List of Famous people born in Brazil

Ânderson Corrêa Polga is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Pérsio Arida is a Brazilian economist and a former president of the Central Bank of Brazil.

Igor Graziano Cavalera is a Brazilian musician. He is best known as the former drummer for Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, which he co-founded with his brother Max in 1984. Max left the band in 1996, and Cavalera himself would depart ten years later, making him the last original member of Sepultura to leave the band. The brothers have since reunited in the band Cavalera Conspiracy.

Priscila Machado is a Brazilian TV Host model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Brasil 2011. She represented Brazil in Miss Universe 2011, and finished the competition as 2nd Runner-Up.

Paulo Roberto da Silva, known as Paulo Roberto, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Paysandu.

Anselmo de Moraes, or simply Anselmo, is a Brazilian defensive midfielder who currently plays for Al-Wehda.

Clodoaldo Silva is a Brazilian swimmer. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, winning three silver medals and one bronze. He competed again at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, where he set four world records, five Paralympic records, and won six gold medals and one silver. He also represented Brazil at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Paralympics, and lit the Paralympic cauldron at the 2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony.

Maria Teresa Saenz Surita is a Brazilian politician who is the mayor of Boa Vista, Roraima and a former Federal Deputy from 1990 to 1992 and from 2011 to 2012. Surita is dedicated to issues of social policy and human rights of children and adolescents.

Celso Lafer is a Brazilian jurist, full professor of Philosophy of Law at University of São Paulo, twice former foreign minister and a former commerce minister.

Luis Felipe Bonatto Francischini is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He has spent his political career representing Paraná, having served as state representative in the lower house of the national legislature since 2019 and the state legislature from 2011 to 2019.