List of Famous people named Marcelo
Marcelo Freixo
Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo is a Brazilian leftist politician, broadcaster and professor. He is a state representative for the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL), and is chairman of the Defence of Human Rights and Citizenship Commission on the Rio de Janeiro Legislative Assembly.
Marcelo Odebrecht
Marcelo Bahia Odebrecht is a Brazilian businessman and the former CEO of Odebrecht, a diversified Brazilian conglomerate. In March 2016, he was sentenced to 19 years in prison for paying more than $30 million in bribes. The jail sentence has been reduced to ten years in prison in December 2016 for paying a fine, admitting guilt and providing evidence to authorities.
Marcelo Longobardi
Marcelo Longobardi is an Argentine journalist.
Marcelo Ebrard
Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón is a Mexican politician who was affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) until 2015. On 1 December 2018 he was appointed Foreign Secretary by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. He has previously served as president of the United Nations Global Network on Safer Cities. He was the successful candidate of the PRD-led electoral alliance to serve as Head of Government of the Federal District in the 2006 Federal District election, a position he held until 2012. He also served as secretary-general of the former Mexican Federal District Department, minister of public security, and minister of social development of the Mexican capital. In 2010, Ebrard was nominated as the "world's best mayor" by the Project World Mayor. From 2009 to 2012, he was the chair of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change.
Marcelo Díaz
Marcelo Alfonso Díaz Rojas is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Racing Club and the Chile national team.
Marcelo Falcão
Marcelo Falcão Custódio is a Brazilian musician, the lead singer of the group O Rappa.
Marcelo Ríos
Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga is a former world No. 1 tennis player from Chile. Nicknamed El Chino and El zurdo de Vitacura, he became the first Latin American player to reach the top position on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles rankings in 1998. He held the world No. 1 ranking for six weeks. He also held the top ranking in both juniors and seniors. He was the first player to win all three clay-court Masters Series tournaments since the format began in 1990. He was also the third male in the history to complete the Sunshine Double, which he achieved in 1998. Despite winning those five Masters titles, he is the only male player in the open era to have been world No. 1 while never managing to win a Grand Slam singles tournament in his career. He did reach the 1998 Australian Open final, losing to Petr Korda in straight sets.
Marcelo Lomba
Marcelo Lomba, is a Brazilian goalkeeper who currently plays for Brazilian Série A club Internacional.
Marcelo Larrondo
Marcelo Alejandro Larrondo is an Argentine-born Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean club O'Higgins.
Marcelo Rossi
Marcelo Mendonça Rossi is a Brazilian Catholic priest widely known and popular in the country for his novel approaches to ministering to the faithful. He is also a writer and a singer, and uses music intensely in his Masses, has recorded several music CDs, is a host to several radio and TV programs in many stations, has appeared as an actor in two movies with religious themes. All of them have been big hits in the media, but Father Rossi donates all the proceedings to Catholic charities and to his own parish.