List of sons and daughters of the city of Curitiba
The list of sons and daughters of the city of Curitiba lists people who were born in the Brazilian capital Curitiba (pronounced [ kuɾiˈtʃibɐ ]) of the state of Paraná and who are represented with an article in the German-language Wikipedia. The list does not claim to be complete.
19th century
- Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha Luz (1896–1967), composer
- Jerônimo Mazzarotto (1898–1999), Roman Catholic bishop
20th century
- Artur José Nísio (1906–1974), painter and graphic artist
- Rosário Farâni Mansur Guérios (1907–1987), Romanist, Lusitanist, linguist and lexicographer
- Pierre Clostermann (1921–2006), French fighter pilot
- César Lattes (1924–2005), experimental physicist and co-discoverer of the pi meson
- Dalton Trevisan (born 1925), writer
- Nilson Fanini (1932–2009), Baptist pastor and President of the World Baptist Federation from 1995 to 2000
- Carlos Rasch (* 1932), science fiction author in the GDR
- Henrique de Curitiba (1934–2008), Polish-Brazilian composer
- Jocy de Oliveira (* 1936), composer
- Jaime Lerner (* 1937), architect, urban planner and politician
- Roberto Requião (* 1941), politician
- Juarez Estevam Tavares (* 1942), legal scholar
- Paulo Leminski (1944–1989), author, poet and translator
- Alice Ruiz (* 1946), poet and translator
- Paulo Américo Veiga Wolowsky (* 1946), diplomat
- Celso Grebogi (* 1947), physicist
- Sérgio Arthur Braschi (* 1948), Roman Catholic bishop
- Lígia Maria Scherer (* 1951), diplomat
- Dirceu (1952–1995), national soccer player
- Levir Culpi (born 1953), football player
- Rafael Biernaski (* 1955), Bishop of Blumenau
- José Carlos Chacorowski (* 1956), Roman Catholic bishop
- Raul Boesel (* 1957), racing car driver
- Christiane Yared (* 1960), pastor, entrepreneur and politician
- Mauro Ribeiro (* 1964), racing cyclist
- Gleisi Hoffmann (* 1965), politician
- Gilson Kleina (* 1968), football coach
- Vilson Goinski (* 1970), local politician
- Ricardo Hoepers (* 1970), Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Rio Grande
- Paulo Rink (* 1973), thirteen-time German national soccer player
- Emanuel Rego (* 1973), beach volleyball player, Olympic champion
- Kismara Pessatti (* 1974), opera and concert singer ( contralto )
- Marcão (* 1975), football player
- Marco Campos (1976–1995), racing driver
- Ricardo Zonta (* 1976), racing car driver
- Tarso Marques (* 1976), racing car driver
- Wanderlei Silva (* 1976), MMA fighter at the Pride Fighting Championships (Light Heavyweight Champ)
- Alexsandro de Souza (* 1977), football player
- Enrique Bernoldi (* 1978), racing car driver
- Mozart Santos Batista Júnior (* 1979), football player
- Ilan Araújo (* 1980), football player
- Rafael Redwitz (* 1980), French volleyball player
- Mauricio Rua (* 1981), MMA fighter at the Pride Fighting Championships (Light Heavyweight Champ of the tournament 2005)
- Marjorie Estiano (* 1982), actress and singer
- Alexandre Gomes (* 1982), poker player
- Marcelo Tosatti (* 1982), one of the Linux kernel programmers
- Ágatha Bednarczuk (* 1983), beach volleyball player
- Augusto Farfus (* 1983), automobile racing driver
- Isabeli Fontana (* 1983), model
- Rodrigo Tosi (* 1983), football player
- Adriano Correia Claro (* 1984), football player
- Cristiane Justino (* 1985), MMA fighter
- Thiago Neves (born 1985), football player
- Thiago Cionek (* 1986), football player
- Thiago Schumacher (* 1986), soccer player
- Kaio Felipe Gonçalves (* 1987), football player
- Pedro Ken (* 1987), football player
- Rodrigo Pimpão (* 1987), football player
- Willian Farias (* 1989), soccer player
- Dudú (born 1991), football player
- Pietro Fantin (* 1991), racing driver
- Vinícius Goes Barbosa de Souza (* 1991), football player
- Francisco Lachowski (* 1991), model
- Kelvin Mateus de Oliveira (* 1993), football player
- Willian Rodrigues (* 1993), football player
Personalities from Germany
- Reinhard Maack (* 1892 in Herford ; † 1969 in Curitiba), geology professor in Curitiba and active as an environmentalist
- Günther Tessmann (* 1884 in Lübeck ; † 1969 in Curitiba), explorer, botanist and ethnologist in Curitiba
Web links
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