List of Famous people born in Brazil

"Captain" Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, better known as Lampião, was probably the twentieth century's most successful traditional bandit leader. The banditry endemic to the Brazilian Northeast was called Cangaço. Cangaço had origins in the late 19th century but was particularly prevalent in the 1920s and 1930s. Lampião led a band of up to 100 cangaceiros, who occasionally took over small towns and who fought a number of successful actions against paramilitary police when heavily outnumbered. Lampião's exploits and reputation turned him into a folk hero, the Brazilian equivalent of Jesse James or Pancho Villa.

Ederson Santana de Moraes, widely known as simply Ederson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Manchester City and the Brazil national team. He is considered the world's most expensive goalkeeper from a transfer value perspective by the CIES. Ederson has been praised extensively by the media for his composure on the ball in high risk situations and remarkable ability to pick out accurate long balls to play through teammates. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest goalkeepers in world football.

Maurício Milani Rua is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and former model. He is currently competing in the Light Heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. A professional competitor since 2002, Rua is also the 2005 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix Champion.

Diego Alves Carreira, known as Diego Alves, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Clube de Regatas do Flamengo as a goalkeeper.

Cássio Ramos, simply known as Cássio, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Corinthians and the Brazil national team. He is considered to be one of the greatest Corinthians goalkeepers of all time, as well as one of the greatest Brazilian goalkeepers of all time.

Marcos Evangelista de Morais, known as Cafu [kaˈfu], is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defender. With 142 appearances for the Brazil national team, he is the most internationally capped Brazilian player of all time. He represented his nation in four FIFA World Cups between 1994 and 2006, and is the only player to have appeared in three World Cup finals, winning the 1994 and 2002 editions of the tournament, the latter as his team's captain where he lifted the World Cup trophy. With Brazil, he also took part in four editions of the Copa América, winning the title twice, in 1997 and 1999; he was also a member of the national side that won the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro is a Brazilian actor and voice actor. He has appeared in many successful movies, including Brainstorm (2001), Carandiru (2003), Love Actually (2003), Che (2008), I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), and Rio (2011). He is perhaps most famous for his portrayal of Persian King Xerxes in the movie 300 (2006) and its sequel 300: Rise of an Empire (2014). He was a series regular on the television series Lost portraying the character Paulo, and played Hector Escaton in HBO's Westworld (2016–2020).

Carlos Vinícius Alves Morais is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, on loan from Benfica. He was awarded the Bola de Prata for his 19 goals in the 2019–20 Primeira Liga.

Carla Carolina Moreira Diaz is a Brazilian actress and singer.

Guilherme Antonio Arana Lopes, known as Guilherme Arana, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Atlético Mineiro, on loan from Sevilla.