List of Brazilian Americans

This is a list of Brazilian Americans, Americans of Brazilian ancestry, including both immigrants from Brazil who have American citizenship or residency, and their American descendants.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Brazilian American or must have references showing they are Brazilian American and are notable.

List

 * Carmen Miranda - One of the most prominent singer and actress from the 40's and 50's
 * Naza, Visual Artist
 * Hailey Baldwin - model
 * Rosental Calmon Alves, PhD., professor of journalism, School of Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin
 * Alessandra Ambrosio - model
 * Pedro Andrade - model, actor and journalist
 * Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD., professor of History at Howard University
 * Morena Baccarin - actress
 * Raimundo César Barreto Junior, PhD., assistant professor of World Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary
 * Ana Beatriz Barros - model
 * Anderson Silva - UFC Middleweight Champion
 * Paulo Blikstein, PhD., assistant professor at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education (Stanford University)
 * Vitor Belfort - former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
 * Lyoto Machida - former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
 * Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira - former Interim UFC Heavyweight
 * Royce Gracie - UFC Hall of Famer
 * Leandro Barbosa - basketball player
 * Bruno Barreto - film director
 * Walter Salles - film director
 * Camilla Belle - actress (Brazilian mother)
 * Daniel Benzali - actor
 * Blondfire - brother and sister musical act
 * Jordana Brewster (1980 - ) - film actress (Brazilian mother)
 * Marshall Brickman - screenwriter
 * Alexandra Bruce - writer and filmmaker
 * Otávio Bueno, PhD., professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami
 * Gisele Bundchen - model and entrepreneur
 * Bob Burnquist - professional skateboarder
 * Mario Caldato, Jr. - music producer
 * Bruno Campos - actor
 * Sergio Cariello - comic book artist
 * Ana Maria Carvalho, PhD., professor of Linguistics at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Arizona
 * Max Cavalera - musician
 * Lin Chao - biologist and geneticist
 * Flavia Colgan - political strategist
 * Nelson Cupello - soccer player
 * Marcelo Jorge de Paula Paixão, PhD., associate professor at the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at Austin
 * Bruce Driscoll - musician
 * Pedro Erber, PhD., associate Professor of Luso-Brazilian Studies at Cornell University
 * Lucy D’Escoffier Crespo da Silva - astronomy student for whom asteroid 96747 Crespodasilva was named after
 * Guy Ecker - actor
 * Bradley Evans - musician (Brazilian mother)
 * Brittany Evans - singer (Brazilian mother)
 * Jeanette Evans - singer-songwriter (Brazilian mother)
 * Matthew Evans - singer-songwriter, record producer (Brazilian mother)
 * Maria Evans - singer (Brazilian mother)
 * Sergio Kato - actor, host, comedian and businessman.
 * Benny Feilhaber - soccer player
 * Val Fernandes - soccer player
 * Roquinaldo A. Ferreira, PhD., Vasco da Gama Associate Professor of History and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University
 * Rodrigo Fonseca, PhD., assistant professor at Brown University's Computer Science Department
 * A. C. Frieden - author
 * Breno Giacomini - American football player
 * Bebel Gilberto - singer
 * Marcelo Gleiser, PhD., physicist and astronomer. Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College
 * Alésia Glidewell - Actress, 1/2 Japanese descent
 * Ben Goertzel, PhD., former professor of Computer Sciences at the University of New Mexico, researcher of artificial intelligence, visiting faculty at Xiamen University
 * Yan Gomes - baseball player
 * Julia Goldani Telles - actress and ballet dancer
 * Carley Gracie - members of the Gracie family
 * Rolles Gracie Jr. - members of the Gracie family
 * Bill Handel, radio personality
 * Nene Hilário, basketball player
 * Ryan Hollweg - hockey player
 * Marília Librandi-Rocha, PhD., Assistant Professor of Luso-Brazilian and Latin American Literature and Cultures at Stanford University
 * Adriana Lima - model
 * Roger Lima - Bass guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the ska-punk band Less Than Jake
 * Leticia Marteleto, Phd., Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and a Faculty Research Associate of the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin
 * Camila Mendes - actress
 * Carlos Metidieri - soccer player
 * Pele (real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento) - retired professional soccer player; considered the best player of all time
 * Luciana Namorato, PhD., Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University
 * David Neeleman - founder of JetBlue Airways, also CEO and founder of Azul Airlines
 * Miguel Nicolelis, M.D., Ph.D., Duke School of Medicine Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, Duke University Professor of Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering and Psychology and Neuroscience, and founder of Duke's Center for Neuroengineering.
 * Michelle Nordin - actress
 * Nancy Randall - model
 * Andre Rienzo - baseball player
 * Sonia Roncador, PhD., associate professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese at The University of Texas at Austin
 * Bianca A. Santos - actress, 1/2 Cuban descent
 * Jovino Santos-Neto - musician
 * Zuleyka Silver - model and actress
 * Tiago Splitter - basketball player
 * Ed Soares - martial arts businessman
 * Thales S. Teixeira, PhD., Associate Professor at Harvard Business School (Harvard University)
 * Maiara Walsh - actress
 * Robert Rey - plastic surgeon featured on TV series Dr. 90210
 * Rodrigo Santoro - actor
 * Lateef Crowder dos Santos - actor and martial artist
 * Eduardo Saverin - entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook
 * Roberto Mangabeira Unger, LL.M., S.J.D., Roscoe Pound Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School (Harvard University)
 * Luiz Fernando Valente, PhD., Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies and Comparative Literature at the Brown University
 * Anderson Varejão - basketball player
 * Fabrício Werdum - MMA fighter, current UFC Heavyweight Champion
 * Cristiane Justino – MMA fighter, current Invicta FC World Featherweight Champion
 * Walter Afanasieff - Grammy Award-winning record producer and songwriter