List of Famous people born in Brazil

Joanna Maranhão

First Name Joanna

Born on April 29, 1987 (age 39)

Born in Brazil, Pernambuco

Height 175 cm | 5'9

Swimmer

Joanna de Albuquerque Maranhão Bezerra de Melo, or Joanna Maranhão is a swimmer from Brazil, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2004. She was a finalist in the 400-metre individual medley at 2004 Athens, finishing in 5th place, the best position of all time obtained by the Brazil women's swimming, along with Piedade Coutinho. Joanna also broke countless Brazilian and South American records.

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Walter Leandro Capeloza Artune

First Name Walter

Last Name Artune

Born on November 18, 1987 (age 38)

Born in Brazil, São Paulo

Height 188 cm | 6'2

Footballer

Sportsperson

Walter Leandro Capeloza Artune, simply known as Walter, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cuiabá, on loan from Corinthians.

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Dewi Sandra

First Name Dewi

Last Name Sandra

Born on April 3, 1980 (age 46)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Actor

Dewi Sandra Killick or better known as Dewi Sandra is a Brazilian-born Indonesian singer, actress, dancer and model of mixed English and Javanese descent.

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Douglas Silva de Andrade

First Name Douglas

Last Name Andrade

Born on June 22, 1985 (age 40)

Born in Brazil, Pará

Height 168 cm | 5'6

Douglas Silva de Andrade is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who currently competes in Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

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Hugo Gloss

First Name Hugo

Last Name Gloss

Born on November 26, 1985 (age 40)

Born in Brazil, Federal District

Bruno Rocha da Fonseca, known as Hugo Gloss, is a Brazilian presenter, journalist, voice actor, blogger and YouTuber.

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Jairo Rodrigues

Jairo Rodrigues Peixoto Filho

First Name Jairo

Last Name Rodrigues

Born on December 31, 1992 (age 33)

Born in Brazil, Goiás

Height 189 cm | 6'2

Footballer

Sportsperson

Jairo Rodrigues Peixoto Filho commonly known as Jairo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre back for G.D. Fabril in Campeonato de Portugal.

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Ana Amélia Lemos

First Name Ana

Last Name Lemos

Born on March 23, 1945 (age 81)

Born in Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul

Ana Amélia Lemos is a Brazilian journalist and politician. She worked as a columnist and commentator for RBS in Distrito Federal, before applying the Senator by the Rio Grande do Sul, elected in the General Election 2010. She was the running mate of PSDB presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin in the 2018 election.

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Fernando Damata Pimentel

First Name Fernando

Last Name Pimentel

Born on March 31, 1951 (age 75)

Born in Brazil, Minas Gerais

Fernando Damata Pimentel is a Brazilian politician and economist. He is a member of the Workers' Party (PT). He was the Mayor of Belo Horizonte from 2001 to 2009, the Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade in the Cabinet of former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff from 2011 to 2014 and the Governor of Minas Gerais from 2015 to 2019.

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