List of Famous people born in Brazil

Antonio Anglés Martins is a Brazilian-Spanish criminal and fugitive. He lived in his native Brazil for a year before moving to Spain. According to his relatives and friends, Anglés was known as a habitually violent criminal who frequently beat up his mother. With criminal records for mugging, robbery and drug trafficking, he is best known for his triple offense in the crime of "The Alcasser Girls", committed in Alcàsser, a town in the Valencian region, in which Desirée Hernández, Miriam García and Antonia Gómez were kidnapped, tortured, raped and killed, with Anglés allegedly involved.

Alexandre de Moraes is a Brazilian jurist, currently a justice of the Supreme Federal Court.

Denílson de Oliveira Araújo, known simply as Denílson, is a Brazilian pundit and former professional footballer who last played as a Íbis forward.

Gustavo Kuerten, nicknamed Guga, is a retired world No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open singles title three times, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000. Kuerten suffered many problems with injuries which resulted in his non-attendances at many tournaments in 2002 and between 2004 and 2008. After two hip surgeries and a few failed attempted comebacks, he retired from top-level tennis in May 2008. During his career he won 20 singles and 8 doubles titles.He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2012. In 2016, he was asked to be the torch bearer for the Rio Olympics.

Antônio Renato Aragão, nicknamed Didi is a Brazilian comedian actor, producer, filmmaker, TV presenter, singer and writer. He is best known as Didi, because of his leading role in the television series Os Trapalhões.

Mariana Rios Botelho is a Brazilian actress and singer.

Rita Lee Jones is a Brazilian rock singer, composer and writer. She is a former member of the Brazilian band Os Mutantes and is a popular figure in Brazilian entertainment, where she is also known for being an animal rights activist and a vegan. She has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. Her autobiography Rita Lee: Uma Autobiografia was the best-selling non-fiction book of 2017 in Brazil.

Leandro Damião da Silva dos Santos, known as Leandro Damião or simply Damião, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Japanese club Kawasaki Frontale as a striker. He has been capped at international level by Brazil.

Gabriel Braga Nunes is a Brazilian actor, best known for his work in telenovelas, specially Essas Mulheres, Cidadão Brasileiro, Caminhos do Coração and Poder Paralelo. He also stars in Insensato Coração for TV Globo.

Antônio Hamilton Martins Mourão is a Brazilian politician who sits as the 25th and current Vice President of Brazil under President Jair Bolsonaro since 1 January 2019. Mourão is a retired Brazilian Army General, the highest rank a Brazilian soldier can reach during peace time. He is a member of the Brazilian Labour Renewal Party. Mourão is the first ethnically indigenous person to ever hold the office of vice president of Brazil.