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.

Actors

Architects and urban planners

Artists (Visual arts)

Painters

Sculptors

Cartoonists

Others

Athletes

Football

Basketball

Volleyball

Judo

Gymnastics

Swimming

Athletics

Auto racing

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

Surfing

Tennis

Others

Diplomats

Film directors

Executives and business entrepreneurs

Explorers and discoverers

Fashion designers

Geologists

Heroes and historical figures

Intellectuals and thinkers

Mathematicians

Name Image Born Died Notes
Carolina Araujo 5 Sep 1976
Niterói
The only tenured woman researcher at IMPA
Artur Ávila 29 Jun 1979[18][19]
Rio de Janeiro[18]
Work on dynamical systemsFields Medal winner
Manfredo do Carmo 15 Aug 1928[20]
Maceió[20]
30 Apr 2018
Rio de Janeiro
Work on differential geometry, author of popular textbooks
Walter Carnielli 11 Jan 1952
Campinas
Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro 17 Apr 1952
Recife
Celso José da Costa 7 Apr 1949
Congonhinhas
Discovered Costa's minimal surface
Newton da Costa 16 Sep 1929
Curitiba
Logician
César Camacho 15 Apr 1943
Lima
Marcos Dajczer 19 Nov 1948
Buenos Aires
Francisco Antônio Dória 1945[21]
Rio de Janeiro
Djairo Guedes de Figueiredo 2 Apr 1934
Limoeiro do Norte
Noted for his researches on differential equations
Leopoldo Penna Franca 7 Apr 1959
Rio de Janeiro
19 Sep 2012
Rio de Janeiro
Arnaldo Garcia 1950
Valença
Fernando Q. Gouvêa 13 Nov 1957[22]
São Paulo
MAA's Lester R. Ford Award winner
Alfredo Noel Iusem 10 Nov 1949
Buenos Aires
Yoshiharu Kohayakawa 27 Aug 1963[23][24]
Marília[23]
Elon Lages Lima 9 Jul 1929[25]
Maceió
7 May 2017[25]
Rio de Janeiro
Topologist and geometer, teacher and author of textbooks
Artur Oscar Lopes 17 Oct 1950
Rio de Janeiro
Ricardo Mañé 14 Jan 1948[20]
Montevideo[20]
9 Mar 1995
Montevideo
Fernando Codá Marques 8 Oct 1979
São Carlos
Work on differential geometry, co-author of the first proof of the Willmore conjecture
Carlos Matheus 1 May 1984
Aracaju
Júlio César de Mello e Souza 6 May 1895[26]
Rio de Janeiro
18 Jun 1974[26]
Recife
The Malba Tahan
Welington de Melo 17 Nov 1946[27]
Guapé
21 Dec 2016
Rio de Janeiro
Raimundo Teixeira Mendes 5 Jan 1855[28]
Caxias
1927[29][30][31]
Rio de Janeiro
Carlos Gustavo Moreira 8 Feb 1973
Rio de Janeiro
Leopoldo Nachbin 7 Jan 1922[32]
Recife
3 Apr 1993[32]
Rio de Janeiro
Introduced Nachbin's theorem and did important work on Hewitt–Nachbin spaces
Antonio Carbonari Netto 
Helena J. Nussenzveig Lopes Known for her work on partial differential equations for fluid dynamics
Valeria de Paiva 13 Jun 1959
Brazil
Jacob Palis 15 Mar 1940
Uberaba
Work on dynamical systemsBalzan Prize winner
Maurício Peixoto 15 Apr 1921[33][34]
Fortaleza
28 Apr 2019[34]
Rio de Janeiro
Introduced Peixoto's theorem
Paulo Pinheiro 1967
Rio de Janeiro
Enrique Pujals 3 Jul 1967
Argentina
Paulo Ribenboim 13 Mar 1928[35]
Recife
Ruy de Queiroz 11 Jan 1958
Recife
Aron Simis 20 Jun 1942[20]
Recife
Imre Simon 14 Aug 1943
Budapest
13 Aug 2009
São Paulo
Joaquim Gomes de Souza 15 Feb 1829
Itapecuru Mirim
1 Jun 1864
London
Pioneer in mathematical research in Brazil
Jorge Manuel Sotomayor Tello 25 Mar 1942[24]
Lima
7 Jan 2022[36]
Rio de Janeiro[36]
Keti Tenenblat 27 Nov 1944
İzmir
Marcelo Viana 4 Mar 1962[37]
Rio de Janeiro
José Felipe Voloch 13 Feb 1963
Rio de Janeiro

Models

Male

Monarchs

Emperor Pedro II

Musicians

Classical

Politicians

Religious leaders

Journalists and TV celebrities

Writers

Fictionists

Poets

Playwrights

Essayists and critics

Science and technology

Foreign scientists and engineers who lived or live in Brazil

See also

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