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This is a list of Brazilians , people in some way notable that were either born in Brazil or immigrants to Brazil (citizens or permanent residents), grouped by their area of notability.
Zola Amaro (1890–1944), operatic soprano
Alice Braga (born 1983)[1]
Alinne Moraes (born 1982)
Ana Paula Arósio (born 1975)
Antônio Fagundes (born 1949)
Bete Mendes (born 1949), actor/politician
Betty Lago (1955–2015)
Bruno Campos (born 1973)
Bruna Lombardi (born 1952)
Bruna Marquezine (born 1995)
Carolina Dieckmann (born 1978)
Cauã Reymond (born 1980)
Daniel Benzali (born 1950)
Daniele Suzuki (born 1977)
Denise Fraga (born 1964)
Dercy Gonçalves (1907–2008), artist
Eliane Giardini (born 1952)
Fernanda Montenegro (born 1929) Academy Award nominee
Fernanda Torres (born 1965)
Fábio Assunção (born 1971)
Fábio Lago (born 1970)
Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1934–2006)
Giovanna Antonelli (born 1976)
Glória Menezes (born 1934)
Grande Otelo (1915–1993)
Guilherme Berenguer (born 1980)
Hebe Camargo (1929–2012), TV presenter, singer, actress
José Lewgoy (1920–2003)
José Wilker (1944–2014)
Juliana Didone (born 1984)
Juliana Silveira (born 1980), actress/singer
Lázaro Ramos (born 1978)
Leonardo Villar (1923-2020)
Lima Duarte (born 1930)
Lucélia Santos (born 1957)
Malu Mader (born 1966),
Carmen Miranda (1909–1955), singer
Marco Nanini (born 1948)
Maria Flor (born 1983)
Marília Pêra (1943-2015)
Matheus Nachtergaele (born 1968)
Miguel Falabella (born 1956)
Morena Baccarin (born 1979)
Murilo Benício (born 1971)
Natália Guimarães (born 1984), Miss Brasil 2007 , actress
Oscarito (1906–1970)
Paola Oliveira (born 1982)
Paulo Autran (1922–2007)
Paulo Betti (born 1952)
Raul Cortez (1932–2006)
Regina Duarte (born 1947)
Renato Aragão (born 1935)
Reynaldo Gianecchini (born 1972)
Rodrigo Hilbert (born 1980)
Rodrigo Santoro (born 1975)
Ronald Golias (1929–2005), actor and comedian
Selton Mello (born 1972)
Sônia Braga (born 1950)
Taís Araújo (born 1978)
Tarcisio Meira (born 1935)
Vera Fischer (born 1951)
Wagner Moura (born 1976)
Xuxa Meneghel (born 1963), actress, singer, TV host
Architects and urban planners [ edit | edit source ]
Affonso Eduardo Reidy (1909–1964), architect and urban planner, reformer of Rio de Janeiro
Alexandre Chan (born 1942)
João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915–1985), architect and professor
Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992), architect
Lúcio Costa (1902–1998), architect and urban planner, creator of Brasília
Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012), architect of international renown, winner of the 1988 Pritzker Prize
Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928–2021), architect and professor, winner of the 2006 Pritzker Prize
Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994), architect and landscape designer
Jaime Lerner (1937–2021), architect and urban planner
Ruy Ohtake (born 1938), architect
Marcio Kogan (born 1952), architect
Igor de Vetyemy (born 1981), architect and professor
Abraham Palatnik (1928-2020)[2]
Ana Maria Pacheco (born 1943), painter and sculptor
Artur Barrio (born 1945)[2]
Cybèle Varela (born 1943), painter, mixed-media artist
Hélio Oiticica (1937–1980),[2] painter
Lygia Clark (1920–1988)[2]
Lygia Pape (1927–2004)[2]
Moysés Baumstein (1931–1991), holographer, painter, film/video producer
Naza (born 1955), painter, visual artist
Oswaldo Goeldi (1895–1961),[2] illustrator and engraver
Sebastião Salgado (born 1944),[2] photographer
Adriano (born 1982)
Adriano (born 1985)
Alisson Becker (born 1992)
Bebeto (born 1964)
Benny Feilhaber (born 1985), footballer, center/attacking midfielder (AGF Aarhus & US national team)
Cafu (born 1970), footballer
Casemiro (born 1992), football player for Real Madrid and three time UEFA Champions League Winner
Dani Alves (born 1983)
Dante (born 1983)
David Luiz (born 1987), football player for Arsenal
Dida (born 1973)
Garrincha (1933–1983)
Gabriel Barbosa (born 1996)
Gabriel Jesus (born 1997)
Jairzinho (born 1944)
Lúcio (born 1978), retired footballer
Kaká (born 1982)
Lucas Leiva (born 1987)
Lucas Moura (born 1992)
Marcelo (born 1988)
Marta (born 1986)
Neymar (born 1992), footballer playing for Paris Saint-Germain
Oscar (born 1991)
Pelé (born 1940), football player, three-time World Cup Champion[3]
Philippe Coutinho (born 1992), football player for FC Barcelona
Rivaldo (born 1972)
Rivelino (born 1946)
Roberto Carlos (born 1973), 2002 FIFA World Cup Champion
Roberto Firmino (born 1991), footballer, Liverpool FC
Robinho (born 1984)
Rodrigo Caio (born 1993)
Rogério Ceni (born 1973)
Romário (born 1966)
Ronaldinho (born 1980), footballer, two-time FIFA World Player of the Year
Ronaldo (born 1976), footballer, two-time World Cup champion
Thiago Silva (born 1984), football player for Chelsea F.C.
Wesley (born 1989), footballer
Willian (born 1988)
Zico (born 1953), retired footballer
Zizinho (1921–2002), retired footballer
Ana Marcela Cunha (born 1992), five-time World Champion
Bruno Fratus (born 1989), World Championship medalist
César Cielo (born 1987), two-time Olympic medalist, Olympic and World record holder
Daniel Dias (born 1988), swimmer, paralympian
Fernando Scherer (born 1974), Olympic medalist
Gustavo Borges (born 1972), Olympic medalist
Marcelo Chierighini (born 1991), World Championship medalist
Poliana Okimoto (born 1983), Olympic medalist
Thiago Pereira (born 1986), Olympic medalist
Ayrton Senna da Silva (1960–1994), three-time Formula 1 World Champion[12]
Bruno Senna (born 1983), Formula One racing driver
Christian Fittipaldi (born 1971), NASCAR driver/Indycar driver
Emerson Fittipaldi (born 1946), Formula One two-time champion. Raced for McLaren, Lotus and Fittipaldi automotive[13]
Felipe Massa (born 1981), Formula One driver, notably for Scuderia Ferrari
Hélio Castroneves (born 1975), IndyCar driver
Nelson Piquet (born 1952), three-time Formula One world champion, raced for Williams, Benetton, McLaren, Ensign, and Brabham[14]
Rubens Barrichello (born 1972), former Formula 1 driver, raced for Jordan, Stewart, Ferrari, Honda, Braun, and Williams
Tony Kanaan (born 1974), IndyCar driver
Thiago Alves (born 1983), mixed martial artist
Paulo Costa (born 1991), mixed martial artist
Lyoto Machida (born 1978), black belt in Machida Karate, mixed martial arts World Champion
Marcio Navarro (born 1978), professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (born 1976), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, mixed martial arts World Champion
Charles Oliveira (born 1989), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, mixed martial arts World Champion
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (born 1981), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, mixed martial arts World Champion
Murilo Rua (born 1980), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, mixed martial arts World Champion
Junior dos Santos (born 1984), World Champion Mixed Martial Artist
Anderson Silva (born 1975), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, mixed martial arts World Champion
Wanderlei Silva (born 1976), black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, mixed martial arts World Champion
Alexandre de Pontes (1968–1993), bodyboarder
Bob Burnquist (born 1976), professional skateboarder
Eurico Rosa Da Silva (born 1975), jockey
Felipe Wu (born 1992), Olympic medalist in Shooting
Hugo Calderano (born 1996)
Isaquias Queiroz (born 1994), Olympic medalist and World Champion in Sprint Canoeing
Kevin Alves (born 1991), figure skater
Maicon Siqueira (born 1993), Olympic medalist in Taekwondo
Natália Falavigna (born 1984), Olympic medalist in Taekwondo
Robson Conceição (born 1988), Olympic medalist in Boxing
Rodrigo Pessoa (born 1972), Olympic Champion show jumper
Yan Gomes (born 1987), MLB player[15]
Yane Marques (born 1984), Olympic medalist in Modern Pentathlon
Aluizio Abranches
Ana Carolina (born 1945)[16]
Andrucha Waddington (born 1970)
Anna Muylaert [16] (born 1964)
Alberto Cavalcanti (1897–1982), pioneer filmmaker
Anselmo Duarte [16] (1920–2009), Palme d'Or winner
Arnaldo Jabor [16] (born 1940), Silver Berlin Bear-winner
Bruno Barreto [16] (born 1955), Golden Berlin Bear -nominated director
Cacá Diegues [16] (born 1940)
Cao Hamburger [16] (born 1962)
Carlos Reichenbach [16] (1945–2012)
Daniel Filho (born 1937)
Daniela Thomas [16] (born 1959)
Eduardo Coutinho [16] (1933–2014), documentary filmmaker
Fabio Barreto (1957–2019)
Fernando Meirelles [16] (born 1955), Academy Award nominee
Gabriel Mascaro (born 1983)
Glauber Rocha [16] (1939–1981), founder of Cinema Novo ; Cannes Film Festival award -winning director
Hector Babenco [16] (1946–2016), Argentine-born Brazilian Academy Award -nominated director
Heitor Dhalia (born 1970)
Humberto Mauro [16] (1897–1983), pioneer and inventive filmmaker
João Moreira Salles [16] (born 1962), documentary director
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade [16] (1932–1988), member of Cinema Novo
Jorge Furtado [16] (born 1959)
José Mojica Marins [16] (1936–2020), also known as Coffin Joe
José Padilha [16] (born 1967), Golden Berlin Bear winner
Júlio Bressane [16] (born 1946)
Karim Aïnouz [16] (born 1966)
Kleber Mendonça Filho [16] (born 1968)
Leon Hirszman [16] (1937-1987)
Lima Barreto [16] (1906–1982)
Luiz de Barros (1893–1982)
Luiz Fernando Carvalho [16] (born 1960)
Luís Sérgio Person [16] (1936-1976)
Marcelo Gomes [16] (born 1963)
Mário Peixoto [16] (1908–1992), pioneer filmmaker
Nelson Pereira dos Santos [16] (1928–2018)
Norma Bengell (1935–2013), director and actress
Paulo César Saraceni [16] (1933-2012)
Petra Costa (born 1983) Academy Award nominee
Roberto Farias [16] (1932–2018)
Roberto Santos [16] (1928–1987)
Rogério Sganzerla [16] (1946-2004)
Ruy Guerra [16] (born in Mozambique, 1931), member of Cinema Novo
Sérgio Machado (born 1968)
Sérgio Rezende (born 1951)
Suzana Amaral [16] (1932-2020)
Tata Amaral (born 1960)
Walter Hugo Khouri [16] (1929–2003)
Walter Lima Jr. [16] (born 1938)
Walter Salles [16] (born 1956), Golden Berlin Bear winner
Executives and business entrepreneurs [ edit | edit source ]
Djalma Guimarães (1895–1973, born Santa Luzia, MG, died Belo Horizonte)
Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (1916–2013), one of the most outstanding geologists of the 20th century
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (1763–1838)
Louis Agassiz (1807–1873)
Louis de Loczy (Hungria, 1897–1980, born Brazil, Rio de Janeiro)
Orville Adalbert Derby (1851–1915, born Kellogsville, New York, died Rio de Janeiro), American geologist who worked in Brazil, particularly for the DNPM and CPRM[17]
Reinhard Maack (1892–1969, born in Herford-Germany, died in Curitiba-Brazil)
Walter K. Link (1902–1982), USA geologist; controversial organizer of oil exploration in Brazil
Octávio Barbosa (1907–1997), Brazilian field geologist, prospector
Heinz Ebert (1907–1983), born in Saxony, Germany, died in Rio Claro, São Paulo
Aziz Ab'Saber (1924–2012, São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo), Brazilian geoscientist
Sérgio Estanislau do Amaral (1925–1996)
Peter Szatmari , Hungarian geologist
Heroes and historical figures [ edit | edit source ]
Admiral Tamandaré (1807–1897), military combatant, war veteran, "father of the Navy"
Ana Néri (1814–1880), pioneering nurse; assisted Brazilian forces on the battlefield, "mother of nursery"
Anita Garibaldi (1821–1849), revolutionary combatant, fought in Brazil and Italy, was married to Giuseppe Garibaldi
Ayrton Senna (1960–1994), Brazilian racing driver and a source of inspiration for many Brazilians, Formula 1
Barão do Amazonas (1804–1882), Admiral of the Navy, war hero, led the decisive Battle of Riachuelo
Carlos Marighella (1911–1969), marxist writer, politician and guerilla fighter
Bento Gonçalves (1788–1847), military commander, led a separatist movement
Chico Mendes (1944–1988), murdered rural leader and martyr of ecological movements in the Amazon
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (1803–1880), military commander, nationalist leader, "father of the Army"
José Bonifácio (1763–1838), Patriarch of the Independence
Princess Isabel (1846–1921), Princess Imperial of Brazil, later de jure Empress of Brazil, daughter of Emperor D. Pedro II , signed the abolition of slavery in the country
Tiradentes (1746–1792), leader of a failed conspiracy against the Portuguese, executed by hanging followed by quartering
Tristão de Alencar Araripe (1821–1908), republican leader
Zumbi dos Palmares (1655–1695), African-born leader of a slave revolt, killed in battle.
Santos Dumont (1873–1932), Brazilian inventor and aeronaut
Maria Tomásia Figueira Lima (1826-1902), aristocrat, abolitionist
Intellectuals and thinkers [ edit | edit source ]
Leonardo Boff (born 1938), friar, theologian , silenced by the Vatican due to his socialist stance
Benjamin Constant (1836–1891), abolitionist and republican
Raymundo Faoro (1925–2003), jurist
Paulo Freire (1921–1997), educator and university professor
Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), sociologist
Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), sociologist
Anna Veronica Mautner (1935–2019) psychologist, psychoanalyst, essayist and columnist Brazilian
Pontes de Miranda (1892–1979), jurist, mathematician, philosopher and writer
José do Patrocínio (1854–1905), liberal abolitionist and republican
Darcy Ribeiro (1922–1997), anthropologist and educator, scientific leader and politician
Jorge Stolfi (born 1950), computer scientist
Milton Santos (1926–2001), geographer, writer and university professor
Adoniran Barbosa (1912-1982)
Anitta (born 1993), pop singer
Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994), composer, songwriter
Arnaldo Antunes (born 1960)
Astrud Gilberto (born 1940), singer
Andre Matos (1971-2019), singer
Baden Powell (guitarist) (1937–2000), guitarist
Bebel Gilberto (born 1966), singer
Beto Guedes (born 1951)
Caetano Veloso (born 1942), MPB singer-songwriter
Cartola (1908-1980)
Chico Buarque (born 1944)
Clara Nunes (1942-1983)
Claudia Leitte (born 1980), axé singer
Chorão (1970-2013)
Djavan (born 1949)
Elis Regina (1945-1982)
Gal Costa (born 1945)
Gilberto Gil (born 1942)
Herbert Vianna (born 1961)
Ivete Sangalo (born 1972), axé singer
João Gilberto (1931–2019), singer, songwriter, guitarist
Jorge Ben (born 1939)
Kelly Key (born 1983), pop/r&b singer
Lô Borges (born 1952)
Ludmilla (singer) (born 1995), pop singer
Mallu Magalhães (born 1992), folk singer
Maria Bethânia (born 1946)
Marília Mendonça (1995-2021), sertaneja singer
Marisa Monte (born 1967), MPB singer
Marcelo Falcão (born 1973)
Milton Nascimento (born 1942)
Ney Matogrosso (born 1941)
Negra Li (born 1979)
Pabllo Vittar (born 1993), pop singer
Renato Russo (1960-1996)
Rita Lee (born 1947)
Sandy (born 1983), pop singer
Tim Maia (1942–1998), singer-songwriter
Tom Zé (born 1936)
Yamandu Costa (Born 1980), guitarist and composer
Antonio Conselheiro (1830–1897), also known outside Brazil as "The Counselor", founder of Canudos
Inri Cristo (born 1948), claims to be Jesus
Saint Anthony of Saint Anne Galvão (Friar Galvão) (1739–1822), friar, Catholic saint
D. Helder Câmara (1909–1999), Archbishop of Olinda and Recife , a fierce defender of civil rights during the military regime
D. Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921–2016), former Archbishop of São Paulo , also a civil rights leader
D. Cláudio Hummes (born 1934), Bishop , Archbishop and Cardinal of São Paulo , current Mayor of the Congregation for the Clergy
Helvécio Martins (1930–2005), General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chico Xavier (1910–2002), main figure of Spiritism
Journalists and TV celebrities [ edit | edit source ]
Manuel de Abreu (1894–1962), physician, inventor of abreugraphy (mass radiography of the lungs for screening tuberculosis )
Aziz Ab'Saber (1924–2012), geographer; geologist; ecologist recognized for the Theory of Refuges and Amazon studies; former president of the SBPC
Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (1916–2013), geologist
Carlos Paz de Araújo , scientist and inventor, holds nearly 600 patents in the area of nanotechnology
José Márcio Ayres (1954–2003), biologist, zoologist, primatologist
Marcia Barbosa (born 1960), physicist
Eddy Bensoussan (born 1938), physician
Wilson Teixeira Beraldo (1917–1998), co-discoverer of bradykinin
Thaisa Storchi Bergmann (born 1955), astrophysicist at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul [21]
Carlos Augusto Bertulani (born 1955), physicist
Vital Brazil (1865–1950), physician and scientist, discoverer of the antivenom for snakes and other venomous animals
Ennio Candotti (born 1942), physicist and scientific leader
Fernando Henrique Cardoso (born 1931), sociologist and former President
José Cândido de Melo Carvalho (1914–1994), biologist, zoologist, entomologist
Carlos Chagas (1879–1934), biologist, zoologist, public health worker
Evandro Chagas (1905–1940), physician and biomedical scientist specialized in tropical medicine; son of Carlos Chagas
Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro (born 1952), mathematician and statistician
Vera Cordeiro (born 1950), social entrepreneur and physician
Newton da Costa (born 1929), mathematician and logician, recognised for his works in paraconsistent logic
Oswaldo Cruz (1872–1917), physician and public health champion, eliminated yellow fever , bubonic plague and smallpox in Rio de Janeiro at the turn of the 20th century
Johanna Döbereiner (1924–2000), biologist, discoverer of the nitrogen fixing role of soil bacteria
Adolpho Ducke (1876–1959), Croatian-Brazilian biologist ; zoologist ; entomologist ; botanist
Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), father of Brazilian sociology
Sérgio Henrique Ferreira (1934–2016), physician and pharmacologist , discovered the active principle of a drug for hypertension
Carlos Chagas Filho (1910–2000), physician and physiologist, former president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences , former president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences ; son of Carlos Chagas
Hércules Florence (1804–1879), pioneer of photography
Santiago Americano Freire (1908–1997), physician and professor of pharmacology, psychiatrist, writer, painter
Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987), historiographer and sociologist
Celso Furtado (1920–2004), noted economist and ideologue of economy of developing nations
Marcelo Gleiser (born 1959), physicist, writer and professor of physics and astronomy at the Dartmouth College since 1991
José Goldemberg (born 1928), physicist, former Minister of Science & Technology and Dean of the University of São Paulo
Émil Göldi (1859–1917), Swiss-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; naturalist
Bartolomeu de Gusmão (1685–1724), Brazilian Catholic priest, pioneer of aviation, the inventor of the balloon, became known as the "flying priest"
Jacques Hüber (1867–1914), Swiss-Brazilian biologist; botanist
Ivan Izquierdo (1937–2021), physician and neuroscientist ; discovered neural mechanisms of memory
Jean Paul Jacob (1937–2019), electronic engineer, researcher and professor, research manager at the Almaden IBM Research Center, California
Adib Jatene (1929–2014), heart surgeon
Alexander Kellner (born 1961), Liechtensteinian/Brazilian paleontologist
Warwick Estevam Kerr (1922–2018), geneticist, researcher on the biology and genetics of bees
Eduardo Krieger (born 1928), physician and physiologist , former president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
César Lattes (1924–2005), experimental physicist, co-discoverer of the pion , a type of subatomic particle, first president of the Brazilian National Research Council
Napoleão Laureano (1914–1951), cancer researcher
Aristides Leão (1914–1993), physician and physiologist, discovered Leão's depression , a phenomenon of nervous tissue
Ângelo Moreira da Costa Lima (1887–1964), doctor , entomologist
Henrique da Rocha Lima (1879–1956), physician, pathologist and infectologist, discovered Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus
José Leite Lopes (1918–2006), theoretical physicist
Adolfo Lutz (1855–1940), physician and pioneer of public health
José Lutzenberger (1926–2002), ecologist and zoologist
Roberto Landell de Moura (1861–1928), pioneer of telephony
Fritz Müller (1821–1897), German-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; botanist; naturalist; entomologist
Miguel Nicolelis (born 1961), neuroscientist, one of Scientific American 's best scientists of 2004
Jacob Palis (born 1940), mathematician of international fame, current president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Maurício Peixoto (1921–2019), engineer, mathematician , pioneered the studies on structural stability , author of Peixoto's theorem
Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna (1818–1888), biologist, zoologist, naturalist
José Aristodemo Pinotti (1934–2009), physician and gynecologist, former president of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Marcos Pontes (born 1963), first Brazilian astronaut, Missão Centenário
Patricia Pranke (born 1967), stem cell researcher, professor
Ana Maria Primavesi (1920–2020), soil scientist and promoter of the ecological management of tropical soils
André Rebouças (1838–1898), pioneer engineer, brother of Antônio Rebouças Filho
José Reis (1907–2002), biologist, greatest Brazilian science writer
Gilberto Righi (1937–1999), biologist, zoologist, specialist on earthworms
Milton Santos (1926–2001), geographer, won the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize , the highest award that can be gained in the field of geography
Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932), aviator and inventor
Mário Schenberg (1914–1990), theoretical physicist
Helmut Sick (1910–1991), German-Brazilian biologist; zoologist; ornithologist
Lotar Siewerdt (born 1939), agronomist; forage production
Manuel Augusto Pirajá da Silva (1873–1961), responsible for the identification and complete description of the pathogenic agent and the pathophysiological cycle of schistosomiasis disease
Maurício Rocha e Silva (1910–1983), physician and pharmacologist, discovered bradykinin , an active cardiovascular peptide
Emilio Joaquim da Silva Maia (1808–1859), physician and naturalist
Nise da Silveira (1905–1999), psychiatrist and mental health reformer
Jorge Stolfi (born 1950), computer scientist, professor at UNICAMP
Jayme Tiomno (1920–2011), experimental and theoretical nuclear physicist
Paulo Emílio Vanzolini (1924–2013), biologist, zoologist, herpetologist
Glaci Zancan (1935–2007), biochemist[22]
Mayana Zatz (born 1947), biologist and geneticist
Euryclides Zerbini (1912–1993), heart surgeon, pioneer of first heart transplant in Brazil
Foreign scientists and engineers who lived or live in Brazil [ edit | edit source ]
Alexander Grothendieck (1928–2014), French mathematician
David Bohm (1917–1992), American physicist
Gregory Chaitin (born 1947), Argentine-American mathematician
Louis Couty (1854–1884), French physiologist and pharmacologist
Miguel Rolando Covian (1913–1992), Argentinian physiologist
Orville Adalbert Derby (1851–1915), American geologist
Heinz Ebert (1907–1983), German geologist
Luigi Fantappiè (1901–1956), Italian mathematician
Richard Feynman (1918–1988), American physicist
Charles Frederick Hartt (1840–1878), Canadian-American geologist and paleontologist
Hermann von Ihering (1850–1930), German naturalist
Fritz Köberle (1910–1983), Austrian physician and pathologist
Grigori Ivanovitch Langsdorff (1774–1852), German/Russian naturalist
Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009), French anthropologist
Emmanuel Liais (1826–1900), French astronomer and naturalist
Lucien Lison (1908–1984), Belgian anatomist
Fritz Müller (1821–1897), German naturalist
Giuseppe Occhialini (1907–1993), Italian physicist
Ludwig Riedel (1790–1861), German botanist
Oscar Sala (1922–2010), Italian nuclear physicist
Carl August Wilhelm Schwacke (1848–1904), German botanist
Friedrich Sellow (1789–1831), German botanist
Helmut Sick (1910–1991), German zoologist
Peter Szatmari (born 1950), Hungarian geologist
Gleb Wataghin (1899–1986), Russian/Italian physicist
Stefan Zweig (1881–1942), Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer
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