Greek Brazilians
Appearance
Regions with significant populations | |
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Brazil: Mainly Southeastern Brazil | |
Languages | |
Predominantly Portuguese | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Catholic, Greek Orthodox | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other White Brazilian, Greek people |
Greek Brazilians (Template:Lang-el) 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
- Constantine Andreou - painter and sculptor
- Pavlos Papaioannou - former football player
- Silvio Santos - TV host and entrepreneur
- Miguel Nicolelis - neuroscientist
- Ronald Golias - comedian
- Constantino Tsallis - physicist
- Cleo Rocos - comedy actress, presenter and business woman
- Vitor Belfort - Mixed Martial Artist