12.9827° S, 38.4939° W
SALVADOR
Most Famous People Born in Salvador, Brazil
- Notable people
- 827
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1952
- Most distinctive
- Model 3.8×
Brazil's first colonial capital and the spiritual home of Afro-Brazilian music shows up in the data exactly where you'd expect: the Composer and Singer benches are basically the Tropicália and axé-music lineage, from Gilberto Gil and Caetano's circle out through Daniela Mercury and Carlinhos Brown. The Boxer count is the Bahian surprise — a city better known for candomblé drums than for the ring.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Salvador during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Salvador Is Known For
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Football is Salvador's biggest profession — 20% of all notables (168).
Salvador over-indexes on model — 3.8× the global rate.
Salvador under-produces player — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Salvador's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1790s Clear ×
José Carlos Pereira de Almeida Torres
1799 - 1850
Francisco Jê Acaiaba de Montezuma
1794 - 1870
José da Costa Carvalho
1796 - 1860
Joaquim Marcelino de Brito
1799 - 1879
Francisco Sabino
1796 - 1846
Rodrigo de Sousa da Silva Pontes
1799 - 1855
Manuel Antônio Galvão
1791 - 1850
Gustavo Adolfo de Aguilar Pantoja
1798 - 1867
José Elói Pessoa
1792 - 1841
Cassiano Esperidião de Melo e Matos
1797 - 1857
Luís Francisco Gonçalves Junqueira
1795 - 1860
Macário César de Alexandria e Sousa
1793 - 1885