3.7275° S, 38.5275° W
FORTALEZA
Most Famous People Born in Fortaleza, Brazil
- Notable people
- 439
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1949
- Most distinctive
- Martial Art 24.5×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Fortaleza during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Fortaleza Is Known For
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Politician is Fortaleza's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (92).
Fortaleza over-indexes on martial art — 24.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Fortaleza's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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José de Alencar
1829 - 1877
Hélder Câmara
1909 - 1999
Rachel de Queiroz
1910 - 2003
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
1900 - 1967
Mário Jardel
Born 1973
Alberto Nepomuceno
1864 - 1920
Ronny (footballer, born 1986)
Born 1986
Gabriel Paulista
Born 1990
Raffael (footballer)
Born 1985
Ari (footballer)
Born 1985
Karim Aïnouz
Born 1966
Osvaldo Lourenço Filho
Born 1987
Dudu Cearense
Born 1983
Wendell (footballer)
Born 1993
Gustavo Barroso
1888 - 1959
Thiago Alves (fighter)
Born 1983
George Leandro Abreu de Lima
Born 1985
Davi José Silva do Nascimento
Born 1984
Frei Tito
1945 - 1974
Ana Miranda
Born 1951
André Luciano da Silva
Born 1981
Sandro da Silva Mendonça
Born 1983
Shelda Bede
Born 1973
Araripe Júnior
1848 - 1911
Gero Camilo
Born 1970
Antônio Cleilson da Silva Feitosa
Born 1987
Caio Castro
Born 1989
Marlui Miranda
Born 1949
Denise Dumont
Born 1955
Éverton Soares
Born 1996
Jônatas Domingos
Born 1982
Nildo Parente
1936 - 2011
Diego Brandão
Born 1987
Thiago Monteiro (tennis)
Born 1994
Sam Alves
Born 1989
Wesley Safadão
Born 1988
Joeano
Born 1979
Anderson Martins
Born 1987
Hermes França
Born 1974
José Júnior
Born 1976
Artur Victor Guimarães
Born 1998
Márcio Araújo
Born 1973
Al Rio
1962 - 2012
Chico Albuquerque
1917 - 2000
André Diamant
Born 1990
Tasso Jereissati
Born 1948
Lucas Silveira (Brazilian singer)
Born 1983
Maurício Peixoto
1921 - 2019
Heloneida Studart
1932 - 2007
Rodrigo Pérez
Born 1973
Lionn
Born 1989
Socorro Acioli
Born 1975
Stênio Júnior
Born 1991
João Soares da Mota Neto
Born 1980
Ed Lincoln
1932 - 2012
Maria da Penha
Born 1945
Adriano Teixeira
Born 1973
Leonardo Ferreira
Born 1988
Juninho Cearense
Born 1980
Roberto Cláudio
Born 1975
Eduardo Antônio Machado Teixeira
Born 1993
Armando Falcão
1919 - 2010
Casimiro Montenegro Filho
1904 - 2000
Lúcio Alcântara
Born 1943
Juracy Magalhães
1905 - 2001
José Ricardo da Silva
Born 1939
Jorge Gurgel
Born 1977
Joyce Cavalcante
Born 1949
Dedé (footballer, born 1987)
Born 1987
Otávio Dutra
Born 1983
Hildebrando Pompeu Pinto Accioli
1888 - 1962
César Cals
1926 - 1991
Aderbal Freire Filho
Born 1941
Ghislain Perrier
Born 1987
Franco Neto
Born 1966
Juvenal Galeno
1838 - 1931
Thiago Monteiro (table tennis)
Born 1981
Gonzaga Mota
Born 1942
Mauro Benevides
Born 1930
Paulo Sarasate
1908 - 1968
Luiz Vieira da Silva
1828 - 1889
Luizianne Lins
Born 1968
Godofredo Pepey
Born 1987
Zelito Viana
Born 1938
Antônio Bandeira
1922 - 1967
Viviane Victorette
Born 1978
Leonilson
1957 - 1993
Marcus Aurélio
Born 1973
Horácio Dídimo
1935 - 2018
Daniel Peixoto
Born 1986
Roberto Amaral
Born 1939
Taiana Lima
Born 1984
Eduardo Diatahy Bezerra de Menezes
Born 1935
Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte
1931 - 2009
Sérgio Machado (homme politique)
Born 1946
Wilson Gouveia
Born 1978
Guilherme Studart, barão de Studart
1856 - 1938
Hélder Câmara (enxadrista)
1937 - 2016
Jerônimo Moscardo
Born 1940
Ildefonso Albano
1885 - 1957
Sânzio de Azevedo
Born 1938
Nirez
Born 1934
Matteo Ingrosso
Born 1988
Milton Moraes
1930 - 1993
Eyshila
Born 1972
Wellington Muniz
Born 1973
Manuel de Oliveira Paiva
1861 - 1892
Paolo Ingrosso
Born 1988
Ediglê
Born 1978
Marcia Theophilo
Born 1941
Elaine Gomes
Born 1992
Narcélio Limaverde
Born 1931
Renée Forte
Born 1987
Rômulo Alves Nobre
Born 1986
Denis Lima de Assis
Born 1989
Selmir dos Santos Bezerra
Born 1979
César de Alencar
1917 - 1990
Isac Felix da Silva
Born 1985
Carolina Horta Máximo
Born 1992
Erandir
Born 1982
Vanessa Lima Vidal
Born 1984
Edmilson Filho
Born 1976
Melissa Gurgel
Born 1994
Willamy Freire
Born 1987
José Albano
1882 - 1923
Cleylton Santos
Born 1993
Matheus Ceará
Born 1984
Erika Kokay
Born 1957
José Parsifal Barroso
1913 - 1986
Tirullipa
Born 1984
Roberto Gurgel
Born 1954
José Roberto Silva Carvalho
Born 1960
Léo Jaime da Silva Pinheiro
Born 1986
Danilo Forte
Born 1958
Sérgio Mattos
Born 1948
Francisco Ivens de Sá Dias Branco
1934 - 2016
Henriqueta Galeno
1887 - 1964
Natércia Campos
1938 - 2004
Flávio Araújo
Born 1963
Tomás Pompeu de Sousa Brasil (II)
1852 - 1929
Acrísio Moreira da Rocha
1907 - 2004
Gilberto Câmara
Born 1956
Rodolfo Smith de Vasconcelos
1846 - 1926
Carlos Câmara
1881 - 1939
Ana Nóbrega
Born 1980
Raimundo Padilha
1899 - 1988
Rubens de Azevedo
1921 - 2008
Blaya
Born 1987
Tadeu Mello
Born 1965
Otto de Alencar
1874 - 1912
Rebecca Cavalcanti Barbosa Silva
Born 1993
Hélio Gueiros
1925 - 2011
Lucas Ribeiro
Born 1999
Alan Fontaine
1949 - 2011
Inácio Arruda
Born 1957
André Figueiredo
Born 1966
Gerardo de Andrade Ponte
1924 - 2006
Pedro Henrique Saraiva Leão
Born 1938
Antonio Fernando de Souza
Born 1948
Thomaz Pompeu Lopes Ferreira
1879 - 1913
RAPadura Xique-Chico
Born 1984
Raul Victor da Silva Cajazeiras
Born 1981
Sílvia Salgado
Born 1954
Paurilo Barroso
1894 - 1968
Wolney Oliveira
Born 1960
Jorge Pontual
Born 1967
Lira Neto
Born 1963
Diogo Graf
1896 - 1966
Yolanda Queiroz
1928 - 2016
Íris Bustamante
Born 1969
Dário Moreira de Castro Alves
1927 - 2010
Paulino Nogueira Borges da Fonseca
1842 - 1908
Carlos Augusto Viana
Born 1955
Carlos Antônio Ferreira de Sousa
Born 1989
Natalia Damini
Born 1992
Tácito Teófilo Gaspar de Oliveira
1914 - 2011
Karla Karenina
Born 1968
Diego Saraiva
Born 1982
Thomaz Pompeu Sobrinho
1880 - 1967
Ricardo Fiuza
1939 - 2005
Cesar Asfor Rocha
Born 1948
José Gerardo Moreira Rocha Júnior
Born 1977
Herman de Castro Lima
1897 - 1981
Natércia Pontes
Born 1980
Aécio de Borba Vasconcelos
Born 1931
Francisco Aníbio da Silva Costa
Born 1972
Halder Gomes
Born 1972
Antônio Pompeu de Sousa Brasil
1851 - 1886
Luiz Sá
1907 - 1979
Tin Gomes
Born 1960
Marcos Franco Rabelo
1851 - 1940
Edmar Morel
1912 - 1989
Demócrito Rocha Dummar
1945 - 2008
Estrigas
1919 - 2014
José Roberto Coelho Santana
1953 - 2004
Romário Marques Rodrigues
Born 1992
Cleiton
Born 1986
Tom Cavalcante
Born 1962
Liz Lanne
Born 1978
Antero Coelho Neto
1931 - 2016
Expedito Parente
1940 - 2011
Márcio Gama Moreira
Born 1984
Pedro Borges
1851 - 1922
Francisco Dias da Rocha
1869 - 1960
Jozyanne
Born 1977
Artur Bruno
Born 1959
Raul Barbosa
1911 - 1975
Tomás Accioli Borges
1908 - 1986
Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho
1924 - 2016
Irapuan Lima
1927 - 2002
Douglas da Costa Souza
Born 1979
Ana Maria Medeiros da Fonseca
1950 - 2018
Sebastião Belmino
Born 1948
Tomás Pompeu de Sousa Brasil (filho)
1879 - 1969
Francisco Ernando Uchôa Lima
Born 1932
Mansueto Almeida
Born 1967
César Cals Neto
Born 1950
Antônio de Albuquerque Sousa Filho
Born 1938
Mário Rômulo Linhares
1889 - 1965
Ednardo
Born 1945
Amelinha
Born 1950
Valdir Papel
Born 1979
Natália Nara
Born 1983
Carlos Eduardo (fighter)
Born 1981
Luciano Dídimo
Born 1971
Carlos Jereissati
1917 - 1963
Markinhos Moura
Born 1967
Diego Marques
Born 1983
Carlos Francisco Ribeiro Jereissati
Born 1946
Manuel Mateus Ventura
1921 - 2018
José Costa Cavalcanti
1918 - 1991
Mauro Benevides Filho
Born 1959
Álvaro Augusto Ribeiro Costa
Born 1947
Valdemar Gomes
1911 - 1985
Pedro Brito
Born 1950
Tiago Haron
Born 1993
Murilo Borges
1913 - 1982
Del Rangel
1955 - 2020
Silvino Gurgel do Amaral
1874 - 1961
Domingos Neto
Born 1988
Edson Queiroz Filho
1951 - 2008
Adaildo Alves Neres
Born 1965
Francisco Hércules de Araújo
Born 1988
Domingos Filho
Born 1963
Waldonys
Born 1972
Augusto Aníbal
1887 - 1965
Afonso Augusto de Albuquerque Lima
1909 - 1981
Ricardo Callado
Born 1971
Marcelo Vilar
Born 1961
Roberto Pessoa
Born 1943
Luís Cavalcanti Sucupira
1901 - 1997
Regine Limaverde
Born 1947
Jana Moroni Barroso
1948 - 1974
Luiz Carlos Gondim
Born 1947
Emanuel Gurgel
Born 1953
Leo Madeira
Born 1980
Alfredo da Costa Weyne
1842 - 1911
Dalton Girão Barroso
Born 1951
Adriana Cardoso de Castro
Born 1990
Clóvis do Rego Monteiro
1898 - 1961
Caio Porfírio Carneiro
Born 1928
Bergson Gurjão Farias
1947 - 1972
Antônio Xisto Albano
1859 - 1917
Beto Studart
Born 1946
Luís Roberto Andrade Ponte
Born 1934
Diece
Born 1986
Vitor Valim
Born 1978
Raimundo Antônio da Rocha Lima
1855 - 1878
Raimundo Asfora
1930 - 1987
Hélio Melo
1921 - 2001
Francisco de Paula Rocha Aguiar
Born 1947
Maria Yedda Linhares
1921 - 2011
Franklin Chaves
1908 - 1992
Francisco Mamede de Brito Filho
Born 1962
Manuel Teófilo Gaspar de Oliveira
1816 - 1859
Luiz Hermano
Born 1954
Romildo Borges Mendes
1916 - 1990
Carlos Eduardo Benevides Neto
Born 1956
Fernando Luis Gomes Guilherme
Born 1988
Ronald Câmara
1927 - 2015
Márcio Catunda
Born 1957
Francisco Gomes Hernández
1943 - 2014
Siroba
1940 - 2013
João Ferreira Neto
Born 1950
Pedro Lyra
1945 - 2017
Luciano Castro (político)
Born 1949
Georgina Castro
Born 1981
Paulo Oliveira
Born 1951
Cid Saboia de Carvalho
Born 1935
Fábio Abreu Costa
Born 1972
José Mauro Castelo Branco Sampaio
1927 - 2015
Antônio Eudes Xavier
Born 1964
Petrus Cariry
Born 1977
Leonardo Rêgo
Born 1976
Hardi Filho
Born 1934
Mário da Silveira
1899 - 1921
Ildefonso Colares Filho
1948 - 2017
Ivan Frota
Born 1930
Paulo Henrique Lustosa
Born 1968
Rachel Ximenes Marques
Born 1963