From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
actress (brazilian mother)
Born in/lived in Brazil, with American citizenship
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 , Fashion Design at the 2009
National Design Award and founded sustainable luxury beauty brand
Costa Brazil
Walter Afanasieff - musician, born in São Paulo, won the Record of the Year at the 1999 and Producer of the Year, Non-Classical at the 2000
Grammy . Is producer, songwriter, composer and arranger.
Fabrizio Moretti - musician, born in Rio de Janeiro, won the Best Rock Album at the 2021
Grammy . Is a Dj, installation artist, songwriter, producer and drummer at American band
The Strokes ,
Machinegum and
Little Joy
Kiko Loureiro - musician, born in Rio de Janeiro, won the Best Metal Performance at the 2017
Grammy .Is formerly guitarist of the brazilian band
Angra (band) and
Megadeath) .
Jessie Rogers - Pornographic film actress, born in Goiás, won the Best Ass (Fan's Choice) at the 2013
NightMoves Awards and
AVN Awards ,
XBIZ Awards nominee.
Rodrigo Santoro - actor, born in Rio de Janeiro, won the Chopard Trophy of Male Revelation at the 2004
Cannes Film Festival ,
Golden Globes and
ALMA Awards nominee.
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.
Bruno 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.
Abby Lee Brazil - Pornographic film actress, born in Minas Gerais
AVN Awards and
XBIZ Awards nominee.
Gisele Bündchen - model and entrepreneur, born in Rio Grande do Sul.
Fernanda Andrade - actress, born in São Paulo.
Fernando Casablancas - model, born in Rio de Janeiro to an American father
John Casablancas and a Brazilian mother.
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.
Ana Beatriz Barros - model, born in Minas Gerais.
Gina Valentina - Pornographic film actress, born in Rio de Janeiro
AVN Awards ,
XBIZ Awards ,
Urban X Awards and
XRCO Award nominee.
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 surgeon featured on TV series
Dr. 90210 , born in São Paulo.
Daniela 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 player
Royce 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, is formerly drummer of the American band
We Are Harlot .
Val Fernandes - soccer player, born in São Paulo.
Gisele Barreto Fetterman - activist, Second Lady of Pennsylvania, 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.
Juelz Ventura - Pornographic film actress, born in Distrito Federal
AVN Awards nominee.
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 Sul
Roger 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 - member of the
Gracie family
Rolles Gracie Jr. - member of the Gracie family
Adriana Sephora - Pornographic film actress, born in São Paulo
AVN Awards ,
XBIZ Awards ,and
XRCO Award nominee.
Lyoto Machida - former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, born in Bahia.
Flávia de Oliveira - model, born in Paraná.
Murder of Tina Isa - victim of an honor killing murdered by her parents in St. Louis, born in Mato Grosso.
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 - soccerplayer, 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. Is guitarrist, 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
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Marcelo Coelho - designer
Bob Burnquist - professional skateboarder, born in Rio de Janeiro.
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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
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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
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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
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Lucy D’Escoffier Crespo da Silva - astronomy student for whom asteroid
96747 Crespodasilva was named after
Marcelo Gleiser - physicist and astronomer, Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at
Dartmouth College
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Ben Goertzel - former professor of Computer Sciences at the
University of New Mexico , researcher of
artificial intelligence , visiting faculty at
Xiamen University
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Bill Handel - radio personality
See also