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
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 182 notable births.
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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- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Elis Regina
1945 - 1982
Everaldo
1944 - 1974
Tizuka Yamasaki
Born 1949
João Gilberto Noll
1946 - 2017
Marco Aurélio Garcia
1941 - 2017
Roberto Szidon
1941 - 2011
Thomaz Koch
Born 1945
Valdir Espinosa
1947 - 2020
José Fogaça
Born 1947
Luiz Antonio de Assis Brasil
Born 1945
Carlos Reichenbach
1945 - 2012
Flávio Minuano
Born 1944
Paulo Renato Souza
1945 - 2011
Beto Almeida
Born 1948
Iêda Maria Vargas
Born 1944
Valmir Louruz
1944 - 2015
Rosa Weber
Born 1948
José Luiz Ferreira Rodrigues
Born 1946
Padma Samten
Born 1949
Sandra Jatahy Pesavento
1946 - 2009
Antônio Hohlfeldt
Born 1948
Geraldo Flach
1945 - 2011
Celso Scarpini
Born 1944
Regina Zilberman
Born 1948
Ari Hercílio
1941 - 1972
Luíza Maranhão
Born 1940
Elizabeth Hartmann
Born 1941
Braulio Barbosa de Lima
Born 1948
Ênio Gonçalves
1943 - 2013
Raul Ellwanger
Born 1947
Mário Pereira (jornalista)
1947 - 2014
Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza
1945 - 2007
Fernando Pinto
Born 1949
Mauri Fonseca
Born 1941
João Carlos Severiano
Born 1941
Flávio Aguiar
Born 1947
Marcos Wainberg
Born 1949
Mário Maestri
Born 1948
Irene Brietzke
Born 1944
Paulo Odone
Born 1942
José Antônio Daudt
1940 - 1988
José Antônio Pinheiro Machado
Born 1949
Nenê (Musiker)
Born 1947
Milton Pascowitch
Born 1949
Cláudio Torres da Silva
1945 - 2015
Eliseu Santos
1946 - 2010
Hélio Luz
Born 1946
Germano Bonow
Born 1942
Sérgio Toniolo
Born 1945
Flávio Moreira da Costa
1942 - 2019
Carmem Palhares
1946 - 1999
José Adolfo Pascowitch
Born 1948
Carlos Medina
1947 - 2011
Jorge Moacir da Silva
1946 - 1999
Gilberto Tim
1942 - 1999
Cláudio Cabral
1940 - 2012
Sérgio Ilha Moreira
Born 1940
Sérgio Müller
1940 - 2011
Fernando Vieira (jornalista)
1941 - 2020
Harri Klein
Born 1942
Anne Schneider
Born 1946
José Albano Volkmer
1942 - 2007
Carlos Eduardo Weyrauch
1946 - 2018
Voltaire Schilling
Born 1944
Ion Muniz
1948 - 2009
Márcia Cibilis Viana
Born 1949
Vitório Andreatta
1942 - 2003
Diná Pettenuzzo Santiago
Born 1941
Leda Lúcia Martins Camargo
Born 1946