List of Famous people born in Brazil

Douglas Pereira dos Santos, simply known as Douglas, is a Brazilian professional footballer who last played as a right-back for Beşiktaş.

Douglas Silva is a Brazilian actor. He is known for played Dadinho in the 2002 Brazilian film, City of God. He also played Acerola in the spin-off series City of Men and the 2007 film based on it.

Babi Xavier is a Brazilian television actress, singer and TV hostess.

Tiago Henrique de Oliveira Camilo is a judoka from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the lightweight (−73 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also won a gold medal at the 2007 World Judo Championships, and was the third Brazilian to become a world champion in judo, after João Derly and Luciano Correa. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the −81 kg category. At the 2012 Olympic Games, he lost the bronze medal match to Ilias Iliadis in the −90 kg weight division.

Mariene Bezerra de Castro is a Brazilian musician. She is known for her revival of Northeastern Brazilian musical styles including maracatu and samba de roda.

Alessandro Golombiewski Teixeira is a Brazilian economist. From April to May 2016, he was Brazil´s Minister of Tourism and left after Dilma Rousseff was impeached.

Ricardo Luis Pozzi Rodrigues, better known as Ricardinho, is a Brazilian football pundit, manager and retired footballer. He usually played as a deep-lying playmaker in midfield, and was best known for his accurate passing and technique.

Bruno de Lara Fuchs is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre-back in Russia for CSKA Moscow.

João Eduardo de Salles Nobre, known as Dudu Nobre, is a Brazilian composer and singer.

Milhem Cortaz is a Brazilian actor.