List of Famous people born in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rodrigo Janot

First Name Rodrigo

Last Name Janot

Born on September 15, 1957 (age 68)

Born in Brazil, Minas Gerais

Rodrigo Janot Monteiro de Barros is a Brazilian jurist who served as the Prosecutor General of the Republic from 2013 to 2017.

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Ziraldo Alves Pinto

First Name Ziraldo

Born on October 24, 1932 (age 93)

Born in Brazil, Minas Gerais

Ziraldo Alves Pinto, usually referred to mononymically as Ziraldo, is a Brazilian author, painter, comic creator, and journalist. His books have sold about ten million copies, have been translated to many foreign languages and adapted to the theater and cinema. His children's books, such as the popular O Menino Maluquinho, have also been the basis of successful films and television series in Brazil.

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Fernando Gabeira

First Name Fernando

Last Name Gabeira

Born on February 17, 1941 (age 85)

Born in Brazil, Minas Gerais

Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira is a Brazilian politician, author and journalist. He was a federal deputy for the State of Rio de Janeiro from 1995 to 2011.

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Miriam Leitão

First Name Miriam

Born on April 7, 1953 (age 73)

Born in Brazil, Minas Gerais

Miriam Azevedo de Almeida Leitão is a Brazilian journalist and television presenter. She has a program at GloboNews and is a commentator on economics at TV Globo's Bom Dia Brasil and writes the column Panorama Econômico in the newspaper O Globo.

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Palhinha

Born on December 14, 1967 (age 58)

Born in Brazil, Minas Gerais

Height 173 cm | 5'8

Footballer

Sportsperson

Jorge Ferreira da Silva, commonly known as Palhinha, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or as a forward.

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Petra Costa

First Name Petra

Last Name Costa

Born on July 8, 1983 (age 42)

Born in Brazil, Minas Gerais

Filmmaker

Petra Costa is a Brazilian filmmaker and actress whose work lives on the borderlines of fiction and nonfiction. She has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2018.

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Erika Januza

First Name Erika

Last Name Januza

Born on May 7, 1985 (age 40)

Born in Brazil, Minas Gerais

Actor

Érika Januza da Trindade Gomes is a Brazilian actress and model.

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José Dirceu

First Name José

Last Name Dirceu

Born on March 16, 1946 (age 80)

Born in Brazil, Minas Gerais

José Dirceu, in full José Dirceu de Oliveira e Silva, is a former Brazilian politician. His political rights were suspended by the Brazilian House of Representatives and he was found guilty by the Brazilian Supreme Court of active corruption and conspiracy in two separate lawsuits.

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Hugo Barra

First Name Hugo

Last Name Barra

Born on October 28, 1976 (age 49)

Born in Brazil, Minas Gerais

Hugo Barra is a Brazilian computer scientist, technology executive and entrepreneur. From 2008 to 2013, he served in a number of product management roles at Google in London and California, including Vice President and product spokesman of Google's Android division.

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Danilo Gabriel de Andrade

First Name Danilo

Born on June 11, 1979 (age 46)

Born in Brazil, Minas Gerais

Height 186 cm | 6'1

Footballer

Sportsperson

Danilo Gabriel de Andrade, or simply Danilo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder, most recently for Vila Nova.

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