List of Famous people born in Brazil
Mel Fronckowiak
Melanie "Mel" Nunes Fronckowiak is a Brazilian actress, writer, and TV host. Fronckowiak became known after starring in several advertising and TV commercials while working as a model in Sao Paulo, at the Ford Models agency, which led her to participate in the Brazilian youth soap opera Rebeldes, playing the character of Carla. In 2013, Fronckowiak launched herself as a writer. In her first book, Inclassíficavel: Memórias da Estrada, she tells the experiences she lived traveling around forty Brazilian cities with the band Rebeldes.
Leonardo Araújo
Leonardo Nascimento de Araújo, known as Leonardo, is a Brazilian football manager, executive, and former player. He currently serves as the sporting director of Paris Saint-Germain.
Aderbar Melo dos Santos Neto
Aderbar Melo dos Santos Neto, commonly known as Aderbar Santos or just Santos, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo.
Marcelo Freixo
Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo is a Brazilian leftist politician, broadcaster and professor. He is a state representative for the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL), and is chairman of the Defence of Human Rights and Citizenship Commission on the Rio de Janeiro Legislative Assembly.
Elizabeth Savalla
Elizabeth Savalla Casquel is a Brazilian actress.
Túlio Maravilha
Túlio Humberto Pereira Costa, sometimes simply referred as Túlio or Túlio Maravilha, is a former Brazilian international footballer who played as a forward. He played for many Brazilian club teams, such as Goiás, Botafogo, Corinthians, Vitória, Fluminense, Cruzeiro and Vila Nova and several lower-division teams in Brazil. In Europe, he had short-lived career, playing for Sion and Újpest.
Bianca Bin
Bianca Franceschinelli Bin is a Brazilian actress.
Jean Wyllys
Jean Wyllys is a Brazilian lecturer, journalist and politician who rose to fame after winning the fifth season of Big Brother Brasil. He was also notable as being Brazil's second openly gay member of parliament and the first congressman who was a gay-rights activist. He has been compared to Harvey Milk for his work. In 2019, citing death threats, he gave up on his Congress seat.
Paulo Henrique Ganso
Paulo Henrique Chagas de Lima, commonly known as P.H. Ganso or Ganso, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Fluminense as an attacking midfielder.
Deltan Dallagnol
Deltan Martinazzo Dallagnol is a Brazilian attorney of the Federal Public Ministry of Brazil. He is known for being the lead prosecutor of Operation Car Wash, an investigation into corruption in the Brazilian petroleum company Petrobras. Dallagnol has been with the Public Ministry since 2003, and specializes in crimes against the national financial system and money laundering.