Brazil
People of this nationality
Jaimerson da Silva Xavier
b. 1990
association football player
Heráclides César de Souza Araújo
1886 – 1962
writer
Geílson de Carvalho Soares
b. 1984
association football player
Moacyr Filho
b. 1981
association football player
Samory Bandeira
b. 1996
athletics competitor
Ney Costa
b. 1980
association football player
Antônio Afonso de Miranda
1920 – 2021
Catholic priest
Odette de Barros Mott
1913 – 1998
children's writer
Marcelo Nova
b. 1951
composer
Cândido José de Araújo Viana, Marquis of Sapucaí
1793 – 1875
writer
Sábato Magaldi
1927 – 2016
journalist
Nélson de Araújo
1926 – 1993
writer
Marta Sobral
b. 1964
basketball player
Humberto Monteiro
1947 – 1980
association football player
Lúcia Teixeira
b. 1981
judoka
Joaquim Cardozo
1897 – 1978
journalist
Nilson Borges
1941 – 2021
association football player
Néle Azevedo
b. 1950
painter
Leandro Issa
b. 1983
mixed martial arts fighter
Angelo Sormani
b. 1939
association football player
José Felipe Voloch
b. 1963
mathematician
Ivan Kley
1958 – 2025
tennis player
Edla Van Steen
1936 – 2018
journalist
Adriano da Silva
b. 1980
association football player
Alex Barros
b. 1970
motorcycle racer
Daniel dos Santos
b. 1978
military personnel
Dênio Martins
b. 1977
association football player
Rizoneide Vanderlei
b. 1966
athletics competitor
Wiris
2000 – 2023
association football player
Maria Eduarda Arakaki
b. 2003
rhythmic gymnast
Robenílson Vieira
b. 1987
boxer
Haroldo Lima
1939 – 2021
politician
Li Martins
b. 1984
singer
Pixinguinha
1897 – 1973
singer
Chica Xavier
1932 – 2020
actor
Michel Gomes
b. 1989
actor
Gabriel Spessato
b. 1991
association football player
José Mario Tranquilini
b. 1962
judoka
Gabriel Furtado
b. 1999
association football player
João Pequeno
1917 – 2011
Paulo Marinho
b. 1952
businessperson
Bady
b. 1989
association football player
Da Silva
b. 1976
association football player
Alexia Brito
b. 2005
LGBTQ rights activist
Marcelo Fromer
1961 – 2001
guitarist
Sérgio de Deus Borges
b. 1966
Catholic priest
Carla Akotirene
b. 1980
research fellow
Djalma Dias
1939 – 1990
association football player
Matheus Dias
b. 2002
association football player
Dacio Campos
b. 1963
tennis player
Jung Mo Sung
b. 1957
theologian
Viviane Bahia
b. 1994
water polo player
Giovanni Vianna
b. 2001
skateboarder
Alex Felipe Nery
b. 1975
association football player
Sérgio Carnasciali
b. 1964
handball player
Jean Paul Jacob
1937 – 2019
computer scientist
Professora Marcivânia
b. 1973
politician
Diogo Marzagão
b. 1987
association football player
Eduarda Amorim
b. 1986
handball player
José Guiomard dos Santos
1907 – 1983
politician
Junior Assunção
b. 1981
mixed martial arts fighter
KL Jay
b. 1968
disc jockey
Cleiton
b. 1986
association football player
Alexandra do Nascimento
b. 1981
handball player
Antônio Coelho
b. 1995
politician
Yasmim
b. 1996
association football player
Machado de Assis
1839 – 1908
writer
Heloísa Alberto Torres
1895 – 1977
anthropologist
Lucas Duque
b. 1984
athlete
Alexandre Camargo
b. 1999
fencer
Patryck Ferreira
b. 1998
association football player
Francisca Praguer Fróes
1872 – 1931
writer
Antônio Houaiss
1915 – 1999
lexicographer
Johnathan Pereira da Silva
b. 1992
association football player
Ricardo Schlachter
b. 1977
tennis player
Pélico
b. 1976
songwriter
Will Ribeiro
b. 1983
mixed martial arts fighter
Diogo Antunes de Oliveira
b. 1986
association football player
Christian Malheiros
b. 2000
film actor
Fabiano Silveira
b. 1974
lawyer
Aladino Félix
1905 – 1985
writer
Guilherme Mello
b. 1983
professor
Antônio Firmino Monteiro
1855 – 1888
painter
José Kléberson
b. 1979
association football player
Lucas Tavares
b. 1992
association football player
Giuseppe Vela Junior
b. 1977
association football player
Diego Zílio
b. 1989
association football player
Meg Conte
b. 1966
handball player
Fernando Pilar
b. 1979
association football player
Janaina Paschoal
b. 1974
jurist
Geovane
b. 1985
association football player
Marcos Nogueira Eberlin
b. 1959
chemist
Douglas Pierrotti
b. 1959
association football player
Georgia Brown
b. 1980
singer
Nicolas Prattes
b. 1997
actor
Graça Araújo
1956 – 2018
journalist
Eduardo Yudy Santos
b. 1994
judoka
Emerson Aparecido Vivas Vergílio
b. 1982
association football player
Davidson Morais
b. 1981
association football player
Felipe Camarão
b. 1981
lawyer