List of Famous people born in Brazil
Guilherme Arantes
Guilherme Arantes is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist. He is Steinway Artist.
Everaldo Stum
Everaldo Stum, simply known as Everaldo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Kashima Antlers as a forward.
Cássio Cunha Lima
Cássio Rodrigues da Cunha Lima is a brazilian lawyer and politician, affiliated to the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy (PSDB). He is the son of former governor of Paraíba Ronaldo Cunha Lima. He was governor of Paraiba, mayor of Campina Grande, Federal Deputy and currently is a member of the Brazilian Federal Senate.
Luiz Felipe Fonteles
Luiz Felipe Marques Fonteles is a Brazilian volleyball player, member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team in 2005–2016 and Brazilian club Vôlei Taubaté, 2016 Olympic Champion, silver medallist of the 2014 World Championship, two–time South American Champion, gold medallist of the 2011 Pan American Games.
Nelson Jobim
Nelson Azevedo Jobim is a Brazilian jurist, politician and businessman. He held the positions as congressman, Minister of Justice, Minister of Defense, Minister of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), where he was also president between 2004 and 2006. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors and responsible for Institutional Relations and Compliance Policies at BTG Pactual Bank.
Eliseu Padilha
Eliseu Lemos Padilha is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, who was appointed by Dilma Rousseff as the Chief-Minister of the Brazilian Civil Aeronautics Government Department. He was in office from January 1, 2015 to December 1, 2015. He has also served as Chief-Minister of Transport and Infrastructure between 1997 and 2001 and four terms as Federal Congressman of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, his birthplace. He is one of the few ministers in Brazilian history to have resigned from a ministerial office because of his divergent position from Dilma's government policies.
Wellington Nem
Wellington Silva Sanches Aguiar, known as Wellington Nem, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Toninho Cerezo
Toninho Cerezo, real name Antônio Carlos Cerezo, is a Brazilian former footballer. Cerezo is commonly regarded as one of the finest Brazilian defensive midfielders of all time, most notably having played for his hometown's team Clube Atlético Mineiro; he also played for several other clubs in both Brazil and Italy throughout his career. At international level, Cerezo took part at the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups – winning a bronze medal in the former edition of the tournament – and the 1979 Copa América, where Brazil finished in third place.
Otávio Müller
Otávio Müller de Sá, most known as Otávio Müller, is a Brazilian actor. Most known for comical roles in television, such as in the Rede Globo's series Tapas & Beijos, he is also a stage actor, and film actor. On theater, he starred in the monologue A Vida Sexual da Mulher Feia, and, on cinema, he won the Rio Film Festival Best Actor Award for The Gorilla.
Marcelo D2
Marcelo D2 is a Brazilian rapper and lyricist.