List of sons and daughters of the city of Fortaleza
The list of sons and daughters of the city of Fortaleza lists people who were born in the Brazilian capital Fortaleza of the state of Ceará and who are represented with an article in the German language Wikipedia. The list does not claim to be complete.
19th century
- Luiz Vieira da Silva (1828–1889), lawyer, banker and politician in the Brazilian Empire
- Araripe Júnior (1848–1911), lawyer, literary critic and writer
- Alberto Nepomuceno (1864–1920), composer
- Silvino Gurgel do Amaral (1874–1961), diplomat
- Diogo Graf (1896–1966), Swiss painter and teacher
- Humberto Castelo Branco (1897–1967), military officer, politician and first President of Brazil during the military dictatorship
- Clóvis Monteiro (1898–1961), Romanist, Lusitanist and Brazilianist
20th century
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- Hélder Câmara (1909–1999), Archbishop of Olinda and Recife
- Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003), writer
- Mauricio Peixoto (1921–2019), mathematician
- Gerardo de Andrade Ponte (1924-2006), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Patos
- Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte (1931–2009), Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão
- Nildo Parente (1936–2011), actor
- Jerônimo Moscardo (* 1940), diplomat and lawyer, 1993 Minister of Culture
- Joyce Cavalcante (* 1949), writer
- Marlui Miranda (* 1949), ethnomusicologist and musician
- José Roberto Silva Carvalho (* 1960), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Caetité
- Karim Aïnouz (* 1966), Brazilian-Algerian film director and visual artist
- Franco José Vieira Neto (* 1966), beach volleyball player
- Evaldo Carvalho dos Santos (* 1969), Roman Catholic religious, Bishop of Viana
- Márcio Araújo (* 1973), beach volleyball player
- Shelda Bede (* 1973), beach volleyball player
- Mário Jardel (* 1973), football player
- Pinga (* 1981), soccer player
- Jônatas Domingos (* 1982), football player
- Dudu Cearense (born 1983), football player
- Sandro da Silva Mendonça (* 1983), football player
- Taiana Lima (* 1984), beach volleyball player
- Ari (* 1985), soccer player
- Raffael (* 1985), football player
- Ronny (* 1986), soccer player
- Osvaldo Lourenço Filho (* 1987), football player
- Gisele Oppermann (* 1987), German-Brazilian model and reality TV actress
- Matteo Ingrosso (* 1988), Italian beach volleyball player
- Paolo Ingrosso (* 1988), Italian beach volleyball player
- Sam Alves (* 1989), pop singer
- Marcilio Browne (* 1989), windsurfer
- Adriana Cardoso de Castro (* 1990), handball player
- André Diamant (* 1990), chess player
- Pedro Henrique Estumano da Costa (* 1991), Brazilian-Portuguese soccer player
- Carolina Horta Máximo (* 1992), beach volleyball player
- Rebecca Cavalcanti Barbosa Silva (* 1993), beach volleyball player
- Eduardo Antônio Machado Teixeira (* 1993), football player
- Wendell (* 1993), football player
- Thiago Monteiro (* 1994), tennis player
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