List of Famous people born in Pernambuco, Brazil

Flávio Augusto do Nascimento

First Name Flávio

Born on June 29, 1986 (age 39)

Born in Brazil, Pernambuco

Flávio Augusto do Nascimento, commonly known as Flávio Caça-Rato or simply Caça-Rato, is a Brazilian footballer who last played as a forward for Decisão.

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Samira Rocha

First Name Samira

Born on January 26, 1989 (age 37)

Born in Brazil, Pernambuco

Height 171 cm | 5'7

Samira Pereira da Silva Rocha is a Brazilian handball player for Kisvárdai KC and the Brazilian national team.

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Patrícia França

First Name Patrícia

Last Name França

Born on September 28, 1971 (age 54)

Born in Brazil, Pernambuco

Actor

Patrícia França Monteiro de Oliveira is a Brazilian actress.

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Dani Lins

First Name Dani

Last Name Lins

Born on January 5, 1985 (age 41)

Born in Brazil, Pernambuco

Height 181 cm | 5'11

Danielle Rodrigues Lins, better known as Dani Lins, is a volleyball player from Brazil, who plays as a setter. She represented her country at the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 in Tokyo, Japan, where they won the gold medal. In 2012, she became an Olympic champion at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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Manuel Bandeira

First Name Manuel

Last Name Bandeira

Born on April 19, 1886

Died on October 13, 1968 (aged 82)

Born in Brazil, Pernambuco

Manuel Carneiro de Sousa Bandeira Filho was a Brazilian poet, literary critic, and translator, who wrote over 20 books of poetry and prose.

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Etiene Medeiros

First Name Etiene

Born on May 24, 1991 (age 34)

Born in Brazil, Pernambuco

Height 168 cm | 5'6

Swimmer

Etiene Pires de Medeiros is a Brazilian competitive swimmer who participates in backstroke and freestyle events. Widely regarded as the best Brazilian woman swimmer of all time, Medeiros was the first Brazilian to win an individual gold medal in a World Championship and Pan American Games, and the first to be a world record-holder in the modern era

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João Lyra

João José Pereira de Lyra

First Name João

Last Name Lyra

Born on June 17, 1931 (age 94)

Born in Brazil, Pernambuco

João José Pereira de Lyra is a Brazilian businessman and politician who was a Member of the Federal Senate from 1989 to 1991, and a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2003 to 2007, and from 2011 to 2015. His wealth was once estimated at $140 million making him at one point Brazil's richest Member of Parliament.

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Bruno Araújo

First Name Bruno

Last Name Araújo

Born on March 15, 1972 (age 54)

Born in Brazil, Pernambuco

Bruno Cavalcanti de Araújo is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, filiated to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). Was discharged from his third term as federal deputy for the state of Pernambuco to assume the Ministry of Cities, appointed by the then acting president Michel Temer.

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André Ferreira

First Name André

Last Name Ferreira

Born in Brazil, Pernambuco

André Felippe Falbo Ferreira, known as Pampa, is a Brazilian former volleyball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Anderson Lopes

First Name Anderson

Last Name Lopes

Born on September 15, 1993 (age 32)

Born in Brazil, Pernambuco

Height 180 cm | 5'11

Footballer

Sportsperson

Anderson José Lopes de Souza, known as Anderson Lopes, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo as a forward.

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