List of Lebanese people in Brazil

This is a list of notable individuals born in Brazil of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and Brazilian dual nationality who live or resided in Brazil.

Arts

• Antonio Abujamra - playwright and actor
• Sergio Assad - artist
• João Bosco - singer
• Fagner - singer
• Milton Hatoum - writer
• Malu Mader - actress
• Raduan Nassar - writer
• Almir Sater - singer
• Wanderlea - singer
• Alok Petrillo - DJ
• Alberto Mussa - writer

Athletes

• Felipe Nasr - race car driver
• Tony Kanaan - race car driver
• Allam Khodair - race car driver
• Thaísa Menezes - volleyball player
• Emil Assad Rached - professional basketball player
• Mario Zagallo - soccer player and coach
• Nacif Elias - Lebanese olympian in judo
• Branco - football (soccer) player

Business

• Alberto Dualib - businessman
• Carlos Ghosn - businessman

Henrique Rassi - businessman

Entertainment

• Luciana Gimenez - television presenter
• Arnaldo Jabor - film director, screenwriter and producer
• Sabrina Sato - comedian and television presenter
• Joãosinho Trinta - director of parades for Samba Schools in Rio de Janeiro Brazil during Carnival (carnavalesco)

Politics

• Geraldo Alckmin - governor of São Paulo state
• José Maria Alkmin - vice-president of Brazil (1964-1967)
• Iolanda Fleming - politician, former governor of Acre
• Fernando Haddad - politician
• Tasso Jereissati - former governor of Ceará state
• Gilberto Kassab - former mayor of São Paulo
• Paulo Maluf - former governor of São Paulo state
• Pedro Simon - former senator
• Michel Temer - president of Brazil

Medicine

• Mohamad Barakat - ophthalmologist
• Adib Jatene - heart surgeon
• Anis Rassi - heart surgeon

See also

• Lebanese Brazilian
• Arab Brazilian
• List of Lebanese peotple
• List of Lebanese people (Diaspora)

References