List of Famous people born in Brazil
Raquel Dodge
Raquel Elias Ferreira Dodge is a former Prosecutor General of Brazil. Previously, she was a sub-prosecutor general of the Republic and served as the Prosecutor General of the Republic from 2017 to 2019.
Leo Pereira
Leonardo "Léo" Pereira is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo.
Orlando Brandes
Orlando Brandes is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the Archbishop of Aparecida since 2017. He was Bishop of Joinville from 1994 to 2006 and Archbishop of Londrina from 2006 to 2016.
Edmílson
José Edmílson Gomes de Moraes, known simply as Edmílson, is a Brazilian football executive and former professional footballer. He's currently a technical consultant for São Caetano.
Lissah Martins
Patricia Lissa Kashiwaba Martins, better known as Li Martins, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and actress. In 2002, she won the talent show Popstars and joined the Brazilian girl group Rouge. She remained with the group until 2005, during which time they released four studio albums, Rouge (2002), C'est La Vie (2003), Blá Blá Blá (2004), and Mil e Uma Noites (2005), collectively selling 6 million copies. This made the group one of the most successful in Brazil, and one of the twenty best-selling girl groups in the world.
César Cielo
César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who specializes in sprint events. He is the most successful Brazilian swimmer in history, having obtained three Olympic medals, winning six individual World Championship gold medals and breaking two world records.
Cesar Camargo Mariano
César Camargo Mariano is a Brazilian pianist, arranger, composer and music producer.
Lourency do Nascimento Rodrigues
Lourency do Nascimento Rodrigues, simply known as Lourency, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a right winger for Gil Vicente.
Marcelinho Huertas
Marcelo "Marcelinho" Tieppo Huertas is a Brazilian professional basketball player for Iberostar Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. He is also a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team, and holds Italian citizenship. At 32 years old he was the second oldest rookie in the NBA after Pablo Prigioni and before Andre Ingram after signing with Lakers in 2015 played 1 and half seasons with Lakers before returning to the Spain in 2017.
Daniel Dias
Daniel de Faria Dias is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer. Having learnt to swim in 2004 after being inspired by Clodoaldo Silva at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, he entered his first international competition two years later winning five medals. He competed in a wide range of swimming events at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Paralympics and won 24 medals, including 14 gold medals.