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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Belo Horizonte during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 123 notable births.

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 model7.0× the global rate.

Belo Horizonte under-produces painter — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Football173
  2. Politician73
  3. Player57
  4. Actor50
  5. Singer31
  6. Writer28
  7. Journalist20
  8. Composer17
  1. Model127.0×
  2. Player574.4×
  3. Driver73.4×
  4. Swimmer103.1×
  5. Football1732.4×
  6. Singer312.2×
  7. Composer171.9×
  8. Journalist201.9×
  1. Painter100.6×

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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Dilma Rousseff

Born 1947

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Aécio Neves

Born 1960

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Fernando Pimentel

Born 1951

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Fabiano Silveira

Born 1974

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0188 POLITICIAN

Francisco Dornelles

Born 1935

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Alexandre Kalil

Born 1959

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Sarah Kubitschek

1909 - 1996

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Raphael de Almeida Magalhães

1930 - 2011

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Márcio Fortes

Born 1944

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Pimenta da Veiga

Born 1947

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0280 POLITICIAN

Marcelo Aro

Born 1987

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Alessandro Molon

Born 1971

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Lauro Álvares da Silva Campos

1928 - 2003

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Eros Biondini

Born 1971

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Newton Cardoso Jr.

Born 1979

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Eduardo Azeredo

Born 1948

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Miguel Corrêa

Born 1978

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Virgílio Guimarães

Born 1949

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Márcia Kubitschek

1943 - 2000

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0418 POLITICIAN

Paulo Abi-Ackel

Born 1963

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0421 POLITICIAN

Adalclever Ribeiro Lopes

Born 1966

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0427 POLITICIAN

Luis Tibé

Born 1971

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0429 POLITICIAN

José Saraiva Felipe

Born 1952

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0434 POLITICIAN

Lafayette Luiz Doorgal de Andrada

Born 1966

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0450 POLITICIAN

Lincoln Portela

Born 1953

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Júnia Marise

Born 1945

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0453 POLITICIAN

Roberto Brant

Born 1942

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Antonieta Castelo Branco

1922 - 2010

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0457 POLITICIAN

Marcelo Álvaro Antônio

Born 1974

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Léo Burguês

Born 1969

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0461 POLITICIAN

Flávia Morais

Born 1969

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0463 POLITICIAN

Ana Maria de Resende Vieira

Born 1945

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0464 POLITICIAN

Sandra Meira Starling

Born 1944

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0469 POLITICIAN

Robson Marinho

Born 1950

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0472 POLITICIAN

Cabo Júlio

Born 1970

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0480 POLITICIAN

Diego Andrade

Born 1977

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0489 POLITICIAN

João Vítor Xavier

Born 1982

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0490 POLITICIAN

Agostinho Patrus Filho

Born 1971

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0493 POLITICIAN

Luiz Sávio de Souza Cruz

Born 1957

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0497 POLITICIAN

Alexandre Silveira de Oliveira

Born 1970

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0498 POLITICIAN

Paulo Lamac

Born 1972

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Arnaldo Cardoso Rocha

1949 - 1973

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0514 POLITICIAN

André Quintão

Born 1964

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Fernando Diniz

1954 - 2009

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0524 POLITICIAN

Stefano Aguiar

Born 1976

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0532 POLITICIAN

Maria Elvira Salles Ferreira

Born 1950

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0536 POLITICIAN

Leopoldo Bessone

Born 1942

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0537 POLITICIAN

Messias Soares

1942 - 2003

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Tarcísio Carlos de Almeida Cunha

Born 1929

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0545 POLITICIAN

Juarez Guimarães de Brito

1938 - 1970

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0547 POLITICIAN

Pedro Paulo Penido

Born 1904

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0549 POLITICIAN

Aluísio Guimarães Mendes Filho

Born 1961

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0550 POLITICIAN

Octávio Elísio

Born 1940

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0552 POLITICIAN

Gilberto Faria

1922 - 2008

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0553 POLITICIAN

Sérgio Werneck

Born 1938

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Álvaro Antônio Teixeira Dias

1938 - 2003

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0558 POLITICIAN

Bernardo Santana de Vasconcellos

Born 1975

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0566 POLITICIAN

Irani Barbosa

Born 1950

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0570 POLITICIAN

Dr. Grilo

Born 1972

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0571 POLITICIAN

Celso Mello de Azevedo

1915 - 2004

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0572 POLITICIAN

Leopoldo Pacheco Bessone

Born 1942

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0578 POLITICIAN

Guilhermino de Oliveira

1907 - 1977

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Gustavo Valadares

Born 1977

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0597 POLITICIAN

Carlos Welth Pimenta de Figueiredo

Born 1954

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Célio Moreira

Born 1956

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Washington Thadeu de Mello

Born 1941

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João Alberto Paixão Lages

Born 1977

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João Paulo Pires de Vasconcelos

Born 1932

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Saulo Levindo Coelho

Born 1949

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Raul Bernardo Nelson de Senna

1931 - 2013

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0639 POLITICIAN

Daniel Andrade Ribeiro de Oliveira

Born 1948

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0649 POLITICIAN

Agostinho Patrus

1939 - 2008

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0659 POLITICIAN

Uriel de Rezende Alvim

1913 - 1972

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