Greek Brazilians

Greek Brazilians
Greco-brasileiros  · Ελληνοβραζιλιάνοι

Total population
50,000 Greek Brazilians
Regions with significant populations
Brazil: Mainly Southeastern Brazil
Languages
Predominantly Portuguese
Religion
Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox
Related ethnic groups
Other White Brazilian, Greek people

Greek Brazilians (Greek: Ελληνοβραζιλιάνοι, romanized: Hellenovrazilianoi, Portuguese: Greco-brasileiros) are Brazilian residents who are either fully or partially of Greek descent. They are located throughout Brazil with numbers of about 50,000 people and with 20,000 Greeks living in São Paulo alone.

Notable Greek Brazilians

• João Pandiá Calogeras, Brazilian Minister of War, of Greek origin, during WWI
• Bruna Griphao - television actress
• Cleo Rocos - comedy actress, presenter and business woman
• Constantine Andreou - painter and sculptor
• Constantino Tsallis - physicist
• Miguel Nicolelis - neuroscientist
• Pavlos Papaioannou - former football player
• Ronald Golias - comedian
• Silvio Santos - TV host and entrepreneur
• Vitor Belfort - Mixed Martial Artist
• Leonardo Koutris - footballer

See also

• Immigration to Brazil
• White Brazilians
• Greek people
• Greek diaspora
• Brazil–Greece relations

References

• Bilateral relations between Greece and Brazil