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
- Field: Painter Clear ×
Lygia Clark
1920 - 1988
Maria Helena Andrés
Born 1922
Fernando Vignoli
1960 - 2016
Laura Belém
Born 1974
Frank Schaeffer
1917 - 2008
Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato
1900 - 1995
Eduardo Recife
Born 1980
Fernando Pieruccetti
1910 - 2004
Luiz Alphonsus
Born 1948
Mary Ann Pedrosa
Born 1933