Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte ranks 228th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Beirut, Rouen, and Nuremberg. Memorable people born in Belo Horizonte include Dilma Rousseff, Tostão, and Toninho Cerezo. Memorable people who died in Belo Horizonte include Telê Santana, Bigode, and Niginho. Belo Horizonte has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many soccer players and religious figures. Belo Horizonte is located in Brazil.
Belo Horizonte is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.3 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, with a population of 6 million. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area, ranked as the third most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and the 17th most populous in the Americas. Belo Horizonte is the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil's second-most populous state. It is the first planned modern city in Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1908 and 1996, Belo Horizonte was the birth place of 47 globally memorable people, including Dilma Rousseff, Tostão, and Toninho Cerezo. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Belo Horizonte including Telê Santana, Bigode, and Niginho.
People Born in Belo Horizonte
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Dilma Rousseff
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 1
Tostão
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 2
Toninho Cerezo
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 3
João Guimarães Rosa
1908 - 1967
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 4
Max Cavalera
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 5
Bigode
1922 - 2003
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 6
Alex Ribeiro
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 7
Niginho
1912 - 1975
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 8
Igor Cavalera
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 9
Paulo Isidoro
1953 - Present
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 10
Débora Falabella
1979 - Present
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 11
Junior Messias
1991 - Present
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Belo Horizonte
Go to all RankingsJunior Messias
1991 - Present
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 12
Débora Bloch
1963 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 24
Matheus Pereira
1996 - Present
HPI: 33.89
Rank: 30
Gabriela Guimarães
1994 - Present
HPI: 32.40
Rank: 33
Raul Neto
1992 - Present
HPI: 27.68
Rank: 42
People Deceased in Belo Horizonte
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Telê Santana
1931 - 2006
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 1
Bigode
1922 - 2003
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 2
Niginho
1912 - 1975
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 3
Serafim Fernandes de Araújo
1924 - 2019
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 4
Most individuals born in present day Belo Horizonte were soccer players (25), politicians (4), musicians (3), actors (3), and tennis players (3), while most who died were soccer players (3) and religious figures (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Belo Horizonte, including Tostão, Toninho Cerezo, and Paulo Isidoro. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Belo Horizonte, including Tostão, Toninho Cerezo, and Bigode.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Belo Horizonte since 1700.
