Volta Redonda
Volta Redonda ranks 1,981st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind London Borough of Camden, Newburyport, Massachusetts, and Sint-Niklaas. Memorable people born in Volta Redonda include Felipe Melo, Edivaldo Martins Fonseca, and Luis Robson. Volta Redonda has been the birth place of many soccer players and swimmers. Volta Redonda is located in Brazil.
Volta Redonda is the name of a municipality in the Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the sea level and with a population of 273,988 inhabitants. The area around the city has nearly 700,000 km2. Its name is due to the round shape of a curve in the Paraíba do Sul river around which the city was built. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1962 and 1988, Volta Redonda was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Felipe Melo, Edivaldo Martins Fonseca, and Luis Robson.
People Born in Volta Redonda
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Felipe Melo
1983 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 1
Edivaldo Martins Fonseca
1962 - 1993
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 2
Luis Robson
1974 - Present
HPI: 31.88
Rank: 3
Wellington Nogueira Lopes
1979 - Present
HPI: 29.69
Rank: 4
Dedé
1988 - Present
HPI: 28.38
Rank: 5
Ricardo Santos
1987 - Present
HPI: 28.38
Rank: 6
Thiago Pereira
1986 - Present
HPI: 26.03
Rank: 7
Most individuals born in present day Volta Redonda were soccer players (6) and swimmers (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Volta Redonda since 1700.
