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List of Brazilians

This is a list of well known Brazilians (by nationality or citizenship), ordered alphabetically within categories:

Actors

Ana Paula Arósio (born 1975), actress
Antônio Fagundes (born 1949), actor
Bruno Campos, actor
Bibi Ferreira, actress
Bruna Lombardi, actress
Cacilda Becker (1921–1969), actress
Daniel Benzali, actor
Daniele Suzuki, actress
Débora Nascimento, actress
Denise Fraga (born 1965), actress
Dercy Gonçalves (1907-2008), entertainer
Felipe Carneiro Doria (born 1986), pornographic actor
Fernanda Montenegro (born 1929), actress
Fernanda Torres (born 1965), actress
Fábio Assunção (born 1971), actor
Grande Otelo (1915–1993), actor
Giovanna Antonelli (born 1976), actress
Jéssica Sodré, actress
José Lewgoy (1920–2003), actor
José Wilker (born 1945), actor
Juliana Didone (born 1984), actress
Juliana Silveira (born 1980), actress and singer
Lázaro Ramos, actor
Lima Duarte (born 1930), actor
Lucélia Santos (born 1957), actress, film director and producer
Malu Mader (born 1966), actress
Carmen Miranda (1909–1955), entertainer
Marco Nanini (born 1948), actor
Maria Fernanda (born 1928), actress
Maria Fernanda Cândido (born 1974), actress
Maria Flor (born 1983), actress
Marilia Gabriela (born 1948), actress and journalist
Marilia Pera (born 1943), actress
Matheus Nachtergaele (born 1969), actor
Miguel Falabela (born 1957), actor
Murilo Benicio (born 1972), actor
Oscarito, actor
Paola Oliveira (born 1982), actress
Paulo Autran (born 1922), actor
Paulo Satinho (born 1979), actor and comedian
Procópio Ferreira (1898–1979), actor and theatrical director
Ranieri Gonzalez, actor
Regina Duarte (born 1947), actress
Renato Aragão (born 1936), actor
Reynaldo Gianecchini (born 1972), actor
Rodrigo Hilbert
Rodrigo Santoro (born 1975), actor
Ronald Golias (1929–2005), actor and comedian
Selton Melo (born 1972), actor
Seu Jorge (born 1970), entertainer
Silvia Pfeifer (born 1958), actress
Sônia Braga (born 1950), actress
Tarcisio Meira (born 1935), actor
Taís Araújo (born 1978), actress
Teresa Seiblitz (born 1962), actress
Vagner Dantas (born 1983), actor
Vanessa de Oliveira (born 1969), actress and model
Vera Fischer (born 1951), actress
Viétia Zangrandi
Xuxa Meneghel (born 1963), actress, singer, TV show host
Cleyde Yaconis, actress
Leonardo Villar, actor
Natalia Timber, actress
Gloria Menezes, actress
Beatrice Segal, actress
Noel Silva (born 1937), actor, producer of TV commercials
Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, actor, playwright
Raul Cortez, actor

Architects and urbanists

Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994), architect and landscape designer.
Lúcio Costa (1902–1998), architect and urbanist, creator of Brasília
Oscar Niemeyer (born 1907), architect of international renown
Ruy Ohtake, architect
Affonso Eduardo Reidy (1909–1964), architect and urban planner, reformer of Rio de Janeiro
Paulo Mendes da Rocha (born 1928), architect, winner of the 2006 Pritzker Prize
João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915–1985), architect

Artists

Artur Barrio
Alberto Guignard
Anita Malfatti, painter
Alfredo Volpi (1896–1988), painter
Almeida Junior (1850–1899), painter
Antonio Francisco Lisboa "O Aleijadinho" (1738–1814), Baroque sculptor
Arnaldo Angeli Filho (born 1956), cartoonist
Cândido Portinari (1903–1962), painter
Carlos Gomes Lacerda (born 1964), painter, computer animation
Celso Rodrigues (born 1980), art director
Cybèle Varela (born 1943), painter, mixed-media artist
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897–1976), painter
Fernando Ferreira de Araujo (born 1962), painter based in New York City
Frans Krajcberg (born 1921)
Glauco (born 1957), cartoonist
Guto Lacaz, painter
Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980), painter
Iberê Camargo (1914–1994), painter
Laerte Coutinho (born 1951), cartoonist
Lasar Segall
Leonardo Mereu (born 1981), writer, musician
Lina Bo Bardi
Lygia Clark (1920–1988)
Lygia Pape (1924–2004)
Manabu Mabe (1924–1997)
Mario Gruber (born 1927)
Mauricio de Sousa, cartoonist
Moysés Baumstein, holographer, painter, film/video producer (1931–1991)
Oscar Araripe, painter
Oswaldo Goeldi (1895–1961), illustrator and engraver
Raul Bopp, painter
Renato de Almeida,(1921–1980), painter
Renato Monterisi de Almeida,virtuoso guitar player and composer
Roberto Monterisi de Almeida,painter
Rodrigo Teixeira (born 1976), Visual Effects
Silvia Matheus (born 1955), electronic musician and composer
Taiguara (1945-1996), singer/songwriter
Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), painter
Victor Brecheret (1886–1973), painter
Victor Meirelles (1832–1903)

Diplomats

Barão do Rio Branco (1849–1912)
Joaquim Nabuco (1849–1910)
Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas
Oswaldo Aranha
Rui Barbosa
Walter Moreira Salles
Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948–2003), UN representative

Film directors

Alberto Cavalcanti (1897–1982), pioneer film-maker
Annibal Requião, pioneer film-maker
Anselmo Duarte (born 1920), winner of a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or
Bruno Barreto, Golden Berlin Bear-nominated director
Cacá Diegues
Carolina Moraes-Liu
Eduardo Coutinho
Fernando Meirelles, Academy Award-nominated director
Glauber Rocha (1939–1981), Cannes Film Festival award-winning director
Guel Arraes
Hector Babenco, Argentine-Brazilian Academy Award-nominated director
Humberto Mauro (1897–1983), pioneer and inventive film-maker
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (1932–1988)
José Mojica Marins (born 1936), also known as Coffin Joe, film-maker expert in horror movies.
Karim Aïnouz
Mário Peixoto, pioneer film-maker at a more "artistic" cinema
Nelson Pereira dos Santos, director of "Rio 40 Graus" and "Rio Zona Norte", movies that brought, in the middle of the 50's, the Italian neo-realistic way of filming to Brazil.
Oswaldo Caldeira
Ruy Guerra
Walter Salles, award-studded director of "Central do Brasil" (Central Station)
Cao Hamburger
Luiz Duarte (born 1956), director and screenplaywriter

Executives and business entrepreneurs

Explorers and discoverers

Cândido Rondon, famous explorer and engineer
Orlando Villas Boas (1914–2003), explorer and indigenist
Amyr Klink, adventurer and navigator, first solo rowing across the South Atlantic
Sydney Possuelo (born 1940), explorer, social activist and Indian expert

Fashion designers

Clodovil Hernandes
Gilson Martins
Guilherme Guimarães
Vivian Crettol
Mara MacDowell da Costa (Mara-Mac Mariazinha)
Alexandre Herchcovitch
Ocimar Versolato
Tufi Duek
Zuzu Angel Jones

Geologists

Alberto Betim Paes Leme (born 1910)
Aluízio Licínio de Miranda Barbosa (born 1916, Alto do Rio Doce-MG)
A.P. Lobo.
Bhaskara Rao Adsumilli
Antonino Juarez Borges (born 1945, Estrela do Sul-MG, Brazil) Head of the Department of Applied Geophysics of Brazilian Geological Service, CPRM. Author of numerous geophysical studies and maps in the Brazilian territory, since early 70's.
Antonio Tomás dos Santos Ferreira da Silva.
Arnaldo de Carvalho Gramani
Aroldo Misi
Átila Carvalho de Godoy.
Ben Edmestone Barnes (1903–1969, born London, UK, died Rio de Janeiro)
Benjamin Bley de Brito Neves, prolific tectonicist and hydrogeologist. Professor at IGC-Universidade de São Paulo.
Benedito Paulo Alves (born 1917, died 20th century, born Ouro Preto, died Belo Horizonte)
Carlos Maurício Noce.
Carlos Schobbenhaus, brilliant geologist and main responsible for the publication of the different Geologic, Tectonic and Mineral Deposits of Brazil by CPRM
Djalma Guimarães (1895–1973, born Santa Luzia, MG, died Belo Horizonte)
Eberhard Wernick.
Edison José Milani, is contributing outstandingly for the petroleum geology of Brazil.
Eduardo Antonio Ladeira.
Elmer Prata Salomão
Emiliano Cornélio de Souza.
Euzébio Paulo de Oliveira (born 1905)
Evaristo Penna Scorza (1899–1969)
Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (born 1916, Rio de Janeiro), one of the most outstanding geologists of the 20 century; he is still active in researching, teaching, lecturing, and publishing in the 21st century
Fernando Flecha Alkmim Prominent professor of Tectonics at the Escola de Minas de Ouro Preto.
Glycon de Paiva (born 1927)
Guilherme Estrella Director of Exploration and Production of PETROBRÁS. During his management, Brazil reached self-sufficiency in oil production.
Hardy Jost expert geologist in gold and diamonds.
Heinz Ebert one of the greatest tectonicists of the 20 Century.
Jad Salomão
Jaime Duchini, outstanding exploration geologist for gold.
João Henrique Grossi Sad, ex-director of GEOSOL and a dedicated Professor of Geology at the Escola de Minas de Ouro Preto and Institute of Geosciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
John Van Nostrand Dorr II (1910–1996, born in New York City, died Bethesda, Maryland), lived about one fourth of his life doing geology in Brazil.
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (1763–1838)
José Ferreira de Andrade Jr. (born 1925)
José Jayme Rodrigues Branco
J.C.J.Conceição
José Augusto Sartori Loyola Brandão
José Moacyr Vianna Coutinho
Louis Agassiz
Louis de Loczy (Hungria, 1897–1980, born Brazil, Rio de Janeiro)
Luciano Jacques de Moraes (1896–1968)
Luciano Tavares Siqueira
Luiz A. P. Gamboa
Luiz Flores Moraes Rego (born 1920)
Manoel Teixeira da Costa (died 1979)
M.C.Lana
Miguel Arrojado Ribeiro Lisboa (born 1894)
Milton Guimarães Bueno do Prado, dynamic exploration geologist and entrepreneur in junior mining company.
Nikolai Alexandrovitch Kudryavtsev
Naldo Torres, ex-President of GEOSOL and outstanding manager of drilling projects for several mineral deposits.
Nivaldo Destro
Octávio Barbosa
Orville Adalbert Derby (1851–1915, born Kellogsville, New York, died Rio de Janeiro), American geologist who worked in Brazil particularly for the DNPM, CPRM
Othon Henry Leonardos I (born 1925), famous geologist of 20th Century and productive writer on geology and history of sciences and mining in Brazil. He was for many years Director of the School of Geology of Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Member of several world geological societies.
Othon Henry Leonardos Jr.
Paulo Ercichsen de Oliveira (1911–1969)
Paul Ferrand (1855–1895, born França, died Ouro Preto)
Paulo Pereira Martins
Pedro De Moura (born 1925).
Pedro Victor Zalán
Peter Szatmary.
Reinhardt Adolfo Fuck, famous petrologist of IGC-UnB.
Reinhard Maack (1982–1969, born Germany, died Brazil)
Ronald Fleischer, outstanding exploration geologist, tectonicist and metallogeneticist.
Sérgio Estanislau do Amaral
Sergio Nertan Alves de Brito, entrepreneur, expert on geology of foundations dams, and on slope stability of excavations both open pit and underground.
Sérgio Estanislau do Amaral.
Sérgio Luiz Martins Pereira Director of São Bento Mining Co.
Vargas de Bedemar.
Viktor Leinz (born 1936, died 20th century, born Germany, died São Paulo, Brazil), founder of the Course of Geology of Universidade de São Paulo and writer.
Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege, author of Pluto Brasiliensis.
Vladimir Porfire'v.
Walter K. Link, USA geologist. Controversial organizer of Oil Exploration in Brazil.
Yociteru Hasui, Outstanding tectonicist. Professor at IGC-Universidade de São Paulo. Prolific writrer on geological sciences.

Heroes and historical figures

Admiral Tamandaré, military combatant, war veteran, Father of the Navy.
Aimberê, Tupinambá chieftain, leader of the Tamoio insurgency against Portuguese colonizers, he was killed in battle.
Ana Néri, pioneering nurse, she assisted Brazilian forces on the battlefield, Mother of Nursery.
Anita Garibaldi (1807–1849), revolutionary combatant, fought in Brazil and Italy, was married to Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Barão do Amazonas, Admiral of the Navy, war hero, led the decisive Battle of Riachuelo.
Bárbara de Alencar, mother of the Independence and Republic.
Bento Gonçalves, military commander, led a separatist movement.
Chico Mendes (1944–1988), murdered rural leader and martyr of ecological movements in the Amazon.
Duke of Caxias, military commander, nationalist leader, Father of the Army.
Frei Caneca (1779–1825), a priest and martyr of the independence, executed.
José Bonifácio, Patriarch of the Independence.
José Plácido de Castro, military combatant and nationalist leader; led the Acre revolution.
Luís Gonzaga Pinto da Gama (1830–1882), abolitionist leader.
Manuel Beckman, led an insurgency movement on the XVII century in Maranhão against the Portuguese Crown, and was executed by hanging.
Maria Quitéria (1792–1853), heroin of the fight for Independence in Bahia.
Padre Feijó (1784–1843), a priest, teacher and politician, who made important role on the Independence period and as regent during The Regency Era.
Princess Isabel (1846–1921), Princess Imperial of Brazil, second daughter of Emperor D. Pedro II, signed the abolition of slavery in Brazil.
Luiz Carlos Prestes (1898–1990), leader of the tenente rebellion of "Coluna Prestes", and later a communist leader.
Tiradentes (1746–1792), leader of a failed conspiracy against the Portuguese, executed by hanging.
Tristão de Alencar Araripe, republican leader assassinated by Brazilian Empire forces.
Vladimir Herzog (1937–1975), Croatian-Brazilian journalist, tortured and murdered by the military dictatorship, became a martyr for the democratic resistance.
Zumbi dos Palmares (1655–1695), African-born leader of a slave revolt, murdered by the Portuguese Crown.

Intellectuals and thinkers

Anísio Teixeira (1900–1971), educator
Benjamin Sodré
Benjamin Constant, abolitionist and republican
Caio Prado Jr. (1907–1990), writer, publisher and sociologist
Dalmo de Abreu Dallari, jurist and university professor
Darcy Ribeiro (1922–1997), anthropologist and educator, scientific leader and politician
Elisa Sotelino (born 1872), professor, Virginia Tech
Francisco José de Oliveira Vianna (1883–1951)
Fernando de Azevedo (1894–1974)
Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), sociologist
Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), sociologist
Heráclito Sobral Pinto (1893–1991), jurist and civil rights activist
José do Patrocínio, liberal abolitionist and republican
Mário Ferreira dos Santos, philosopher
Mário Pedrosa (1900–1982)
Marlos Barroso, Engineer
Nisia Floresta Augusta (1810–1885), early feminist
Leonardo Boff, friar, theologian, silenced by the Vatican due to his socialist stance
Milton Santos (1926–2001), geographer, writer and university professor
Paulo Freire (1921–1997), educator and university professor
Raymundo Faoro (1925–2003), jurist

Models

Female

Male

Monarchs

Maria II of Portugal,(1819–1853)
D. Pedro II (1825–1891)
Queen Silvia of Sweden (born 1943) (née Silvia Sommerlath, German-Brazilian)

Musicians

Politicians

Religious leaders

Antonio Conselheiro, also known outside Brazil as "The Counselor", founder of Canudos
Cícero Romão Batista (1844–1934), Catholic priest, charismatic religious leader, has a large following; there are numerous miracles attributed to him.
David Miranda, Christian missionary, founder of the Deus é Amor church.
Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.
Saint Anthony of Saint Anne Galvão (Friar Galvão), friar, Catholic saint.
D. Helder Câmara (1909–1999), Catholic archbishop of Olinda and Recife, a fierce defender of civil rights during the military regime.
D. Paulo Evaristo Arns, former archbishop of São Paulo, also a civil rights leader.
D. Cláudio Hummes, Bishop, Archbishop and Catholic Cardinal of São Paulo, current Mayor of the Congregation for the Clergy.
Helvécio Martins, General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chico Xavier (1910–2002), main figure of Spiritism.

Journalists and TV celebrities

Sports

Writers and poets

Álvares de Azevedo (1831–1852), poet and writer
Alfredo D'Escragnolle Taunay (1843–1871), writer and historian
Alfredo Dias Gomes (1922–1999), playwriter
Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914), poet
Antônio Gonçalves Dias (1823–1864), poet
Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987), poet and writer
Cecília Meireles (1901–1964), poet
Clarice Lispector (1925–1977), writer
Eduardo de Paula Barreto (born 1963), poet
Érico Verissimo (1905–1975), writer
Fernando Sabino (1923–2004), writer
Ferreira Gullar, writer and poet
Haroldo de Campos (1929–2003), poet
Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996) writer
João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999), poet
João Guimarães Rosa (1908–1967), writer
João Pedro Jorge, writer and poet
Jorge Amado (1912–2001), writer
José de Alencar (1829–1877), writer
Julio Ribeiro, writer
Luis Fernando Veríssimo (born 1936), writer
Lya Luft (born 1938), writer and poet
Machado de Assis (1839–1908), writer
Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968), poet
Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001), playwriter
Mário de Andrade (1893–1945), writer
Márcio Souza (born 1946), writer
Menotti del Picchia, critic and writer
Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948), writer and publisher
Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980), journalist and writer
Regina Herkenhoff, teacher and writer
Oduvaldo Vianna Filho (1936–1974), playwriter
Olavo Bilac (1865–1918), poet
Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978), critic
Otto Lara Rezende, writer, critic and journalist
Oscar Araripe, Poet and painter
Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954), writer and critic
Paulo Coelho (born 1947), writer
Patrícia Galvão ("Pagu"), wife of Oswald de Andrade
Plínio Marcos (1935–1999), playwriter
Raquel de Queiroz, writer
Vinícius de Morais (1913–1980), poet
Luiz Duarte (born 1956), writer, playwriter, and screenplaywriter

Science and technology

Adib Jatene, heart surgeon
Adolfo Lutz, physician and pioneer of public health
Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviator and inventor.
Aldo Misi, engineer and entrepreneur.
Antônio Rebouças Filho, pioneer engineer and urbanist
André Rebouças (1838–1898), pioneer engineer, brother of Antônio Rebouças Filho.
Aristides Leão, physician and physiologist, discovered Leão's depression, a phenomenon of the nervous tissue
Aurélio Buarque de Hollanda, historiographer and linguist
Carlos Chagas, physician and biomedical scientist, discovered Chagas Disease.
Carlos Chagas Filho, physician and physiologist, former president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Son of Carlos Chagas.
Celso Furtado, noted economist and ideologue of economy of developing nations
César Lattes, experimental physicist, co-discoverer of pi meson, a kind of atomic particle
Eduardo Krieger, physician and physiologist, current president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Ely Caetano Xavier Junior, young researcher, won the national Cientistas de Amanhã prize, sponsored by the UNESCO, in 2006 for his study on children's health.
Ennio Candotti, physicist and scientific leader
Euryclides Zerbini, heart surgeon, pioneer of first heart transplant in Brazil
Evandro Chagas, physician and biomedical scientist specialized in tropical medicine. Son of Carlos Chagas.
Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), father of Brazilian sociology
Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), historiographer and sociologist
Getúlio Vargas Barbosa,geographer, geomorphologist, Professor of the Instituto de Geociências of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais ('IGC- UFMG') and one of the main scientists of Projeto RADAM ('Amazonas Radar Project').
Henrique da Rocha Lima,
Hércules Florence, pioneer of photography
Horacio Carlos Panepucci, (1937-2004) physicist, born in Argentina, later moved to Brazil where he took Brazilian citizenship and eventually built a full body MRI device nowadays in use at the local hospital of his town.
Isaias Raw, physician, biochemist and scientific leader
Ivan Izquierdo, physician and neuroscientist, discovered neural mechanisms of memory
Jacob Palis, mathematician of international fame
Jorge Stolfi, computer scientist, nowadays professor at UNICAMP
Johanna Döbereiner (1924–2000), biologist of international fame, discoverer of the nitrogen fixation role of soil bacteria
José Aristodemo Pinotti, physician and gynecologist, former president of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
José Goldemberg, physicist, former Minister of Science & Technology and Dean of the University of São Paulo
José Leite Lopes, theoretical physicist
José Lutzenberger (1926–2002), ecologist and zoologist
José Reis, biologist, greatest Brazilian science writer
Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva, physician, infectologist and immunologist
Manuel de Abreu, physician, inventor of abreugraphy (mass radiography of the lungs for screening tuberculosis)
Marcelo Gleiser, physicist, writer and professor of physics and astronomy at the Dartmouth College since 1991
Marcos Pontes, first Brazilian astronaut, Expedition 13
Mário Schenberg, one of the most noted theoretical physicists in the world
Maurício Rocha e Silva, physician and pharmacologist, discovered bradykinin, an active cardiovascular peptide
Mayana Zatz, biologist and geneticist
Miguel Nicolelis, neuroscientist, one of Scientific American's best scientists of 2004
Mílton de Arruda Martins, physician, pulmonary scientist and medical educator
Milton Santos (1926–2001), geographer
Newton da Costa (born 1929), mathematician and logician, recognised for his works in paraconsistent logic
Nise da Silveira (1905–1999), psychiatrist and mental health reformer
Oswaldo Cruz, physician and public health champion, eliminated yellow fever, bubonic plague and smallpox in Rio de Janeiro at the turn of the 20th century
Paulo Emilio Vanzolini, zoologist and as hobbist, a composer of Brazilian popular music.
Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, pathologist and pioneer in study health impact from environmental pollutants
Paulo Roberto D'Amore, CPA, Accountant, 1st Brazilian to envision the growth of software usage by small business in Brazil. Owner of United Software Ltd [São Paulo], est. in 1978.
Paulo Nogueira Neto, ecologist, zoologist and scientific leader
Roberto Landell de Moura, pioneer of telephony
Roberto Evaristo, Knowledge Management specialist
Rogério César de Cerqueira Leite, physicist and scientific leader and writer
Santiago Americano Freire (1908–1997), physician and professor of pharmacology, psychiatrist,writer, painter.
Sérgio Henrique Ferreira, physician and pharmacologist, discovered the active principle of a new drug against hypertension
Sonia Ambrosio de Nelson, journalist and sociologist.
Vital Brazil, physician and scientist, discoverer of the antivenom for snakes and other venomous animals
Warwick Estevam Kerr, geneticist, researcher on the biology and genetics of bees
Wilson Teixeira Beraldo, co-discoverer of bradykinin

Foreign scientists and engineers who lived in Brazil

Alfonso Bovero, Italian anatomist and teacher at São Paulo Surgery and Medicine School (now University of São Paulo Medical School)
Carl August Wilhelm Schwacke, German botanist
Charles Frederick Hartt, Canadian-American geologist and paleontologist
Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist
Émil Goeldi, Swiss naturalist
Emmanuel Liais, French astronomer and naturalist
Erasmo Recami, Italian physicist
Friedrich Sellow, German botanist
Fritz Müller, German naturalist
Fritz Köberle, Austrian physician and pathologist
Giorgio Mortara, Italian Demographer and Statistician
Grigori Ivanovitch Langsdorff, German/Russian naturalist
Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist
Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian/Italian physicist
Helmut Sick, German zoologist
Hermann von Ihering, German naturalist
Louis Couty, French physiologist and pharmacologist
Lucien Lison, Belgian anatomist
Ludwig Riedel, German botanist
Miguel Rolando Covian, Argentinian physiologist
Orville Adalbert Derby, American geologist
Peter Wilhelm Lund, Danish zoologist and paleontologist
Richard Feynman, American physicist
David Bohm, American physicist
Dr Peter Szatmari, Hungarian geologist

List of Brazilians

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Intellectuals and thinkers

Models

Female

Male

Monarchs

Musicians

Politicians

Religious leaders

Journalists and TV celebrities

Sports

Writers and poets

Science and technology

Foreign scientists and engineers who lived in Brazil

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