19.9274° S, 43.9420° W
BELO HORIZONTE
Most Famous People Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Notable people
- 668
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1969
- Most distinctive
- Model 7.0×
A planned modernist capital laid out at the end of the nineteenth century, and the page looks exactly like what happens when you drop a million people into a new city and wait eighty years — a Player bench at better than four times the global baseline, a Singer and Composer presence from the mineiro music tradition, and a Model cluster that almost certainly traces to the city's outsized turn in Brazilian television.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Belo Horizonte during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Belo Horizonte Is Known For
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Football is Belo Horizonte's biggest profession — 26% of all notables (173).
Belo Horizonte over-indexes on model — 7.0× the global rate.
Belo Horizonte under-produces painter — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Belo Horizonte's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1900s Clear ×
Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco (homme politique) —
1905 - 1990
Geraldo de Proença Sigaud
1909 - 1999
Ivan Monteiro de Barros Lins
1904 - 1975
Otávio Fantoni
1907 - 1935
Sarah Kubitschek
1909 - 1996
Hélio Viana
1908 - 1972
João Fantoni
Born 1905
Ítalo Fratezzi
1906 - 1980
Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato
1900 - 1995
Dario de Almeida Magalhães
1908 - 2007
Pedro Paulo Penido
Born 1904
Satyro Taboada
1900 - 1972
Amílcar Martins
1907 - 1990
Guilhermino de Oliveira
1907 - 1977
Lídio Lunardi
1907 - 1984