23.5504° S, 46.6339° W

SAO PAULO

Most Famous People Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Notable people
4,290
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1964
Most distinctive
Driver 4.4×

A 20th-century megacity built on football and television. São Paulo's leaderboard reads like a Brazilian century in one column — hundreds of footballers as the city's single biggest profession, then the actors, singers, and journalists of a postwar telenovela and press industry built almost from scratch. The most over-indexed profession is the one outsiders rarely guess: racing driver, the long shadow of Senna, Piquet, and the Brazilian Grand Prix tradition. There is essentially no pre-1900 tail; the entire bench is the postwar boom.

Standouts

What Sao Paulo Is Known For

Click any row to filter the list of people below.

Football is Sao Paulo's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (901).

Sao Paulo over-indexes on driver 4.4× the global rate.

Sao Paulo under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Football 901 1.9×
  2. Actor 626 2.8×
  3. Politician 257 0.5×
  4. Journalist 199 3.0×
  5. Singer 167 1.9×
  6. Writer 137 1.0×
  7. Player 134 1.6×
  8. Music 102 1.7×
  1. Driver 58 4.4×
  2. Model 43 3.9×
  3. Journalist 199 3.0×
  4. Actor 626 2.8×
  5. Football 901 1.9×
  6. Singer 167 1.9×
  7. Composer 97 1.7×
  8. Music 102 1.7×
  1. Politician 257 0.5×
  2. Painter 68 0.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Sao Paulo's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
  • Sports
  • Film & TV
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Art & Design
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Showing 257 of 4,290 notable people

0043 POLITICIAN

José Serra

Born 1942

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Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

1908 - 1995

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0087 POLITICIAN

Paulo Maluf

Born 1931

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0102 POLITICIAN

Fernando Haddad

Born 1963

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0132 POLITICIAN

Diogo Antônio Feijó

1784 - 1843

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0199 POLITICIAN

Marta Suplicy

Born 1945

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0308 POLITICIAN

André Franco Montoro

1916 - 1999

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0340 POLITICIAN

Chico Whitaker

Born 1931

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0421 POLITICIAN

Plínio de Arruda Sampaio

1930 - 2014

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0444 POLITICIAN

João Doria

Born 1957

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0507 POLITICIAN

Carlota Pereira de Queirós

1892 - 1982

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0513 POLITICIAN

Guilherme Boulos

Born 1982

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0549 POLITICIAN

Armando de Sales Oliveira

1887 - 1945

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0563 POLITICIAN

Paulo Bernardo

Born 1952

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0579 POLITICIAN

Gilberto Kassab

Born 1960

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0703 POLITICIAN

Horácio Lafer

1900 - 1965

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0713 POLITICIAN

Yeda Crusius

Born 1944

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0727 POLITICIAN

Paulo Skaf

Born 1955

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0869 POLITICIAN

Alexandre Padilha

Born 1971

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0909 POLITICIAN

Pedro Manuel de Toledo

1860 - 1935

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0935 POLITICIAN

Ideli Salvatti

Born 1952

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0971 POLITICIAN

Américo Brasiliense de Almeida Melo

1833 - 1896

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1006 POLITICIAN

Lucas Nogueira Garcez

1913 - 1982

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1024 POLITICIAN

Mara Gabrilli

Born 1967

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1049 POLITICIAN

Romeu Tuma

1931 - 2010

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1100 POLITICIAN

Binho Marques

Born 1962

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1116 POLITICIAN

Antônio da Costa Santos

1952 - 2001

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1178 POLITICIAN

Dilson Funaro

1933 - 1989

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1194 POLITICIAN

Miguel Reale Júnior

Born 1944

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1197 POLITICIAN

Gerardo Galeote Quecedo

Born 1957

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1215 POLITICIAN

Joaquim Câmara Ferreira

1913 - 1970

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1216 POLITICIAN

Fernando Gasparian

1930 - 2006

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1284 POLITICIAN

Ivan Valente

Born 1946

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1350 POLITICIAN

Antônio Sílvio Cunha Bueno

1918 - 1981

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1357 POLITICIAN

Simony

Born 1976

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1376 POLITICIAN

Fernando Holiday

Born 1996

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1378 POLITICIAN

Marcos Cintra

Born 1945

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1433 POLITICIAN

Antônio da Silva Prado

1840 - 1929

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1443 POLITICIAN

Rosely Roth

1959 - 1990

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1466 POLITICIAN

José Eduardo Cardozo

Born 1959

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1494 POLITICIAN

Paulo Arantes

Born 1942

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1525 POLITICIAN

Daniel Cara

Born 1978

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1556 POLITICIAN

Marcondes Filho

1892 - 1974

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1573 POLITICIAN

Edmundo Navarro de Andrade

1881 - 1941

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1580 POLITICIAN

Alberto Goldman

1934 - 2019

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1611 POLITICIAN

Antônio Henrique Bittencourt Cunha Bueno

Born 1949

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1641 POLITICIAN

Cidinha Campos

Born 1942

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1653 POLITICIAN

Brasílio Augusto Machado de Oliveira

1848 - 1919

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1662 POLITICIAN

Ricardo Salles

Born 1975

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1670 POLITICIAN

Aurora Maria Nascimento Furtado

1946 - 1972

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1694 POLITICIAN

Omar Aziz

Born 1958

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1697 POLITICIAN

Renata Abreu

Born 1982

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1702 POLITICIAN

Eunice Michiles

Born 1929

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1703 POLITICIAN

Mariana Carvalho

Born 1986

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1739 POLITICIAN

Rui Costa Pimenta

Born 1957

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1800 POLITICIAN

Guilherme Afif Domingos

Born 1943

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1802 POLITICIAN

Paulo Nogueira Filho

1898 - 1969

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1817 POLITICIAN

Toninho Vespoli

Born 1965

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1849 POLITICIAN

Antonio Carlos Rodrigues

Born 1950

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1879 POLITICIAN

José Joaquim Machado de Oliveira

1790 - 1867

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1882 POLITICIAN

Carvalho Pinto

1910 - 1987

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1887 POLITICIAN

Fábio da Silva Prado

1887 - 1963

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1923 POLITICIAN

Manuel Joaquim do Amaral Gurgel

1797 - 1864

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1940 POLITICIAN

Herbert Levy

1911 - 2002

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1950 POLITICIAN

Fabio Feldmann

Born 1955

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1953 POLITICIAN

Severo Gomes

1924 - 1992

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1961 POLITICIAN

Joaquim Inácio Ramalho

1809 - 1902

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1966 POLITICIAN

Valdir Moysés Simão

Born 1960

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1969 POLITICIAN

Ricardo Tripoli

Born 1952

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1992 POLITICIAN

Waldemir Moka

Born 1951

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1998 POLITICIAN

Sérgio Motta

1940 - 1998

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2021 POLITICIAN

Baleia Rossi

Born 1972

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2038 POLITICIAN

Antônio da Silva Prado Júnior

1880 - 1955

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2064 POLITICIAN

José Maria Whitaker

1878 - 1970

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2084 POLITICIAN

Ricardo Leyser

Born 1972

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2090 POLITICIAN

Alfredo Ellis

1850 - 1925

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2097 POLITICIAN

José Arouche de Toledo Rendon

1756 - 1834

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2102 POLITICIAN

João Alves de Almeida

1919 - 2004

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2112 POLITICIAN

Ademar de Barros Filho

1929 - 2014

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2121 POLITICIAN

José Yunes

Born 1936

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2151 POLITICIAN

Davincci Lourenço de Almeida

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2215 POLITICIAN

Barjas Negri

Born 1950

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2284 POLITICIAN

Paulo Roberto Freire da Costa

Born 1955

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2288 POLITICIAN

William Woo

Born 1968

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2306 POLITICIAN

Antônio Rodrigues Veloso de Oliveira

1750 - 1824

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2322 POLITICIAN

Gaía Passarelli

Born 1977

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2335 POLITICIAN

Walter Feldman

Born 1954

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2338 POLITICIAN

Marcelo Squassoni

Born 1967

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2345 POLITICIAN

Márcio Santilli

Born 1955

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2419 POLITICIAN

Carlos Higino

Born 1972

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2479 POLITICIAN

José Luiz Del Roio

Born 1942

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2481 POLITICIAN

Police Neto

Born 1972

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2498 POLITICIAN

Antônio Caio da Silva Prado

1853 - 1889

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2537 POLITICIAN

Marina Sant'anna

Born 1958

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2541 POLITICIAN

Coronel Telhada

Born 1961

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2574 POLITICIAN

Armando de Arruda Pereira

1889 - 1955

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2577 POLITICIAN

Andrea Matarazzo

Born 1956

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2627 POLITICIAN

Mauro Iasi

Born 1960

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2638 POLITICIAN

José Gregori

Born 1930

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2639 POLITICIAN

Paulo Egydio Martins

Born 1928

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2661 POLITICIAN

Luiz Carlos Mendonça de Barros

Born 1943

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2673 POLITICIAN

Wagner Rossi

Born 1943

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2704 POLITICIAN

Carlos Zarattini

Born 1959

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2771 POLITICIAN

Arnaldo Faria de Sá

Born 1945

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2776 POLITICIAN

Fernando de Sousa Costa

1886 - 1946

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2795 POLITICIAN

Gustavo Corrêa

Born 1975

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2799 POLITICIAN

Romeu Tuma Júnior

Born 1960

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2808 POLITICIAN

Ricardo Young

Born 1957

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2848 POLITICIAN

Eli Corrêa Filho

Born 1976

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2859 POLITICIAN

Ângelo Arroyo

1928 - 1976

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2860 POLITICIAN

Dirce Tutu Quadros

1943 - 2014

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2897 POLITICIAN

Emerson Kapaz

Born 1955

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2904 POLITICIAN

João Mellão Neto

1955 - 2020

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2925 POLITICIAN

Vicente Pires da Mota

1799 - 1882

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2942 POLITICIAN

Eloá Quadros

1923 - 1990

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2957 POLITICIAN

Gilberto Nascimento

Born 1957

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2962 POLITICIAN

Joaquim Floriano de Godoy

1826 - 1907

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2974 POLITICIAN

Lobbe Neto

Born 1957

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2976 POLITICIAN

Luiz Castro (político)

Born 1958

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3055 POLITICIAN

Márcio Alvino

Born 1969

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3066 POLITICIAN

Roberto Tripoli

Born 1954

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3070 POLITICIAN

Ernesto Pereira Lopes

1905 - 1993

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3071 POLITICIAN

Francisco Antônio de Sousa Queirós

1806 - 1891

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3074 POLITICIAN

Carlos Roberto de Campos

Born 1955

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3079 POLITICIAN

Renato Roseno

Born 1971

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3091 POLITICIAN

Reinaldo de Barros

1931 - 2011

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3096 POLITICIAN

Alexandre Leite

Born 1989

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3115 POLITICIAN

Barros Munhoz

Born 1944

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3130 POLITICIAN

Newton Lima Neto

Born 1953

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3132 POLITICIAN

Carlos Bezerra Júnior

Born 1968

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3144 POLITICIAN

Armando Mazzo

1923 - 1990

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3150 POLITICIAN

Miguel Colasuonno

1939 - 2013

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3165 POLITICIAN

Ricardo Izar Jr.

Born 1968

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3169 POLITICIAN

José Carlos Martinez

1948 - 2003

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3172 POLITICIAN

Brasil Vita

1922 - 2017

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3182 POLITICIAN

Sinval Malheiros

Born 1951

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3202 POLITICIAN

Walter Shindi Ihoshi

Born 1961

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3205 POLITICIAN

Sofia Pais de Barros

1877 - 1934

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3209 POLITICIAN

Oscar Pedroso Horta

1908 - 1975

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3226 POLITICIAN

Roberto Santiago

Born 1958

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3229 POLITICIAN

Alfredo Cotait Neto

Born 1947

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3234 POLITICIAN

João Eduardo Cerdeira de Santana

Born 1957

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3235 POLITICIAN

Lúcia França

Born 1962

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3258 POLITICIAN

Jair Meneguelli

Born 1947

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3261 POLITICIAN

Alexis Stepanenko

Born 1938

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3270 POLITICIAN

Ronaldo Martins

Born 1978

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3285 POLITICIAN

José Masci de Abreu

Born 1944

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3306 POLITICIAN

Fausto Rocha

1938 - 2011

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3308 POLITICIAN

Saulo de Castro Abreu Filho

Born 1967

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3311 POLITICIAN

Jooji Hato

1948 - 2019

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3323 POLITICIAN

Carlos Mosconi

Born 1944

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3326 POLITICIAN

Luís Mendes de Morais

1850 - 1914

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3330 POLITICIAN

Joaquim Floriano de Toledo

1794 - 1875

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3334 POLITICIAN

Bettina Hoeltje

Born 1948

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3336 POLITICIAN

Antônio Pinheiro de Ulhoa Cintra

1837 - 1895

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3340 POLITICIAN

Gelson Reicher

1949 - 1972

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3341 POLITICIAN

Rogê Ferreira

1922 - 1991

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3351 POLITICIAN

Ísis Dias de Oliveira

Born 1941

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3373 POLITICIAN

Fernando Fernandes Filho

Born 1952

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3377 POLITICIAN

Carlos Pedroso da Silveira

1644 - 1719

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3378 POLITICIAN

Marta Maria Freire da Costa

Born 1956

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3393 POLITICIAN

Alencar Santana Braga

Born 1976

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3397 POLITICIAN

Virgílio Galassi

1923 - 2008

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3399 POLITICIAN

Joaquim Marcelino da Silva Lima

1779 - 1860

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3401 POLITICIAN

Ricardo Izar

1938 - 2008

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3406 POLITICIAN

Roberto Sobrinho

Born 1959

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3413 POLITICIAN

Sodré Santoro

Born 1949

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3415 POLITICIAN

Antônio Proost Rodovalho

1838 - 1913

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3417 POLITICIAN

Pedro Piva

1934 - 2017

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3466 POLITICIAN

Caio Cibella de Carvalho

Born 1951

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3481 POLITICIAN

Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior

Born 1959

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3483 POLITICIAN

Martinho Prado Júnior

1843 - 1906

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3485 POLITICIAN

Elisa Kauffmann Abramovich

1919 - 1963

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3508 POLITICIAN

Bernardo José Pinto Gavião Peixoto

1791 - 1859

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3520 POLITICIAN

José Correia Pacheco e Silva

1778 - 1836

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3525 POLITICIAN

Paulo Zarzur

Born 1941

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3527 POLITICIAN

Marcos Neves

Born 1975

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3535 POLITICIAN

João Leiva

1935 - 2000

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3550 POLITICIAN

Brasil Bandecchi

1917 - 1997

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3554 POLITICIAN

Antônio Cândido Rodrigues

1850 - 1934

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3555 POLITICIAN

Jesus Adib Abi Chedid

Born 1938

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3564 POLITICIAN

Makoto Iguchi

1937 - 2015

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3580 POLITICIAN

Antônio da Silva Prado, barão de Iguape

1778 - 1875

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3585 POLITICIAN

Vicente de Sousa Queirós

1813 - 1872

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3601 POLITICIAN

Otoniel Lima

Born 1969

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3606 POLITICIAN

Mário Reali

Born 1957

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3608 POLITICIAN

Armando Pannunzio

1915 - 1985

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3620 POLITICIAN

Oscar Thompson Filho

Born 1910

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3632 POLITICIAN

Ivan Rodrigues

Born 1950

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3641 POLITICIAN

Roberto Engler

Born 1943

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3650 POLITICIAN

Farabulini Júnior

1921 - 2013

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3660 POLITICIAN

Caio Pompeu de Toledo

1943 - 1994

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3662 POLITICIAN

Felicio Ramuth

Born 1968

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3664 POLITICIAN

Cândido Xavier de Almeida e Sousa

1748 - 1831

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3669 POLITICIAN

Antônio Manuel de Melo

1802 - 1866

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3682 POLITICIAN

Francisco da Cunha Bueno

1829 - 1903

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3683 POLITICIAN

Antonio Russo

Born 1941

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3687 POLITICIAN

José Manuel de Azevedo Marques

1865 - 1943

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3718 POLITICIAN

Augusto Carlos da Silva Teles

1851 - 1923

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3728 POLITICIAN

Marcos Damásio

Born 1963

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3730 POLITICIAN

Rogério Buratti

Born 1963

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3733 POLITICIAN

Bernardo Avelino Gavião Peixoto

1829 - 1912

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3734 POLITICIAN

Enio Antônio Marques Pereira

Born 1947

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3739 POLITICIAN

Carlos Roberto Marques da Silva

Born 1944

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3761 POLITICIAN

Ricardo Arruda

Born 1962

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3768 POLITICIAN

Firmino José da Costa

1919 - 2009

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3770 POLITICIAN

Gervásio Maia (filho)

Born 1975

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3779 POLITICIAN

Gerson Marcondes

Born 1951

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3792 POLITICIAN

Estêvão Ribeiro de Resende, barão de Lorena –

1813 - 1878

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3796 POLITICIAN

Manoel José Nurchis

1940 - 1972

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3801 POLITICIAN

Rubens Lara

1943 - 2008

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3803 POLITICIAN

Wadih Mutran

Born 1936

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3810 POLITICIAN

Tereza Delta

1919 - 1993

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3816 POLITICIAN

Roberto Antonio Japim de Andrade

Born 1956

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3817 POLITICIAN

Francisco Nicolau Baruel

1852 - 1928

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3833 POLITICIAN

Eduardo Carlos Felippe

Born 1939

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3839 POLITICIAN

Dulfe Pinheiro Machado

1885 - 1972

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3849 POLITICIAN

Oswaldo Barba

Born 1950

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3851 POLITICIAN

Anna Lamberga Zeglio

1914 - 1990

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3853 POLITICIAN

Darcy Humberto Michiles

Born 1952

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3879 POLITICIAN

Luís Rodolfo Miranda

1882 - 1954

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3893 POLITICIAN

Janaína Lima

Born 1983

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3927 POLITICIAN

José Manuel da Fonseca

1803 - 1870

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3934 POLITICIAN

Antônio Annibelli

1911 - 1997

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3950 POLITICIAN

Luigi Begnotti

Born 1895

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3958 POLITICIAN

José Pires de Andrade

1889 - 1954

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3960 POLITICIAN

Armando Ferreira da Rosa

1890 - 1960

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3982 POLITICIAN

Clélia Gomes

Born 1964

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3998 POLITICIAN

Francisco Leopoldo Rodrigues Jardim

1847 - 1920

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4003 POLITICIAN

Otto Cirilo Lehmann

1914 - 2010

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4012 POLITICIAN

Neci Santos Novaes

1908 - 1979

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4021 POLITICIAN

Firmino Lopes Rego

1847 - 1913

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4030 POLITICIAN

Teófilo Vitório Ribeiro de Resende

1815 - 1884

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4033 POLITICIAN

Francisco Lopes Chaves

1809 - 1884

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4101 POLITICIAN

Rego Freitas

1835 - 1886

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4104 POLITICIAN

Oscar Luiz Ribeiro Gurjão Cotrim

1923 - 2010

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4120 POLITICIAN

Jorge Maluly

Born 1960

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4121 POLITICIAN

Ana Cristina Machado César

Born 1961

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4136 POLITICIAN

João Carlos Augusto Bordini

1810 - 1884

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4166 POLITICIAN

Quintiliano Rodrigues da Rocha Franco

1778 - 1854

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4172 POLITICIAN

Amador Rodrigues de Lacerda Jordão

1825 - 1873

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4181 POLITICIAN

Wolf Krisch

Born 1934

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4219 POLITICIAN

Eusébio Rocha

1917 - 1995

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4231 POLITICIAN

Manuel Jacinto Vieira de Morais

1852 - 1935

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4234 POLITICIAN

Luís de Toledo Piza Sobrinho

1888 - 1983

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4235 POLITICIAN

Edgar Batista Pereira

1900 - 1985

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4236 POLITICIAN

Guilherme Plaster

Born 1887

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4244 POLITICIAN

Mário Tomás Whately

1885 - 1943

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4246 POLITICIAN

Martins Filho

Born 1908

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4251 POLITICIAN

Salvador Julianelli

1917 - 1990

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4256 POLITICIAN

Artur Boéris Audrá

Born 1917

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4262 POLITICIAN

Hélcio Maghenzani

1923 - 2001

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4263 POLITICIAN

Sarah Munhoz

Born 1957

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4276 POLITICIAN

José Evangelista Franco

1840 - 1887

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4282 POLITICIAN

Jerônimo Monteiro Filho

1889 - 1962

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4289 POLITICIAN

Antônio Mendes de Barros

1933 - 1988

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4290 POLITICIAN

Kalil Maia Neto

Born 1929

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