List of Brazilians
This is a list of well known Brazilians, ordered alphabetically within categories:
Actors
Main article: List of Brazilians actors
- Ana Paula Arósio (1975-), actress
- Antônio Fagundes (1949-), actor
- Denise Fraga (1965-), actress
- Fernanda Montenegro (1929-), actress
- Fernanda Torres (1965-), actress
- Fábio Assunção (1971-), actor
- Grande Otelo (1915-1993), actor
- José Lewgoy (1920-2003), actor
- José Wilker (1945-), actor
- Lima Duarte (1930-), actor
- Malu Mader (1966-), actress
- Carmen Miranda (1909-1955), entertainer
- Marco Nanini (1948-), actor
- Marilia Gabriela (1948-), actress and journalist
- Marilia Pera (1943-), actress
- Matheus Nachtergaele (1969-), actor
- Miguel Falabela (1957-), actor
- Paulo Autran (1922-), actor
- Regina Duarte (1947-), actress
- Reynaldo Gianechini (1972-), actor
- Rodrigo Santoro (1975-), actor
- Selton Melo (1972-), actor
- Silvia Pfeifer (1958-), actress
- Sônia Braga (1950-), actress
- Tarcisio Meira (1935-), actor
- Taís Araújo (1978-), actress
- Vera Fischer (1951-), actress
- Xuxa (1963-), actress
International models
Main article: List of Brazilian models
Female
- Alessandra Ambrosio
- Ana Beatriz Barros
- Carolina Bittencourt
- Gisele Bündchen
- Daniella Cicarelli
- Luciana Curtis
- Isabeli Fontana
- Luciana Gimenez
- Ana Hickmann
- Adriana Lima
- Ana Cláudia Michaels
- Maryeva Oliveira
- Raica Oliveira
- Caroline Ribeiro
- Danyela Sarahyba
- Fernanda Tavares
- Mariana Weickert
- Luiza Brunet
- Yasmin Brunet
Male
Artists
Main article: List of Brazilian artists
- Cândido Portinari, (1903-1962), painter
- Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, (1897-1976), painter
- Fabio Innecco, (1936-), painter
- Tarsila do Amaral, (1886-1973), painter
- Oscar Niemeyer, (1907-), architect
Diplomats
Main article: List of Brazilian diplomats
- Barão do Rio Branco
- Joaquim Nabuco
- Oswaldo Aranha
- Rui Barbosa
- Walter Moreira Salles
- Sérgio Vieira de Mello, (1948-2003), UN representative
Directors
Main article: List of Brazilian directors
- Anselmo Duarte
- Bruno Barreto
- Cacá Diegues
- Fernando Meirelles
- Glauber Rocha
- Guel Arraes
- Hector Babenco
- Walter Salles
Explorers
Main article: List of Brazilian Explorers
- Candido Rondon - Famous explorer and engineer
- Theodore Roosevelt- US President and explored with Candido Rondon
Fashion Designers
- Gilson Martins
- Mara Mac Dowell da Costa (Mara-Mac Mariazinha)
- Maria Bonita
Monarchs
Main article: List of Brazilian monarchs
- Pedro (Peter) I, (1798-1834)
- Pedro (Peter) II, (1825-1891)
- Silvia Sommerlath (present Queen of Sweden; mother was Brazilian)
Music
Main article: List of Brazilians in music
- Arnaldo Antunes, singer and composer
- Guilherme Arantes, pianist, singer and composer
- Waldir Azevedo, composer
- Carlinhos Brown, singer and composer
- Chico Buarque, (1944-), singer and composer
- Roberto Carlos - singer and composer
- Cartola, singer and composer
- Max Cavalera, thrash metal frontman of Sepultura and Soulfly
- Cazuza, (1958-1990), singer
- Djavan, singer and composer
- Gilberto Gil, (1942-), singer and composer
- João Gilberto, singer and composer
- Carlos Gomes, (1836-1896), classical musician and composer
- Chiquinha Gonzaga, (1847-1935), conductor and composer
- Luiz Gonzaga, singer and composer
- Nelson Gonçalves, (1919-1998), singer
- João Gordo, punk rock bandleader, VJ
- Antonio Carlos Jobim,(1927-1994), pianist, singer and composer
- Marina Lima, singer and composer
- Ivan Lins, singer, composer and pianist
- Heitor Villa Lobos, (1887-1959), classical musician and composer
- André Matos, singer, frontman of metal bands Angra (Band) and Shaman (Band)
- Marisa Monte, singer and composer
- Vinicius de Moraes, singer and composer
- Fabrizio Moretti, (1980-) drummer and artist
- Milton Nascimento, singer and composer
- Zeca Pagodinho, singer and composer
- Elis Regina, (1945-1982), singer
- Renato Russo, singer and composer, frontman of Legião Urbana
- Bidu Sayão, (1902-1999), Opera singer
- Frank Solari, virtuoso guitar player and composer
- Toquinho, singer and composer
- Caetano Veloso, (1942-), singer and composer
- Carla Maffioletti, opera singer
- Carmen Monarcha, opera singer
Presidents
Main article: List of Brazilian presidents
- Fernando Collor de Melo
- Fernando Henrique Cardoso, (1931-)
- Getúlio Vargas, (1883-1954)
- Juscelino Kubitschek, (1902-1976)
- Jânio Quadros
- João Goulart
- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, (1946-), known as "Lula", labor activist and politician.
Reporters and TV Presenters
- Alexandre Garcia
- Boris Casói
- Cid Moreira
- Fausto Silva
- Gugu Liberato
- Leo Batista
- Marcos Uchôa
- Pedro Bial
- Renata Vasconcelos
- Renato Machado
- Sérgio Chapelein
- Silvio Santos
Sports
Main article: List of Brazilians in sport
- Acelino Freitas (Popó) (1975-), boxer
- Ayrton Senna (1960-1994), Formula 1 driver
- Bob Burnquist (1976-), skateboarder
- Cafu (1970-), football player
- Emerson Fittipaldi (1946-), Formula 1 and Indy Car driver
- Garrincha (1933-1983), football player
- Gustavo Kuerten (1976-), tennis player
- Hélio Castroneves (1975-) - Indy Car driver
- Hortência Oliva (1959-), former basketball player
- Jairzinho (1944-), football player
- João (do Pulo) Carlos de Oliveira (1954-1999), athlete triple jumper
- Lars Grael, former Olympic sailer
- Maria Bueno, former tennis player
- Nelson Piquet (1952-), former Formula 1 driver
- Nílton Santos (1927-), former football player
- Oscar Schmidt (1958-), former basketball player
- Paula, former basketball player
- Pelé (1940-), former football player
- Ronaldo (Ronaldinho) (1976-), football player
- Ronaldinho Gaúcho (1980-), football player
- Royce Gracie, MMA fighter
- Rubens Barrichello - Formula 1 driver
- Vanderlei de Lima (1969-), marathoner
- Zico (1953-), former football player
- Daniele Hypolito, gymnast
- Diego Hypolito, gymnast
- Daiane dos Santos, gymnast
- Mosiah Rodrigues, gymnast
- Jade Barbosa, gymnast
- Luisa Parente, gymnast
Writers and Poets
Main article: List of Brazilian writers
- Álvares de Azevedo (1831-1852), poet and writer
- 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
- Haroldo de Campos (1929), poet
- Holdemar Menezes (1921-1996) writer
- João Guimarães Rosa (1908-1967), writer
- João Pedro Jorge, writer and poet
- Jorge Amado (1912-2001), writer
- José de Alencar(1829-1877), writer
- Luis Fernando Veríssimo (1936), writer
- Machado de Assis (1839-1908), writer
- Manuel Bandeira (1886-1968), poet
- Mário de Andrade (1893-1945), writer
- Márcio Souza (1946), writer
- Monteiro Lobato (1882-1948), writer
- Nelson Rodrigues (1912-1980), writer
- Olavo Bilac (1865-1918), poet
- Otto Maria Carpeaux - critic
- Oswald de Andrade, writer
- Paulo Coelho, writer
- Raquel de Queiroz, writer
- Sergio Pinheiro Lopes, writer
Science and technology
Main article: List of Brazilian scientists
- Adib Jatene - heart surgeon
- Adolpho Lutz - physician and pioneer of public health
- Alberto Santos-Dumont - aviator and inventor.
- Aristides Leão - physician and physiologist, discovered Leão's depression, a phenomenon of the nervous tissue
- Aurélio Buarque de Hollanda - historiographer and linguist
- 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 meson-pi, a kind of atomic particle
- Eduardo Krieger - physician and physiologist, current president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
- Euryclides Zerbini - heart surgeon, pioneer of first heart transplant in Brazil
- Florestan Fernandes - father of Brazilian sociology
- Gilberto Freyre - historiographer and sociologist
- Hercules Florence - pioneer of photography
- Ivan Izquierdo - physician and neuroscientist, discovered neural mechanisms of memory
- Ivo Pitanguy - internationally famous plastic surgeon
- Jacob Palis - mathematician of international fame
- Johanna Döbereiner - biologist of international fame, discoverer of the nitrogen fixation 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 Reis - biologist, greatest Brazilian science writer
- Manuel de Abreu - physician, inventor of abreugraphy (mass radiography of the lungs for screening tuberculosis)
- Mário Schenberg - one of the most noted theoretical physicists in the world
- Maurício Rocha e Silva - physician and pharmacologist, discovered bradykinin, an active cardiovascular peptide
- Miguel Nicolelis - neuroscientist, one of Scientific American's best scientists of 2004
- Milton Santos - geographer
- 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 Emilio Vanzolini - zoologist
- Roberto Landell de Moura, pioneer of telephony
- Sérgio Henrique Ferreira - physician and pharmacologist, discovered the active principle of a new drug against hypertension
- Vital Brazil - physician and scientist, discoverer of the antivenom for snakes and other venomous animals
- Warwick Estevam Kerr - geneticist, researcher on the biology and genetics of bees
Others
- Iruan Ergul Wu - Taiwanese-Brazilian boy, focus of an international scandal
- Sandro Rosa do Nascimento - public bus kidnapper