List of Famous people born in Brazil
Hildebrando Pascoal
Hildebrando Pascoal Nogueira Neto, popularly known as the Deputado Motosserra (chainsaw representative), is a Brazilian politician and former colonel of Acre State's Military Police. He was elected as a federal representative of the PFL, but was expelled by his party after his criminal activity came to light.
Henrique Pacheco Lima
Henrique Pacheco de Lima, simply known as Henrique, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Cruzeiro.
Murilo Becker
Murilo Becker Da Rosa is a Brazilian professional basketball player.
Rosi Campos
Rosângela Martins Campos, better known as Rosi Campos, is a Brazilian actress.
Bernardo Vieira de Souza
Bernardo Vieira de Souza, better known as Bernardo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and is currently a free agent.
Pedro Barros
Pedro Barros, known as Pedrinho Barros, is a Brazilian skateboarder who is specialized in Bowl and Park Skateboarding. He won the silver medal in the inaugural Olympic men's park skateboarding event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Also in doom metal/dark punk band Melissa, Pedro is also a entrepreneur, having his own beer company (LayBack) and also his fashion and lifestyle brand called Privê.
Protógenes Queiroz
Protógenes Pinheiro Queiroz is a Brazilian former Federal Police officer, who has led investigations in some of the country's most high-profile corruption cases. Queiroz was responsible for investigations leading to imprisonment of the former mayor of São Paulo, Paulo Maluf. He was a key figure in two investigations, in 2005 and 2007, into corruption scandals in Brazilian football, the latter against Boris Berezovsky's MSI group for money laundering in Corinthians. From 2004 to July 2008 Quieroz led Operation Satiagraha, a major operation into misuse of public funds, money laundering and corruption, leading to the arrest of the banker Daniel Dantas and several other prominent figures, including Celso Pitta, another former mayor of São Paulo.
Luiz Eduardo Ramos
Luiz Eduardo Ramos Baptista Pereira is a Brazilian Army four-star General, who is the current Secretary of Government of President Jair Bolsonaro, succeeding Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz.
Kléber Leite
Kléber Fonseca de Souza Leite, commonly known as Kléber Leite is a former president of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo.
Aldair
Aldair Nascimento dos Santos, known simply as Aldair, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a defender, and who was part of the Brazil national team that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup.