List of Famous people born in Brazil

Antônio Pedro de Siqueira Indio da Costa, also known as Índio da Costa, is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. On June 30, 2010, it was announced that da Costa had been chosen as the Vice Presidential running mate by leading Presidential candidate José Serra of the PSDB party.

Sylvio Luiz Perez Machado de Souza is a Brazilian sports commentator and television presenter.

Luiz Felipe Ventura dos Santos, known as Felipe, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Botafogo-PB.

Jefferson de Oliveira Galvão, simply known as Jefferson, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal, better known as Branco, is Brazilian former footballer who played as a left back. A member of the triumphant Brazilian team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Branco was a renowned free kick specialist known for his accuracy of placing the ball in the direction that he wanted the free kick to go.

Héritier Lumumba is a Brazilian-born Australian former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

José Kléberson Pereira, commonly known as José Kléberson or simply Kléberson, is a former Brazilian footballer, and current coach at the Philadelphia Union Academy. He previously played for Brazil 32 times and was part of the squad that won the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Milton Mendes is a Brazilian retired footballer who played mainly as a right back, and a coach who most recently managed Portuguese club Marítimo.

Thiago Michel Pereira Silva, a.k.a. Thiago Michel is a Brazilian professional kickboxer and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter formally competed for Bellator Fighting Championships in their season six lightweight tournament.

Wallid Farid Ismail is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and promoter of Lebanese descent. Ismail holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) under Carlson Gracie, and is an IVC mixed martial arts world champion and BJJ Champion. In mixed martial arts, Ismail also competed for the UFC, and PRIDE, and most of wins in the sport came by way of submission.