80 Notable alumni of
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
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The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro is 587th in the world, 15th in Latin America, and 3rd in Brazil by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 80 notable alumni from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Rodrigo Santoro
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
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Rodrigo Junqueira Reis Santoro is a Brazilian actor, voice actor and model. He is the winner of several awards, including a Grande Otelo, an APCA Award, a Guarani Award, two Prêmios Qualidade Brasil, as well as the Trophée Chopard at the Cannes Festival, in addition to having received nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Awards, one Troféu Imprensa and a Phoenix Award. He is known in Brazil for his appearance on local telenovelas and internationally for his portrayal of Persian King Xerxes in the film 300 (2006) and its sequel 300: Rise of an Empire (2014). Others include Brainstorm (2001), Carandiru (2003), Love Actually (2003), Che (2008), I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), and Rio (2011). He also appeared on the television series Lost, portraying the character Paulo, and on HBO's Westworld (2016–2020) as Hector Escaton.
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Marielle Franco
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
- 2002-2006 graduated with licentiate in social science
- Occupations
- parliamentary aidesociologistwomen's rights activistpoliticianhuman rights activist
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Marielle Franco was a Brazilian politician, sociologist, feminist, socialist and human rights activist. Franco served as a city councillor of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro for the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) from January 2017 until her assassination.
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Bianca Comparato
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- film actortelevision actorfilm directoractor
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Bianca de Souza Mendes Comparato is a Brazilian actress. She has starred in Como Esquecer in 2010, as well as A Menina sem Qualidades and Somos tão Jovens, both in 2013, the latter for which she won the Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro as Best Supporting Actress for her role of Carmem Teresa. In 2016, she starred in the Netflix series 3%, gaining international attention and acclaim for her portrayal of the series' character, Michele.
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Tatá Werneck
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- film actortelevision presenteractorcomedian
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Talita Werneck Arguelhes, better known as Tatá Werneck, is a Brazilian presenter, actress, comedian, musician, voice actress, screenwriter and reporter. She began her acting studies at just nine years old and, at eleven, she performed in her first theater show. Her debut on a televised program occurred in 2008, when she joined the cast of Dilemas de Irene. Two years later, she joined the Quinta Categoria team at MTV Brasil, having participated in several other programs on the network between 2010 and 2012.
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Glória Maria
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
- Studied communication studies
- Occupations
- reporterjournalisttelevision presenter
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Glória Maria Matta da Silva was a Brazilian journalist, reporter, and television host. With a career that spanned since the 1960s, she is widely considered the first television reporter and TV host of African descent to achieve national success in Brazil.
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João Dionísio Amoêdo
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- engineerpolitician
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João Dionisio Filgueira Barreto Amoêdo, also known as João Amoêdo, is a Brazilian banker, engineer and businessman. He is one of the founders of the New Party (NOVO), which he presided from September 2015 to July 2017, and was its candidate in the 2018 Brazilian presidential election.
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Iza
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- singer-songwritertelevision presenterdancer
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Isabela Cristina Correia de Lima Lima, known professionally as IZA, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and dancer, who rose to fame recording cover songs of artists such as Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Sam Smith on her self-titled YouTube channel. She has also featured her songs on Spotify and SoundCloud. In May 2016, she signed a contract with Warner Music Brasil. Her debut album, Dona de Mim, was released in 2018 and was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album.
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Paula Toller
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- singer
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Paula Toller is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Toller is most known as the lead singer of Kid Abelha. In 1998, she released her self-titled first solo album, which was very well received. Her second solo album, titled SóNós, was released in 2007.
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Bernardo Rezende
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- beach volleyball playercoachvolleyball player
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Bernardo Rocha de Rezende, known as Bernardo Rezende and nicknamed Bernardinho, is a Brazilian volleyball coach and former player. He is the current coach of the female volleyball team Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube. Rezende is one of the most successful coaches in the history of volleyball, accumulating more than 30 major titles in a twenty-year career directing the Brazilian male and female teams.
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Cláudia Abreu
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- actortelevision actor
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Cláudia Abreu is a Brazilian actress, screenwriter and producer.
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Paulo Autuori
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- association football playerassociation football manager
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Paulo Autuori de Mello, known as Paulo Autuori, is a Brazilian football executive and coach. He is the current technical director of Coritiba.
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Rodrigo Amarante
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- guitaristsingersongwriter
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Rodrigo Amarante de Castro Neves is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger. He is part of the bands Los Hermanos, Orquestra Imperial, and Little Joy, and released his first solo record, Cavalo, in Brazil in late 2013 and worldwide in May 2014. He also wrote and performed the (bolero style) narcocorrido "Tuyo", the theme song for the Netflix Original Series Narcos (2015) and Narcos: Mexico (2018), and wrote the score for the film Entebbe (2018).
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Renata Vasconcellos
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- journalistnews presenter
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Renata Fernandes Vasconcellos is a Brazilian newscaster and journalist.
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Maria Ribeiro
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- writerfilm directortelevision presenteractor
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Maria do Amaral Ribeiro is a Brazilian actress, screenwriter and film director.
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Eduardo Paes
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- politician
- Biography
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Eduardo da Costa Paes is a Brazilian politician who became the mayor of Rio de Janeiro from 2009 to 2012, reelected for a second term from 2013 to 2016 and a third in 2021. He is the city's 13th mayor. On 12 August, at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, he took the Olympic Flag, via Jacques Rogge, from London Mayor Boris Johnson.
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Gregório Duvivier
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- screenwritertelevision actortelevision writeractorwriter
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Gregorio Byington Duvivier is a Brazilian actor, comedian and poet. He is known by his works in film and theater, being one of the members of the comedy troupe Porta dos Fundos.
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Walter Salles
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- film producerscreenwriterfilm directordirectorracing automobile driver
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Walter Moreira Salles Júnior is a Brazilian filmmaker. A major figure of the Resumption Cinema in Brazil, Salles is widely regarded as one of the greatest Brazilian filmmakers of all time. Among his accolades, he has won three Cannes Film Festival prizes, three Venice Film Festival prizes, two British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Bear and a Golden Globe, as well as three Academy Awards nominations.
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Pedro Bial
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- television producerwritertelevision presentertelevision directorfilm director
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Pedro Bial is a Brazilian producer, director, writer, journalist and a TV presenter. He is best known for hosting the variety show Fantástico, and the reality show Big Brother Brasil (the Brazilian version of Big Brother).
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Alice Wegmann
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- artistic gymnasttelevision actorfilm actoractor
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Alice Wegmann Corrêa best known as Alice Wegmann is a Brazilian actress.
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Arnaldo Antunes
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- guitaristsingerpoetcomposerwriter
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Arnaldo Antunes is a Brazilian musician, writer, and composer. He was a member of the rock band Titãs, which he co-founded in 1982 and left ten years later. After 1992, he embarked on a solo career. He has published poetry and had his first book published in 1983. He has worked with Marisa Monte, Tribalistas, and Carlinhos Brown.
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Marcelo Adnet
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- television presenteractorcomedianscreenwritercomposer
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Marcelo França Adnet is a Brazilian actor, comedian and former VJ. He has been on many TV shows such as Adnet viaja ("Adnet travels") (2012), Adnet ao vivo ("Adnet live") (2011) and Comédia MTV ("MTV Comedy") (2010-2012). He was named by Época magazine as one of the 100 most influential Brazilians in 2009.
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Marcelo Camelo
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- composersongwriterguitaristsinger
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Marcelo de Souza Camelo is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, and poet. He is best known as composer and lead guitarist of the Brazilian band Los Hermanos. Since the end of the band, he continues composing for many interpreters, mainly Maria Rita and Ivete Sangalo. In 2008, his first solo CD, "Sou", was released.
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Fernanda Abreu
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- recording artistsingerwriter
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Fernanda Abreu is a Brazilian singer.
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Jaques Wagner
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- politician
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Jaques Wagner is a Brazilian politician who was Governor of Bahia from 2007 to 2015 and Minister of Defence in 2015.
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Conceição Evaristo
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterpoetlinguist
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Maria da Conceição Evaristo de Brito is a Brazilian writer. Her work is marked by her life experiences as an Afro-Brazilian woman, which she calls escrevivência—a portmanteau of escrita (writing) and vivência (life experience). She was born into a humble family and is the second oldest of nine siblings, being the first in her household to earn a university degree. She helped her mother and aunt with washing clothes and deliveries, while studying.
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Gustavo Franco
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- bankereconomist
- Biography
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Gustavo Henrique de Barroso Franco is a Brazilian economist. Former Governor of the Brazilian Central Bank, is best known for being one of the "fathers" of the Real Plan, the 1994 monetary reform that ended hyperinflation in Brazil. He teaches economics at the Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro since 1986. He is also a businessman, consultant and has served on many boards. He founded Rio Bravo Investimentos where he works as Senior Advisor. He has written several books, academic papers and contributes regularly to newspapers and magazines.
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Rodrigo Constantino
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- economist
- Biography
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Rodrigo Constantino dos Santos is a Brazilian writer, columnist, and political commentator.
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Marcelo Gleiser
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- astrophysicistastronomerphysicistjournalist
- Biography
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Marcelo Gleiser is a Brazilian-American physicist and astronomer. He is the Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and a professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College.
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Moreira Franco
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- politiciansociologist
- Biography
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Wellington Moreira Franco is a Brazilian politician who served as the 54th Governor of Rio de Janeiro from 1987 to 1991 and Minister of Mines and Energy in 2018. He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).
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Gustavo Bebianno
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- lawyerpolitician
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Gustavo Bebianno Rocha was a Brazilian lawyer and advisor to President Jair Bolsonaro (PSL). Bebianno became Acting Chairman of the Social Liberal Party in March 2018 after Luciano Bivar registered to run for federal deputy in the 2018 elections.
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Lélia Gonzalez
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- professorpoliticianphilosopheranthropologisthuman rights activist
- Biography
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Lélia Gonzalez was a Brazilian intellectual, politician, professor, anthropologist and woman human rights defender.
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Pedro Malan
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- electrical engineeruniversity teachereconomist
- Biography
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Pedro Sampaio Malan is a Brazilian economist and former Minister of Finance of Brazil. He is the father of journalist and correspondent Cecília Malan.
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Arnaldo Jabor
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- film directorjournalistfilm produceractorscreenwriter
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Arnaldo Jabor was a Brazilian film director and producer, screenwriter, writer, journalist and political pundit for Brazilian television network Rede Globo.
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Alessandro Molon
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- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Alessandro Lucciola Molon is a Brazilian teacher and politician, member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) and former Leader of the Opposition in the Chamber of Deputies. He was the rapporteur to Brazil's Bill of Rights for the Internet (Marco Civil da Internet), ensuring net neutrality, privacy protection and freedom of expression online.
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Arminio Fraga
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- professorbankereconomist
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Armínio Fraga Neto is a Brazilian economist who was president of the Central Bank of Brazil from 1999 to 2003. From 1993 until his appointment to the Central Bank, he was Managing Director of Soros Fund Management in New York. Since 2001, he has been a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty.
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Ciro Nogueira Lima Filho
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Ciro Nogueira Lima Filho is a Brazilian lawyer, businessman, politician, and a member of the Progressistas (PP) party, of which he is the current president. He has represented Piauí in the Federal Senate since 2011. Previously, he was a Federal Deputy representing Piauí from 1995 to 2011. He is a member of Progressistas.
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Vinícius de Oliveira
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- actor
- Biography
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Vinícius de Oliveira is a Brazilian actor.
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Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez
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- writerteacherphilosopher
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Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez is a Colombian-Brazilian philosopher and former Minister of Education of Brazil.
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Ilan Goldfajn
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- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Ilan Goldfajn is a Brazilian economist, former governor of the Central Bank of Brazil and former director of the International Monetary Fund's Western Hemisphere Department. In December 2022, he became president of the Inter-American Development Bank.
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Danni Suzuki
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- film directorfilm actortelevision actor
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Daniele Suzuki is a Brazilian actress, filmmaker, and television host.
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João Moreira Salles
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- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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João Moreira Salles is a Brazilian documentarian and president of the Moreira Salles Institute. In 2006, he founded the magazine piauí. He has also taught courses on documentary at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Princeton University.
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Carlos Diegues
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- film directorscreenwriter
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Carlos Diegues, also known as Cacá Diegues, is a Brazilian film director. He was born in Maceió, Alagoas, and is best known as a member of the Cinema Novo movement. He is popularly known for his unconventional, yet intriguing film techniques among other film producers of the Cinema Novo movement. Diegues is also widely known for his dynamic use visuals, ideas, plots, themes, and other cinematic techniques. He incorporated many musical acts in his film as he favored musical pieces to be complementary of his ideas. Diegues remains very popular and is regarded as one of the most cinematic producers of his generation. Of the Cinema Novo directors, he would go on to produce films, plays, musicals and other forms of entertainment in Brazil.
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Nélida Piñon
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- writernovelisteditor
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Nélida Piñon was a Brazilian author and professor. At the time of her death, Piñon was "considered among the foremost writers in Brazil today".
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Cristiana Peres
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- actor
- Biography
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Cristiana Monteiro Peres, known professionally as Christiana Ubach, is a Brazilian actress. She played the lead role in a telenovela.
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Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
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- anthropologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Eduardo Batalha Viveiros de Castro is a Brazilian anthropologist and a professor at the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
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Alice Caymmi
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- singer-songwritersingersongwriter
- Biography
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Alice Caymmi is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. She is the granddaughter of Dorival Caymmi, daughter of Danilo and Simone Caymmi and niece of Nana and Dori Caymmi.
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Eduardo Spohr
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- writerjournalistscience fiction writer
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Eduardo Spohr is a Brazilian journalist, teacher, blogger, podcaster and fantasy and historical fiction writer. He is the author of A Batalha do Apocalipse (The Battle of the Apocalypse in free translation), one of the best selling fiction books of all time in Brazil. Spohr is also widely known as a regular contributor to the popular Brazilian podcast Nerdcast, created by the entertainment website Jovem Nerd.
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Gabriel o Pensador
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- activistwriterrappersinger
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Gabriel Contino, better known as Gabriel o Pensador (Portuguese for "Gabriel the Thinker") is a Brazilian rapper, writer, and composer known for his conscious lyrics which speak of activism, and issues of race, politics, social problems, and the Catholic church. Gabriel began his music career when he launched a demo tape containing the song "Tô Feliz (Matei o Presidente)" I'm Happy (I killed the President) landing him a contract with Sony Music. Since then he has released eight albums: Ainda É Só o Começo, Quebra-Cabeça, Nádegas a Declarar, Gabriel o Pensador, Seja Você Mesmo (mas não Seja sempre o Mesmo), MTV ao Vivo, Cavaleiro Andante and Sem Crise (this last one was released independently). Gabriel has also written three books: "Diário Noturno", "Um Garoto Chamado Rorbeto" and "Meu Pequeno Rubro-Negro". "Um Garoto Chamado Rorbeto" won the "Prêmio Jabuti", for best Children's literature.
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Laila Zaid
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- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Laila Zajdenweber Kelson, known professionally as Laila Zaid, is a Brazilian actress.
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Roberto Ierusalimschy
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- visiting professorcomputer scientistdocentnon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Roberto Ierusalimschy is a Brazilian computer scientist, known for creating the Lua programming language. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro where he has an appointment as a full professor of informatics. He did a post-doc at University of Waterloo in 1992 and was visiting professor at Stanford University in 2012. He is the leading architect and the author of Programming in Lua. He also created LPeg, a Lua library for implementing parsing expression grammars.
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Fausto Fawcett
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- screenwriterjournalistactorwriterscience fiction writer
- Biography
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Fausto Borel Cardoso, known professionally as Fausto Fawcett, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, novelist, short story writer, playwright, journalist, actor and screenwriter, famous for his frequent collaborations with fellow musician Laufer and for being a major exponent of rap rock and cyberpunk literature in Brazil. His best known compositions are the 1987 hit "Kátia Flávia, a Godiva do Irajá" and "Rio 40°", recorded by Fernanda Abreu in 1992.
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Márcia Kubitschek
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- politician
- Biography
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Márcia Lemos Kubitschek de Oliveira was a Brazilian journalist and politician. The daughter of former president Juscelino Kubitschek and Sarah Kubitschek, she served as a federal deputy and as vice-governor of the Federal District.
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Aldemir Bendine
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- bankerbusiness executive
- Biography
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Aldemir Bendine was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Petrobras.
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Denise Frossard
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- judgepolitician
- Biography
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Denise Frossard Loschi is a judge and politician from Brazil. She studied law and served as a magistrate in Rio de Janeiro. She has been a law professor at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation. When she retired she started working for Transparency International.
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Adriana Ferreyr
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- actor
- Biography
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Adriana Ferreyr is a Brazilian film, television, stage actress and entrepreneur.
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Elizabeth de Portzamparc
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- architect
- Biography
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Elizabeth de Portzamparc is a French-Brazilian architect.
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Tatiana Salem Levy
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- writerfilm directornovelist
- Biography
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Tatiana Salem Levy is a Brazilian writer and translator.
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Helio Jaguaribe
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- politicianeconomistlawyerwritersociologist
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Helio Jaguaribe de Mattos was a Brazilian political scientist. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of eminent geographer Francisco Jaguaribe de Mattos, and Francelina Santos Jaguaribe de Mattos. He studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University, graduating in 1946. As an academic, he specialized in the sociopolitical development of Brazil and Latin America. He taught at Harvard, Stanford, MIT, and El Colegio de Méjico. He also held a chair at the University Institute in Rio de Janeiro. He was a member of the Club of Rome. In 2005, he was elected to be the ninth occupant of Chair No. 11 at the Brazilian Academy of Letters in succession to Celso Furtado. He was received into the Academy on July 22, 2005 by academician Candido Mendes de Almeida.
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José Maurício Bustani
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- diplomat
- Biography
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José Maurício de Figueiredo Bustani is a Brazilian diplomat who was the first director-general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons until he was ousted after pressure from the US government in April 2002 over disagreements about how to address Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction.
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Vira Vovk
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- translatorliterary scholarwriter
- Biography
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Vira Ostapivna Selianska (Ukrainian: Ві́ра Оста́півна Селя́нська, pen name Vira Vovk (Ukrainian: Ві́ра Вовк; 2 January 1926 – 16 July 2022) was a Ukrainian writer, critic and translator. She wrote in Ukrainian, German and Portuguese.
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Geraldo Carneiro
- Occupations
- television writerscreenwriterwriterplaywrightcomposer
- Biography
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Geraldo Carneiro is a Brazilian musician, writer and screenwriter.
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Renata Souza
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Renata da Silva Souza is a Brazilian politician. In 2018, Souza was elected a state deputy in the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro.
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Wilson Martins
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wilson Nunes Martins is a Brazilian politician and member of the Workers Party (PT). He served as Governor of Piauí from April 1, 2010, to April 2, 2014.
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Antônio Carlos Konder Reis
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- politician
- Biography
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Antônio Carlos Konder Reis was a Brazilian politician.
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Pedro Corrêa do Lago
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- photographerwritereconomistart historian
- Biography
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Pedro Corrêa do Lago is a Brazilian art historian and curator who has formed the largest private collection of autograph letters and manuscripts in the world today. He is the author of over twenty books on manuscripts and Brazilian art and was president of Brazil's National Library from 2003 to 2005. In 2002, partnering with his wife Bia Corrêa do Lago, he founded Capivara, an art publishing house specialized in catalogues raisonnés of artists active in Brazil. Since 2012 he has been a columnist for the monthly magazine Piaui.
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Angela Olinto
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Angela Villela Olinto is an American astroparticle physicist who is the provost of Columbia University. Previously, she served as the Albert A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago as well as the dean of the Physical Sciences Division. Her current work is focused on understanding the origin of high-energy cosmic rays, gamma rays, and neutrinos.
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Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo
- Occupations
- engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo was a Brazilian civil engineer and politician. He served as the Governor of Espírito Santo from 1991 until 1995 as a member of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT).
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Menezes Direito
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Carlos Alberto Menezes Direito was a Brazilian judge who sat on the Supreme Federal Court, the highest court of law in Brazil, from his appointment in 2007 until his death in 2009.
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Valeria de Paiva
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
- In 1984 graduated with Master of Science in mathematics
- Occupations
- computer scientistlogicianmathematician
- Biography
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Valeria Correa Vaz de Paiva is a Brazilian mathematician, logician, and computer scientist. Her work includes research on logical approaches to computation, especially using category theory, knowledge representation and natural language semantics, and functional programming with a focus on foundations and type theories.
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Carola Saavedra
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Carola Saavedra is a Chilean-born Brazilian writer.
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Carolina Araujo
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Carolina Bhering de Araujo is a Brazilian mathematician specializing in algebraic geometry, including birational geometry, Fano varieties, and foliations. Other than her research in mathematics, she is also known for her efforts for improving the conditions for women mathematicians.
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Mariana Brochado
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Mariana Nery Brochado is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer. She won the bronze medal in the women's 200-metre freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A member of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo swimming team, she also represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
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Rosiska Darcy de Oliveira
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterjournalistpoet lawyer
- Biography
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Rosiska Darcy de Oliveira is a Brazilian journalist, writer and academic. Her works mainly deal with topics such as feminism, education and contemporary life. She was also a staunch opponent of the dictatorship in the country, established by the 1964 coup d'etat.
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Bonifácio José Tamm de Andrada
- Occupations
- politicianwriterlawyerjournalist
- Biography
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Bonifácio José Tamm de Andrada was a Brazilian politician affiliated to Democrats (DEM), law academic, university professor, political scientist and journalist.
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Bernardo Sorj
- Occupations
- writersociologist
- Biography
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Bernardo Sorj is a Brazilian social scientist, retired professor of Sociology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He is Director of The Edelstein Center for Social Research and of the Plataforma Democrática Project. He has published 30 books and more than 100 articles, on Latin American political development, international relations, the social impact of new technologies, social theory and Judaism.
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Baena Soares
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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João Clemente Baena Soares was a Brazilian diplomat.
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Luize Valente
- Occupations
- writerjournalistnovelist
- Biography
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Luize Valente, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, of Portuguese and German origins, is a writer and documentary filmmaker, author of historical novels and awarded documentaries, and a journalist.
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Roberta Lucca
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
- Studied computer science
- Occupations
- marketer
- Biography
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Roberta Lucca is a Brazilian entrepreneur, and the co-founder and marketer-in-chief of the British game developer Bossa Studios. The company has won a BAFTA and raised $11.4 million in 2017.
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Itaiguara Brandão
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- guitarist
- Biography
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Itaiguara Mariano Brandão is a New York City-based recording artist and bassist. A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Brandão has toured internationally and recorded extensively with a wide range of Latin and World Music artists such as: Dianne Reeves, Ivan Lins, Marcos Valle, Toquinho, Carlos Lyra, Roberto Menescal, Leny Andrade, Joyce (singer), Paulo Braga, Randy Brecker, Dom Salvador, Paquito D'Rivera, Claudio Roditi, Robin Eubanks, Jovino Santos-Neto, Emílio Santiago, Elba Ramalho, Guilherme Arantes, Romero Lubambo, Léo Gandelman among many others. He has recorded on major labels and played on the 22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards winning album Ancestras by Petrona Martinez. Brandão has been one of the most sought-after Brazilian bassists in the Northeast and freelance musicians in the United States, having completed nearly 7,500 performances in the past 30 years.
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Carlos Laufer
- Born in
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Brazil - Occupations
- composermusician
- Biography
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Carlos Laufer, better known mononymously as Laufer, is a Brazilian musician, songwriter and record producer.
