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
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 116 notable births.
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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- Field: Music Clear ×
Rubem Dantas
Born 1954
Neguinho do Samba
1954 - 2009
Zeca Assumpção
Born 1945
Joe (website)
Born 1966
Alec Stevens
Born 1965
Constança Scofield
Born 1972
Adolfo Antônio Nascimento
1920 - 1978
Paulo C. Chagas
Born 1953
Ju Moraes
Born 1985
Martin Mendonça
Born 1976
Manno Góes
Born 1971
Bira
Born 1934
Walter Queiroz
Born 1944
Getúlio Marinho
1889 - 1964
Walmir Lima
Born 1931
Cláudio Menandro
Born 1956