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Gisele Bündchen
Gisele Caroline Bündchen is a Brazilian model and activist. Since 2001, she has been one of the highest-paid models in the world. In 2007, Bündchen was the 16th-richest woman in the entertainment industry and earned the top spot on Forbes top-earning models list in 2012. In 2014, she was listed as the 89th-most-powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
Alessandra Ambrosio
Brazilian model
Morena Baccarin
Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin is a Brazilian and American actress. Known for her lead role as Mickey Fox in the CBS television series Sheriff Country since 2025, Baccarin has played multiple television and film roles. She portrayed Adria in season 10 of the TV series Stargate SG-1, Inara Serra in the sci-fi television series Firefly (2002–2003) and its follow-up film Serenity (2005), Vanessa in the superhero comedy films Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Jessica Brody in the thriller series Homeland (2011–2013), and Leslie Thompkins in the superhero series Gotham (2015–2019). For Homeland, Baccarin was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2013. Born in Brazil, she immigrated to the United States as a child.
Astrud Gilberto
Brazilian-American singer and songwriter (1940–2023)
Sônia Braga
Brazilian-American actress
Eduardo Saverin
Brazilian entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Facebook
Sérgio Mendes
Brazilian musician (1941–2024)
Claudia Leitte
Brazilian singer
Benny Feilhaber
American soccer player
Olavo de Carvalho
Brazilian journalist, writer, astrologer, essayist, polemicist, digital influencer and ideologue (1947-2022)
Jennifer O'Neill
American actress and model
Fernanda Lima
Brazilian actress
Mike Krieger
Brazilian entrepreneur and software developer
Carolina Dieckmann
Brazilian actress
Catarina Macario
American soccer player
Perla Haney-Jardine
Brazilian-American actress
Gabriela Duarte
actress
Seu Jorge
Brazilian recording artist; musician and singer-songwriter
Airto Moreira
Brazilian drummer and percussionist
Royce Gracie
Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
Carlos Saldanha
Brazilian animator
Guy Ecker
Brazilian actor
Fabrizio Moretti
Brazilian-American musician
Jessie Rogers
Brazilian pornographic actress
Bruno Campos
Brazilian lawyer and former actor
Leonel Brizola
Brazilian politician (1922–2004)
Lateef Crowder Dos Santos
American actor
Rafael dos Anjos
Brazilian mixed martial artist
Glover Teixeira
Brazilian mixed martial artist
Danni Suzuki
Brazilian actress
Vik Muniz
Brazilian photographer and sculptor (born 1961)
Daniel Benzali
Brazil-born American actor
Adriana Lisboa
Brazilian writer
El Weko Moicano
Brazilian mixed martial artist
Renzo Gracie
mixed martial artist
Martha Vasconcellos
Brazilian model
Gio Garbelini
Brazilian association football player
Walter Afanasieff
American record producer and songwriter
Letícia Bufoni
Brazilian-American skateboarder
Fernanda Machado
Brazilian actress
Nívea Stelmann
Brazilian actress
Bob Burnquist
Brazilian professional skateboarder
Tatiana Weston-Webb
Brazilian surfer
Ben Goertzel
author and researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence
Aldo Parisot
Brazilian-American music educator and cellist
Henry Zaga
Brazilian actor
Royler Gracie
Brazilian martial artist
Tony Azevedo
American water polo player and coach
Hipólito da Costa
Brazilian journalist and diplomat (1774-1823)
Davi Santos
American actor
Julia Bacha
Brazilian film director
Douglas Lima
Brazilian martial artist
Rorion Gracie
Brazilian martial artist
David Neeleman
Brazilian-American aviation entrepreneur
Edgar Moreira da Cunha
Catholic bishop
Pablo Campos
Brazilian footballer
Oscar Oiwa
Brazilian artist
Cairo Santos
American football player from Brazil
Tad Szulc
American writer and New York Times foreign correspondent (1926–2001)
Sergio Kato
Brazilian actor