Brazil ranks 36th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Istanbul, Venice, and Mumbai. Memorable people born in Brazil include Roberto Miranda, Zezé Procópio, and Jurandir de Freitas. Memorable people who died in Brazil include Friaça, Gyula Cseszneky, and Augusto da Costa. Brazil has been the birth place of many soccer players and tennis players and the death place of many soccer players and military personnels. Brazil is located in Brazil.
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 211 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world; as well as the most populous Roman Catholic-majority country. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1903 and 1997, Brazil was the birth place of 173 globally memorable people, including Roberto Miranda, Zezé Procópio, and Jurandir de Freitas. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Brazil including Friaça, Gyula Cseszneky, and Augusto da Costa.
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 1
1913 - 1980
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 2
1940 - 1996
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 3
1910 - 1988
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 4
1924 - 1996
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 5
1912 - 1977
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 6
1923 - 1991
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 7
1926 - 1961
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 8
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 9
1911 - 1971
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 10
1911 - 1983
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 11
1909 - 1988
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 12
1910 - 1988
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 4
1923 - 1991
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 7
1926 - 1961
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 8
1909 - 1988
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 12
1903 - 1956
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 13
1949 - 2008
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 14
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 61
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 62
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 69
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 80
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 83
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 88
1924 - 2009
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 1
1914 - 1970
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 2
1920 - 2004
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 3
1942 - 2006
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 4
Most individuals born in present day Brazil were soccer players (172) and tennis players (1), while most who died were soccer players (2), military personnels (1), and athletes (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Brazil, including Roberto Miranda, Jurandir de Freitas, and José Lázaro Robles. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Brazil, including Roberto Miranda, Zezé Procópio, and Jurandir de Freitas.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 14 globally memorable people born in Brazil since 1700.