List of Famous people born in Brazil

Ágatha Bednarczuk is a Brazilian international beach volleyball player, playing as a blocker. She won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships, as well as a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, alongside her teammate Bárbara Seixas.

José Pereira de Abreu Júnior is a Brazilian actor.

Luíza Botelho Brunet is a former model for many international clothing brands. She has a beauty and fashion-themed website. She was Madrinha da Bateria firstly for the Portela school until 1993, then for the Imperatriz Leopoldinense until 2005. She returned as Madrinha da Bateria for the Leopoldinense in 2008 and 2009.

Cláudia Cordeiro Cruz is a Brazilian journalist. She was an anchor on Fantástico, Jornal Hoje and RJTV. Claudia is married to politician Eduardo Cunha, former president of the Chamber of Deputies, with whom he has a daughter and three stepsons. Claudia provides services to various companies and has been questioned in personal spending function. Claudia is an associate of Cunha in some companies, including Jesus.com and C3 productions.

Mário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward. He was most noted for his positioning on the field and his heading ability. He was a legend for Grêmio, playing a major part in the squad that won the 1995 Copa Libertadores. With his exceptional positioning ability, he was able to become one of Europe's most prolific strikers during his time at Porto, Galatasaray, and Sporting CP, scoring 266 goals in 274 matches for those clubs.

Thiago Maia Alencar, known as Thiago Maia, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Brazilian club Flamengo on loan from Lille.

Divisional general Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz is a Brazilian military officer who previously held the post of Force Commander of the United Nations' peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 17 May 2013 and replaced by Derrick Mbuyiselo Mgwebi on 29 December 2015. He was Minister-Secretary of Government of Brazil, nominated by President Jair Bolsonaro, from 1 January 2019 to 13 June 2019.

Gabriela Maria Zanotti Demoner, commonly known as Gabi Zanotti or simply Gabi, is a Brazilian football player for Corinthians and the Brazilian national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Fábio José de Melo Silva, better known as Padre Fábio de Melo, is a Catholic priest, artist, writer, university professor and presenter. He belonged to the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He acts in the Diocese of Taubaté, in the interior of the State of São Paulo. As a singer, he recorded eight albums for the Paulinas-COMEP Catholic record label, one for the record company Canção Nova, an independent project. His first record for a secular record company, Vida, was released by LGK Music and by Som Livre, with whom he continues to record, having already released two more albums by the end of 2009. In all, Fábio de Melo has sold more than 3 million copies of CDs, in addition to 3.5 million books. As a university professor, he taught theology at the Dehonian College of Taubaté. Nowadays, it presents the program Spiritual Direction, transmitted by TV Canção Nova every Wednesday at 10 pm, with reruns on Saturdays at 8 pm and at dawn on Monday, at 1 am.

Thaísa Daher de Menezes or also known as Thaísa Menezes, is a professional volleyball player from Brazil. She won back-to-back gold medals at the Olympics in 2008 and 2012. She has won numerous Best Spiker and Best Blocker Awards and is often singled out as one of the greatest Brazilian players of all time.