List of people from Brasília
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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)
Don Bosco - priest, patron saint of Brasília (died before Brasília was incorporated, but did supposedly foresee the city’s incorporation in a dream)
Juscelino Kubitschek - former president of Brazil (Brasília was built as part of his campaign to develop the interior of Brazil)
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.
Notable faculty and almuni of the University of Brasília
Alumni
Leticia Carvalho - oceanographer and international civil servant
Faculty
Darcy Ribeiro - anthropologist, politician
Oscar Niemeyer - architect, designer of Brasília, winner of the Pritzker Prize in 1988
Athos Bulcão - artist
Cyro dos Anjos - journalist, writer
Cláudio Santoro - composer, violinist
Affonso Arinos de Mello Franco - diplomat, journalist
Nelson Pereira dos Santos - film director
Cristovam Buarque - mechanical engineer and politician, former governor of the Federal District, former senator, former rector, and economics professor
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)
Kaká - footballer (retired)
Lúcio - footballer (retired)
Márcio Amoroso - footballer (retired)
Marílson Gomes dos Santos - long distance runner, winner of the 2006 New York City Marathon
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
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.
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