List of Brazilians

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List of Brazilians

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

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Actors

Main article: List of Brazilian 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 -)
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 -)
Francisca Queiroz (1979 -)
Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1934–2006)
Giovanna Antonelli (1976 -)
Glória Menezes (1934 -)
Grande Otelo (1915–1993)
Guilherme Berenguer
Hebe Camargo (1929 -), TV presenter, singer, actress
Jéssica Sodré (1985 -)
José Lewgoy (1920–2003)
José Wilker (1945 -)
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)
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
Selton Mello (1972 -)
Seu Jorge (1970), artist
Sônia Braga (1950 -)
Taís Araújo (1978 -)
Tarcisio Meira (1935)
Teresa Seiblitz (1962)
Vagner Dantas (1983)
Vera Fischer (1951 -)
Viétia Zangrandi
Xuxa Meneghel (1963), actress, singer, TV host
Leonardo Villar

Architects and urbanists

Affonso Eduardo Reidy (1909–1964), architect and urban planner, reformer of Rio de Janeiro
João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915–1985), architect
Lina Bo Bardi
Lúcio Costa (1902–1998), architect and urbanist, creator of Brasília
Oscar Niemeyer (born 1907), architect of international renown
Paulo Mendes da Rocha (born 1928), architect, winner of the 2006 Pritzker Prize
Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994), architect and landscape designer.
Ruy Ohtake, architect
Sidney Linhares, paisagist
Fernando Chacel, paisagist

Artists

Main article: List of Brazilian artists

Artur Barrio
Anita Malfatti, painter
Alfredo Volpi (1896–1988), painter
Almeida Junior (1850–1899), painter
Ana Lucia Souza (born 1982), ballet dancer
Ana Maria Pacheco(born 1943) painter and sculptor
Antonio Francisco Lisboa "O Aleijadinho" (1730–1814), Baroque sculptor
Cândido Portinari (1903–1962), painter
Cybèle Varela (born 1943), painter, mixed-media artist
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897–1976), painter
Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980), painter
José Pancetti (born 1902), painter
Lasar Segall
Lygia Clark (1920–1988)
Lygia Pape (1924–2004)
Manabu Mabe (1924–1997)
Mauricio de Sousa, cartoonist
Moysés Baumstein, holographer, painter, film/video producer (1931–1991)
Naza, painter, Visual Artist
Oswaldo Goeldi (1895–1961), illustrator and engraver
Raul Bopp, painter
Rodrigo Teixeira (born 1976), Visual Effects
Taiguara (1945–1996), singer/songwriter
Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), painter
Victor Brecheret (1894–1955), painter
Victor Meirelles (1832–1903)
Sidnei Tendler (1958)

Diplomats

Main article: List of Brazilian diplomats

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

Film directors

Main article: List of Brazilian film directors

Aluizio Abranches
Ana Carolina
Andrucha Waddington
Alberto Cavalcanti (1897–1982), pioneer film-maker
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 Manga, Chanchada films and TV director
Carlos Reichenbach
Cláudio Torres, Fernanda Torres's brother
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-Brazilian Academy Award-nominated director
Heitor Dhalia
Humberto Mauro (1897–1983), pioneer and inventive film-maker
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, film-maker 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 film-maker
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)
Watson de Macedo (1918–1981), director of Chanchada films

Executives and business entrepreneurs

Main article: List of Brazilian entrepreneurs

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

Geologists

Aluízio Licínio de Miranda Barbosa (born 1916, Alto do Rio Doce-MG)
Djalma Guimarães (1895–1973, born Santa Luzia, MG, died Belo Horizonte)
Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (born 1916, Rio de Janeiro), one of the most outstanding geologists of the 20 century; he is still active in researching, teaching, lecturing, and publishing in the 21st 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.
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.
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, second 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.
Tristão de Alencar Araripe, republican leader.
Zumbi dos Palmares (1655–1695), African-born leader of a slave revolt, killed in battle.

Intellectuals and thinkers

Alessandro Hirata, jurist
Benjamin Sodré
Benjamin Constant, 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, liberal abolitionist and republican
Leonardo Boff, 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
Raymundo Faoro (1925–2003), jurist

Models

Female

Male

Monarchs

Main article: List of Brazilian monarchs

Musicians

Main article: List of Brazilian musicians

Politicians

Religious leaders

Antonio Conselheiro, also known outside Brazil as "The Counselor", founder of Canudos
David Miranda, Christian missionary, founder of the Deus é Amor church.
Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.
Inri Cristo (born 1948), who have claimed 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

Main article: List of Brazilian journalists

Sportsmen

Raul Silveira Professional rock climber

Daniel Adler, sailing, Olympic silver (yachting; sailing class)[1]
Kevin Alves, (born 1991), Brazilian figure skater
Thiago Alves
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^[1]
Bob Burnquist, professional skateboarder
Cafu
Roberto Carlos
Ayrton Senna da Silva, (1960–94), 3-time Formula 1 World Champion, died on 1 May 1994, in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix at the Tamburello curve, at the circuit at Imola.
Bruno Senna, Formula One racing driver and the nephew of the late three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna
Eronilde de Araújo - athlete who specializes in 400 metre hurdles
Dida
Junior dos Santos
Benny Feilhaber, soccer player, center/attacking midfielder (AGF Aarhus & US national team)
César Cielo Filho (1987- ), professional swimmer, having obtained two Olympic medals
Garrincha,(1933–83) Legendary soccer player
Giba, (born 1976), volleyball player, eight time World League champion
Emerson Fittipaldi
Nenê Hilário, basketball player
Kaká
Lúcio
Lyoto Machida
Maurren Maggi
Felipe Massa
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Pelé, most famous Brazilian football player, three times World Cup Champion
Nelson Piquet
Bernard Rajzman, volleyball, Olympic silver; Pan American champion; world silver
Rivaldo
Robinho
Rogério Ceni, football player, the greatest goalkeeper in the world top scorer with 99 goals scored
Romário
Ronaldinho
Ronaldo, soccer player, two times World Cup champion.
Oscar Schmidt, retired basketball player.
Wanderlei Silva
Anderson Silva
Anderson Varejão, basketball player
Diego Walsh
Zico
Zizinho
lucas levia football player

Writers and poets

Main article: List of Brazilian writers

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
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
Julio Ribeiro, 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
Patrícia Galvão ("Pagu"), wife of Oswald de Andrade
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

Main article: List of Brazilian scientists

Adib Jatene, heart surgeon
Adolfo Lutz, physician and pioneer of public health
Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviator and inventor.
André Rebouças (1838–1898), pioneer engineer, brother of Antônio Rebouças Filho.
Aristides Leão, physician and physiologist, discovered Leão's depression
Carlos Chagas, physician and biomedical scientist, discovered Chagas Disease.
Carlos Chagas Filho, physician and physiologist, former president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Son of Carlos Chagas.
Celso Furtado, noted economist and ideologue of economy of developing nations
César Lattes, experimental physicist, co-discoverer of pi meson, a type of subatomic particle
Daniel Martins-de-Souza, Brazilian biologist; biochemist ref
Eduardo Krieger, physician and physiologist, current president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Emmanuel Dias-Neto, Brazilian biologist and geneticist; described the sequencing methodology ORESTES
Ennio Candotti, physicist and scientific leader
Euryclides Zerbini, heart surgeon, pioneer of first heart transplant in Brazil
Evandro Chagas, physician and biomedical scientist specialized in tropical medicine. Son of Carlos Chagas.
Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), father of Brazilian sociology
Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), historiographer and sociologist
Henrique da Rocha Lima,
Hércules Florence, pioneer in photography
Ivan Izquierdo, physician and neuroscientist, discovered neural mechanisms of memory
Jacob Palis, mathematician
Jorge Stolfi, computer scientist, currently professor at UNICAMP
Johanna Döbereiner (1924–2000), biologist, discoverer of the nitrogen fixing role of soil bacteria
José Aristodemo Pinotti, physician and gynecologist, former president of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
José Goldemberg, physicist, former Minister of Science & Technology and Dean of the University of São Paulo
José Leite Lopes, theoretical physicist
José Lutzenberger (1926–2002), ecologist and zoologist
José Reis, biologist, science writer
Laila A Nahum [2] biologist, science writer
Manuel de Abreu, physician, inventor of abreugraphy, mass radiography of the lungs for screening for tuberculosis
Marcelo Gleiser, physicist, writer and professor of physics and astronomy at the Dartmouth College since 1991
Marcos Pontes, first Brazilian astronaut, Expedition 13
Mário Schenberg, theoretical physicist
Maurício Peixoto, mathematician
Maurício Rocha e Silva, physician and pharmacologist, discovered bradykinin, an active cardiovascular peptide
Mayana Zatz, biologist and geneticist
Miguel Nicolelis, neuroscientist, one of Scientific American's best scientists of 2004
Mílton de Arruda Martins, physician, pulmonary scientist and medical educator
Milton Santos (1926–2001), geographer
Newton da Costa (born 1929), mathematician and logician, recognised for his works in paraconsistent logic
Nise da Silveira (1905–1999), psychiatrist and mental health reformer
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
Paulo Vanzolini, zoologist, and composer of Brazilian popular music
Roberto Landell de Moura, pioneer of telephony
Santiago Americano Freire (1908–1997), physician and professor of pharmacology, psychiatrist, writer, painter
Sérgio Henrique Ferreira, physician and pharmacologist, discovered the active principle of a drug for hypertension
Vital Brazil, physician and scientist, discoverer of the antivenom for snakes and other venomous animals
Wagner Farid Gattaz, physician and scientist, member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Warwick Estevam Kerr, geneticist, researcher on the biology and genetics of bees
Wilson Teixeira Beraldo, co-discoverer of bradykinin

Foreign scientists and engineers who lived in Brazil

Carl August Wilhelm Schwacke, German botanist
Charles Frederick Hartt, Canadian-American geologist and paleontologist
Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist
Émil Goeldi, Swiss naturalist
Emmanuel Liais, French astronomer and naturalist
Friedrich Sellow, German botanist
Fritz Müller, German naturalist
Fritz Köberle, Austrian physician and pathologist
Grigori Ivanovitch Langsdorff, German/Russian naturalist
Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist
Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian/Italian physicist
Helmut Sick, German zoologist
Hermann von Ihering, German naturalist
Louis Couty, French physiologist and pharmacologist
Lucien Lison, Belgian anatomist
Ludwig Riedel, German botanist
Miguel Rolando Covian, Argentinian physiologist
Orville Adalbert Derby, American geologist
Peter Wilhelm Lund, Danish zoologist and paleontologist
Richard Feynman, American physicist
David Bohm, American physicist

References

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