30.0328° S, 51.2300° W
PORTO ALEGRE
Most Famous People Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Notable people
- 991
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1960
- Most distinctive
- Model 3.9×
The gaucho capital's writer and journalist over-indexes reflect a Southern Brazilian literary tradition distinct from Rio or São Paulo — Moacyr Scliar built a magical-realist world from Jewish Porto Alegre, and Elis Regina redefined Brazilian popular singing before her 37th birthday. Ronaldinho learned futsal a short walk from both their childhood homes.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Porto Alegre during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Porto Alegre Is Known For
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Football is Porto Alegre's biggest profession — 25% of all notables (247).
Porto Alegre over-indexes on model — 3.9× the global rate.
Porto Alegre under-produces painter — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Porto Alegre's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Ronaldinho
Born 1980
Elis Regina
1945 - 1982
Luiz Adriano
Born 1987
Anderson (footballer, born 1988)
Born 1988
Moacyr Scliar
1937 - 2011
Luís Carlos Prestes
1898 - 1990
Adriana Calcanhotto
Born 1965
Tinga (footballer)
Born 1978
Júlia Lemmertz
Born 1963
Mauro Galvão
Born 1961
Luís Fernando Veríssimo
Born 1936
Fabrício Werdum
Born 1977
Christian Corrêa Dionisio
Born 1975
Matías Aguirregaray
Born 1989
Radamés Gnattali
1906 - 1988
Allan (footballer, born 1997)
Born 1997
Mineiro (footballer)
Born 1975
Lincoln (footballer, born 1998)
Born 1998
Fernanda Lima
Born 1977
Regina Silveira
Born 1939
Roberto de Assis Moreira
Born 1971
Bruno Coutinho (footballer)
Born 1986
João Batista da Silva
Born 1955
Cláudio Pitbull
Born 1982
Breno Mello
1931 - 2008
Rafael Cardoso
Born 1985
César Santin
Born 1981
Tainá Müller
Born 1982
Roger Machado Marques
Born 1975
Pedro Weingärtner
1853 - 1929
Edenílson
Born 1989
André Luís Garcia
Born 1979
Edmar Halovskyi de Lacerda
Born 1980
Jorge Furtado
Born 1959
Luka (singer)
Born 1979
Matheus Biteco
1995 - 2016
Mayra Aguiar
Born 1991
Anderson Pico
Born 1988
Rafinha Bastos
Born 1976
José Lutzenberger
1926 - 2002
Paulo Magalhães
Born 1989
Mel Lisboa
Born 1982
Werner Schünemann
Born 1959
Fernanda Garay
Born 1986
Marcos Tavares
Born 1984
Everaldo
1944 - 1974
Rodrigo Alvim
Born 1983
Emerson Thome
Born 1972
Roberto Landell de Moura
1861 - 1928
Tizuka Yamasaki
Born 1949
Everton Luiz
Born 1988
Manuela d'Ávila
Born 1981
Renato Borghetti
Born 1963
Vitor Júnior
Born 1986
Michel Laub
Born 1973
Carlos Nejar
Born 1939
Marcelo Demoliner
Born 1989
Dom La Nena
Born 1989
Monica Hickmann Alves
Born 1987
João Gilberto Noll
1946 - 2017
Gerson Vieira
Born 1992
Marco Aurélio Garcia
1941 - 2017
Vítor Faverani
Born 1988
Guilherme Sityá
Born 1990
Martha Medeiros
Born 1961
Roberto Szidon
1941 - 2011
Danny Morais
Born 1985
Alex Klein
Born 1964
Marcelo Labarthe
Born 1984
Daiane dos Santos
Born 1983
Thiago Soares Alves
Born 1986
Rodrigo Galatto
Born 1983
Rafael Albuquerque
Born 1981
Almir
Born 1969
João Derly
Born 1981
Diogo Rincón
Born 1980
Thomaz Koch
Born 1945
Valdir Espinosa
1947 - 2020
Sílvia Pfeifer
Born 1958
Paulinho de Almeida
1932 - 2007
Rafael Gaúcho
Born 1982
Tomas Behrend
Born 1974
Guilherme Clezar
Born 1992
Augusto Meyer
1902 - 1970
Claiton (footballer, born 1978)
Born 1978
Felipe Garcia (footballer, born 1990)
Born 1990
Lupicínio Rodrigues
1914 - 1974
José Fogaça
Born 1947
Letícia Wierzchowski
Born 1972
Eduardo Sasha
Born 1992
Marcia Barbosa
Born 1960
Luiz Antonio de Assis Brasil
Born 1945
Cristiano Cordeiro
Born 1973
Marcos Camozzato
Born 1983
Lílian Lemmertz
1937 - 1986
Fernanda Oliveira
Born 1980
Cássio Vargas
Born 1983
Carlos Reichenbach
1945 - 2012
Léo Gamalho
Born 1986
Bruna Ferraz
Born 1981
Maurine Dorneles Gonçalves
Born 1986
Yuri Mamute
Born 1995
Caíco
Born 1974
Flávio Minuano
Born 1944
Armandinho (cantor)
Born 1970
Gabriela Cé
Born 1993
André Ghem
Born 1982
Rafael Porcellis
Born 1987
Alfredo Eduardo Barreto de Freitas Noronha
1918 - 2003
Ênio Andrade
1928 - 1997
Julius Richard Büchi
1924 - 1984
Diego Barcelos
Born 1985
Carolina Albuquerque
Born 1977
Adão Nunes Dornelles
1923 - 1991
Gabriel Santos
Born 1983
Rafael Crivellaro
Born 1989
Jair Gonçalves Prates
Born 1953
Jorge Luis da Silva Brum
Born 1965
Alexandre Tombini
Born 1963
Guilherme Biteco
Born 1994
Rafael Scheidt
Born 1976
Marciel Silva da Silva
Born 1995
Eduardo Bueno
Born 1958
Giovanni Vescovi
Born 1978
Veronica Stigger
Born 1973
Bruna Abdullah
Born 1979
Maria Benedita Bormann
1853 - 1895
Florêncio Carlos de Abreu e Silva
1839 - 1881
Vinícius Conceição da Silva
Born 1977
Raphinha (footballer, born 1996)
Born 1996
Humberto Gessinger
Born 1963
Dorval Rodrigues
Born 1935
Gabi Garcia
Born 1985
Andrey Nazário Afonso
Born 1983
Lisca (football manager)
Born 1972
Gabriel Machado
Born 1989
Roger Lima
Born 1973
Juliana Didone
Born 1984
Romário Leiria
Born 1992
Guido Frederico João Pabst
1914 - 1980
Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa
1923 - 2010
Guilherme Toldo
Born 1992
Francisco de Paula Brochado da Rocha
1910 - 1962
Luiz Luz
1909 - 1989
Felipe Araruna
Born 1996
Tales Schütz
Born 1981
Sheron Menezzes
Born 1983
Júnior Tavares
Born 1996
Guilherme Weisheimer
Born 1981
Cristiano Roland
Born 1976
Tesourinha
1921 - 1979
Sylvio Pirillo
1916 - 1991
Claudiomiro Estrais Ferreira
1950 - 2018
Denis Lerrer Rosenfield
Born 1950
Leandro Ávila
Born 1971
Diego Gaúcho
Born 1981
Bruno Ferraz das Neves
Born 1984
Cassiano Dias Moreira
Born 1989
Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho
1888 - 1950
Jupiter Apple
1968 - 2015
Thais Russomano
Born 1963
Fábio Nunes
Born 1980
Carlos Eduardo Miranda
1962 - 2018
Marcelo Mabilia
Born 1972
André Luís Ferreira
Born 1959
Titi Müller
Born 1986
Airton Pavilhão
1934 - 2012
Régis Cardoso
1934 - 2005
Leandro Macedo
Born 1968
Rudolf Huch
1862 - 1943
Gisele de Oliveira
Born 1980
Frank Jorge
Born 1966
Paulo Santos (Brazilian footballer)
Born 1960
Ana Paula Ferreira
Born 1980
José Ramirez Barreto
Born 1976
Régis Amarante Lima de Quadros
Born 1976
Fábio Medina Osório
Born 1967
Wágner Pires de Almeida
Born 1973
William Schuster
Born 1987
Paulo Renato Souza
1945 - 2011
Carol Bensimon
Born 1982
Hamilton Mourão
Born 1953
Jair Soares
Born 1933
Luís Carlos Machado
1950 - 2011
Fernando Oliveira
Born 1984
Tales Tlaija de Souza
Born 1990
Yan Sasse
Born 1997
Octacílio Pinheiro Guerra
1909 - 1967
Cássio Alessandro de Souza
Born 1986
Mauro Machado da Silva
Born 1975
Rodrigo Longaray
Born 1985
Beto Almeida
Born 1948
Alessandro Faria
Born 1978
José Maria Eymael
Born 1939
Léo Kanu
Born 1988
Eduardo Guimarães
1892 - 1928
Bruninho (footballer, born 1989)
Born 1989
Paulo Scott
Born 1966
Iêda Maria Vargas
Born 1944
Manfredo Fest
1936 - 1999
Esther Scliar
1926 - 1978
Gaúcho (footballer)
1964 - 2016
Herbert Heinicke
1905 - 1988
Rodrigo Heffner
Born 1982
Niege Dias
Born 1966
Daiane Conterato
Born 1990
Flávia Moraes
Born 1959
Rogério Klafke
Born 1971
André Bier Gerdau Johannpeter
Born 1963
Mosiah Rodrigues
Born 1981
Júlio Andrade
Born 1976
Vera Chaves Barcellos
Born 1938
Lily Safra
Born 1934
Yoñlu
1989 - 2006
Nico Nicolaiewsky
1957 - 2014
Anderson Ribeiro
Born 1981
Ronaldo Schmitz
Born 1938
Larissa Maciel
Born 1977
Nilton Bonder
Born 1957
Rafael Diego de Souza
Born 1986
Marcelo Rosa da Silva
Born 1976
Carlos de Paula Couto
1910 - 1982
Fabrício Neis
Born 1990
Dario Barbosa
1882 - 1965
Mônica Santhiago
Born 1975
Jefferson Fredo Rodrigues
Born 1978
Augusto César Moreira
Born 1992
João de Deus Mena Barreto (1874–1933)
1874 - 1933
Valmir Louruz
1944 - 2015
Carla Maffioletti
Born 1980
Rafael Jaques
Born 1975
Juninho Botelho
Born 1987
Felipe Klein
Born 1987
Casemiro Mior
Born 1958
Francisco Costa (tennis)
Born 1973
Felipinho
Born 1992
Rosa Weber
Born 1948
Fábio Luís
Born 1983
Irajá Damiani Pinto
1919 - 2014
Carlitos (Brazilian footballer)
1921 - 2001
Milo Harbich
1900 - 1988
Ederson Fofonka
Born 1974
Damián Rodríguez
Born 1974
Jackeline Olivier
Born 1977
Mário Sperry
Born 1966
Manius Abbadi
Born 1976
Chris Leão
Born 1994
Artur de Oliveira
1851 - 1882
Tatiana Weston-Webb
Born 1996
Athos Damasceno Ferreira
1902 - 1975
Edson Silva (canoeist)
Born 1982
Dilermando de Assis
1888 - 1951
Fábio Pillar
1960 - 2010
Ildo Meneghetti
1895 - 1980
Milton Kuelle
Born 1933
Elias dos Santos Bueno
Born 1993
Jorge Edson
Born 1966
José Luiz Ferreira Rodrigues
Born 1946
Edu K
Born 1968
Diogo da Costa Oliveira
Born 1988
Karin Lambrecht
Born 1957
Victor Wagner
Born 1959
Léo Natel
Born 1997
Marco Balthazar
Born 1983
Eduardo Rihan Cypel
Born 1975
Fernando Peixoto
1937 - 2012
Marcelo Birck
Born 1965
Janelson Carvalho
Born 1969
Eduardo Reck Miranda
Born 1963
Lucas Provenzano de Deus
Born 1987
Licínio Azevedo
Born 1951
Graziella Schmitt
Born 1981
Padma Samten
Born 1949
Wesley Natã Wachholz
Born 1995
Luiz Fernando (calciatore 1971)
Born 1971
Carlos Cirne Lima
Born 1931
Jé
Born 1983
Ana Luiza Koehler
Born 1977
Duca Leindecker
Born 1970
Ênio Rodrigues
1930 - 2001
Gilmar Teixeira
Born 1970
Caco Barcellos
Born 1950
Karl Hanssen
1887 - 1916
Breno Caldas
1910 - 1989
Pedro Carmona (footballer)
Born 1988
Élton Giovanni
Born 1983
Fernando Gaúcho
Born 1980
João Fahrion
1898 - 1970
Chico Fraga
Born 1954
Vanessa de Oliveira
Born 1975
Marcos Rolim
Born 1960
Hedy Iracema-Brügelmann
1881 - 1941
Sandra Jatahy Pesavento
1946 - 2009
Henrique Golland Trindade
1897 - 1974
Moroni Bing Torgan
Born 1956
Lucas Kaufmann
Born 1991
Ilana Kaplan
Born 1965
Carlos Gerbase
Born 1959
Vinicius Galvão Leal
Born 1989
Nathan Athaydes Campos Ferreira
Born 1994