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[edit] Actors
- Ana Paula Arósio (1975-), actress
- Bruno Campos, actor
- Antônio Fagundes (1949-), actor
- Bibi Ferreira, actress
- Bruna Lombardi, actress
- Daniel Benzali, actor
- Daniele Suzuki, actress
- Cacilda Becker (1921-1969), actress
- 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
- Juliana Silveira (1980-), actress and singer
- Lima Duarte (1930-), actor
- Malu Mader (1966-), actress
- Carmen Miranda (1909-1955), entertainer
- Marco Nanini (1948-), actor
- Maria Fernanda , actress
- Marilia Gabriela (1948-), actress and journalist
- Marilia Pera (1943-), actress
- Matheus Nachtergaele (1969-), actor
- Miguel Falabela (1957-), actor
- Oscarito, actor
- Paulo Autran (1922-), actor
- Paulo Satinho (1979-), actor and comedian
- Procópio Ferreira (1898-1979), actor and theatrical director
- Regina Duarte (1947-), actress
- Reynaldo Gianecchini (1972-), actor
- Rodrigo Santoro (1975-), actor
- Ronald Golias (1929-2005), actor and comedian
- Selton Melo (1972-), actor
- Seu Jorge (1970-), entertainer
- Silvia Pfeifer (1958-), actress
- Sônia Braga (1950-), actress
- Tarcisio Meira (1935-), actor
- Taís Araújo (1978-), actress
- Vanessa de Oliveira (1969-), actress and model
- Vera Fischer (1951-), actress
- Xuxa (1963-), actress
[edit] Architects and urbanists
- Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994), architect and landscape designer.
- Lúcio Costa (1902-1998), architect and urbanist, creator of Brasília
- Oscar Niemeyer, (1907-), architect of international renown
- Ruy Ohtake, architect
- Affonso Eduardo Reidy (1909-1964), architect and urban planner, reformer of Rio de Janeiro
- Paulo Mendes da Rocha (born 1928), architect, winner of the 2006 Pritzker Prize
- João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915-1985), architect
[edit] Artists
Main article: List of Brazilian artists
- Anita Malfatti, painter
- Alfredo Volpi, (1896-1988), painter
- Almeida Junior, (1850-1899), painter
- Antonio Francisco Lisboa "O Aleijadinho" (1738-1814), Baroque sculptor
- Arnaldo Angeli Filho, (b. 1956), cartoonist
- Cândido Portinari, (1903-1962), painter
- Carlos Gomes Lacerda, (b.1964), painter, computer animation
- Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, (1897-1976), painter
- Fernando Gonzales, (b. 1961), cartoonist
- Frans Krajcberg, (b. 1921)
- Glauco, (b. 1957), cartoonist
- Guto Lacaz, painter
- Hélio Oiticica, (1937-1980), painter
- Iberê Camargo (1914-1994), painter
- Laerte Coutinho, (b. 1951), cartoonist
- Lygia Clark (1920-1988)
- Lygia Pape (1924-2004)
- Manabu Mabe (1924-1997)
- Mario Gruber (b. 1927)
- Mauricio de Sousa, cartoonist
- Oscar Araripe, painter
- Oswaldo Goeldi, (1895-1961), illustrator and engraver
- Raul Bopp, painter
- Rodrigo Teixeira, (1976-), Visual Effects
- Silvia Matheus, (b. 1955), electronic musician and composer
- Tarsila do Amaral, (1886-1973), painter
- Victor Brecheret, (1886-1973), painter
- Victor Meirelles, (1832-1903)
[edit] Diplomats
Main article: List of Brazilian diplomats
- Barão do Rio Branco (1849-1912)
- Joaquim Nabuco (1849-1910)
- Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas
- Oswaldo Aranha
- Rui Barbosa
- Walter Moreira Salles
- Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948-2003), UN representative
[edit] Film directors
Main article: List of Brazilian film directors
- Alberto Cavalcanti (1897-1982), pioneer film-maker
- Anselmo Duarte (1920-), winner of a Cannes Film Festival Palm d'Or
- Bruno Barreto
- Cacá Diegues
- Fernando Meirelles, director of "Cidade de Deus" (City of God) and "The Constant Gardner"
- Glauber Rocha (1939-1981)
- Guel Arraes
- Hector Babenco
- Humberto Mauro (1897-1983), pioneer and inventive film-maker
- Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (1932-1988)
- Mário Peixoto (1910-1922), pioneer film-maker
- Oswaldo Caldeira
- Walter Salles, award-studded director of "Central do Brasil" (Central Station)
- Cao Hamburger
[edit] Executives and Business Enterpreneurs
- Ricardo Semler (1959-), majority owner of Semco S.A. a company leader in industrial democracy
- Antônio Ermírio de Moraes (1928-), chairman of Votorantim, specialised in metals, paper, cement and electricity.
[edit] Explorers and discoverers
Main article: List of Brazilian Explorers
- Cândido Rondon, 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, (b. 1940), explorer, social activist and Indian expert
[edit] Foreigners who explored or discovered in Brazil
- Pedro Alvares Cabral, discovered Brazil in 1500 (Portuguese)
- Francisco de Orellana, first European to sail down the Amazon River (Spaniard).
- Vicente Yáñez Pinzon, a Spaniard that explored the Brazilian Coast
- Hans Staden, german explorer held captive by Tupinambá natives in 1554 (German).
- Pedro de Teixeira, made the first trip up the Amazon by a European (Portuguese)
[edit] Fashion Designers
- Clodovil Hernandes
- Gilson Martins
- Guilherme Guimarães
- Vivian Crettol
- Mara MacDowell da Costa (Mara-Mac Mariazinha)
- Alexandre Herchcovitch
- Ocimar Versolato
- Tufi Duek
[edit] Geologists
- Alberto Betim Paes Leme(1910-??).
- Aluízio Licínio de Miranda Barbosa(Alto do Rio Doce,MG.1916--)
- Bhaskara Rao Adsumilli (India,???-Brazil,??)
- Antonio Tomás dos Santos Ferreira da Silva.
- Arnaldo de Carvalho Gramani
- Átila Carvalho de Godoy.
- Ben Edmestone Barnes (London,UK,1903-Rio de Janeiro,1969)
- Benedito Paulo Alves (Ouro Preto,1917-Belo Horizonte,19??)
- Carlos Maurício Noce
- Djalma Guimarães (Santa Luzia, MG, 1895-belo Horizonte,1973)
- Eduardo Antonio Ladeira.
- Elmer Prata Salomão
- Emiliano Cornélio de Souza.
- Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida(Rio de Janeiro,1916---)
- Euzébio Paulo de Oliveira(1905-??)
- Evaristo Penna Scorza (1899-1969)
- Ferdinand André Fouqué.
- Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida(Rio de Janeiro,18/02/1916--)
- Glycon de Paiva(1927-??)
- Hardy Jost.
- Heinz Ebert.
- Jad Salomão.
- Jaime Duchini
- João Henrique Grossi Sad
- José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (June 13, 1763 – April 6, 1838)
- José Ferreira de Andrade Jr.(1925-??)
- José Jayme Rodrigues Branco
- Louis de Loczy (Hungria, 1897-Brazil,RJ,1980
- Luiz Flores Moraes Rego(1920-??)
- Luciano Jacques de Moraes(1924-??)
- Luciano Tavares Siqueira.
- Manoel Teixeira da Costa (????-1979)
- Miguel Arrojado Ribeiro Lisboa (1894-??)
- Mikhail Lomonosov.
- Milton Guimarães Bueno do Prado
- Nikolai Alexandrovitch Kudryavtsev.
- Naldo Torres
- Orville Adelbert Derby.
- Othon Henry Leonardos (1925)
- Othon Henry Leonardos Jr..
- Otto Nordenskjöld.
- Paulo Ercichsen de Oliveira (1911-1969)
- Paul Ferrand (França, 1855-Ouro Preto,1895)
- Paul Ferrand (França, 1855-Ouro Preto,1895)
- Paulo Pereira Martins
- Pedro De Moura (1925-??).
- Per Teodor Cleve.
- Peter Szatmary.
- Reinhard Adolfo Fuck.
- Reinhard Maack (Germany,1982-Brazil,1969)
- Ronald Fleischer
- Sergio Nertan Alves de Brito.
- Sérgio Estanislau do Amaral.
- Sérgio Luiz Martins Pereira
- Vargas de Bedemar.
- Viktor Leinz(Germany,1936-São Paulo,Brazil,19??)
- Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege.
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- ==Heroes and historical figures==
- Anita Garibaldi (1807-1849), the Brazilian wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Father of Modern Italy.
- Bento Gonçalves, Southern politician
- Bárbara de Alencar, Brazilian mother of Independence and Republic.
- Chico Mendes (1944-1988), murdered rural leader and martyr of ecological movements in the Amazon
- Frei Caneca (1779-1825), a priest, martyr of the independence, executed
- Luis Gonzaga Pinto da Gama (1830-1882), abolitionist leader
- Maria Quitéria (1792-1853), martyr of the fight for independence
- Padre Feijó, leader of the independence
- Princess Isabel (Isabel Christina de Bragança, 1846-1921), Princess Imperial of Brazil, second daughter of Emperor D. Pedro II, signed the abolition of slavery in Brazil
- Tiradentes (Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, 1746-1792), leader of a failed conspiracy against the Portuguese, executed by hanging
- Tristão de Alencar Araripe, Equador Confederation leader, murdered.
- Zumbi dos Palmares (1655-1695), African-Brazilian leader of a slave revolt, murdered
[edit] Intellectuals and thinkers
- Nilan Jethwa (1983-)Writer
- Anísio Teixeira (1900-1971), educator
- Benjamin Sodré
- Benjamin Constant, abolitionist and republican
- Caio Prado Jr. (1907-1990), writer, publisher and sociologist
- Dalmo de Abreu Dallari, jurist and university professor
- Darcy Ribeiro (1922-1997), anthropologist and educator, scientific leader and politician
- Francisco José de Oliveira Vianna (1883-1951)
- Fernando de Azevedo (1894-1974)
- Florestan Fernandes (1920-1995), sociologist
- Gilberto Freyre (1900-1987), sociologist
- Heráclito Sobral Pinto (1893-1991), jurist and civil rights activist
- José do Patrocínio, liberal abolitionist and republican
- Nisia Floresta Augusta (1810-1885), early feminist
- Leonardo Boff, 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
- Raymundo Faoro (1925-2003), jurist
[edit] Models
See also: Category:Brazilian models
[edit] Female
- Gianne Albertoni
- Michelle Alves
- Shirley Mallmann
- Alessandra Ambrosio
- Gracyanne Barbosa
- Ana Beatriz Barros
- Letícia Birkheuer
- Marcelle Bittar
- Caroline Bittencourt
- Luiza Brunet
- Yasmin Brunet
- Gisele Bündchen
- Jeisa Chiminazzo
- Daniella Cicarelli
- Luciana Curtis
- Vanessa de Oliveira
- Cintia Dicker
- Bruna Erhardt
- Isabella Fiorentino
- Isabeli Fontana
- Luciana Gimenez
- Ana Hickmann
- Juliana Imai
- Fernanda Lessa
- Adriana Lima
- Fernanda Lima
- Juliana Martins
- Ana Claudia Michels
- Fernanda Motta
- Maryeva Oliveira
- Raica Oliveira
- Lílian Ramos
- Caroline Ribeiro
- Daniella Sarahyba
- Fernanda Tavares
- Caroline Trentini
- Mariana Weickert
- Raquel Zimmermann
[edit] Male
- Newton Maia Salomao Alves
- Marcelo Boldrini
- Anderson Dornelles
- Alvaro Jacomossi
- Felipe Matarazzo
- Bruno Santos
- Evandro Soldati
- João Vellutini
- Alexandre Verga
- Rafael Verga
- Paulo Zulu
- Alex Schultz
- Alex Eckshmidt
- Victor Pecoraro
- Rafael Monteiro
- Raphael Laus
- Caco Ricci
- Daniel Aguiar
- Tiago Riani
- Leandro Becker
- Mateus Verdelho
[edit] Monarchs
Main article: List of Brazilian monarchs
- Maria II of Portugal,(1819-1853)
- D. Pedro II, (1825-1891)
- Queen Silvia of Sweden, (1943-) (née Silvia Sommerlath, German-Brazilian)
[edit] Music
Main article: List of Brazilians in music
- Adoniran Barbosa (1912-1982), singer and composer
- Airto Moreira (1941-), musician and composer
- Almir Sater, singer and composer
- André Matos, singer, frontman of metal bands Angra and Shaaman
- Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994), pianist, singer and composer
- Arnaldo Antunes, singer and composer
- Arnaldo Baptista (1948-), singer, musician and composer, former member of Os Mutantes
- Ary Barroso (1903-1964), composer
- Baden Powell (1937-2000), composer and guitar musician
- Bidu Sayão (1902-1999), Opera singer
- Caetano Veloso (1942-), singer and composer. Founder of the Tropicália movement
- Carla Maffioletti, opera singer
- Carlinhos Brown, singer, musician and composer
- Carmen Monarcha, opera singer
- Cartola, singer and composer
- Cazuza (1958-1990), singer and composer. Former frontman of Barão Vermelho
- Chico Buarque (1944-), singer and composer
- Chico César (1964 -), singer, musician and composer
- Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847-1935), conductor and composer
- Djavan, singer and composer
- Dudu Nobre,sambist
- Eleazar de Carvalho, conductor
- Elis Regina (1945-1982), singer
- Eloy Fritsch, composer and keyboardst
- Elza Soares, singer, former wife of Garrincha
- Erasmo Carlos, singer and composer
- Ernesto Nazareh, composer
- Fabrizio Moretti (1980-) drummer and artist
- Fernando Cutait, singer/guitarrist and producer
- Flávio Venturini, piano/keyboard player, singer and composer
- Flora Purim, jazz singer
- Frank Solari, virtuoso guitar player and composer
- Frejat, singer, guitarrist and composer. frontman of Barão Vermelho
- Gal Costa (1945-), singer
- Gilberto Gil (1942-), singer and composer. Founder of the Tropicália movement
- Guilherme Arantes, pianist, singer and composer
- Gustavo Assis-Brasil, composer, virtuoso guitar player
- Helena Meireles (1924-2005), musician
- Hermeto Pascoal, musician and composer
- Igor Cavalera, drummer of Sepultura
- Ivan Lins, singer, composer and pianist
- Jacob do Bandolim, composer, virtuoso mandolinist
- João Gilberto, singer and composer
- João Gordo, punk rock bandleader, VJ
- Jorge Ben Jor (1942-), singer, musician and composer
- Kelly Key, pop singer
- Lenine, singer, musician and composer
- Luiz Gonzaga, singer, musician and composer
- Marina Lima, singer and composer
- Marisa Monte, singer and composer
- Max Cavalera, frontman of thrash metal band Soulfly and formerly Sepultura
- Milton Nascimento, singer and composer
- Nelson Gonçalves (1919-1998), singer
- Noel Rosa (1910-1937), guitar player, singer and composer
- Oswaldo Vecchione, singer, musician and songwriter, founder member of rock band Made in Brazil
- Pixinguinha (1893-1973), musician and composer
- Rafael Rabello (1962-1995), guitar player and composer
- Raul Seixas (1945-1989), singer and composer
- Renato Russo, singer and composer, frontman of Legião Urbana
- Renato Teixeira, Brazilian country singer and composer
- Rita Lee (1947-), singer and composer, former member of Os Mutantes
- Roberto Carlos, singer and composer
- Rogério Duprat, conductor, musician and composer
- Sérgio Dias, singer, musician and composer, former member of Os Mutantes
- Sergio Mendes (1941-), musician
- Tim Maia, singer and composer
- Tom Zé (1936-) singer and composer
- Toquinho, singer and composer
- Vinicius de Moraes, diplomat, singer and composer
- Waldir Azevedo, composer, virtuoso cavaquinho player
- Wanessa Camargo, pop singer
- Zeca Pagodinho, singer and composer
[edit] Classic composers
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767-1830), classical musician, priest and composer
- Carlos Gomes (1836-1896), classical musician and composer
- Egberto Gismonti
- Chiquinha Gonzaga
- Camargo Guarnieri
- Felipe Lara
- Heitor Villa Lobos (1887-1959), classical musician and composer
[edit] Politicians
See also: List of Brazilian presidents
- Aécio Neves, governor 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
- Carlos Lacerda (1914-1977), mayor and governor of Rio de Janeiro
- Cesar Maia, mayor of Rio de Janeiro.
- Ciro Gomes, mayor of Fortaleza, governor of Ceará, presidential candidate and minister
- Ernesto Geisel, general and president during the military regime, started the political liberalization
- Esperidião Amin, senator and governor of Santa Catarina
- Eurico Gaspar Dutra, marshall of the Army, was appointed president by the Congress, succeeding the dictator Getúlio Vargas in 1945.
- Fernando Collor de Mello, mayor, governor of Alagoas and impeached president in 1992
- Fernando Henrique Cardoso (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 (1883-1954), senator and twice president, was also a dictator, killed himself in 1954
- Golbery de Couto e Silva, early conspirator of the military coup against Goulart, and powerful political figure behind the office of the president under Ernesto Geisel
- José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, regent of the empire, politician, hero of the independence
- José Sarney (1930-), governor of Maranhão and senator, vice-president of Tancredo Neves, took office of president when the later died suddenly
- 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 1962)
- João Goulart, vice-president of Jânio Quadros, president (deposed by a military coup in 1964)
- Lauro Sodré
- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (1946-), known as "Lula", labor activist and politician, current president.
- Mário Covas, mayor and governor of the state of São Paulo, senator and federal representative
- Marta Suplicy, Federal representative and mayor of São Paulo
- Paulo Maluf, twice mayor of and governor of São Paulo, defeated presidential candidate
- Roberto Requião, mayor of Curitiba, governor of the state of Paraná and senator
- 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 charge.
[edit] Religious leaders
- D. Helder Câmara (1909-1999), the "Red Bishop", Catholic 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 defender of civil rights
- Chico Xavier(1910-2002), main figure of Spiritism
[edit] Reporters and TV Celebrities
- Alexandre Garcia
- Amaury Jr.
- Angélica Ksyvickis
- Boris Casoy
- Cid Moreira
- Eliana
- Fátima Bernardes
- Fausto Silva
- Gugu Liberato
- Jô Soares
- Leo Batista
- Luciana Gimenez
- Marcos Mion
- Marcos Uchôa
- Marília Gabriela
- Pedro Bial
- Raul Gil
- Renata Vasconcelos
- Renato Machado
- Sérgio Chapelin
- Silvio Santos
- William Bonner
[edit] Sports
Main article: List of Brazilians in sport
- Acelino Freitas (Popó) (1975-), boxer
- Ademar Ferreira da Silva (1927-2001), Olympics champion, triple jump
- Amyr Klink, Sailor
- Ayrton Senna (1960-1994), Formula 1 driver
- Bob Burnquist (1976-), skateboarder
- Cafu (1970-), football player
- Daniele Hypolito, gymnast
- Daniel Coloneze de Pinho, sailor and national champion
- Deco, Anderson Luiz de Sousa (born August 27, 1977 in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil) is a professional footballer widely known as Deco (pron. IPA: ['dɛku]). He plays internationally for Portugal.
- Diego Hypolito, gymnast
- Daiane dos Santos, gymnast
- Eder Jofre (1936-), boxer, world champion
- Emerson Fittipaldi (1946-), Formula 1 and Indy Car driver
- Falcão (1953-), football player
- Falcão (1977-), futsal player
- FiT (1984-), EstrategiaF1 player
- Garrincha (1933-1983), football player
- Giant Silva (1963), Wrestler and MMA fighter.
- Gustavo Kuerten (1976-), tennis player
- Hélio Castroneves (1975-) - Indy Car driver
- Hortência (1959-), former basketball player
- Jade Barbosa, gymnast
- Jairzinho (1944-), football player
- João (do Pulo) Carlos de Oliveira (1954-1999), athlete triple jumper, Olympics champion
- Jr. Brasil, Jiu-Jitsu, Capoeira & Judo Instructor
- Kaká (1982-), football player
- Lars Grael, Olympic sailor and champion
- Luisa Parente, gymnast
- Maria Bueno, former tennis player
- Mauricio Gugelmin, former Formula One and Champ Car driver
- Mosiah Rodrigues, gymnast
- 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
- Peter Tanscheit, Olympic sailor and champion
- Rafael Coloneze de Pinho, sailor and chairman of ABCL
- Renê Carmo Kreutz Weber (1960-), former football player and for some time, until presently (2005) a soccer trainer in Brazil and other countries
- Robert Scheidt (1973-), Olympics sailor and champion
- Romário (1966-), football player
- Ronaldo (1976-), football player
- Ronaldinho Gaúcho (1980-), football player
- Royce Gracie, MMA fighter
- Renzo Gracie, MMA fighter
- Hélio Gracie, Father of Gracie Jiu Jitsu
- Rickson Gracie, MMA fighter
- Carlson Gracie, MMA fighter
- Carlos Gracie, MMA fighter
- Crosley Gracie, MMA fighter
- Relson Gracie, MMA fighter
- Rodrigo Gracie, MMA fighter
- Rubens Barrichello - Formula 1 driver
- Torben Grael (1960-), Olympic sailor and champion, brother of Lars Grael
- Vanderlei de Lima (1969-), marathoner
- Victor Penalber (1990-), Judo player
- Wanderlei Silva (1976-), MMA fighter
- Zico (1953-), former football player
- Felipe Massa (1981-), Formula 1 driver
[edit] Writers and Poets
Main article: List of Brazilian writers
- Álvares de Azevedo (1831-1852), poet and writer
- Alfredo D'Escragnolle Taunay (1843-1871), writer and historian
- Alfredo Dias Gomes (1922-1999), playwriter
- 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
- Fernando Sabino (1923-2004), writer
- Ferreira Gullar, writer and poet
- Haroldo de Campos (1929-), poet
- Holdemar Menezes (1921-1996) writer
- João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920-1999), poet
- João Guimarães Rosa (1908-1967), writer
- João Pedro Jorge, writer and poet
- Jorge Amado (1912-2001), writer
- José de Alencar (1829-1877), writer
- Julio Ribeiro, writer
- Luis Fernando Veríssimo (1936-), writer
- Lya Luft (1938-), writer and poet
- Machado de Assis (1839-1908), writer
- Manuel Bandeira (1886-1968), poet
- Maria Clara Machado (1921-2001), playwriter
- Mário de Andrade (1893-1945), writer
- Márcio Souza (1946-), writer
- Menotti del Picchia, critic and writer
- Monteiro Lobato (1882-1948), writer and publisher
- Nelson Rodrigues (1912-1980), journalist and writer
- Regina Herkenhoff, teacher and writer
- Oduvaldo Vianna Filho (1936-1974), playwriter
- Olavo Bilac (1865-1918), poet
- Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900-1978), critic
- Otto Lara Rezende, writer, critic and journalist
- Oscar Araripe, Poet and painter
- Oswald de Andrade (1890-1954), writer and critic
- Paulo Coelho (1947-), writer
- Patrícia Galvão ("Pagu"), wife of Oswald de Andrade
- Plínio Marcos (1935-1999), playwriter
- Raquel de Queiroz, writer
- Sergio Pinheiro Lopes (1953-), writer
- Vinícius de Morais (1913-1980), poet
[edit] Science and technology
Main article: List of Brazilian scientists
- Adib Jatene, heart surgeon
- Adolfo Lutz, physician and pioneer of public health
- Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviator and inventor.
- Antônio Rebouças Filho, pioneer engineer and urbanist
- André Rebouças (1838-1898), pioneer engineer, brother of Antônio Rebouças Filho.
- 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
- Carlos Nemer, architect and urban designer, civil engineer, finance specialist
- Eduardo Krieger, physician and physiologist, current president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
- Ely Xavier, young researcher, won the national Cientistas de Amanhã prize in 2006 for your study on lead-exposed children
- 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.
- Florestan Fernandes (1920-1995), father of Brazilian sociology
- Gilberto Freyre (1900-1987), historiographer and sociologist
- Henrique da Rocha Lima,
- Hércules Florence, pioneer of photography
- Isaias Raw, physician, biochemist and scientific leader
- Ivan Izquierdo, physician and neuroscientist, discovered neural mechanisms of memory
- Jacob Palis, mathematician of international fame
- Jorge Stolfi, computer scientist, nowadays professor at UNICAMP
- Johanna Döbereiner (1924-2000), 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 Lutzenberger (1926-2002), ecologist and zoologist
- José Reis, biologist, greatest Brazilian science writer
- Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva, physician, infectologist and immunologist
- 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
- Marcos Pontes, first Brazilian astronaut, Expedition 13
- 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
- Mayana Zatz, biologist and geneticist
- Miguel Nicolelis, neuroscientist, one of Scientific American's best scientists of 2004
- Milton Santos (1926-2001), geographer
- 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 Emilio Vanzolini, zoologist
- Paulo Nogueira Neto, ecologist, zoologist and scientific leader
- Roberto Landell de Moura, pioneer of telephony
- Rogério César de Cerqueira Leite, physicist and scientific leader and writer
- Sérgio Henrique Ferreira, physician and pharmacologist, discovered the active principle of a new drug against hypertension
- Sonia Ambrosio de Nelson, journalist and sociologist.
- 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
- Wilson Teixeira Beraldo, co-discoverer of bradykinin
- Murylo Batista, famous immunologist, infectologist, and dermatologist
[edit] Foreign scientists and engineers who lived in Brazil
- Carl August Wilhelm Schwacke, German botanist
- Charles Frederick Hartt, Canadian-American geologist and paleontologist
- Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist
- Daniele Mundici, Italian mathematician
- Émil Goeldi, Swiss naturalist
- Emmanuel Liais, French astronomer and naturalist
- Erasmo Recami, Italian physicist
- Friedrich Sellow, German botanist
- Fritz Müller, German naturalist
- Fritz Köberle, Austrian physician and pathologist
- Giorgio Mortara, Italian Demographer and Statistician
- Grigori Ivanovitch Langsdorff, German/Russian naturalist
- Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist
- Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian/Italian physicist
- 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
- Richard Feynman, American physicist
- David Bohm American physicist
- Luigi Fantappiè Italian mathematician
- Dr Peter Szatmari Hungarian geologist
[edit] Others
- Iruan Ergui Wu, Taiwanese-Brazilian boy, focus of an international scandal
[edit] See also
List of people by nationality List of Brazilian Jewsde:Liste bedeutender Brasilianer ja:ブラジル人の一覧 pt:Lista de brasileiros

