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.

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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
• Olavo de Carvalho (born 1947), essayist
• 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

Avila

• 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

• 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

Palis

• 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

Models

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

• 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)
• 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^[1]
• Bob Burnquist, professional skateboarder
• Cafu
• Roberto Carlos
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

• Adib Jatene, heart surgeon
• Adolfo Lutz, physician and pioneer of public health
• Adolpho Ducke, Croatian-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; entomologist; botanist
• Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviator and inventor.
• Alexander Kellner, Liechtensteinian/Brazilian paleontologist.
• André Rebouças (1838–1898), pioneer engineer, brother of Antônio Rebouças Filho.
• Ângelo Moreira da Costa Lima (1887–1964), Brazilian; doctor; entomologist.
• Aristides Leão, physician and physiologist, discovered Leão's depression, a phenomenon of nervous tissue
• Aziz Ab'Saber - geographer; geologist; ecologist recognized for the Theory of Refuges and Amazon studies. Former president of the SBPC.
• Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Brazilian Catholic priest, pioneer of aviation, the inventor of the balloon, he became known as the "flying priest"
• Carlos Augusto Bertulani, Brazilian physicist.
• Carlos Chagas, Brazilian biologist; zoologist; public health worker
• Carlos Chagas Filho, physician and physiologist, former presidente of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, former president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Son of Carlos Chagas.
• Carlos Paz de Araújo, Brazilian scientist and inventor, he holds nearly 600 patents in the area of nanotechnology
• Celso Furtado, noted economist and ideologue of economy of developing nations
• César Lattes, experimental physicist, co-discoverer of the pion, a type of subatomic particle, first president of the Brazilian National Research Council
• Daniel Martins-de-Souza,^[2] Brazilian biologist; biochemist^[3]
• Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna, Brazilian biologist; zoologist; naturalist
• Eduardo Krieger, physician and physiologist, former president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
• Emmanuel Dias-Neto,^[4] Brazilian biologist and geneticist; described the sequencing methodology ORESTES^[5]
• Émil Göldi, Swiss-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; naturalist
• 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.
• Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida, Brazilian geologist
• Fernando Henrique Cardoso, sociologist and former President
• Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), father of Brazilian sociology
• Fritz Müller, German-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; botanist; naturalist; entomologist
• Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro, Brazilian mathematician and statistician
• Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), historiographer and sociologist
• Gilberto Righi, Brazilian biologist; zoologist; specialist on earthworms
• Glaci Zancan, Brazilian biochemist^[6]
• Helmut Sick, German-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; ornithologist
• Henrique da Rocha Lima was a Brazilian physician, pathologist and infectologist, he discovered Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus
• Hércules Florence, pioneer of photography
• Ivan Izquierdo, physician and neuroscientist. Discovered neural mechanisms of memory
• Jacob Palis, mathematician of international fame, current president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
• Jacques Hüber, Swiss-Brazilian biologist; botanist
• Jayme Tiomno, experimental and theoretical nuclear physicist
• Jean Paul Jacob, Brazilian electronic engineer, researcher and professor, research manager at the Almaden IBM Research Center, California
• Johanna Döbereiner (1924–2000), biologist, discoverer of the nitrogen fixing role of soil bacteria
• Jorge Stolfi, computer scientist, professor at UNICAMP
• José Aristodemo Pinotti, physician and gynecologist, former president of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
• José Cândido de Melo Carvalho, Brazilian biologist; zoologist; entomologist
• 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 Márcio Ayres, Brazilian biologist; zoologist; primatologist
• José Reis, biologist, greatest Brazilian science writer
• Lotar Siewerdt, Brazilian agronomist; forage production
• Manuel Augusto Pirajá da Silva, he was responsible for the identification and complete description of the pathogenic agent and the pathophysiological cycle of Schistosomiasis disease
• Manuel de Abreu, physician, inventor of abreugraphy (mass radiography of the lungs for screening tuberculosis)
• Marcelo Gleiser, physicist, writer and professor of physics and astronomy at the Dartmouth College since 1991
• Marcia Barbosa, Brazilian physicist
• Marcos Pontes, first Brazilian astronaut, Expedition 13
• Mário Schenberg, theoretical physicist
• Maurício Peixoto, he was a Brazilian engineer who pursued a bright career as a mathematician, he pioneered the studies on structural stability, and is the author of Peixoto's theorem.
• 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
• Milton Santos (1926–2001), geographer, he won the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize- the highest award that can be gained in the field of geography.
• Newton da Costa (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 Emílio Vanzolini, Brazilian biologist; zoologist; herpetologist
• 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
• Thaisa Storchi Bergmann, astrophysicist at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul^[7]
• Vera Cordeiro, social entrepreneur and physician
• Vital Brazil, physician and scientist, discoverer of the antivenom for snakes and other venomous animals
• Wagner Farid Gattaz,^[8] 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 or live in Brazil

• Carl August Wilhelm Schwacke, German botanist
• Charles Frederick Hartt, Canadian-American geologist and paleontologist
• Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist
• Emmanuel Liais, French astronomer and naturalist
• Friedrich Sellow, German botanist
• Fritz Müller, German naturalist
• Fritz Köberle, Austrian physician and pathologist
• Gregory Chaitin, Argentine-American mathematician
• Grigori Ivanovitch Langsdorff, German/Russian naturalist
• Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist
• Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian/Italian physicist
• Heinz Ebert, German geologist
• 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
• Oscar Sala, Italian nuclear physicist
• Richard Feynman, American physicist
• David Bohm American physicist
• Luigi Fantappiè Italian mathematician
• Peter Szatmari Hungarian geologist

See also

• List of Brazilian British people
• List of Brazilian Americans

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