List of Famous people named Luiz
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, is a Brazilian politician and former union leader who served as the 35th President of Brazil from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2010. He was a founding member of the Workers' Party (PT) and ran unsuccessfully for president three times before achieving victory in the 2002 election. He was then re-elected in 2006.
Luiz Felipe Scolari
Luiz Felipe Scolari, ComIH, is a Brazilian professional football manager.
Luiz Adriano
Luiz Adriano de Souza da Silva, or simply Luiz Adriano, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Palmeiras.
Luiz Henrique Mandetta
Luiz Henrique Mandetta is a Brazilian pediatric orthopedist and politician, member of the Democrats (DEM). Mandetta was announced on 20 November 2018 as Minister of Health of president Jair Bolsonaro, replacing Gilberto Occhi. On 16 April 2020 he was fired by Bolsonaro after disagreements over social distancing policies during the coronavirus pandemic.
Luiz Gustavo
Luiz Gustavo Dias is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe. He began his career as a left back, but has played mostly as a defensive midfielder, and also as a centre back.
Luiz Fux
Luiz Fux is a Brazilian judge and the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Court. He was appointed as a justice of the Court by President Dilma Rousseff in 2011 and had his nomination approved by the Senate. He is of Romanian Jewish descent, and the first Jewish Brazilian member of the Court. He was a minister of the Superior Court of Justice before assuming his position at the Supreme Court.
Luiz Philippe of Orléans-Braganza
Luiz Philippe of Orléans-Braganza is a Brazilian politician, activist, businessman, and member of the imperial House of Orléans-Braganza. He was elected Federal Deputy for São Paulo in the 2018 Brazilian elections for the Social Liberal Party with 118,457 votes.
Luiz Diallisson de Souza Alves
Luís Dialisson de Souza Alves, commonly known as Apodi, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a right back for Goiás.
Luiz Felipe Ramos Marchi
Luiz Felipe Ramos Marchi is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for La Liga club Real Betis. Born in Brazil and having previously represented his birth nation at youth levels, he plays for the Italy national team.
Luiz Fernando Pezão
Luiz Fernando de Souza, commonly known as Luiz Fernando Pezão or even Pezão is an entrepreneur, politician and former governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro. He was succeeded by acting Governor Francisco Dornelles from 28 March 2016 to 31 October 2016.