List of Famous people born in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Débora Falabella
Débora Lima Falabella is a Brazilian actress.
Fernanda Brandão
Fernanda Brandão Gonçalves da Silva is a Brazilian singer, dancer and recording artist, based in Munich, Germany. She became famous under her stage name Laava, then with Latin pop trio, Hot Banditoz.
Andréia Horta
Andréia Horta is a Brazilian actress. Andréia Horta was born in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais.
Fernando Diniz
Fernando Diniz Silva, known as Fernando Diniz, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of São Paulo FC.
Danton Mello
Danton Mello is a Brazilian actor.
Wesley
Wesley Moraes Ferreira da Silva, known as Wesley or Wesley Moraes, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Segunda División club Levante, on loan from Premier League club Aston Villa.
Bernard
Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte, better known as Bernard and Bernard Duarte, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Everton and the Brazil national team as a winger. A left-sided player, Bernard is known for his pace and energy.
Lima Duarte
Lima Duarte is a Brazilian actor. He played a number of characters in Brazilian soap operas, such as Zeca Diabo in O Bem Amado and Sinhozinho Malta in Roque Santeiro. He first appeared on Brazilian television in 1950. He also worked as a voice actor in 1960s, being the voice of Top Cat, Wally Gator and Dum-Dum. He has worked with Brazilian and Portuguese directors, such as Fábio Barreto, Paulo Rocha and Manoel de Oliveira.
Conceição Evaristo
Maria da Conceição Evaristo de Brito is a Brazilian writer. Her work is marked by her life experiences as an Afro-Brazilian woman, which she calls escrevivência—a portmanteau of escrita (writing) and vivência. She was born into a humble family and is the second oldest of 9 siblings, being the first in her household to earn a university degree. She helped her mother and aunt with washing clothes and deliveries, while studying.
Carmen Lúcia
Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha is a Brazilian jurist and member of the Supreme Federal Court since 2006. She is the second woman to have been chosen as a justice for the Court and Chief Justice and a professor of Constitutional Law at Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais. She was nominated by former President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Antunes Rocha's work has been marked by the rigor with which she tries corruption cases and her firm stance regarding women's rights.