List of Famous people born in Brazil
Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo
Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of São Salvador da Bahia from 1998 till 2004, when he became archbishop of Belo Horizonte. In 2010 he also became bishop for the Brazilian ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite. In May 2019, he became head of the Brazilian Bishops conference.
Sissi
Sisleide do Amor Lima, commonly known as Sissi, is a Brazilian footballer and coach who played as an attacking midfielder. She last played for FC Gold Pride of Women's Professional Soccer and is a former member of the Brazil women's national football team.
César Bernardo Dutra
César Bernardo Dutra, simply known as César, is a Brazilian professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Boavista.
Lady Zu
Zuleide Santos Silva better known for her stage name as Lady Zu is a Brazilian singer and songwriter.
Elinton Andrade
Elinton Sanchotene Andrade is a Brazilian born Portuguese goalkeeper who currently plays for Flamengo Beach Soccer and the Portuguese beach soccer national team.
João Paulo Gomes da Costa
João Paulo Gomes da Costa, known as João Paulo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a left back for América Mineiro.
Marcos Tavares
Marcos Magno Morales Tavares is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Maribor as a striker. He was also part of the Brazilian youth national teams. He gained Slovenian citizenship on 16 September 2013. Tavares is Maribor's all-time most capped player and top goalscorer. He is also the all-time top goalscorer of Slovenian PrvaLiga with 150 goals.
Rui Falcão
Rui Falcão is a Brazilian politician, former president of the Workers' Party and current Federal Deputy representing the state of São Paulo. He also served as the President of the Workers' Party in 1994 and was elected again president of the party to the terms 2011–2013, 2013-2015 and 2015–2017. Preceded senator Gleisi Hoffmann, who took office on 3 June 2017. He was the Secretary of Government of São Paulo during Marta Suplicy's administration.
Leny Andrade
Leny de Andrade Lima, known professionally as Leny Andrade, was born in Rio de Janeiro, on January 26, 1943, and is a Brazilian singer and musician. Both Andrade's first and last names are sometimes misspelled in English as "Lenn", "Leni", and "Adrade". She has had several hits on the Brazilian charts. In 2007 she shared a Latin Grammy Award with Cesar Camargo Mariano for Best MPB Album, Ao Vivo.
Marcos Pereira
Marcos Antônio Pereira is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward. After starting his career at Internacional de Limeira, he went on to play for several Belgian Pro League clubs, including K.V. Mechelen, K. Sint-Truidense V.V. and Royal Antwerp.