List of Famous people born in Brazil
Tarcísio Filho
Tarcísio Pereira de Magalhães Filho, usually known as Tarcísio Filho is a Brazilian cinema and television actor.
Patrícia Pillar
Patricia Gadelha Pillar is a Brazilian actress, producer, film director, screenwriter, and television presenter.
Sebastien Bellin
Sebastien Bellin is a Brazilian-Belgian former professional basketball player. He has also been a part of the Belgian national basketball team in his career, he made his last appearance in 2010.
Yan Gomes
Yan Gomes is a Brazilian American professional baseball catcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays and the Cleveland Indians. The Blue Jays drafted Gomes in the tenth round of the 2009 MLB Draft. He made his MLB debut in 2012, becoming the first Brazilian-born player in major league history. He played for the Blue Jays in 2012 and the Indians from 2013 to 2018. He was traded to the Nationals ahead of the 2019 season and won the World Series with Washington over the Houston Astros.
Erick Silva
Erick Vinicius Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division of the Bellator MMA. A professional since 2005, he has also competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Jungle Fight, where he was the inaugural Welterweight Champion. He is also current UFC Bantamweight fighter Gabriel Silva's big brother.
Patrícia de Sabrit
Patrícia Renaux Chamagne de Sabrit, better known as Patrícia de Sabrit, is a Brazilian actress and television presenter.
Damares Alves
Damares Regina Alves is a Brazilian attorney and evangelical pastor. She has been Minister of Human Rights, Family and Women in the Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro. She is the second female minister appointed to the new government as of December 2018. Damares is concerned about issues such as abortion, women trafficking, suicide, juvenile self-harming, and combatting drugs. Alves is engaged directly in the preparation of youth for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and intends to consolidate a pactuated agenda between different ministries of the Federal Government capable of integrating programs, policies, projects and initiatives under the same, articulated perspective of impact—modernizing education.
Odair Souza
Odair Souza, commonly known as Nenén, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Márcio Roberto dos Santos
Márcio Roberto dos Santos, commonly known as Márcio Santos, is a former association footballer, who played as a defender.
Antônio Drauzio Varella
Antônio Drauzio Varella is a Brazilian doctor, educator, scientist and medical science popularizer in the press and TV, as well as best-selling author. In addition to medicine, Varella is a public commentator on issues such as prison conditions, social welfare, government, literature and his professed atheism and skepticism.