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 1870s Clear ×
Juliano Moreira
1873 - 1933
Francisco Mangabeira
1879 - 1904
Floro Bartolomeu
1876 - 1926
Miguel Calmon du Pin e Almeida (engenheiro) – Wi
1879 - 1935
Eduardo Espínola
1875 - 1968
Eurico de Góis
1878 - 1938
Manoel da Silva Gomes
1874 - 1950
Artur de Sales
1879 - 1952
Alfredo Augusto da Mata
1870 - 1954
Cosme de Farias
1875 - 1972
Góis Calmon
1874 - 1932
Vivaldo Lima
1877 - 1949
Antônio Gonçalves Gravatá
1875 - 1950
Marques Porto
1870 - 1910
Maria de Xangô
1878 - 1996