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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Maurício Saraiva
Born 1964
Luiz José Marques
1925 - 2014
André Petry
Born 1961
Vagner Gonçalves (Brazilian footballer)
Born 1996
Revocata Heloísa de Melo
1853 - 1944
Roberta Sudbrack
Born 1968
Chico Spina
Born 1955
Francisco Carlos de Araújo Brusque
1822 - 1886
Guilherme Viana
Born 1986
Cláudio Torres da Silva
1945 - 2015
Eliseu Santos
1946 - 2010
Libindo Ferrás
1877 - 1951
Brenner Alves Sabino
Born 1999
Hélio Luz
Born 1946
Frederico Richter
Born 1932
Germano Bonow
Born 1942
Emme White
Born 1981
Vicente Lomando Rao
1908 - 1972
Alcindo de Azevedo Sodré
1895 - 1952
Francisco Riopardense de Macedo
1921 - 2007
Clóvis Pestana
1904 - 2001
Sergio Xavier Filho
Born 1966
Onofre Pires
1799 - 1844
Márcio Petracco
Born 1968
Kiko Freitas
Born 1969
Karin Rosenbaum
Born 1954
Gelson Oliveira
Born 1955
Luís Fernando Cirne Lima
Born 1933
José Carlos de Sousa Lobo
1875 - 1935
Julinho Cézar
Born 1984
Léo Ortiz
Born 1996
Adal Fonseca
Born 1972
Pedro Boticário
1799 - 1850
Eduardo Meditsch
Born 1956
Regis Fichtner Velasco
Born 1964
Frederico Sólon de Sampaio Ribeiro
1839 - 1900
Sérgio Toniolo
Born 1945
Walter Só Jobim
1892 - 1974
Paulo de Tarso Vieira Sanseverino
Born 1959
Jader Rocha
Born 1976
Carla Körbes
Born 1981
Alex Titton
Born 1990
João Antônio de Oliveira Martins
Born 1966
Flávio Moreira da Costa
1942 - 2019
Carmen Seganfredo
Born 1956
Luís de Araújo Correia Lima
1891 - 1930
Carmem Palhares
1946 - 1999
Araken de Assis
Born 1955
Mário Bernd
Born 1950
Júlio Calegari
1886 - 1938
Denise Pahl Schaan
1962 - 2018
Martin Andrade Weber Chagas Carvalho
Born 1985
Dinorah de Assis
1889 - 1921
Tiago Simon
Born 1969
João Miguel (footballer)
Born 1973
Ciro Barcelos
Born 1953
Leo Felipe
Born 1973
Tarso Dutra
1914 - 1983
João Assis
Born 1983
Teresa Toda
Born 1950
Gelson Fogazzi Rocha
Born 1952
Henrique Fonseca de Araújo
1913 - 1996
Ciro Simoni
Born 1951
Chico Garcia (jornalista)
Born 1981
João Manuel Mena Barreto
1824 - 1869
Tonho Crocco
Born 1974
Antônio Adolfo da Fontoura Mena Barreto
1846 - 1923
Enrico Zappoli
Born 1995
Cyro Pestana
1898 - 1982
Duda Brack
Born 1993
Telmo Thompson Flores
1921 - 2008
Pedro Sirotsky
Born 1956
Sérgio Nogueira
Born 1950
José Adolfo Pascowitch
Born 1948
Eduardo Sarmento Leite
1868 - 1935
Diego Silveira
Born 1975
Nelson Coelho de Castro
Born 1954
Tallys
1987 - 2017
Helio Smidt
1926 - 1990
Cármelo de los Santos
Born 1977
Renato Tapado
Born 1962
Marcelo Moraes
Born 1979
Catarino Andreatta
1911 - 1970
Duda Kroeff
Born 1955
Covatti Filho
Born 1987
Augusto César Cunha Carneiro
1922 - 2014
Gustavo Spolidoro
Born 1972
Carlos Medina
1947 - 2011
Afonso Silva
1866 - 1945
Gustavo Ioschpe
Born 1977
Luiz Felipe (footballer, born 1985)
Born 1985
Walter Werner Bräuer
1937 - 2018
Francisco de Sá Brito
1808 - 1875
Ana Carolina Machado
Born 1983
Jordano Martinelli
1912 - 1990
Farid Germano Filho
Born 1966
Anacreonte Ávila de Araújo
1898 - 1973
João Tomás de Cantuária
1835 - 1908
Gustavo Victorino
Born 1956
Ana Luíza Azevedo
Born 1959
Lucas Mello
Born 1981
Jonhatan Miranda Alves
Born 1989
Bel Nunes
Born 1965
Pedro Rodrigues Fernandes Chaves
1810 - 1866
Jorge Moacir da Silva
1946 - 1999
Dalmir Estigarribia
1958 - 2019
Gilberto Tim
1942 - 1999
Fernando Antunes
1887 - 1950
Tapir Rocha
1928 - 2000
Plínio de Castro Casado
1870 - 1964
Cláudio Cabral
1940 - 2012
Idálio Sardenberg
1906 - 1987
Donato Renato Mosella
Born 1957
Amauri Knevitz
Born 1959
Luciano Maia (músico)
Born 1981
Luís Alves Leite de Oliveira Belo (I)
1817 - 1865
Mello (footballer, born 1992)
Born 1992
Wilson Tibério
1920 - 2005
Edmundo Lemanski
1926 - 2010
Luciana de Abreu
1847 - 1880
Luciano Zanatta
Born 1973
Manoel Ceia Laranjeira
1903 - 1994
Ary Veiga Sanhudo
1915 - 1997
Rogério Paes de Farias Corrêa
Born 1959
Marcelo Costa Resende Siqueira
Born 1987
Chico Saratt
Born 1965
Marcelo Rospide
Born 1971
Almir de Souza
Born 1969
Luiz Carlos Oliveira de Bitencourt
Born 1988
Fernando Fantoni
Born 1964
Carlos Cunha Filho
Born 1950
Edgar Koetz
1914 - 1969
Enildo Paulo Pereira
1952 - 2012
Diego Medina
Born 1974
Sebastião Barreto Pereira Pinto
1775 - 1841
Wellington Luís Farias da Silva
Born 1995
Pedro de Castro do Canto e Melo
1866 - 1934
Jorge Fischer
1936 - 1987
Clenira Michel
1930 - 2014
Paulo Luís Vianna Guedes
1916 - 1969
João Faria Vianna
1905 - 1975
Antônio Vale Caldre Fião
1824 - 1876
Vasco Alves Seco
1898 - 1965
Wágner Fogolari
Born 1989
Tiago Belmonte
Born 1981
Leandro Sá
Born 1973
Alessandra Alves Sperb
Born 1985
Cristina Brasil
Born 1966
João Bina Machado
1908 - 2000
Carlos Eduardo Thompson Flores Lenz
Born 1963
Lara de Lemos
1923 - 2010
Luciano Alabarse
Born 1953
Áurea Baptista
Born 1965
Galileu Arruda
1953 - 2012
Arthur Duarte Candal da Fonseca
1909 - 2007
Álcio Souto
1896 - 1948
Keco Brandão
Born 1964
Alexandre Navarro Moreira
Born 1974
Célio Marques Fernandes
1913 - 1989
Pedro Carneiro Pereira
1938 - 1973
Jacintho Moraes
1917 - 1982
Antônio Brochado da Rocha
1907 - 1995
José Hugo Mardini
1939 - 2004
Geison Rodrigues Marrote
Born 1987
Marcio Corleta
Born 1975
Ulysses Bertholdo
Born 1969
Sérgio Ilha Moreira
Born 1940
Juli Manzi
Born 1976
Maurão
1965 - 2008
Valquíria Dullius
Born 1994
Jackson Liberato Ramos
Born 1958
Alexia Castilhos
Born 1995
Luciano Minossi
Born 1976
Ramiro Levy
Born 1985
Miguel Muratore
1871 - 1938
Giordani Vidal
Born 1979
Antônio Eleutério de Camargo
1839 - 1891
André Ribeiro dos Santos
Born 1988
Pedro Vergara
1895 - 1979
Clóvis Monteiro Travassos
1907 - 1976
Douglas Correia Bastos
Born 1995
Adriana Deffenti
Born 1976
Rubem Penz
Born 1964
Francisco Xavier da Cunha
1835 - 1913
Renato Pacheco
1883 - 1964
Oscar Passos
1902 - 1994
Edgar Schneider
1893 - 1963
José Ewbank da Câmara
1843 - 1890
Marcelo Spalding
Born 1982
Ermelinda Lopes de Vasconcelos
1866 - 1952
João Carlos Vital
1900 - 1984
Godofredo Xavier da Cunha
1860 - 1936
Gilberto Andrade
1956 - 1968
Wilson Vargas da Silveira
1926 - 1999
José Diogo Brochado da Rocha
1904 - 1981
Sérgio Müller
1940 - 2011
Léo Romano
Born 1930
Jeffersonn Silveira
Born 1964
Joaquim Felizardo
1932 - 1992
Adamastor Baptista Pereira
1919 - 1998
Fausto de Freitas e Castro
1846 - 1900
Alexandre Vieira (músico)
1965 - 2019
Marcelo Fronkowiack
Born 1968
Fredo Getúlio
Born 1954
Zenon de Almeida
1892 - 1940
Geraldo Luiz Borges Hackmann
Born 1951
Luís da Silva Flores
1815 - 1880
Beatriz Santos
Born 1950
Felicíssimo Manuel de Azevedo
1823 - 1905
Chico Brasil
Born 1974
Benjamim Pereira Sobrinho
Born 1962
Fernando Vieira (jornalista)
1941 - 2020
Rudolph Ahrons
1869 - 1947
Olinto de Oliveira
1865 - 1956
Manuel Antônio da Rocha Faria
1830 - 1894
Eugène Decazes
1844 - 1913
Harri Klein
Born 1942
André Costa (rower)
Born 1976
Rodolpho Rath
1905 - 1973
Giovanni Valentina
Born 1975
Francisco Ferreira de Abreu
1823 - 1885
Zilah Machado
1928 - 2011
Eduardo Valdez Basso
Born 1961
Dante Marcucci
1889 - 1956
Anne Schneider
Born 1946
Otávio Bandeira
Born 1963
Rafael Porto
Born 1979
Rafael Ferrari
Born 1981
Marcelo Rocha
Born 1975
João Gonçalves Duarte
1836 - 1913
Tomás Thompson Flores
1852 - 1897
José Bina Machado
Born 1898
Alec Duarte
Born 1969
Fernando Veronezi
1935 - 2010
Jurandir de Andrade Arrué
1951 - 2019
Paula Cidade
1883 - 1968
Jucinara Thais Soares Paz
Born 1993
João Pereira Ferraz
1853 - 1927
Guilherme Guedes
Born 1999
Afonso Luís Marques
1847 - 1872
Rogério Ratner
Born 1965
Lino Schiefferdecker
1925 - 2004
Álvaro RosaCosta
Born 1967
Hugo Pilger
Born 1969
Manuel José de Freitas Travassos
1812 - 1885
Norberto Jung
1903 - 1976
José Albano Volkmer
1942 - 2007
Alice Mann (politician)
Born 1979
Paulo Roberto da Silveira Rocha
Born 1951
Silvia Koller
Born 1959
Telmo Vergara
1909 - 1967
Raquel Schneider
Born 1984
Kellen Caldas
Born 1976
Marquinho Lang
Born 1970
Carlos Eduardo Weyrauch
1946 - 2018
Antônio Vitor Sampaio Mena Barreto
1825 - 1891
Júlio Andreatta
1917 - 1981
Dede Fedrizzi
Born 1959
Antônio Guites
Born 1936
Milton de Freitas Almeida
1888 - 1962
João Damasceno Vieira Fernandes
1853 - 1910
Inácio da Cunha Galvão
1821 - 1906
Márcio da Silva Dias
Born 1976
Glauco Rodrigues Correia
1929 - 1992
Gabriella Di Laccio
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Manuel Afonso de Freitas Amorim
1831 - 1906
Thayse Cruz
Born 1988
Antônio Lara de Fontoura Palmeiro
1858 - 1886
Aluízio Paraguassu Ferreira
1933 - 2013
Pedro Gonçalves Moacir
1871 - 1919
Elena Tortolero
1913 - 1960
Ivan Luiz Fagundes Walter
Born 1982
Voltaire Schilling
Born 1944
José de Paiva Magalhães Calvet
1808 - 1853
Francisco Félix da Fonseca Pereira Pinto
1805 - 1861
Everton Guimarães
Born 1988
Daniel Cargnin (yudoca)
Born 1997
Manuel da Cunha Galvão
1822 - 1872
Rafael dos Santos Rodrigues
Born 1984
Manuel Veloso Paranhos Pederneiras
1832 - 1907
Chico Brandão
Born 1959
Alfredo Clemente Pinto
1854 - 1938
Laís Chaffe
Born 1966
Ismael Raul da Silva Miranda
Born 1983
Astrogildo de Azevedo
1867 - 1946
Daniel dos Santos
Born 1978
Castor Daudt
Born 1962
Ion Muniz
1948 - 2009
Fabiane Langona
Born 1984
Rafael Mallmith
Born 1981
Clodomiro Caspary
1932 - 2006
Fernando Ferreira Gomes
1830 - 1896
Adriano Schneider
Born 1988
Victorino José Ribeiro
1802 - 1862
Moacyr Knorr Guterres
Born 1962
Sebastião Leão
1866 - 1903
Bibiano Francisco de Almeida
1838 - 1892
Alberto Guerra Vidal
1872 - 1947
Airton Vieira
Born 1968
Jefferson Schmidt
Born 1969