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.
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- Music
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Other
- Field: Driver Clear ×
Bruno Junqueira
Born 1976
Cristiano da Matta
Born 1973
Sérgio Sette Câmara
Born 1998
Raphael Matos
Born 1981
Alex Ribeiro
Born 1948
Clemente de Faria Jr.
Born 1987
Felipe Zanol
Born 1981