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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Leonardo da Silva Gomes
Born 1997
Casimiro Ribeiro Brasil Montenegro
1864 - 1947
Paulo Lélis
1951 - 2008
Raul Araújo
Born 1959
Edson Silva (político brasileiro)
Born 1949
José Clarindo de Queirós
1841 - 1893
Jorge Veras
Born 1959
Luiz Alberto Vidal Pontes
Born 1956
Heitor Alves
Born 1982
Mozart Gomes
1939 - 2009
Sérgio Sá
1953 - 2017
Álvaro Nunes Weyne
1881 - 1963
Alberto Targino
1912 - 2016
João Scortecci
Born 1956
Allison Francioni
Born 1993
Marcelo Caracas Linhares
1924 - 2007
Claudio Bernardo
Born 1964
Francisco José da Silva Júnior
1879 - 1948
Fernando Cirino Gurgel
Born 1952
José Maria Ferreira Araújo
1941 - 1970
João Valdetaro de Amorim e Mello
1896 - 1989
Artur Ribeiro (futebolista)
1949 - 2007
Chaguinha
Born 1988
Mino (cartunista)
Born 1944
José Freitas Nobre
1921 - 1990
Clarisse Peixoto
Born 1987
Meton de Alencar
1845 - 1893
Carlos Virgílio Távora
1955 - 2000
José Ramos Torres de Melo
1892 - 1969
Manoel Domingos Neto
Born 1949
Janaína Queiroz Cavalcante
Born 1988
Ítalo Anderson
Born 1993
Descartes Gadelha
Born 1943
Joílson da Silva
Born 1987
Romero Estelita Cavalcanti Pessoa
1892 - 1982
Geraldo Mesquita Júnior
Born 1948
Wendell Falcão
Born 1979
João Batista Da Silva
Born 1973
Eliomar de Lima
Born 1962
Francisco Xavier Torres Junior
1803 - 1873
Paulinho Ceará
Born 1962
Calé Alencar
Born 1954
Pedro Simões Eugênio Souza
Born 1938
Antônio Teodorico da Costa Filho
1861 - 1939
Roberto Lopes Nascimento
Born 1983
Francisco Magalhães Barbosa
Born 1925
Raimundo de Alencar Araripe
1890 - 1984
Hugo Bianchi
Born 1926
César Cals de Oliveira
1885 - 1948
Francisco das Chagas Veras
1946 - 2005
Lauro Maia Teles
1913 - 1950
Francisco Caminha
Born 1958
Jackson Pereira
1947 - 1995
Luiz Esteves Neto
1925 - 2008
Roberto Pontes
Born 1944
Patrícia Aguiar
Born 1966
Barão de Aratanha
1830 - 1901
José Rocha
Born 1960
José Félix de Azevedo e Sá
1781 - 1827
Shaylyn Bedê
Born 1981
João Henrique Sampaio Vieira da Silva
1896 - 1974
Antônio Marcelo Teixeira Sousa
Born 1957
Flávio Torres
Born 1944
José Augusto Lopes
Died 1963
Ivan Ramos de Vasconcelos César
Born 1917
Péricles Moreira da Rocha
1917 - 2000
Messias Pontes
1947 - 2013
Fausto Augusto Borges Cabral
1909 - 1963
Hevaldo André Sabino Moreira
Born 1979
Roberto Cláudio Frota Bezerra
Born 1946
Manuel Jacaré
1903 - 1942
Francisco Barbosa de Paula Pessoa
1853 - 1943
Adelson Viana
Born 1971
Franklin Monteiro Gondim
1894 - 1982
Alderico Vieira Perdigão
1895 - 1970
Magda Rejane Falcão de Lima
Born 1968
José Joaquim de Andrade
1879 - 1940
Antônio José Machado
1809 - 1861
Paulo Ernâni Ramalho Carvalho
Born 1946
Moysés Louro de Azevedo Filho
Born 1959
Tomás Pompeu Pinto Accioli
1868 - 1941
Ednilton Gomes de Soárez
Born 1944
Cláudio Moreira Filomeno Gomes
Born 1943
Paulo Henrique Goes da Silva
Born 1980
Jairo Severiano
Born 1927
Augusto Carlos de Amorim Garcia
1837 - 1899
Júlio César Costa Lima
Born 1956
Aparecida Silvino
Born 1966
Firmo Fernandes de Castro
Born 1944
João Carlos Barreto
1895 - 1970
Daniell Abrew
Born 1982
José Augusto Caetano
Born 1945
Jô Hamvultando
1828 - 1906
Otoniel Fernandes Neto
Born 1964
Aloysio de Alencar Pinto
1911 - 2007
Crisanto Moreira da Rocha
1905 - 1975
José Antônio Moreira da Rocha
1830 - 1914
Aira Ferreira
Born 1997
Manuel Francisco Viana Neto
Born 1952
Waldyr Diogo de Siqueira
1910 - 1970
Edgar Arruda
1892 - 1965
Zanazanan
1972 - 2015
Ivan de Alencar
Born 1920
Geraldo Rola
Born 1955
Itamar de Santiago Espíndola
1917 - 1992
Gonçalo de Lagos Fernandes Bastos
1842 - 1896
Weaver Lima
Born 1973
Marco Penaforte
Born 1948
Cayê Milfont
Born 1957
João de Deus Costa Lima
Born 1948
Sérgio Filomeno
1941 - 1987
Moacir Bedê
Born 1969
Roberto de Carvalho Rocha
1925 - 2017
José Pompeu Pinto Accioli
1873 - 1950
Francisco Xavier Nogueira
1825 - 1898
Tomás de Paula Pessoa Rodrigues
1873 - 1957
Dacildo Mourão
Born 1961
João Batista Perdigão de Oliveira
1854 - 1929
Tobias Macedo
Born 1996
Paulino Franklin do Amaral
1842 - 1892
Stélio Valle
1950 - 2008
Antônio Argos Ponte de Vasconcelos
1927 - 1994
Marly Vasconcelos
Born 1943
Jorge Moreira da Rocha
1895 - 1957
José Otacílio Saboia Ribeiro
1903 - 1969
José Alves Linhares
1919 - 1985
Marcela de Oliveira
Born 1987
Cosme Ferreira
1893 - 1976
Ulisses Tavares da Silva Filho
Born 1945
Felipe Jonatan Rocha Andrade
Born 1998
Batista Neto
1906 - 1999
Luiz Carlos Bezerra
Born 1951
Abelardo Marinho de Albuquerque Andrade
1892 - 1968
Egberto Rodrigues
1908 - 1964
Átila Barreira do Amaral
1886 - 1951
Osvaldo Studart
1894 - 1956
Leonél Pereira de Alencar Neto
Born 1951
Marcilio Browne
Born 1989
Antônio de Amorim Garcia
1850 - 1913