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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- Film & TV
- Music
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Daniel Vier
Born 1982
Paulo Roberto Prestes
Born 1988
Jader da Silva Brazeiro
Born 1984
Thiago Amaral
Born 1984
Paulo Edson Nascimento Costa
Born 1981
Ênio Santos
1922 - 2002
Paulo Silva (volleyball)
Born 1963
Luciano Dias
Born 1970
Deives Thiago Santos da Silva
Born 1982
Valdir Joaquim de Moraes
1931 - 2020
Clara Averbuck
Born 1979
Álvaro Moreyra
1888 - 1964
Bolívar Modualdo Guedes
Born 1954
Luan de Oliveira
Born 1990
José Antônio Correia da Câmara
1824 - 1893
Antônio Hohlfeldt
Born 1948
José Bernardino Bormann
1844 - 1919
Alice Brueggemann
1917 - 2001
Onyx Lorenzoni
Born 1954
Geraldo Flach
1945 - 2011
André Arteche
Born 1984
Marlisa Wahlbrink
Born 1973
Walter D'Ávila
1911 - 1996
Luana Martau
Born 1984
Paulo Castelli
Born 1956
Márcio Kieling
Born 1978
Raul Pilla
1892 - 1973
Raphinha
Born 1993
Walter Peracchi Barcelos
1909 - 1986
Ernesto Araújo
Born 1967
Gustavo Borges (artist)
Born 1995
Reinaldo da Silva
Born 1984
Celso Scarpini
Born 1944
Murilo Radke
Born 1989
Walmir Ayala
1933 - 1991
Raquel de Souza Noronha
Born 1978
Regina Zilberman
Born 1948
Luiza Helena de Bairros
1953 - 2016
Thiago Corrêa
Born 1982
Lucas Lima (músico)
Born 1982
Jamir Gomes
Born 1972
Ari Hercílio
1941 - 1972
Carlos Michel Lopes Vargas
Born 1982
Carlos Machado Bittencourt
1840 - 1897
Osmar Terra
Born 1950
Amália dos Passos Figueiroa
1845 - 1878
Michelle Lenhardt
Born 1980
Nelson Ivan Petzold
1931 - 2018
Henrique Fontana
Born 1960
Paulo Sant'Ana
1939 - 2017
Leandro Farias
Born 1983
Luís Inácio Adams
Born 1965
Alessandro Teixeira
Born 1972
Luiz Carlos Maciel
1938 - 2017
Priscila Daroit
Born 1988
Julinho Camargo
Born 1971
Luíza Maranhão
Born 1940
Filipe Matzembacher
Born 1988
Samuel de Bona
Born 1990
Cândido Batista de Oliveira
1801 - 1865
Matheus Bertotto
Born 1993
Luiz Carlos Guedes Stukas
Born 1980
Tinga (footballer, born 1993)
Born 1993
Juliano Moro
Born 1977
Roberto Carvalho Cauê
Born 1987
Elizabeth Hartmann
Born 1941
Foguinho
1909 - 1996
Cassiano Mendes da Rocha
Born 1975
Otto Guerra
Born 1956
Sérgio Moacir Torres Nunes
1926 - 2007
Carlos Marun
Born 1960
Luciano Bozko
Born 1978
Patrick Machado Ferreira
Born 1998
Guilherme Macuglia
Born 1961
Cristiano Michelena
Born 1971
Débora Nunes
Born 1983
Fernando Chagas Carvalho Neto
Born 1952
Paula Diehl
Born 1970
Braulio Barbosa de Lima
Born 1948
Ênio Gonçalves
1943 - 2013
Zé do Rock
Born 1956
Mílton Alves da Silva
1931 - 1973
Múcio Teixeira
1857 - 1926
Vitória Strada
Born 1996
Marcelo Dourado
Born 1972
Hique Gomez
Born 1959
Brizola Neto
Born 1978
Dante de Laytano
1908 - 2000
Nelson Marchezan Júnior
Born 1971
Eduardo Sirotsky Melzer
Born 1972
José Ricardo Rambo
Born 1971
Moacyr Flores
Born 1935
Chinita Ullmann
1904 - 1977
Gian dos Santos Martins
Born 1993
Daniel Herz
1954 - 2006
Rogério Zimmermann
Born 1965
Ema D'Ávila
1916 - 1985
Nena Ainhoren
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Dani Bolina
Born 1984
Harald Schultz
1909 - 1966
Chôco
Born 1971
João Souza (fencer)
Born 1983
Antônio Xerxenesky
Born 1984
Luís Dill
Born 1965
Joanídia Sodré
1903 - 1975
Guido Mondin
1912 - 2000
Ana Barbachan
Born 1989
Nei Van Soria
Born 1969
José Fernando Oliveira de Aguiar Junior
Born 1991
Douglas Silva Delfino
Born 1983
Amélia Bittencourt
Born 1938
Vitor Kley
Born 1994
Anderson Cardoso
Born 1986
Daltro Menezes
1938 - 1994
Eduardo Palassin Guinle
1846 - 1912
Helena Rizzo
Born 1978
Francisco Pedro Buarque de Abreu
1811 - 1891
José Loureiro da Silva
1902 - 1964
Émerson de Souza Ferreti
Born 1971
Elida Tessler
Born 1961
Tiago Mattos
Born 1979
Bárbara Koboldt
Born 1975
Ricardo Macchi
Born 1970
Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro
Born 1959
Daniel Bueno
Born 1977
Berenice Azambuja
Born 1952
Alexandre Paradeda
Born 1972
Santiago Lambre
Born 1975
Maria Carolina Ribeiro
Born 1978
Luiz Marenco
Born 1964
Cris Peter
Born 1983
Malu Valle
Born 1957
Martin Muehle
Born 1969
Luciano Quadros
Born 1974
Raul Ellwanger
Born 1947
José Victor Castiel
Born 1958
Luciene Adami
Born 1964
Max Mallmann
1968 - 2016
Carlos Machado (produtor)
1908 - 1992
Claudio Ribeiro
Born 1958
Mário Pereira (jornalista)
1947 - 2014
Araci Esteves
Born 1939
Léo Rosa
Born 1983
José Paulo Cairoli
Born 1952
Mariana Martins
Born 1983
Ariane Monticeli
Born 1982
Eduardo Sterzi
Born 1973
Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza
1945 - 2007
Raphael Florêncio Margarido
Born 1983
Mauricio Correa
Born 1987
Frederico Tadewald
Born 1908
Luís Fernando Roese Ortiz
Born 1956
Fernando Pinto
Born 1949
David Coimbra
Born 1962
Maristela Basso
Born 1960
Pedro Furtado
Born 1984
Giordanna Forte
Born 1985
Edvaldo Pereira Paiva
1911 - 1981
Celso Loureiro Chaves
Born 1950
Paulo Hecker Filho
1926 - 2005
Grazi Fantini
Born 1981
Felipe Nunes
Born 1981
Mauri Fonseca
Born 1941
Neusinha Brizola
1954 - 2011
Lauro Quadros
Born 1939
Ana Terra (ilustradora)
Born 1985
Júlia Gama
Born 1993
José Caetano Mendes
Born 1972
Fernando Noronha
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Yedo Fiúza
1894 - 1975
Abigail Conceição de Souza
1921 - 2007
Willian de Oliveira Saldanha
Born 1989
Zaira Bueno
Born 1955
Amanda Rosa
Born 1980
Júlio Titow
Born 1952
Félix da Cunha
1833 - 1865
Fernando Mattos
1963 - 2018
Nelson Boeira Faedrich
1912 - 1994
Barbara Casasola
Born 1984
Tiago Rannow
Born 1982
João Carlos Severiano
Born 1941
Henrique Kranen
1911 - 1974
Rafael Tombini
Born 1972
Cláudio Vinícius dos Santos Britto
Born 1976
Ricardo Martins (ator)
Born 1977
Vítor Hugo (footballer, born 1981)
Born 1981
Alberto Bins
1869 - 1957
Mário Totta
1874 - 1947
André Jardine
Born 1979
Hilário Ribeiro
1847 - 1886
Rony Rodrigues
Born 1979
Afonso Motta
Born 1950
Diogo de Lima Barcelos
Born 1985
Norah Fontes
1910 - 1996
Ubirajara Veiga da Silva
Born 1955
Arthur de Faria
Born 1968
Caco Velho
1920 - 1971
Susana Schnarndorf
Born 1967
Vágner Cunha
Born 1973
Henrique Luís Roessler
1896 - 1963
Flávio Aguiar
Born 1947
Paula Mastroberti
Born 1962
Lucia Koch
Born 1966
Mem de Azambuja Sá
1905 - 1989
Abel Roland
Born 1983
Marcos Wainberg
Born 1949
Mário Maestri
Born 1948
Irene Brietzke
Born 1944
Bibiano Sérgio Macedo da Fontoura Costallat – W
1845 - 1904
Mário Meneghetti
1905 - 1969
Tristão José Monteiro
1816 - 1892
Wilson Fragoso
1929 - 2019
Klever Kolberg
Born 1962
Oscar Boeira
1883 - 1943
Jane Tutikian
Born 1952
Otto Alcides Ohlweiler
1914 - 1991
Hermann Brügelmann
1899 - 1972
Deise Nunes
Born 1968
Ana Maria Mainieri
Born 1978
José Otávio Germano
Born 1962
Cláudia Tajes
Born 1963
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
Born 1987
Alexandre Birck
Born 1967
Sabrina Lins
Born 1983
Magda Renner
1926 - 2016
Mano Changes
Born 1975
Tânia Faillace
Born 1939
Cristina Ranzolin
Born 1966
Ricardo Silvestrin
Born 1963
Luciano Martins
Born 1963
José Paulo Bisol
Born 1928
Luciano Martins
Born 1966
Fernanda Carvalho Leite
Born 1974
Nathalia Melo-Wilson
Born 1984
Gomes Cardim
1865 - 1932
Cristiane Dias
Born 1980
Alexandre Zilles
1951 - 1999
Fernando Ramos de Alencar
1919 - 1994
Nelson Sirotsky
Born 1953
Mendes Ribeiro Filho
1957 - 2015
Antônio Cândido de Menezes
1828 - 1908
Marcos Breda
Born 1960
Flávio Fachel
Born 1965
Marco de Vargas
Born 1973
Pablo de Lima
1986 - 2015
Carlos Roberto Orrigo da Cunha
Born 1953
Thedy Corrêa
Born 1963
Marcus Vinícius Pratini de Moraes
Born 1939
Carlos Thompson Flores
1843 - 1904
Abigail Maia
1887 - 1981
Juliana Chaves Santos
Born 1990
José Henrique Paim
Born 1966
Paulo Odone
Born 1942
Jalusa Barcellos
Born 1952
Thalles Cabral
Born 1994
Henrique Marques de Oliveira Lisboa
1799 - 1869
Armando Câmara
1898 - 1975
Leandro Daiello Coimbra
Born 1966
Giba Assis Brasil
Born 1957
Juliana Brizola
Born 1975
Milton Jung
Born 1963
Paula Valdez
Born 1979
Beatriz Consuelo
1932 - 2013
André Sturm
Born 1966
Lizi Benites
Born 1979
Mauro Mendes de Azeredo
Born 1937
Pedro Colin
1927 - 2008
Cláudia Laitano
Born 1966
Júlio Reny
Born 1959
Rafa Brites
Born 1986
Rui Cirne Lima
1908 - 1984
Pedro Ernesto (radialista)
Born 1950
Antônio de Assis Republicano
1897 - 1960
Alcides Etchegoyen
1901 - 1956
Márcio Fernandez Cazorla
Born 1971
Ruben Berta
1907 - 1966
José Antônio Daudt
1940 - 1988
Guilherme Portanova
Born 1976
Eduardo Corona
1921 - 2001
Pedro Ruas
Born 1956
José Antônio Pinheiro Machado
Born 1949
Altair Martins
Born 1975
Kika Martinez
Born 1981
Antero José Ferreira de Brito
1787 - 1856
Charles Master
Born 1967
Frank Solari
Born 1972
Jorge Zelada
Born 1957
Fábio Ostermann
Born 1984
Nenê (Musiker)
Born 1947
Milton Pascowitch
Born 1949
Regina Becker Fortunati
Born 1957
Flávio Alcaraz Gomes
1927 - 2011
Ney Keller
Born 1958
Cacalo
Born 1950
Gustavo Wabner
Born 1975
Davi (futsal player)
Born 1979
José de Araújo Viana
1872 - 1916
Carla Pernambuco
Born 1959
Mariana Becker
Born 1971
Alex Broch Amado
Born 1987