List of Famous people born in Brazil
Rodrigo Pimentel
Rodrigo Pimentel is a former member of BOPE, the elite group of the Brazilian Military Police. Pimentel co-wrote the film Elite Squad, based on a book he co-wrote with sociologist Luiz Eduardo Soares and former BOPE captain André Batista. He is also noted to have participated in the Brazilian documentary by João Moreira Salles, News From a Personal War.
Ricardo Berzoini
Ricardo José Ribeiro Berzoini was the President of the Workers' Party of Brazil from 2005 to 2010. He has served as minister for social security.
Washington Cruz
João Braz de Aviz
João Braz de Aviz is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as the prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011. He began his career working for twenty years as a parish priest and seminary teacher. He became a bishop in 1994 and was bishop of Ponta Grossa from 1998 to 2002, archbishop of Maringá from 2002 to 2004, and archbishop of Brasília from 2004 to 2011.
André Ramiro
Bonifácio Piccinini
Bonifácio Piccinini S.D.B. was a Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop.
Edwin Luisi
Stefano Barberi
Stefano Barberi is a Brazilian/American professional mountain bike and gravel racer, and former professional road bicycle racer. He resides in Reno, Nevada with his wife Katie Barberi and son Micheli Barberi. He was born in São Paulo.
Ivo Battelli
Ivo Battelli was an Italian architect and set decorator. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.