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
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Rodrigo Melo Franco
1898 - 1969
Sábato Magaldi
1927 - 2016
Hélio Viana
1908 - 1972
Valéria Monteiro
Born 1965
Lucas Mendes (journalist)
Born 1944
Ana Paula Renault
Born 1981
Miguel Arcanjo Prado
Born 1981
Jorge Pontual (jornalista)
Born 1948
Lair Rennó
Born 1975
Kennedy Alencar
Born 1967
Fernando Rocha
Born 1966
Pablo Villaça
Born 1974
Breiller Pires
Born 1985
Fernando Mitre
Born 1943
Artur Almeida
1960 - 2017
Carlos Valadares
1946 - 2012
Letícia Renna
Born 1979
Rodrigo Cabral
Born 1974
Lauro Machado Coelho
Born 1944
Pedro Rogério Moreira
Born 1946