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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Rodolfo Amoedo
1857 - 1941
Mário Cravo Neto
1947 - 2009
Mário Cravo
1923 - 2018
Manuel Lopes Rodrigues
1860 - 1917
Eusébio de Matos
1629 - 1692
José Joaquim da Rocha
1737 - 1807
Bel Borba
Born 1957
José Júlio de Calasans Neto
1932 - 2006
Prisciliano Silva
1883 - 1965
José Teófilo de Jesus
1758 - 1847
Genaro de Carvalho
1926 - 1971
Antônio Joaquim Franco Velasco
1780 - 1833
Menelaw Sete
Born 1964
Juarez Maranhão
Born 1930
João Francisco Lopes Rodrigues
1825 - 1893