List of Famous people born in Brazil
Carol Francischini
Valdir Colatto
Uênia Fernandes de Souza
Uenia Fernandes de Souza is a female professional racing cyclist from Brazil.
João Pizzolatti
Gervásio Silva
Antônio Pizzonia
Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior is a Brazilian professional racing driver who has raced in Formula One and the Champ Car World Series. Born in Manaus, he started his car racing career in the Formula Vauxhall Junior series in 1997, and then progressed through various junior formulae, winning the Formula Vauxhall Junior Winter Festival in 1997, the Formula Vauxhall Junior and Formula Renault Winter Festival in 1998, the Formula Renault 2.0 UK in 1999, and the British Formula 3 Championship in 2000. For 2001 and 2002, he entered the Formula 3000, with his best championship finish being sixth in 2001. In 2003, he was signed by the Jaguar Formula One team, but following poor results, was released during the season. In 2004, he replaced the injured Ralf Schumacher at Williams in several events, securing his first Formula One points in the process. In 2005, he replaced Nick Heidfeld at Williams, but was released from his contract at the end of the season. Since then, he has competed in multiple series, such as the Champ Car World Series, the Superleague Formula, Stock Car Brasil, and the FIA GT1 World Championship.
Jarbas Homem de Mello
Albertina Berkenbrock
Albertina Berkenbrock was a Brazilian Roman Catholic from Brazil killed "in defensum castitatis" in 1931 after she refused her attacker's rape attempts. Berkenbrock was of German descent both sides and she worked on her farm while also teaching fellow children catechism and attending Mass on a frequent basis.
Aloísio Hilário de Pinho
Aloísio Hilário de Pinho was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop.
Tomé Ferreira da Silva
Tomé Ferreira da Silva was a Roman Catholic prelate and is a priest in the Latin Rite. He was Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São José do Rio Preto from 16 November 2012 until 18 August 2021. When ordained a bishop, the diocese he led had between 701,000 and 958,000 Roman Catholics, or almost 75% of the population.