List of people from Brasília
The following list contains notable people from Brasília and the Brasília metropolitan area.
Contributors to the foundation of Brasília
- José Bonifácio - first Brazilian chancellor to suggest the idea of building a capital in the interior of Brazil, away from its predecessor, Rio de Janeiro (never actually lived in Brasília, he died before it was incorporated)[1]
- Don Bosco - priest, patron saint of Brasília (died before Brasília was incorporated, but did supposedly foresee the city’s incorporation in a dream)[2]
- Juscelino Kubitschek - former president of Brazil (Brasília was built as part of his campaign to develop the interior of Brazil)[3]
- Oscar Niemeyer - architect
- Lúcio Costa - urban planner
- Roberto Burle Marx - landscape architect
Niemeyer, Costa, and Marx designed and led the construction project to build Brasília.[4][5][6]
Notable faculty and almuni of the University of Brasília
Alumni
- Leticia Carvalho - oceanographer and international civil servant[7]
Faculty
- Darcy Ribeiro - anthropologist, politician[8]
- Oscar Niemeyer - architect, designer of Brasília, winner of the Pritzker Prize in 1988[9]
- Athos Bulcão - artist[10]
- Cyro dos Anjos - journalist, writer[11]
- Cláudio Santoro - composer, violinist[12]
- Affonso Arinos de Mello Franco - diplomat, journalist[13]
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos - film director[14]
- Cristovam Buarque - mechanical engineer and politician, former governor of the Federal District, former senator, former rector, and economics professor[15]
- Teotonio Vilela Filho - politician, economist, current governor of Alagoas
- Otto Richard Gottlieb - chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry nominee
- Anísio Teixeira - educator, founder
- Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade - jurist, elected judge of the International Court of Justice, professor of International Relations
- Francisco Rezek - former Justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court, former judge of the International Court of Justice (1996–2006), professor of Law
- Gilmar Mendes - justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court, former President of the Supreme Court, professor of law
- Jorge Antunes - composer
- Marisa von Bülow - political scientist and sociologist
Athletes
- Endrick Felipe - football player (currently for Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras)[16]
- Kaká - footballer (retired)[17]
- Lúcio - footballer (retired)
- Márcio Amoroso - footballer (retired)[18]
- Marílson Gomes dos Santos - long distance runner, winner of the 2006 New York City Marathon[19]
- Hudson de Souza - middle distance runner
- Joaquim Cruz - middle distance runner, won the gold medal in the 800m at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the silver medal in the same competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics[20]
- Oscar Schmidt - basketball player
- Leila Barros - volleyball player, won bronze at the 1996 Summer Olympics and at 2000 Summer Olympics
- Paula Pequeno - volleyball player, won gold and was the MVP of the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Leandro Macedo - triathlon
- Mariana Ohata - triathlon
- Tatiana Lemos - swimmer
- Rebeca Gusmão - swimmer
- Nelson Piquet - racecar driver
- Nelson Piquet Jr. - racecar driver
- Felipe Nasr - racecar driver
- Rodrigo Medeiros - jiu jitsu world champion
- Paulo Thiago - MMA fighter
- Rani Yahya - MMA fighter
- Ketleyn Quadros - judoka, won the bronze medal at 2008 Summer Olympics
Media
- Ana Paula Padrão - journalist
- Poliana Abritta - journalist
Politicians
- Cristovam Buarque - intellectual, former dean of the University of Brasília, former governor of the Federal District, senator
Artists
- Rainer Cadete - actor
- Ney Matogrosso - singer
- Oswaldo Montenegro - singer
- Cássia Eller - singer
- Zélia Duncan - singer, former lead singer of Os Mutantes
- Patrícia Pillar - actress
- Murilo Rosa - actor
See also
References
- ↑ "Brasilia: Capital and Change". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2026-06-25.
- ↑ Institute, The Natural Language. "Dom Bosco's dream | Natural Language Institute". www.natural.education. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ Osorio, Mauro; Rego, Henrique Rabelo Sá; Versiani, Maria Helena (2017). "Rio de Janeiro: trajetória institucional e especificidades do marco de poder" [Rio de Janeiro: institutional trajectory and specificities of the power framework]. Cadernos do Desenvolvimento Fluminense (in Portuguese) (12): 73–92. doi:10.12957/cdf.2017.36738.
- ↑ Niemeyer, Oscar (2000). The Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer. London: Phaidon. ISBN 978-0-7148-4007-9. p. 70
- ↑ Gerald W. R. Ward -The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art 2008– Page 121 ".. and the burgeoning school of modern architecture in Latin America, most notably at the Ministry of Education and Health in Rio de Janeiro (now the Palácio da Cultura, 1937–43) by Lúcio Costa (1902–98) ..."
- ↑ Biennial, Chicago Architecture (2026-04-30). "Catherine Seavitt: Military Gardens—Roberto Burle Marx in Brasília". Chicago Architecture Biennial. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, Gender Pioneers for a Future Detoxified: Leticia Carvalho. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
- ↑ "Darcy Ribeiro". academia.org.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Academia Brasileira de Letras. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ "Oscar Niemeyer: Biography, Works, Awards". 2025-11-24. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "Saiba mais sobre a biografia de Athos Bulcão - Notícias". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "Cyro dos Anjos". Academia Brasileira de Letras (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "Claudio Santoro (1919-1989), brazilian composer / oficial site". www.claudiosantoro.art.br. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "Morre aos 89 o diplomata Affonso Arinos de Mello Franco, membro da ABL". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-03-15. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ Rocha, Penha. "Nelson Pereira dos Santos: An immortal filmmaker". revistapesquisa.fapesp.br. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "Cristovam Buarque". CCCB. Retrieved 2026-07-03.
- ↑ Rabelo, Thiago (2023-12-10). "Endrick: 'People say I have a heart of ice and I'm very cold with decisions'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ (in Portuguese) Istoé Gente, Kaká vira fera. Archived 7 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine, 21 October 2002.
- ↑ "Márcio Amoroso Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more". FBref.com. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ Writer, Staff. "Brazilian making name for himself in Big Apple". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "Joaquim Cruz's Ascendancy From the Brazilian Slums to Superstar Runner Has Not Been Easy One; Still, He's Found the Eugene Life Style Very Much to His Liking as He Settles Into This Post-Olympic Year : BORN TO RUN". Los Angeles Times. 1985-05-13. Retrieved 2026-06-26.