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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Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
1900 - 1967
Tasso Jereissati
Born 1948
Roberto Cláudio
Born 1975
Armando Falcão
1919 - 2010
Lúcio Alcântara
Born 1943
Juracy Magalhães
1905 - 2001
Mauro Benevides
Born 1930
Luizianne Lins
Born 1968
Sérgio Machado (homme politique)
Born 1946
Ildefonso Albano
1885 - 1957
Erika Kokay
Born 1957
José Parsifal Barroso
1913 - 1986
Acrísio Moreira da Rocha
1907 - 2004
Raimundo Padilha
1899 - 1988
Hélio Gueiros
1925 - 2011
Inácio Arruda
Born 1957
André Figueiredo
Born 1966
Ricardo Fiuza
1939 - 2005
Marcos Franco Rabelo
1851 - 1940
Pedro Borges
1851 - 1922
Artur Bruno
Born 1959
Raul Barbosa
1911 - 1975
Ana Maria Medeiros da Fonseca
1950 - 2018
Tomás Pompeu de Sousa Brasil (filho)
1879 - 1969
César Cals Neto
Born 1950
Carlos Jereissati
1917 - 1963
José Costa Cavalcanti
1918 - 1991
Mauro Benevides Filho
Born 1959
Murilo Borges
1913 - 1982
Domingos Neto
Born 1988
Edson Queiroz Filho
1951 - 2008
Domingos Filho
Born 1963
Afonso Augusto de Albuquerque Lima
1909 - 1981
Roberto Pessoa
Born 1943
Luís Cavalcanti Sucupira
1901 - 1997
Luís Roberto Andrade Ponte
Born 1934
Vitor Valim
Born 1978
Francisco de Paula Rocha Aguiar
Born 1947
Franklin Chaves
1908 - 1992
Manuel Teófilo Gaspar de Oliveira
1816 - 1859
Carlos Eduardo Benevides Neto
Born 1956
João Ferreira Neto
Born 1950
Luciano Castro (político)
Born 1949
Cid Saboia de Carvalho
Born 1935
Fábio Abreu Costa
Born 1972
José Mauro Castelo Branco Sampaio
1927 - 2015
Antônio Eudes Xavier
Born 1964
Leonardo Rêgo
Born 1976
Ivan Frota
Born 1930
Paulo Henrique Lustosa
Born 1968
Rachel Ximenes Marques
Born 1963
Edson Silva (político brasileiro)
Born 1949
José Clarindo de Queirós
1841 - 1893
Luiz Alberto Vidal Pontes
Born 1956
Álvaro Nunes Weyne
1881 - 1963
Alberto Targino
1912 - 2016
Marcelo Caracas Linhares
1924 - 2007
José Maria Ferreira Araújo
1941 - 1970
Meton de Alencar
1845 - 1893
Carlos Virgílio Távora
1955 - 2000
José Ramos Torres de Melo
1892 - 1969
Romero Estelita Cavalcanti Pessoa
1892 - 1982
Geraldo Mesquita Júnior
Born 1948
Raimundo de Alencar Araripe
1890 - 1984
César Cals de Oliveira
1885 - 1948
Jackson Pereira
1947 - 1995
Patrícia Aguiar
Born 1966
José Félix de Azevedo e Sá
1781 - 1827
João Henrique Sampaio Vieira da Silva
1896 - 1974
Flávio Torres
Born 1944
Péricles Moreira da Rocha
1917 - 2000
Messias Pontes
1947 - 2013
Fausto Augusto Borges Cabral
1909 - 1963
Franklin Monteiro Gondim
1894 - 1982
Alderico Vieira Perdigão
1895 - 1970
Antônio José Machado
1809 - 1861
Cláudio Moreira Filomeno Gomes
Born 1943
Júlio César Costa Lima
Born 1956
Crisanto Moreira da Rocha
1905 - 1975
Manuel Francisco Viana Neto
Born 1952
Gonçalo de Lagos Fernandes Bastos
1842 - 1896
Marco Penaforte
Born 1948
Sérgio Filomeno
1941 - 1987
Jorge Moreira da Rocha
1895 - 1957
José Otacílio Saboia Ribeiro
1903 - 1969
José Alves Linhares
1919 - 1985
Batista Neto
1906 - 1999
Abelardo Marinho de Albuquerque Andrade
1892 - 1968
Egberto Rodrigues
1908 - 1964
Átila Barreira do Amaral
1886 - 1951
Osvaldo Studart
1894 - 1956
Antônio de Amorim Garcia
1850 - 1913