List of Brazilians

Part of a series on
Brazilians
Actors Artists Entrepreneurs Film directors Journalists Musicians Poets Scientists Sportspeople Writers
List of Brazilians
v t e

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

• Chico Mendes (1944–1988), murdered rural leader and martyr of ecological movements in the Amazon
• Maria Tomásia Figueira Lima (1826–1902), aristocrat, abolitionist

Actors

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 professor
• Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992), 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 (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 planner
• Ruy Ohtake (1938–2021), architect
• Marcio Kogan (born 1952), architect
• Igor de Vetyemy (born 1981), architect and professor

Artists (Visual arts)

Painters

• Alfredo Volpi (1896–1988)^[2]
• Almeida Junior (1850–1899)
• Anita Malfatti (1889–1964)^[2]
• Arthur Timotheo da Costa (1882–1922)
• Cândido Portinari (1903–1962)^[2]
• Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897–1976)^[2]
• Iberê Camargo (1914–1994)^[2]
• José Pancetti (1902–1958)^[2]
• Lasar Segall (1891–1957)^[2]
• Manabu Mabe (1924–1997)^[2]
• Manoel da Costa Ataíde (1762–1830)
• Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973)^[2]
• Vicente do Rego Monteiro (1899–1970)^[2]
• Victor Meirelles (1832–1903)

Sculptors

• Antonio Francisco Lisboa "O Aleijadinho" (1730–1814), Baroque sculptor
• Sergio Rossetti Morosini, Brazilian American (born 1953), Contemporary sculptor
• Victor Brecheret (1894–1955)^[2]

Cartoonists

• Carlos Latuff (born 1968), political cartoonist
• Fábio Moon (born 1976)
• Gabriel Bá (born 1976)
• Henfil (1944–1988)
• Mauricio de Sousa (born 1935)
• Millôr Fernandes (1923–2012)
• Ziraldo (1932-2024)

Others

• Abraham Palatnik (1928–2020)^[2]
• Ana Maria Pacheco (born 1943), painter and sculptor
• Artur Barrio (born 1945)^[2]
• Cybèle Varela (born 1943), painter, mixed-media artist
• Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980),^[2] painter
• Lygia Clark (1920–1988)^[2]
• Lygia Pape (1927–2004)^[2]
• Moysés Baumstein (1931–1991), holographer, painter, film/video producer
• Naza (born 1955), painter, visual artist
• Oswaldo Goeldi (1895–1961),^[2] illustrator and engraver
• Sebastião Salgado (born 1944),^[2] photographer

Athletes

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 Winner
• Dani 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 footballer
• Kaká (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^[3]
• Philippe Coutinho (born 1992), football player for FC Barcelona
• Rivaldo (born 1972)
• Rivellino (born 1946)
• Roberto Carlos (born 1973), 2002 FIFA World Cup Champion
• Roberto 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 Year
• Ronaldo (born 1976), footballer, two-time World Cup champion
• Taffarel (born 1966), 1994 FIFA World Cup Champion
• Thiago Silva (born 1984), football player for Chelsea F.C.
• Vinícius Júnior (born 2000)
• Wesley (born 1989), footballer
• Willian (born 1988)
• Zico (born 1953), retired footballer
• Zizinho (1921–2002), retired footballer

Basketball

• Anderson Varejão (born 1982), former NBA player^[4]
• Bruno Caboclo (born 1995), NBA player^[5]
• Fab Melo (1990–2017), former NBA player^[6]
• Leandro Barbosa (born 1982), NBA champion^[7]
• Marcelo Huertas (born 1983), professional basketball player
• Nenê Hilário (born 1982), NBA player^[8]
• Oscar Schmidt (born 1958), retired basketball player
• Raul Neto (born 1992), NBA player^[9]
• Tiago Splitter (born 1985), NBA champion^[10]

Volleyball

• Adriana Behar (born 1969), volleyball, beach player; two-time Olympic silver; Pan American champion; two-time world champion^[11]
• Alison Cerutti (born 1985), Olympic medalist and World Champion
• Bernard Rajzman (born 1957), Olympic silver; Pan American champion; world silver
• Bruno Oscar Schmidt (born 1986), Olympic medalist and World Champion
• Bruno Rezende (born 1986), Olympic medalist and World Champion
• Giba (born 1976), eight-time World League champion
• Lucas Saatkamp (born 1986), Olympic medalist and World Champion

Judo

• Érika Miranda (born 1987) World Championship medalist
• Felipe Kitadai (born 1989), Olympic medalist
• Flávio Canto (born 1975), Olympic medalist
• Ketleyn Quadros (born 1987), Olympic medalist
• Leandro Guilheiro (born 1983), Olympic medalist
• Mayra Aguiar (born 1991), Olympic medalist and World Champion
• Rafael Silva (born 1987), two-time Olympic medalist
• Rafaela Silva (born 1992), Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion
• Sarah Menezes (born 1990), Olympic gold medalist
• Tiago Camilo (born 1982), two-time Olympic medalist and World Champion

Gymnastics

• Arthur Mariano (born 1993), Olympic medalist and World Champion
• Arthur Zanetti (born 1990), Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion
• Daiane dos Santos (born 1983), World Champion
• Daniele Hypólito (born 1984), World Championship medalist
• Diego Hypólito (born 1986), Olympic medalist and 2x World Champion
• Flávia Saraiva (born 1999)
• Jade Barbosa (born 1991), World Championship medalist
• Rebeca Andrade (born 1999)

Swimming

• Ana Marcela Cunha (born 1992), five-time World Champion
• Bruno Fratus (born 1989), World Championship medalist
• César Cielo (born 1987), two-time Olympic medalist, Olympic and World record holder
• Daniel Dias (born 1988), swimmer, paralympian
• Fernando Scherer (born 1974), Olympic medalist
• Gustavo Borges (born 1972), Olympic medalist
• Marcelo Chierighini (born 1991), World Championship medalist
• Poliana Okimoto (born 1983), Olympic medalist
• Thiago Pereira (born 1986), Olympic medalist

Athletics

• Almir dos Santos (born 1993)
• Caio Bonfim (born 1991)
• Darlan Romani (born 1991)
• Eronilde de Araújo (born 1970), Olympic finalist in 400 meters hurdles
• Fabiana Murer (born 1981), world champion pole vaulter
• Joaquim Cruz (born 1963), Olympic Gold medalist
• Maurren Maggi (born 1976), retired olympic gold medalist
• Robson Caetano (born 1964), Olympic medalist
• Thiago Braz da Silva (born 1993), Olympic Gold medalist

Auto racing

• Ayrton Senna da Silva (1960–1994), three-time Formula 1 World Champion^[12]
• Bruno Senna (born 1983), Formula One racing driver
• Christian Fittipaldi (born 1971), NASCAR driver/Indycar driver
• Emerson Fittipaldi (born 1946), Formula One two-time champion. Raced for McLaren, Lotus and Fittipaldi automotive^[13]
• Felipe Massa (born 1981), Formula One driver, notably for Scuderia Ferrari
• Felipe Nasr (born 1992), Formula One driver, notably for Sauber F1 Team
• Hélio Castroneves (born 1975), IndyCar driver
• Nelson Piquet (born 1952), three-time Formula One world champion, raced for Williams, Benetton, McLaren, Ensign, and Brabham^[14]
• Rubens Barrichello (born 1972), former Formula 1 driver, raced for Jordan, Stewart, Ferrari, Honda, Braun, and Williams
• Tony Kanaan (born 1974), IndyCar driver

Combat sports

• Alex Pereira (born 1987), Former Kickboxer, Mixed Martial Artist
• Amanda Nunes (born 1988), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts Female World Champion
• Anderson Silva (born 1975), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion
• Charles Oliveira (born 1989), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion
• Cris Cyborg (born 1985), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts Female World Champion
• Deiveson Figueiredo (born 1987), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts World Champion
• Gilbert Burns (born 1986), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, mixed martial artist
• Glover Teixeira (born 1979), Former World Champion Mixed Martial Artist
• Jéssica Andrade (born 1991), Former Female Mixed Martial Artist World Champion
• José Aldo (born 1986), Former World Champion Mixed Martial Artist
• Junior dos Santos (born 1984), Former World Champion Mixed Martial Artist
• Patricky Pitbull (born 1986), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts World Champion
• Patrício Pitbull (born 1987), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Current mixed martial arts World Champion
• Paulo Costa (born 1991), mixed martial artist
• Rafael dos Anjos (born 1984), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion
• Thiago Alves (born 1983), mixed martial artist
• Lyoto Machida (born 1978), black belt in Machida Karate, Former mixed martial arts World Champion
• Marcio Navarro (born 1978), professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist
• Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (born 1976), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion
• Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (born 1981), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion
• Murilo Rua (born 1980), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion
• Wanderlei Silva (born 1976), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Former mixed martial arts World Champion

Sailing

• Daniel Adler (born 1958), Olympic medalist
• Jorge Zarif (born 1992)
• Kahena Kunze (born 1991)
• Lars Grael (born 1964)
• Martine Grael (born 1991)
• Robert Scheidt (born 1973)

Surfing

• Adriano de Souza (born 1987)
• Filipe Toledo (born 1995)
• Gabriel Medina (born 1993)
• Ítalo Ferreira (born 1994)
• Rodrigo Koxa (born 1979)

Tennis

• Maria Esther Bueno (1939–2018)
• Bruno Soares (born 1982)
• Fernando Meligeni (born 1971)
• Gustavo Kuerten (born 1976) three-time French Open winner
• Marcelo Melo (born 1983)
• Thiago Monteiro (born 1994)
• Thiago Seyboth Wild (born 2000)
• Thomaz Bellucci (born 1987)

Others

• Alexandre de Pontes (1968–1993), bodyboarder
• Bob Burnquist (born 1976), professional skateboarder
• Eric Maleson (born 1967), Olympic Bobsled Athlete
• Eurico Rosa Da Silva (born 1975), jockey
• Felipe Wu (born 1992), Olympic medalist in Shooting
• Hugo Calderano (born 1996)
• Isaquias Queiroz (born 1994), Olympic medalist and World Champion in Sprint Canoeing
• Kevin Alves (born 1991), figure skater
• Maicon Siqueira (born 1993), Olympic medalist in Taekwondo
• Natália Falavigna (born 1984), Olympic medalist in Taekwondo
• Robson Conceição (born 1988), Olympic medalist in Boxing
• Rodrigo Pessoa (born 1972), Olympic Champion show jumper
• Yan Gomes (born 1987), MLB player^[15]
• Yane Marques (born 1984), Olympic medalist in Modern Pentathlon

Diplomats

• Barão do Rio Branco (1845–1912)
• Joaquim Nabuco (1849–1910)
• Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas (1876–1954)
• Oswaldo Aranha (1894–1960)
• Rui Barbosa (1849–1923)
• Walter Moreira Salles (1912–2001)
• Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948–2003), UN representative

Film directors

Executives and business entrepreneurs

Explorers and discoverers

• Cândido Rondon (1865–1958), famous explorer and engineer
• Orlando Villas Boas (1914–2003), explorer and indigenist
• Amyr Klink (born 1955), adventurer and navigator, first solo rowing across the South Atlantic
• Sydney Possuelo (born 1940), explorer, social activist and indigenous peoples expert
• Izabel Pimentel, first Brazilian and Latin American to sail solo around the world

Fashion designers

• Alexandre Herchcovitch (born 1971)
• Amir Slama (born 1965)
• Carlos Falchi (1944–2015)
• Carlos Tufvesson (born 1968)
• Clodovil Hernandes (1937–2009) (Haute-Couture)
• Francisco Costa (born 1964) (Calvin Klein)
• Ocimar Versolato (1961–2017)
• Tufi Duek (born 1954) (Fórum / Triton)
• Zuzu Angel (1921–1976)

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 (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^[18]
• 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 Brazil
• Octávio Barbosa (1907–1997), Brazilian field geologist, prospector
• Heinz Ebert (1907–1983), born in Saxony, Germany, died in Rio Claro, São Paulo
• Aziz Ab'Saber (1924–2012, São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo), Brazilian geoscientist
• Sérgio 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 stance
• Benjamin Constant (1836–1891), abolitionist and republican
• Francisco Doratioto (born 1956), historian
• Raymundo Faoro (1925–2003), jurist
• Paulo Freire (1921–1997), educator and university professor
• Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), sociologist
• Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), sociologist
• Carlos Marighella (1911–1969), Marxist writer, politician and guerilla fighter
• Anna Veronica Mautner (1935–2019) psychologist, psychoanalyst, essayist and columnist Brazilian
• Pontes de Miranda (1892–1979), jurist, mathematician, philosopher and writer
• José do Patrocínio (1854–1905), liberal abolitionist and republican
• Darcy Ribeiro (1922–1997), anthropologist and educator, scientific leader and politician
• Jorge Stolfi (born 1950), computer scientist
• Milton Santos (1926–2001), geographer, writer and university professor

Mathematicians

• Carolina Araujo (born 1976)
• Artur Ávila (born 1981)
• Manfredo do Carmo (1928-2018)
• Walter Carnielli (born 1952)
• Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro (born 1952)
• Celso José da Costa (1929-2024)
• Newton da Costa (born 1981)
• César Camacho (born 1943)
• Marcos Dajczer (born 1948)
• Francisco Dória (born 1945)
• Djairo Guedes de Figueiredo (born 1934)
• Leopoldo Penna Franca (1959-2012)
• Arnaldo Garcia (born 1950)
• Fernando Q. Gouvêa (born 1957)
• Alfredo Noel Iusem (born 1949)
• Yoshiharu Kohayakawa (born 1963)
• Elon Lages Lima (1929-2017)
• Artur Oscar Lopes (born 1950)
• Ricardo Mañé (1948-1995)
• Fernando Codá Marques (born 1979)
• Carlos Matheus (born 1984)
• Júlio César de Mello e Souza (1895-1974)
• Welington de Melo (1946-2016)
• Teixeira Mendes (1855-1927)
• Carlos Gustavo Moreira (born 1973)
• Leopoldo Nachbin (1922-1993)
• Antonio Carbonari Netto
• Helena J. Nussenzveig Lopes
• Valeria de Paiva (born 1959)
• Jacob Palis (born 1940)
• Maurício Peixoto (1921-2019)
• Paulo Pinheiro (born 1967)
• Enrique Pujals (born 1967)
• Paulo Ribenboim (born 1928)
• Ruy de Queiroz (born 1958)
• Aron Simis (born 1942)
• Imre Simon (1943-2009)
• Joaquim Gomes de Souza (1829-1864)
• Jorge Manuel Sotomayor Tello (1942-2022)
• Keti Tenenblat (born 1944)
• Marcelo Viana (born 1962)
• José Felipe Voloch (born 1963)

Models

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 movement
• Baron of Itapevi (1801-1886), patron of the artillery for the Brazilian Army
• Baron of Melgaço (1802-1880), admiral and several times president of Mato Grosso
• Admiral 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

• King John VI (1767–1826)
• Queen Maria I (1734–1816)
• Emperor Pedro I (1798–1834)
• Emperor Pedro II (1825–1891)

Musicians

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 candidate
• André Franco Montoro (1916–1999); ex-governor of the state of São Paulo; ex-senator by São Paulo; ex-minister of Labour
• Adhemar 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 candidate
• Artur da Costa e Silva (1899–1969); ex-president of Brazil; ex-minister of War; ex-minister of Mines and Energy
• Arthur 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
• 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 Energy
• Deodoro 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' Party
• Eduardo 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 today
• Eduardo Campos (1965–2014); ex-governor of Pernambuco; ex-minister of Science and Technology
• Eduardo Jorge Martins (born 1949); ex-federal deputy by São Paulo; defeated presidencial candidate; defeated vice-presidential candidate
• Eduardo 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 War
• Fernando 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 Affairs
• Flávio Bolsonaro (born 1981); senator by Rio de Janeiro
• Floriano 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 times
• Getúlio 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 Exchequer
• Golbery 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^[20]
• Joice Cristina Hasselmann (born 1978); federal deputy by São Paulo
• João Amoêdo (born 1962); national president of New Party; defeated presidential candidate
• João 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 Trade
• José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (1763–1838); ex-minister of Foregin Affairs; hero of independence
• José 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 Paulo
• Leonel 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 Party
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born 1945); president of Brazil
• Manuela 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 times
• Marta 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 Justice
• Luiz Loures; Deputy Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)^[21]
• 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 country
• Prudente 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 Brazil
• Tarso 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 relations
• Tristão 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 Jesus
• Saint Anthony of Saint Anne Galvão (Friar Galvão) (1739–1822), 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 (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 Saints
• Chico Xavier (1910–2002), main figure of Spiritism

Journalists and TV celebrities

• Abelardo Barbosa (1917–1988)
• Angélica (born 1973)
• Boris Casoy (born 1941)
• Eliana (born 1973)
• Fátima Bernardes (born 1962)
• Jô Soares (1938–2022)
• Maria Júlia Coutinho (born 1978)
• Rodrigo Souza Leão (1965–2009)
• Marília Gabriela (born 1948)
• Pedro Bial (born 1958)
• Silvio Santos (born 1930)
• Xuxa (born 1963)
• William Bonner (born 1963)

Writers

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 SBPC
• Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (1916–2013), geologist
• Carlos Paz de Araújo, scientist and inventor, holds nearly 600 patents in the area of nanotechnology
• José Márcio Ayres (1954–2003), biologist, zoologist, primatologist
• Marcia Barbosa (born 1960), physicist
• Eddy Bensoussan (born 1938), physician
• Wilson Teixeira Beraldo (1917–1998), co-discoverer of bradykinin
• Thaisa Storchi Bergmann (born 1955), astrophysicist at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul^[23]
• Carlos Augusto Bertulani (born 1955), physicist
• Vital Brazil (1865–1950), physician and scientist, discoverer of the antivenom for snakes and other venomous animals
• Ennio Candotti (born 1942), physicist and scientific leader
• Fernando Henrique Cardoso (born 1931), sociologist and former President
• José Cândido de Melo Carvalho (1914–1994), biologist, zoologist, entomologist
• Carlos Chagas (1879–1934), biologist, zoologist, public health worker
• Evandro Chagas (1905–1940), physician and biomedical scientist specialized in tropical medicine; son of Carlos Chagas
• Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro (born 1952), mathematician and statistician
• Vera Cordeiro (born 1950), social entrepreneur and physician
• Newton 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 century
• Johanna Döbereiner (1924–2000), biologist, discoverer of the nitrogen fixing role of soil bacteria
• Adolpho 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, painter
• Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), historiographer and sociologist
• Celso 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 1991
• José 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; naturalist
• Bartolomeu 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; botanist
• Ivan 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 bees
• Eduardo 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 researcher
• Aristides 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 physicist
• Adolfo Lutz (1855–1940), physician and pioneer of public health
• José Lutzenberger (1926–2002), ecologist and zoologist
• Roberto Landell de Moura (1861–1928), pioneer of telephony
• Fritz Müller (1821–1897), German-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; botanist; naturalist; entomologist
• Miguel Nicolelis (born 1961), neuroscientist, one of Scientific American's best scientists of 2004
• Jacob 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, naturalist
• José 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, professor
• Ana Maria Primavesi (1920–2020), soil scientist and promoter of the ecological management of tropical soils
• André Rebouças (1838–1898), pioneer engineer, brother of Antônio Rebouças Filho
• José Reis (1907–2002), biologist, greatest Brazilian science writer
• Gilberto Righi (1937–1999), 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 (1873–1932), aviator and inventor
• Ademar Agostinho Sauthier (1940), theologist
• Mário Schenberg (1914–1990), theoretical physicist
• Helmut Sick (1910–1991), German-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; ornithologist
• Lotar Siewerdt (born 1939), agronomist; forage production
• Manuel 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 naturalist
• Nise da Silveira (1905–1999), psychiatrist and mental health reformer
• Jorge Stolfi (born 1950), computer scientist, professor at UNICAMP
• Jayme Tiomno (1920–2011), experimental and theoretical nuclear physicist
• Paulo Emílio Vanzolini (1924–2013), biologist, zoologist, herpetologist
• Glaci Zancan (1935–2007), biochemist^[24]
• Mayana Zatz (born 1947), biologist and geneticist
• Euryclides 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 mathematician
• David Bohm (1917–1992), American physicist
• Gregory Chaitin (born 1947), Argentine-American mathematician
• Louis Couty (1854–1884), French physiologist and pharmacologist
• Miguel Rolando Covian (1913–1992), Argentinian physiologist
• Orville Adalbert Derby (1851–1915), American geologist
• Heinz Ebert (1907–1983), German geologist
• Luigi Fantappiè (1901–1956), Italian mathematician
• Richard Feynman (1918–1988), American physicist
• Charles Frederick Hartt (1840–1878), Canadian-American geologist and paleontologist
• Hermann von Ihering (1850–1930), German naturalist
• Fritz Köberle (1910–1983), Austrian physician and pathologist
• Grigori Ivanovitch Langsdorff (1774–1852), German/Russian naturalist
• Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009), French anthropologist
• Emmanuel Liais (1826–1900), French astronomer and naturalist
• Lucien Lison (1908–1984), Belgian anatomist
• Fritz Müller (1821–1897), German naturalist
• Giuseppe Occhialini (1907–1993), Italian physicist
• Ludwig Riedel (1790–1861), German botanist
• Oscar Sala (1922–2010), Italian nuclear physicist
• Carl August Wilhelm Schwacke (1848–1904), German botanist
• Friedrich Sellow (1789–1831), German botanist
• Helmut Sick (1910–1991), German zoologist
• Peter Szatmari (born 1950), Hungarian geologist
• Gleb Wataghin (1899–1986), Russian/Italian physicist
• Stefan Zweig (1881–1942), Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer

See also

• Brazilian diaspora
• Brazilian Americans
• Brazilian Canadians
• List of Brazilian British people
• List of Brazilian Americans
• Native Brazilians
• Brazilians in France
• Brazilians in the United Kingdom
• Brazilians in Japan
• Afro-Brazilians

References