List of Famous people born in Brazil

Raíssa Santana

First Name Raíssa

Last Name Santana

Born on July 6, 1995 (age 31)

Born in Brazil, Bahia

Raissa Oliveira Santana is a Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Brasil 2016. She represented Brazil at Miss Universe 2016 pageant.

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Miguel Nicolelis

First Name Miguel

Last Name Nicolelis

Born on March 7, 1961 (age 65)

Born in Brazil, São Paulo

Miguel Ângelo Laporta Nicolelis, M.D., Ph.D., is a Brazilian scientist, physician and Duke School of Medicine Professor in Neuroscience at Duke University, best known for his pioneering work surrounding brain-machine interface technology.

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Caroline Trentini

Caroline Aparecida Trentini

First Name Caroline

Last Name Trentini

Born on July 6, 1987 (age 39)

Born in Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul

Height 180 cm | 5'11

Model

Caroline Aparecida Trentini is a Brazilian model.

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Wagner Fernando Velloso

First Name Wagner

Last Name Velloso

Born on September 22, 1968 (age 57)

Born in Brazil, São Paulo

Height 190 cm | 6'3

Footballer

Sportsperson

Wagner Fernando Velloso, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and former manager who currently works as a pundit for Bandeirantes.

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Roberto Frejat

First Name Roberto

Last Name Frejat

Born on May 21, 1962 (age 64)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Roberto Frejat is a musician, composer, singer and co-founder of the band Barão Vermelho.

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Marcelo Pletsch

First Name Marcelo

Last Name Pletsch

Born on May 13, 1976 (age 50)

Born in Brazil, Paraná

Footballer

Sportsperson

Marcelo José Pletsch is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as a defender.

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Roberto Freire

First Name Roberto

Last Name Freire

Born on April 20, 1942 (age 84)

Born in Brazil, Pernambuco

Roberto João Pereira Freire is a Brazilian politician.

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Edemar Cid Ferreira

First Name Edemar

Born on May 31, 1943 (age 83)

Born in Brazil, São Paulo

Edemar Cid Ferreira is a former Brazilian economist, banker, and art collector. He was the founder and head of Banco Santos, which went bankrupt in September 2005. Ferreira was convicted in Brazil of bank fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering. He began serving 21-year prison sentence in December 2006. As part of the case, a judge ordered the search, seizure and confiscation of assets that were acquired with illegally obtained funds from Banco Santos. Ferreira assembled a 12,000-piece art collection while he controlled Banco Santos. Before his arrest, he smuggled his collection out of Brazil. The United Stated government seized items from a storage facility in New York that didn't comply with customs laws. They returned Basquiat's Hannibal painting, a Roy Lichtenstein, a painting by Joaquin Torres Garcia, a Serge Poliakoff and other works with an estimated value of $20 million to $30 million.

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Vanessa Lóes

First Name Vanessa

Last Name Lóes

Born on November 26, 1971 (age 54)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Vanessa Lóes de Melo Lacerda is a Brazilian film and television actress. She is married to actor Thiago Lacerda, with whom she has three children. Lóes is the granddaughter of actress Lídia Mattos.

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Rodrigo Hardy Araújo

First Name Rodrigo

Last Name Araújo

Born on June 7, 1984 (age 42)

Born in Brazil, São Paulo

Height 182 cm | 6'0

Rodrigo Hardy Araújo, commonly known as Rodrigo,, is a Brazilian futsal player who plays for Sorocaba Futsal and the Brazilian national futsal team.

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