pioneer of photography
Santiago Americano Freire (1908–1997), physician and professor of pharmacology, psychiatrist, writer, painter
Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), historiographer and sociologist
Celso Furtado, noted economist and ideologue of economy of developing nations
Wagner Farid Gattaz, physician and scientist, member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Marcelo Gleiser, physicist, writer and professor of physics and astronomy at the Dartmouth College since 1991
José Goldemberg, physicist, former Minister of Science & Technology and Dean of the University of São Paulo
Émil Göldi, Swiss-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; naturalist
Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Brazilian Catholic priest, pioneer of aviation, the inventor of the balloon, became known as the "flying priest"
Jacques Hüber, Swiss-Brazilian biologist; botanist
Ivan Izquierdo, physician and neuroscientist; discovered neural mechanisms of memory
Jean Paul Jacob, electronic engineer, researcher and professor, research manager at the Almaden IBM Research Center, California
Adib Jatene, heart surgeon
Alexander Kellner, Liechtensteinian/Brazilian paleontologist
Warwick Estevam Kerr, geneticist, researcher on the biology and genetics of bees
Eduardo Krieger, physician and physiologist, former president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
César Lattes, experimental physicist, co-discoverer of the pion, a type of subatomic particle, first president of the Brazilian National Research Council
Aristides Leão, 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, physician, pathologist and infectologist, discovered Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus
José Leite Lopes, theoretical physicist
Adolfo Lutz, physician and pioneer of public health
José Lutzenberger (1926–2002), ecologist and zoologist
Daniel Martins-de-Souza, biologist; biochemist
Roberto Landell de Moura, pioneer of telephony
Fritz Müller, German-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; botanist; naturalist; entomologist
Miguel Nicolelis, neuroscientist, one of Scientific American's best scientists of 2004
Jacob Palis, mathematician of international fame, current president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Maurício Peixoto, engineer, mathematician, pioneered the studies on structural stability, author of Peixoto's theorem
Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna, biologist, zoologist, naturalist
José Aristodemo Pinotti, physician and gynecologist, former president of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Marcos Pontes, first Brazilian astronaut, Expedition 13
André Rebouças (1838–1898), pioneer engineer, brother of Antônio Rebouças Filho
José Reis, biologist, greatest Brazilian science writer
Gilberto Righi, biologist, zoologist, specialist on earthworms
Milton Santos (1926–2001), geographer, won the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize, the highest award that can be gained in the field of geography
Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviator and inventor
Mário Schenberg, theoretical physicist
Helmut Sick, German-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; ornithologist
Lotar Siewerdt, agronomist; forage production
Manuel Augusto Pirajá da Silva, responsible for the identification and complete description of the pathogenic agent and the pathophysiological cycle of schistosomiasis disease
Maurício Rocha e Silva, physician and pharmacologist, discovered bradykinin, an active cardiovascular peptide
Nise da Silveira (1905–1999), psychiatrist and mental health reformer
Jorge Stolfi, computer scientist, professor at UNICAMP
Jayme Tiomno, experimental and theoretical nuclear physicist
Paulo Emílio Vanzolini, biologist, zoologist, herpetologist
Glaci Zancan, biochemist
Mayana Zatz, biologist and geneticist
Euryclides Zerbini, heart surgeon, pioneer of first heart transplant in Brazil
Foreign scientists and engineers who lived or live in Brazil
David Bohm, American physicist
Gregory Chaitin, Argentine-American mathematician
Louis Couty, French physiologist and pharmacologist
Miguel Rolando Covian, Argentinian physiologist
Orville Adalbert Derby, American geologist
Heinz Ebert, German geologist
Luigi Fantappiè, Italian mathematician
Richard Feynman, American physicist
Charles Frederick Hartt, Canadian-American geologist and paleontologist
Hermann von Ihering, German naturalist
Fritz Köberle, Austrian physician and pathologist
Grigori Ivanovitch Langsdorff, German/Russian naturalist
Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist
Emmanuel Liais, French astronomer and naturalist
Lucien Lison, Belgian anatomist
Fritz Müller, German naturalist
Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist
Ludwig Riedel, German botanist
Oscar Sala, Italian nuclear physicist
Carl August Wilhelm Schwacke, German botanist
Friedrich Sellow, German botanist
Helmut Sick, German zoologist
Peter Szatmari, Hungarian geologist
Gleb Wataghin, Russian/Italian physicist
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