List of Brazilian Americans
This is a list of Brazilian Americans , Americans of Brazilian ancestry, including both immigrants from Brazil who have American citizenship or residency, and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Brazilian American or must have references showing they are Brazilian American and are notable.
List
Americans of Brazilian descent
Lin Chao - biologist and geneticistSergio Rossetti Morosini - artist, author and filmmaker.Francisco Costa (designer) - ex-fashion designer at Calvin Klein , born in Minas Gerais, won the Womenswear Designer of the Year at the 2006 and 2008 Council of Fashion Designers of America , and won the Fashion Design at the 2009 National Design Award .DePaiva family – Seventh-day Adventist missionaries who emigrated to Berrien Springs, Michigan in the 1990s. In December 2003, three of them were murdered in the island nation of Palau , where they were on a missionary stay.Walter Afanasieff - musician, producer, songwriter, composer and arranger, born in São Paulo. Won the 1999 Record of the Year Grammy Award and the 2000 Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Grammy Award.Fabrizio Moretti - installation artist, songwriter, producer and drummer, born in Rio de Janeiro. Won the Best Rock Album Grammy Award in 2021.Bruna Dantas Lobato - writer, born in Natal, won the National Book Award in 2023Kiko Loureiro - musician, born in Rio de Janeiro, won the 2017 Best Metal Performance Grammy Award .Rodrigo Santoro - actor, born in Rio de Janeiro. Won the 2004 Chopard Trophy of Male Revelation (Cannes Film Festival ).Walter Salles - film director, born in Rio de Janeiro, won the Best Foreign Language Film at th 1998 Golden Globes , Oscar and Cannes Film Festival nominee.Marshall Brickman - screenwriter, born in Rio de Janeiro, won the Best Original Screenplay at the 1978 Oscar .Eduardo Saverin - entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook Mike Krieger - entrepreneur, software engineer, born in São Paulo and co-founded Instagram Mario Caldato, Jr. - music producer, born in São Paulo, Grammy nominee.Morena Baccarin - actress, born in Rio de JaneiroBruno Campos - actor, born in Rio de Janeiro, won the Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series at the 1999 ALMA Awards and oscar nominee.Adriana Lima - model, born in Bahia.Romero Britto - visual artist, born in Recife.Lais Ribeiro - model, born in Piauí.Mateus Asato - musician, born in Mato Grosso do Sul, is formerly touring guitarist of American musical superduo composed of musicians Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak . Silk Sonic , and Jessie J .Daniel Benzali - actor, born in Rio de Janeiro.Catarina Macario - soccer player born in São Luís.Gisele Bündchen - model and entrepreneur, born in Rio Grande do Sul.Fernanda Andrade - actress, born in São Paulo.Rafael Moreira - musician, born in Paraná, touring guitarist of American singers P!nk , Stevie Wonder , Steven Tyler and Christina Aguilera .Alessandra Ambrósio - model, born Rio Grande do Sul.Vítor Belfort - former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, born in Rio de Janeiro.Valentina Sampaio - model, born in Ceará.Morena Baccarin - actress, born in Rio de Janeiro.Gizele Oliveira - model, born in Espirito Santo.Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira - former Interim UFC Heavyweight, born in Bahia.Luma Grothe - model, born in Santa Catarina.Henry Zaga - actor, born in Distrito Federal.Gracie Carvalho - model, born in São Paulo.Anderson Silva - UFC Middleweight Champion, born in São Paulo.Tiago Splitter - basketball player, born in Santa Catarina.Robert Rey - plastic surgeonDaniela Braga - model, born in São Paulo.Max Cavalera - musician, born in Minas Gerais frontman of Sepultura , Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy André Rienzo - baseball player, born in São Paulo.Ana Beatriz Barros - model, born in Minas Gerais.Nelson Cupello - soccer playerRoyce Gracie - UFC Hall of Famer, born in Rio de Janeiro.Leandro Barbosa - basketball player, born in São Paulo.Benny Feilhaber - soccer player, born in Rio de Janeiro.Lino Facioli - actor, born in São Paulo.Bruno Agra - musician, born in Rio de Janeiro, former drummer of the American band We Are Harlot .
Val Fernandes - soccer player, born in São Paulo.Gisele Barreto Fetterman - wife of United States Senator John Fetterman , born in Rio de Janeiro.Yan Gomes - baseball player, born in São Paulo.Nenê Hilário - basketball player, born in São Paulo.Cristiane Justino - MMA fighter, born in Paraná, current Invicta FC World Featherweight Champion.SosMula - rapper, born in São Paulo, part of hip-hop duo City Morgue Fabrício Werdum - MMA fighter, former UFC Heavyweight Champion, born Rio Grande do SulRoger Manganelli - musician, born in Rio Grande do Sul, bass guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the American ska-punk band Less Than Jake .Andrew Matarazzo - actor, born in São Paulo.Carlos Metidieri - soccer player, born in São Paulo.Carley Gracie - martial artist; member of the Gracie family Rolles Gracie Jr. - martial artist; member of the Gracie familyLyoto Machida - former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, born in Bahia.Flávia de Oliveira - model, born in Paraná.Fabiana Semprebom - model, born in Paraná.Pelé (real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento) - retired professional soccer player, born in Minas Gerais, considered the best player of all time.Gugu Liberato - TV host, born in São Paulo.Silvio Santos - TV host, born in Rio de Janeiro, founder of Grupo Silvio Santos .Jorge Ben Jor - musician, singer and composer, born in Rio de Janeiro.Thaila Ayala - actress and model, born in São Paulo.Camila Coelho - blogger and make-up artist, born in Minas Gerais.Kaká - soccer player, born in São Paulo.Gabriela Duarte - actress, born in São Paulo.Alice Braga - actress, born in São Paulo.Rodrigo Amarante - musician, born in Rio de Janeiro; guitarist, producer and songwriter of Brazilian band Los Hermanos and Little Joy Eduardo Kobra - visual art muralist, born in São Paulo.Michelle Alves - model, born in Paraná.Lisalla Montenegro - model, born in Goiás.Pedro Andrade - model, actor and journalist, born in Rio de Janeiro.Paulo S. L. M. Barreto - born in Bahia, cryptographer, associate professor at University of Washington Tacoma [ 6] [ 7] Marcelo Coelho - designerBob Burnquist - professional skateboarder, born in Rio de Janeiro.[ 8] [ 9] Sergio Cariello - comic book artist, born in Pernambuco.Carlos Saldanha - animator and filmmaker, Blue Sky Studios , born in São Paulo.Jovino Santos-Neto - musician and composer, born in Rio de Janeiro.Lateef Crowder dos Santos - actor and martial artist, born in Bahia.Bruno Barreto - film director, born in Rio de Janeiro.Guy Ecker - actor, born in São Paulo.Sergio Kato - actor, host, comedian and businessman, born in Minas Gerais.Naza - visual artist, from Piauí.David Neeleman - founder of JetBlue Airways ; CEO and founder of Azul Airlines , born in São Paulo.Miguel Nicolelis - born in São Paulo, - Duke School of Medicine Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience; Duke University Professor of Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering and Psychology and Neuroscience; and founder of Duke's Center for Neuroengineering[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] Nívea Stelmann - actress, born in Rio de Janeiro.Roberto Mangabeira Unger , LL.M., S.J.D. - Roscoe Pound Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School (Harvard University ), born in Rio de Janeiro[ 13] Fernanda Machado - actress, born in Paraná.Carla Perez - dancer and TV host, born in Bahia.Ludmila Dayer - actress, born in Rio de Janeiro.Humberto Martins - actor, born in Rio de Janeiro.Ana Maria Carvalho - professor of linguistics at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Arizona [ 14] [ 15] Lucy D’Escoffier Crespo da Silva - astronomy student for whom asteroid 96747 Crespodasilva was named afterMarcelo Gleiser - physicist and astronomer, Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College [ 16] [ 17] Ben Goertzel - former professor of Computer Sciences at the University of New Mexico , researcher of artificial intelligence , visiting faculty at Xiamen University [ 18] Bill Handel - radio personalityLudmila Dayer - Actress, Writer and DirectorAlice Mann - Minnesota state senator and former state representative Elaine Marzola - Nevada state assemblywoman Danillo Sena - Massachusetts state representative Priscila Sousa - Massachusetts state representativePalestina Zein "Tina" Isa – victim of an honor killing
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