Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais ranks 13,894th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bagan, Algarve, and Khmer Empire. Memorable people born in Minas Gerais include Leonardo Moreira. Minas Gerais has been the birth place of many soccer players. Minas Gerais is located in Brazil.
Minas Gerais is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 census. Located in the Southeast Region of the country, it is bordered to south and southwest by São Paulo; Mato Grosso do Sul to the west; Goiás and the Federal District to the northwest; Bahia to the north and northeast; Espírito Santo to the east; and Rio de Janeiro to the southeast. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte, is a major urban and finance center in Brazil, being the sixth most populous municipality in the country while its metropolitan area ranks as the third largest in Brazil with just over 5.8 million inhabitants, after those of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Minas Gerais' territory is subdivided into 853 municipalities, the largest number among Brazilian states. Read more on Wikipedia
People
In 1986, Minas Gerais was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Leonardo Moreira.
People Born in Minas Gerais
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Minas Gerais were soccer players (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Minas Gerais, including Leonardo Moreira. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Minas Gerais, including Leonardo Moreira.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Minas Gerais since 1700.
