List of Famous people born in Brazil

Beto Mansur is a Brazilian politician and soybean farmer. He serves in the Congress and owns a soybean farm in Goiás.

Hacran Dias is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is ranked #6 in the ACA lightweight rankings. In 2015, Dias was the #9 featherweight in the world by Sherdog.

Ricardo Martins de Araújo, commonly known as Kadu, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Chapecoense.

Luciano da Silva or simply Triguinho, is a Brazilian left back, who currently plays for Red Bull Brasil.

Cremilda Santana dos Santos is a Brazilian actress and comedian.

Deize Tigrona is a Brazilian funk carioca musician. Born in the São Conrado neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Deize worked as a house cleaner until her music career became successful. Her song “Injeção” was used as the basis for the M.I.A. song "Bucky Done Gun". Recently she has performed both with M.I.A. and with another popular funk carioca singer, Tati Quebra Barraco.

Francisco de Morais Alves, better known as Francisco Alves, Chico Alves or Chico Viola, was a Brazilian singer, one of the most popular in the first half of the 20th century, and considered by many to be the greatest in the country. The quality of his work earned him in 1933, by broadcaster César Ladeira, the nickname "Rei da Voz" . He recorded more than 500 78 rpm albums, among them the first electrical recording made in Brazil. He performed songs composed by musicians such as Cartola, Heitor dos Prazeres and Ismael Silva; and several songs became famous in his voice, like "Ai! que saudade da Amélia", or the first recording of samba "Aquarela do Brasil" by Ary Barroso.

Ângela Portela is a Brazilian politician. She has represented Roraima in the Federal Senate from 2011 to 2019. Previously, she was a Deputy from Roraima from 2007 to 2011. She is a member of the Workers' Party.

Carlos Schwanke is a Brazilian volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.