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 1890s Clear ×
Mãe Menininha do Gantois
1894 - 1986
Edgard Santos
1894 - 1962
Francisco Peixoto de Magalhães Neto
1897 - 1969
Antônio Alves Câmara Júnior
1891 - 1958
Guilherme Marback
1898 - 1954
Maria José de Castro Rebello Mendes
1891 - 1936
Luís Maia de Bittencourt Menezes
Born 1897
Maria Bibiana do Espírito Santo
1890 - 1967
Altamirando Requião
1893 - 1989
Régis Pacheco
1895 - 1987
Mário Gomes da Silva
1898 - 1984
João Marques dos Reis
1890 - 1950
Adroaldo Tourinho Junqueira Aires
1895 - 1972
Durval Neves da Rocha
1892 - 1961
Dantas Júnior
1898 - 1969
Egidio Ebasko
Born 1897
Aníbal Duarte d'Oliveira
1890 - 1977
Edgar Ribeiro Sanches
1891 - 1972