29 Notable alumni of
University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
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The University of the State of Rio de Janeiro is 1287th in the world, 48th in Latin America, and 13th in Brazil by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 29 notable alumni from the University of the State 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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Vinícius de Moraes
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- writerscreenwritercomposerjazz musicianpoet
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Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes, better known as Vinícius de Moraes ( Brazilian Portuguese: [viˈnisjuʒ dʒi moˈɾajʃ]) and nicknamed "O Poetinha" ("The Little Poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwright. With his frequent and diverse musical partners, including Antônio Carlos Jobim, his lyrics and compositions were instrumental in the birth and introduction to the world of bossa nova music. He recorded numerous albums, many in collaboration with noted artists, and also served as a successful Brazilian career diplomat.
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Flávia Alessandra
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- film actorPlayboy Playmatetelevision actor
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Flávia Alessandra Martins da Costa is a Brazilian actress, best known for roles in both telenovelas, television series and films.
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Thiago Lacerda
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- film actortelevision actorperforming artistactor
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Thiago Ribeiro Lacerda is a Brazilian actor.
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Luís Roberto Barroso
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- lawyerjudge
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Luís Roberto Barroso is a Brazilian law professor, jurist, Justice and President of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil, having been nominated to the position by President Dilma Rousseff in 2013. Between 2020 and 2022, Barroso also served as President of the Superior Electoral Court.
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Luiz Fux
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- authorjudge
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Luiz Fux is a Brazilian judge and the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Court. He is of Romanian Jewish descent, and the first Jewish Brazilian member of the Court. He was previously a minister of the Superior Court of Justice before assuming his position at the Supreme Court.
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Nelson Luiz Sperle Teich
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- politicianphysicianentrepreneurconsultant
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Nelson Luiz Sperle Teich is a Brazilian oncologist, health consultant and entrepreneur who briefly served as Minister of Health of Brazil, from 17 April 2020 after being appointed by President Jair Bolsonaro to replace outgoing Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta, to his resignation on 15 May 2020 after nearly a month at the helm.
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Juliana Alves
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- television actormodelPlayboy Playmateactor
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Juliana Alves de Oliveira is a Brazilian actress, known to participate in the reality show Big Brother Brasil 3 in 2003. Alves won a spot in the program almost by accident: during a concert singer Luiz Melodia, she was approached by a producer of TV Globo, who invited her for an interview. This last step, Alves participated in various tests, to be chosen.
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Marcelo Calero
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- politician
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Marcelo Calero Faria Garcia is a Brazilian diplomat and politician. He was Minister of Culture of the government Michel Temer.
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Jandira Feghali
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- politicianphysician
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Jandira Feghali is a physician, unionist and politician member of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB).
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Carlos Decotelli
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- politicianeconomist
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Carlos Alberto Decotelli da Silva is a Brazilian economist and professor. Decotelli holds a bachelor's degree in Economic Sciences by Rio de Janeiro State University, and a master's degree in Administration by Getulio Vargas Foundation.
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Jorge Picciani
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- politician
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Jorge Sayed Picciani was a Brazilian cattle rancher and politician, affiliated with the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB). He was preventively arrested at the José Frederico Marques Public Prison, in Benfica, where he was later released by the Federal Supreme Court for house arrest.
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Nísia Trindade Lima
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- sociologistresearcher
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Nísia Trindade Lima is a Brazilian social scientist, sociologist, researcher and university professor who has been serving as Minister of Health of Brazil since 2023. She served as chairwoman of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation from 2017 to 2023.
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Talíria Petrone
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- politicianprofessor
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Talíria Petrone Soares is a Brazilian politician. She has spent her political career representing Rio de Janeiro, having served as federal deputy representative since 2019.
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José Gomes Temporão
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- politicianphysician
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José Gomes Temporão is a Brazilian public health physician and politician, formerly of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, who later joined the Brazilian Socialist Party. He was Brazilian Minister of Health from 2007 to 2010, during the second term of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration.
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Luiz Alberto Figueiredo
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- ministerpoliticianlawyerdiplomat
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Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado is a diplomat who is currently serving as the Brazilian Ambassador for Climate Change since February 2023. He was the former Minister of External Relations, having succeeded Antonio Patriota and was succeeded by Mauro Vieira. Figueiredo took office as foreign minister on August 28, 2013., and left office on December 31, 2014.
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Marcolino Gomes Candau
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- politicianphysician
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Marcolino Gomes Candau was a Brazilian doctor who served as director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) from 1953 to 1973.
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Fernando Mac Dowell
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- engineerpolitician
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Fernando Luiz Cumplido Mac Dowell da Costa was a Brazilian engineer and politician. He worked for several governments in Brazil and was an advocate of established urbanism in Rio de Janeiro. He criticized the transport system of Rio de Janeiro during the government of Sérgio Cabral.
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Ivan Pinheiro
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- politician
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Ivan Martins Pinheiro is a Brazilian politician, former General Secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) from 2005 to 2016 and a candidate in the 2010 presidential election. He also ran for mayor of Rio de Janeiro in 1996.
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Adriana Lisboa
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- translatorpoetnovelistwriterchildren's writer
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Adriana Lisboa is a Brazilian writer. She is the author of seven novels, and has also published poetry, short stories, essays, and books for children. Originally written in Portuguese, her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Crow Blue is Lisboa's most recent novel translated into English (Bloomsbury, UK, 2013) and was named a book of the year by The Independent (London). Her stories and poems have appeared in Granta, Modern Poetry in Translation, The Brooklyn Rail, Litro, The Missing Slate, Joyland, Sonofabook, Waxwing, and others.
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Luciana Boiteux
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- lawyerresearcher
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Luciana Boiteux de Figueiredo Rodrigues is a Brazilian lawyer, professor of criminal law and criminology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (URFJ), researcher, feminist, and human rights activist. She is currently a councilwoman for the city of Rio de Janeiro, affiliated with the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL).
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Flaviano Melo
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- politician
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Flaviano Flávio Baptista de Melo was a Brazilian civil engineer and politician. A member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement, he served as Governor of Acre from 1987 to 1990, as a senator from 1991 to 1999, and as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2007 to 2023.
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Ana Toni
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- manager
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Ana Toni is an economist, non-profit director, consultant, and grantmaker. She is currently the National Secretary for Climate Change at the Brazil Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. Ana served as the executive director of the Brazil-based non-profit Instituto Clima e Sociedade [iCS, the Institute for Climate and Society] from 2015 to 2022. From 2010 to 2017 she was the Chair of the Board of Greenpeace International, and in 2013 she was appointed to the board of the Wikimedia Foundation, serving for one year.
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Édson Santos
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- politician
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Édson Santos de Souza is a Brazilian sociologist and politician. He has been a city councilor in Rio de Janeiro since 2023, a post he previously occupied from 1989 to 2007. He has also been vice-president of the municipal chamber. He was also a federal deputy from the state of Rio de Janeiro from 2007 to 2015, and the chief minister of the Ministry of Racial Equality from 2008 to 2010. He is currently affiliated with the Workers' Party (PT). He is noted for his long-standing presence in decisions made for racial equality during his time as minister.
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Nilcéia Freire
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- politicianphysicianparasitologist
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Nilcéa Freire was a Brazilian academic and politician. After a career as a medical researcher and professor, Freire moved into university administration. She oversaw graduate studies and budgetary concerns before being promoted as dean of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. In 2004 she became a government minister, as the Special Secretariat of Policies for Women. She served from 2005 to 2007 as the President of the Inter-American Commission of Women. At the end of her term, she became the Brazilian representative for the Ford Foundation and oversaw their programs to promote opportunity and justice for underrepresented minorities.
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Carol Dartora
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- activistpoliticianhistorianteacher
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Ana Carolina Moura Melo Dartora, known as Carol Dartora, is a Brazilian politician, teacher, historian, trade unionist and member of the Workers' Party (PT). She is currently a congresswoman for the state of Paraná, Brazil, having been elected at the 2022 Brazilian general election.
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Mercedes Bustamante
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- civil servantbiologist
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Mercedes Bustamante is a biologist born in Chile. Most of her work takes place in the savannah regions in Brazil called the cerrado biome. Her area of interests are studying large scale impacts on the environment, land usage and biogeochemistry. Since 1994 she has been a professor at the University of Brasília, where she is currently the Graduate Coordinator of the Ecology Department. She is a member of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group.
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Moyses Szklo
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Brazil - Enrolled in the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
- 1958-1963 graduated with medical degree
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- researcherepidemiologist
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Moyses Szklo is a Brazilian epidemiologist and physician scientist. He is currently University Distinguished Service Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University, Editor-in-chief Emeritus of the American Journal of Epidemiology, and director of the Johns Hopkins Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Szklo has published over 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as a major textbook of epidemiology. He has led several major epidemiologic societies and studies and has been lecturing and leading courses all over the world, including Spain, Italy, Israel, Brazil, and Mexico.
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Leandro Müller
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- writernovelist
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Leandro Müller is a Brazilian writer. He has a double degree in Journalism and Advertising from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro). Muller studied Philosophy at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro - Brazil) and at Porto University (Universidade do Porto, Portugal). He has been writing since 2004. He also worked as an editor in publishing.
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Rabello de Castro
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- economist
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Paulo Rabello de Castro is a Brazilian economist, incumbent president of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES). He was also the president of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). For both offices, Rabello was appointed by president Michel Temer.
