List of Famous people born in Brazil

José Roberto Wright Marques

First Name José
Last Name Marques
Born on September 7, 1944 (age 81)

José Roberto Ramiz Wright, also known as José Roberto Wright or José Ramiz Wright, is a former Brazilian football referee. He supervised four matches during the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.

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Gilberto Occhi

First Name Gilberto
Last Name Occhi
Born on July 24, 1958 (age 67)
Born in Brazil, Minas Gerais

Gilberto Magalhães Occhi is a Brazilian lawyer and politician member of the Progressistas (PP). He was Minister of Cities and of National Integration during the government of president Dilma Rousseff.

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Érika Cristiano dos Santos

First Name Érika
Last Name Santos
Born on February 4, 1988 (age 38)
Born in Brazil, São Paulo
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Érika Cristiano dos Santos, commonly known as Érika, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Corinthians and the Brazilian women's national team. Versatile Érika played as a forward for her clubs and Brazil's youth teams, but mainly as a central defender or "volante" for the senior national team. She was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and also played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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Alexandre Baldy

First Name Alexandre
Last Name Baldy
Born on July 21, 1980 (age 45)
Born in Brazil, Goiás

Alexandre Baldy de Sant'Anna Braga, commonly known as Alexandre Baldy, is a Brazilian politician filiated to Progressistas (PP). Baldy has been State Secretary of Metropolitan Transports of São Paulo, nominated by governor João Doria, until his arrest on 6 August 2020. He was Federal Deputy from Goiás and Minister of Cities. Between 2011 and 2013, was State Secretary of Industry and Trading of Goiás, nominated by governor Marconi Perillo.

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Marcel Herrmann Telles

First Name Marcel
Last Name Telles
Net Worth $11.5B

Marcel Herrmann Telles is a Brazilian investor and businessman. Telles is a board member of AB InBev. His fortune is estimated at $9.8 billion. Telles was able to increase his equity by one billion dollars since the last, Forbes magazine said. According to the magazine, he likes to practice diving and spend free time in Monaco.

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Sâmia Bomfim

First Name Sâmia
Born on August 22, 1989 (age 36)
Born in Brazil, São Paulo

Sâmia de Souza Bomfim is a Brazilian politician. She has spent her political career representing São Paulo, having served as federal deputy representative since 2019.

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Nana Gouvêa

First Name Nana
Last Name Gouvêa
Born on May 3, 1975 (age 51)
Born in Brazil, Goiás

Sebastiana Gouvêa Moraes is a Brazilian actress.

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José Altafini

First Name José
Last Name Altafini
Born on July 24, 1938 (age 87)
Born in Brazil, São Paulo
Height 176 cm | 5'9

José João Altafini, also known as "Mazzola" in Brazil, is an Italian-Brazilian former footballer, who played as a forward. Although he began his career with Palmeiras in Brazil, he soon moved to play football in Italy, and is mostly remembered for his highly successful stint with Italian club A.C. Milan, with which he achieved great domestic and international success; he later also played for Napoli and Juventus, before ending his career in Switzerland with spells at Chiasso and Mendrisiostar. A highly prolific goalscorer, Altafini also held the record for the most goals scored in a single European Cup campaign for over 50 years; he is also one of only eight players to have scored five goals in a single European Cup match. He is the joint-fourth highest scorer in Italian Serie A history with 216 goals, and also holds the record for being the fifth-youngest player in Serie A history to score 100 goals, a feat which he managed at the age of 24 years and 239 days. At international level, he represented both Brazil and Italy; he was a member of the Brazilian side that won the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and later also represented Italy at the 1962 FIFA World Cup.

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Gilmelândia

Gilmelândia Palmeira dos Santos
Born on September 20, 1975 (age 50)
Born in Brazil, Bahia

Gilmelândia Palmeira dos Santos known as Gil or Gilmelândia, is a Brazilian singer, actress and TV presenter. Her unusual first name, which is abbreviated on her CD covers to "Gil", was created by her parents in tribute to a friend of her mother's with an equally unusual name, Jumelânia.

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Eduardo Braide

First Name Eduardo
Last Name Braide
Born on January 12, 1976 (age 50)
Born in Brazil, Maranhão

Eduardo Salim Braide is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He was president of Caema (2005–2006) and secretary of Participatory Budgeting (2009–2010). Braide is federal deputy for Maranhão and was candidate for mayor of São Luís.

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