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List of Brazilians

This is a list of Brazilians, people either born in Brazil or immigrants to Brazil (citizens or permanent residents), grouped by their area of notability.

Actors

Main article: List of Brazilian actors

• Alice Braga (1983 -)
• Alinne Moraes (1983 -)
• Ana Paula Arósio (1975 -)
• Antônio Fagundes (1949 -)
• Bete Mendes (1949 -), actor/politician
• Betty Lago (1955 -)
• Bruno Campos
• Bruna Lombardi (1952 -)
• Dado Dolabella (1980 -)
• Daniel Benzali
• Daniele Suzuki (1977 -)
• Denise Fraga (1965 -)
• Dercy Gonçalves, (1907–2008), artist
• Eliane Giardini (1952 -)
• Fernanda Montenegro, (1929 -)
• Fernanda Torres (1965 -)
• Fábio Assunção (1971 -)
• Francisca Queiroz (1979 -)
• Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1934–2006)
• Giovanna Antonelli (1976 -)
• Glória Menezes (1934 -)
• Grande Otelo (1915–1993)
• Guilherme Berenguer
• Hebe Camargo (1929 -), TV presenter, singer, actress
• Jéssica Sodré (1985 -)
• José Lewgoy (1920–2003)
• José Wilker (1945 -)
• Juliana Didone (1984 -)
• Juliana Silveira (1980), actress/singer
• Lázaro Ramos (1978 -)
• Lima Duarte (1930)
• Lucélia Santos (1957), actress, film director and producer
• Malu Mader (1966 -),
• Carmen Miranda (1909–1955), singer
• Marco Nanini (1948?)
• Maria Flor (1983 -)
• Matheus Nachtergaele (1969 -)
• Miguel Falabella (1957)
• Murilo Benício (1972 -)
• Natália Guimarães (1984), Miss Brasil 2007, actress
• Oscarito
• Paola Oliveira (1982 -)
• Paulo Autran (1922–2007)
• Paulo Betti (1952)
• Raul Cortez (1932–2006)
• Raw Leiba, actor and sportsmodel
• Regina Duarte (1947 -)
• Renato Aragão (1936 )
• Reynaldo Gianecchini (1972 -)
• Rodrigo Hilbert (1980 -)
• Rodrigo Lopes Big Brother finalist (United Kingdom), Actor and TV Reporter, (1985 -)
• Rodrigo Santoro (1975 -)
• Ronald Golias (1929–2005), actor and comedian
• Selton Mello (1972 -)
• Seu Jorge (1970), artist
• Sônia Braga (1950 -)
• Taís Araújo (1978 -)
• Tarcisio Meira (1935)
• Teresa Seiblitz (1962)
• Vagner Dantas (1983)
• Vera Fischer (1951 -)
• Viétia Zangrandi
• Xuxa Meneghel (1963), actress, singer, TV host
• Leonardo Villar

Architects and urbanists

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

Artists

Main article: List of Brazilian artists

• Artur Barrio
• Anita Malfatti, painter
• Alfredo Volpi (1896–1988), painter
• Almeida Junior (1850–1899), painter
• Ana Lucia Souza (born 1982), ballet dancer
• Ana Maria Pacheco(born 1943) painter and sculptor
• Antonio Francisco Lisboa "O Aleijadinho" (1730–1814), Baroque sculptor
• Cândido Portinari (1903–1962), painter
• Cybèle Varela (born 1943), painter, mixed-media artist
• Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897–1976), painter
• Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980), painter
• José Pancetti (born 1902), painter
• Julio Marchi (born 1971), songwriter, film/video producer, writer, designer
• Lasar Segall
• Lygia Clark (1920–1988)
• Lygia Pape (1924–2004)
• Manabu Mabe (1924–1997)
• Mauricio de Sousa, cartoonist
• Moysés Baumstein, holographer, painter, film/video producer (1931–1991)
• Naza, painter, Visual Artist
• Oswaldo Goeldi (1895–1961), illustrator and engraver
• Raul Bopp, painter
• Rodrigo Teixeira (born 1976), Visual Effects
• Taiguara (1945–1996), singer/songwriter
• Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), painter
• Victor Brecheret (1894–1955), painter
• Victor Meirelles (1832–1903)
• Sidnei Tendler (1958)

Diplomats

Main article: List of Brazilian diplomats

• Barão do Rio Branco (1845–1912)
• 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

Main article: List of Brazilian film directors

• Aluizio Abranches
• Ana Carolina
• Andrucha Waddington
• Alberto Cavalcanti (1897–1982), pioneer film-maker
• Ana Maria Magalhães, director and actress
• Anselmo Duarte (born 1920), winner of a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or
• Bruno Barreto, Golden Berlin Bear-nominated director
• Arnaldo Jabor, director, writer and journalist, Silver Berlin Bear-winner
• Cacá Diegues
• Cao Hamburger
• Carlos Coimbra (1925–2007)
• Carlos Manga, Chanchada films and TV director
• Carlos Reichenbach
• Cláudio Torres, Fernanda Torres's brother
• Daniel Filho, director and actor
• Daniela Thomas
• David Neves (1938–1994)
• Domingos Oliveira
• Eduardo Coutinho, documentary filmmaker
• Fabio Barreto, Bruno Barreto's brother
• Fernando Meirelles, Academy Award-nominated director
• Glauber Rocha (1939–1981), founder of Brazilian New Cinema – Cinema Novo, Cannes Film Festival award – winning director
• Guilherme de Almeida Prado
• Hugo Carvana, director and actor
• Hector Babenco, Argentine-Brazilian Academy Award-nominated director
• Heitor Dhalia
• Humberto Mauro (1897–1983), pioneer and inventive film-maker
• João Moreira Salles, documentary director and Walter Salles's brother
• Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (1932–1988), member of Brazilian New Cinema – Cinema Novo
• Joel Zito Araújo
• Jom Tob Azulay
• Jorge Furtado
• José Mojica Marins (born 1936), also known as Coffin Joe, film-maker expert in horror movies.
• José Padilha, Golden Berlin Bear winner
• Karim Aïnouz
• Lima Barreto (1906–1982)
• Lucélia Santos, director and actress
• Luiz de Barros (1893–1992)
• Luiz Duarte (born 1956), director and screenplaywriter
• Luiz Fernando Carvalho
• Marcelo Gomes
• Mário Peixoto (1910–1992), pioneer film-maker
• Nelson Pereira dos Santos, director
• Norma Bengell, director and actress
• Paulo Morelli
• Paulo Porto (1917–1999), director and actor
• Paulo Thiago
• Roberto Farias
• Roberto Santos (1928–1987)
• Ruy Guerra (born in Mozambique, 1931), member of Brazilian New Cinema – Cinema Novo
• Sérgio Machado
• Sérgio Rezende
• Suzana Amaral
• Tata Amaral
• Walter Hugo Khouri (1929–2003)
• Walter Lima Jr.
• Walter Salles, director of "Central do Brasil" (Central Station)
• Watson de Macedo (1918–1981), director of Chanchada films

Executives and business entrepreneurs

Main article: List of Brazilian entrepreneurs

• Abílio Diniz
• Aloysio de Andrade Faria
• Andre Medici
• Antônio Ermírio de Moraes
• Armínio Fraga
• Assis Chateaubriand
• Bob Falkenburg
• Carlos Ghosn
• Daniel Dantas
• Edmond Safra
• Eduardo Saverin
• Eike Batista
• Francesco Matarazzo
• Germán Efromovich
• Gustavo Franco
• Henrique Meirelles
• João Carlos di Genio
• Jorge Paulo Lemann
• José Alencar
• José Mentor Guilherme de Mello
• Julio Bozano
• Julio Marchi
• Norberto Odebrecht
• Pedro Moreira Salles
• Ricardo Semler
• Roberto Marinho
• Samuel Klein
• Victor Civita
• Walter Moreira Salles

Explorers and discoverers

• Cândido Rondon (1865–1958), 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 (1940–), explorer, social activist and Indian expert

Fashion designers

• Alberto Sabino
• Alexandre Herchcovitch
• Amir Slama (Rosa Chá)
• André Lima
• Carlos Falchi
• Carlos Tufvesson
• Clodovil Hernandes (Haute-Couture)
• David Azulay (Blue Man)
• Francisco Costa (Calvin Klein)
• Igor Cavalera (Cavalera)
• João Pimenta
• Ocimar Versolato
• Ricardo Almeida
• Tufi Duek (Fórum / Triton)
• Zuzu Angel

Geologists

• Aluízio Licínio de Miranda Barbosa (born 1916, Alto do Rio Doce-MG)
• Djalma Guimarães (1895–1973, born Santa Luzia, MG, died Belo Horizonte)
• 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
• José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (1763–1838)
• Louis Agassiz
• Louis de Loczy (Hungria, 1897–1980, born Brazil, Rio de Janeiro)
• Orville Adalbert Derby (1851–1915, born Kellogsville, New York, died Rio de Janeiro), American geologist who worked in Brazil particularly for the DNPM, CPRM.
• Reinhard Maack (1892–1969, born in Herford-Germany, died in Curitiba-Brazil)
• Walter K. Link, USA geologist. Controversial organizer of Oil Exploration in Brazil.
• Octávio Barbosa (1907–1997) Brazilian field geologist, prospector
• Heinz Ebert (1907–1983) born in Saxony, Germany, died Rio Claro, São Paulo
• Aziz Ab'Saber (born 1924, São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo), Brazilian geoscientist
• Sérgio Estanislau do Amaral
• Peter Szatmari (geologist), Hungarian geologist

Heroes and historical figures

• Admiral Tamandaré, military combatant, war veteran, Father of the Navy.
• Ana Néri, pioneering nurse, she assisted Brazilian forces on the battlefield, Mother of Nursery.
• Anita Garibaldi (1821–1849), 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.
• 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.
• José Bonifácio, Patriarch of the Independence.
• Princess Isabel (1846–1921), Princess Imperial of Brazil, later de jure Empress of Brazil, second daughter of Emperor D. Pedro II, signed the abolition of slavery in the country.
• Tiradentes (1746–1792), leader of a failed conspiracy against the Portuguese, executed by hanging.
• Tristão de Alencar Araripe, republican leader.
• Zumbi dos Palmares (1655–1695), African-born leader of a slave revolt, killed in battle.

Intellectuals and thinkers

• Alessandro Hirata, jurist
• Benjamin Sodré
• Benjamin Constant, abolitionist and republican
• Darcy Ribeiro (1922–1997), anthropologist and educator, scientific leader and politician
• Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), sociologist
• Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), sociologist
• Jorge Stolfi (born 1950), computer scientist
• José do Patrocínio, liberal abolitionist and republican
• 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

• Adriana Lima
• Alessandra Ambrosio
• Ana Beatriz Barros
• Ana Carolina Reston
• Ana Claudia Michels
• Ana Hickmann
• Bruna Erhardt
• Bruna Tenório
• Camilla Finn
• Caroline Ribeiro
• Caroline Trentini
• Cintia Dicker
• Daniella Cicarelli
• Daniella Sarahyba
• Emanuela de Paula
• Fabiana Semprebom
• Fernanda Lessa
• Fernanda Motta
• Fernanda Tavares
• Flavia de Oliveira
• Gianne Albertoni
• Gisele Bündchen
• Isabeli Fontana
• Izabel Goulart
• Jeisa Chiminazzo
• Jéssica Pauletto
• Juliana Imai
• Juliana Martins
• Letícia Birkheuer
• Luciana Curtis
• Luciana Gimenez
• Luíza Brunet
• Marcelle Bittar
• Mariana Weickert
• Mariana Maxi Torres-Hamilton
• Michelle Alves
• Raica Oliveira
• Raquel Zimmermann
• Shirley Mallmann
• Yasmin Brunet

Male

• Anderson Silva
• Evandro Soldati
• Miro Moreira
• Rafael Verga
• Romulo Pires
• Francisco Lachowski

Monarchs

Main article: List of Brazilian monarchs

• King John VI
• Emperor Pedro I
• Emperor Pedro II

Musicians

Main article: List of Brazilian musicians

Politicians

See also: List of Brazilian presidents

• Aécio Neves, senator of Minas Gerais, grandson of former president Tancredo Neves.
• André Franco Montoro, senator and governor of the state of São Paulo
• Adhemar de Barros, governor of the state of São Paulo
• Artur da Costa e Silva, general and president during the military regime
• Carlos Lacerda (1914–1977), journalist and governor of former Guanabara State
• Cesar Maia, mayor of Rio de Janeiro.
• Ciro Gomes, mayor of Fortaleza, governor of Ceará, presidential candidate and minister
• Dilma Rousseff, president
• Ernesto Geisel (1907–1996), general and president during the military regime, started the political liberalization
• Esperidião Amin, senator and governor of Santa Catarina
• Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883–1974), marshal of the Army, war minister during the WWII, succeeded by Getúlio Vargas in 1951.
• Fernando Collor de Mello, mayor, governor of Alagoas and impeached president in 1992
• Fernando Henrique Cardoso (born 1931), sociologist and university professor, senator, minister and twice president
• Geraldo Alckmin, ex-mayor of Pindamonhangaba, vice-governor and ex-governor of São Paulo
• Getúlio Vargas (1882–1954), senator and twice president (1930–45;1951–54), was also a dictator (1937–45), killed himself in 1954
• Golbery do Couto e Silva (1911–1987), early conspirator of the military coup against Goulart, and powerful political figure behind the office of the president under Ernesto Geisel
• José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, statesman, first Brazil's foreign minister, hero of the independence
• José Sarney (born 1930), governor of Maranhão and senator, vice-president of Tancredo Neves, became president upon the latter's sudden death
• Júlio Prestes, governor of the state of São Paulo and defeated presidential candidate
• Juscelino Kubitschek(1902–1976), mayor, governor of Minas Gerais, senator and president
• Jânio Quadros, mayor and governor of São Paulo, president (renounced 1961)
• João Goulart, vice-president of Jânio Quadros, president (deposed by a military coup in 1964)
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born 1945), labor activist and politician, former president.
• Mário Covas (1930–2001), mayor and governor of the state of São Paulo, senator and federal representative
• Marta Suplicy, Federal representative, mayor of São Paulo, minister of Tourism and senator
• Paulo Maluf, state governor and twice mayor of the state capital of São Paulo, defeated presidential candidate
• Paulo Renato Souza, education minister 1995–2002
• Roberto Requião, mayor of Curitiba, governor of the state of Paraná and senator
• Tancredo Neves (1910–1985), several times federal representative and senator, elected president by the Congress in 1985, being the first civil president after the military ruled, but died before taking office.

Religious leaders

• Antonio Conselheiro, also known outside Brazil as "The Counselor", founder of Canudos
• David Miranda, Christian missionary, founder of the Deus é Amor church.
• Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.
• Inri Cristo (born 1948), who have claimed to be Jesus.
• R. R. Soares, founder of the International Church of the Grace of God.
• Saint Anthony of Saint Anne Galvão (Friar Galvão), friar, Catholic saint.
• D. Helder Câmara (1909–1999), 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 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

Main article: List of Brazilian journalists

• Abelardo Barbosa
• Alexandre Garcia
• Angélica Ksyvickis
• Boris Casoy
• Eliana
• Fátima Bernardes
• Fausto Silva
• Jô Soares
• Luciana Gimenez
• Luciano Huck
• Pedro Bial
• Silvio Santos
• William Bonner

Sportsmen

Raul Silveira Professional rock climber

• Daniel Adler, sailing, Olympic silver (yachting; sailing class)[1]
• Kevin Alves, (born 1991), Brazilian figure skater
• Thiago Alves
• Jade Barbosa, (1991- ), gymnast
• Leandro Barbosa, basketball player
• Rubens Barrichello
• Bebeto
• Adriana Behar, volleyball, beach player; 2-time Olympic silver; Pan American champion; 2-time world champion
• Bob Burnquist, professional skateboarder
• Cafu
• Roberto Carlos
• Ayrton Senna da Silva, (1960–94), 3-time Formula 1 World Champion, died on 1 May 1994, in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix at the Tamburello curve, at the circuit at Imola.
• Bruno Senna, Formula One racing driver and the nephew of the late three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna
• Eronilde de Araújo - athlete who specializes in 400 metre hurdles
• Dida
• Junior dos Santos
• Benny Feilhaber, soccer player, center/attacking midfielder (AGF Aarhus & US national team)
• César Cielo Filho (1987- ), professional swimmer, having obtained two Olympic medals
• Garrincha,(1933–83) Legendary soccer player
• Giba, (born 1976), volleyball player, eight time World League champion
• Emerson Fittipaldi
• Nenê Hilário, basketball player
• Kaká
• Lúcio
• Lyoto Machida
• Maurren Maggi
• Felipe Massa
• Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
• Pelé, most famous Brazilian football player, three times World Cup Champion
• Nelson Piquet
• Bernard Rajzman, volleyball, Olympic silver; Pan American champion; world silver
• Rivaldo
• Robinho
• Rogério Ceni, football player, the greatest goalkeeper in the world top scorer with 99 goals scored
• Romário
• Ronaldinho
• Ronaldo, soccer player, two times World Cup champion.
• Oscar Schmidt, retired basketball player.
• Wanderlei Silva
• Anderson Silva
• Anderson Varejão, basketball player
• Diego Walsh
• Zico
• Zizinho
• Lucas Leiva, football player

Writers and poets

Main article: List of Brazilian writers

• Álvares de Azevedo (1831–1852), poet and writer
• Alfredo D'Escragnolle Taunay (1843–1871), writer and historian
• 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
• Érico Verissimo (1905–1975), writer
• Fernando Sabino (1923–2004), writer
• Ferreira Gullar, writer and poet
• Gustavo Dourado, (1960-) 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
• Jorge Amado (1912–2001), writer
• José de Alencar (1829–1877), writer
• Julio Marchi (born 1971), writer
• Isaiah Rutherford

• 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), playwright
• 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
• Oduvaldo Vianna Filho (1936–1974), playwright
• Olavo Bilac (1865–1918), poet
• Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978), critic
• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954), writer and critic
• Paulo Coelho (born 1947), writer
• Patrícia Galvão ("Pagu"), wife of Oswald de Andrade
• Vinícius de Morais (1913–1980), poet
• Luiz Duarte (born 1956), writer, playwright, and screenplaywriter
• Paulo Fernando Craveiro (born 1934) romance writer, chronicalist, poet, journalist

Science and technology

Main article: List of Brazilian scientists

• Adib Jatene, heart surgeon
• Adolfo Lutz, physician and pioneer of public health
• Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviator and inventor.
• André Rebouças (1838–1898), pioneer engineer, brother of Antônio Rebouças Filho.
• Aristides Leão, physician and physiologist, discovered Leão's depression
• 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 type of subatomic particle
• Daniel Martins-de-Souza, Brazilian biologist; biochemist ref
• Eduardo Krieger, physician and physiologist, current president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
• Emmanuel Dias-Neto, Brazilian biologist and geneticist; described the sequencing methodology ORESTES
• 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
• Henrique da Rocha Lima,
• Hércules Florence, pioneer in photography
• Ivan Izquierdo, physician and neuroscientist, discovered neural mechanisms of memory
• Jacob Palis, mathematician
• Jorge Stolfi, computer scientist, currently professor at UNICAMP
• Johanna Döbereiner (1924–2000), biologist, discoverer of the nitrogen fixing 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, science writer
• Laila A Nahum [2] biologist, science writer
• Manuel de Abreu, physician, inventor of abreugraphy, mass radiography of the lungs for screening for 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, theoretical physicist
• Maurício Peixoto, mathematician
• 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 Vanzolini, zoologist, and composer of Brazilian popular music
• Roberto Landell de Moura, pioneer of telephony
• 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 drug for hypertension
• Vital Brazil, physician and scientist, discoverer of the antivenom for snakes and other venomous animals
• Wagner Farid Gattaz, physician and scientist, member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
• 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

• 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
• Friedrich Sellow, German botanist
• Fritz Müller, German naturalist
• Fritz Köberle, Austrian physician and pathologist
• 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

See also

• List of Brazilian British people
• List of Brazilian Americans