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List of Brazilians

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.

Contents

Actors

  • Alice Braga (1983 -)
  • Alinne Moraes (1983 -)
  • Ana Paula Arósio (1975 -)
  • Antônio Fagundes (1949 -)
  • Bete Mendes (1949 -), actor/politician
  • Betty Lago (1955 -)
  • Bruno Campos
  • Bruna Lombardi (1952 -)
  • Bruna Marquezine (1995 -)
  • Carolina Dieckmann
  • Cauã Reymond (1980 -)
  • Dado Dolabella (1980 -)
  • Daniel Benzali
  • Daniele Suzuki (1977 -)
  • Denise Fraga (1965 -)
  • Dercy Gonçalves, (1907–2008), artist
  • Eliane Giardini (1952 -)
  • Fernanda Montenegro, (1929 -)
  • Fernanda Torres (1965 -)
  • Fábio Assunção (1971 -)
  • Fábio Lago (1970 -)
  • Francisca Queiroz (1979 -)
  • Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1934–2006)
  • Giovanna Antonelli (1976 -)
  • Glória Menezes (1934 -)
  • Grande Otelo (1915–1993)
  • Guilherme Berenguer
  • Hebe Camargo (1929 -2012), TV presenter, singer, actress
  • Jéssica Sodré (1985 -)
  • José Lewgoy (1920–2003)
  • José Wilker (1945 -2014)
  • Juliana Didone (1984 -)
  • Juliana Silveira (1980), actress/singer
  • Lázaro Ramos (1978 -)
  • Lima Duarte (1930)
  • Lucélia Santos (1957), actress, film director and producer
  • Malu Mader (1966 -),
  • Carmen Miranda (1909–1955), singer
  • Marco Nanini (1948?)
  • Maria Flor (1983 -)
  • Matheus Nachtergaele (1969 -)
  • Miguel Falabella (1957)
  • Morena Baccarin (1979-)
  • Murilo Benício (1972 -)
  • Natália Guimarães (1984), Miss Brasil 2007, actress
  • Oscarito
  • Paola Oliveira (1982 -)
  • Paulo Autran (1922–2007)
  • Paulo Betti (1952)
  • Raul Cortez (1932–2006)
  • Raw Leiba, actor and sportsmodel
  • Regina Duarte (1947 -)
  • Renato Aragão (1936 )
  • Reynaldo Gianecchini (1972 -)
  • Rodrigo Hilbert (1980 -)
  • Rodrigo Lopes Big Brother finalist (United Kingdom), Actor and TV Reporter, (1985 -)
  • Rodrigo Santoro (1975 -)
  • Ronald Golias (1929–2005), actor and comedian
  • Sandy Leah (1983 -), actress, singer, songwriter
  • Selton Mello (1972 -)
  • Seu Jorge (1970), artist
  • Sônia Braga (1950 -)
  • Taís Araújo (1978 -)
  • Tarcisio Meira (1935)
  • Teresa Seiblitz (1962)
  • Vera Fischer (1951 -)
  • Viétia Zangrandi
  • Xuxa Meneghel (1963), actress, singer, TV host
  • Leonardo Villar

    • 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

    • Artists

  • 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

    • Diplomats

  • 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

    • Film directors

  • 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

    • Fashion designers

  • 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

    • 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
  • 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

    • Heroes and historical figures

  • 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

    • Mathematicians

  • 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

    • Female

  • 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

    • Male

  • Marlon Teixeira
  • Anderson Silva
  • Evandro Soldati
  • Miro Moreira
  • Rafael Verga
  • Romulo Pires
  • Francisco Lachowski

    • Monarchs

  • King John VI
  • Emperor Pedro I
  • Emperor Pedro II
  • Princess Isabel

    • Musicians

  • 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

    • Politicians

  • 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.

    • Religious leaders

  • 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

    • Sportsmen

  • 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

    • References

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