List of Lebanese people (Brazil)
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This is a list of notable individuals born in Brazil
of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and Brazilian dual nationality who live in Brazil.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and Brazilian dual nationality who live in Brazil.
Athletes
- Tony KanaanTony KanaanAntoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho, commonly known as Tony Kanaan is a Brazilian race car driver of Lebanese heritage. Kanaan won the 2004 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series championship driving Andretti Green Racing's 7-Eleven sponsored car, winning three times in his Honda-powered Dallara...
- race car driver - Edson Cholbi NascimentoEdson Cholbi NascimentoEdson Cholbi Nascimento, usually known simply as Edinho , is a former Brazilian football goalkeeper...
- former football (soccer) goalkeeper - Emil Assad RachedEmil Assad RachedEmil Assad Rached was a former Brazilian basketball player of Lebanese origin. He played basketball professionally from 1964 to 1980 in 5 teams: XV de Piracicaba , Corinthians , Botafogo , Tênis Cube de Campinas and Rio Claro...
- professional basketball player - Mario ZagalloMário ZagalloMário Jorge Lobo Zagallo is a Brazilian former football player and manager.-Biography:Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo was born in Maceió, Alagoas, to a family of Lebanese and Italian heritage....
- Soccer player and coach
Politics
- José Maria AlkminJosé Maria AlkminJosé Maria Alkmin was Vice-President of Brazil from 1964 to 1967. He had been finance minister before becoming vice president. He was also once the Partido Social Democrático's deputy.- References :...
- former Vice President - Gilberto KassabGilberto KassabGilberto Kassab is a Brazilian politician, current mayor of São Paulo. His term ends in 2012. A civil engineer and economist, of Lebanese descent, Kassab took over from José Serra, after Serra decided to run for governor of São Paulo...
- mayor of São Paulo - Paulo MalufPaulo MalufPaulo Salim Maluf is a Brazilian politician with a career spanning over four decades and many functions, including those of State Governor of São Paulo, Mayor of the City of São Paulo, Congressman and Presidential candidate. As of 2011, Maluf is on a second consecutive term as Federal Deputy...
- Former governor of São PauloSão Paulo (state)São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...
state - Michel TemerMichel TemerMichel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia , better known as Michel Temer, is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, and currently the Vice-President of Brazil after winning on the ticket of Workers' Party candidate Dilma Rousseff...
- Vice-President of Brazil
See also
- Lebanese BrazilianLebanese BrazilianA Lebanese Brazilian is a Brazilian person of full, partial, or predominantly Lebanese ancestry, or a Lebanese-born person immigrant in Brazil....
- Arab BrazilianArab BrazilianAn Arab Brazilian is a Brazilian citizen born in an Arabic country, or a Brazilian-born person of Arab descent, who is aware of such ancestry and remains connected, in some degree, to Arabic culture.- Immigration to Brazil :...
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