List of Famous people born in Brazil
Bruna Griphao
Bruna Dhanai Grigoriadis Orphão, better known as Bruna Griphao, is a Brazilian actress of Greek descent. She was born and raised in Rio De Janeiro, Brasil. Bruna is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, English and Greek. Her maternal grandparents are from Greece.
Débora Nascimento
Débora dos Santos Nascimento is a Brazilian actress and model.
Vampeta
Marcos André Batista dos Santos, best known as Vampeta is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer. A former midfielder, he represented Brazil national team from 1998 until 2002, winning the 1999 Copa América and the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Gustavo Henrique da Silva Sousa
Gustavo Henrique da Silva Sousa, known as Gustagol or simply Gustavo, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors as a striker.
Celso Roth
Celso Juarez Roth, usually known as Celso Roth, is a Brazilian football manager.
Liédson
Liédson da Silva Muniz, known simply as Liédson, is a former footballer who played as a striker.
Bruna Surfistinha
Bruna Surfistinha is the pen name of Raquel Pacheco, a Brazilian former sex worker who attracted the attention of Brazilian media by publishing, in a blog, her sexual experiences with clients. Bruna explained in television programs that she was a normal girl, who had been adopted by a high/middle-class family but that at around the age of 17 she left her home and her family because of the traditional family oriented views of her father and to start to live on her own. Bruna appeared in various television programs in Brazil and several periodicals and magazines. Her blog attracted more than 50,000 readers per day. She appeared in some pornographic films in Brazil. In 2005, she released a book entitled O Doce Veneno do Escorpião. In just over a month it sold over 30,000 copies in its third edition, and became the best selling book in Brazil. The book was translated into English and published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2006. Bruna's book also inspired the 2011 Brazilian film Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl, starring Deborah Secco in the main role, and the 2016 TV series Me Chama de Bruna, starring Maria Bopp in the main role. In 2011, Bruna also appeared in a Brazilian reality show called A Fazenda finishing as the second runner-up. Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl grossed $12,356,515 in Brazil, first national film after international films in the Brazil 2011 Box Office, thanks to Bruna's popularity with the Brazilian public.
Débora Bloch
Débora Bloch is a Brazilian actress. She is known nationally for participating in telenovelas such as Cambalacho, Salsa e Merengue, A Lua Me Disse, Caminho das Índias, Cordel Encantado, Avenida Brasil and Sete Vidas.
Aloysio Nunes
Aloysio Nunes Ferreira Filho is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. A member of PSDB, Nunes was a senator from São Paulo from 2011 to 2017, and was Brazil's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2019.
Tonico Pereira
Antônio Carlos de Sousa Pereira, better known as Tonico Pereira, is a Brazilian television and film actor.