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 1880s Clear ×
Vicente Ferreira Pastinha
1889 - 1981
Otávio Mangabeira
1886 - 1960
João Mangabeira
1880 - 1964
Artur Neiva
1880 - 1943
Antônio Muniz Sodré de Aragão
1881 - 1940
Prisciliano Silva
1883 - 1965
Oscar Freire
1882 - 1923
Francisco de Assis Pires
1880 - 1960
Carlos Imbassahy
1883 - 1969
Ranulfo da Silva Farias
1887 - 1963
De Chocolat
1887 - 1956
Henrique José de Souza
1883 - 1963
Marcos Raggio de Salles
1885 - 1965
Josué de Barros
1888 - 1959
Duque (compositor)
1884 - 1953
Antônio de Sá Pereira
1888 - 1966
Maria das Mercês dos Santos
1886 - 1948
Getúlio Marinho
1889 - 1964
Manoel Bernardino da Paixão
1881 - 1946
Carlos Alberto Moniz Gordilho
1887 - 1958