Greek Brazilians

Greek Brazilians
Greco-brasileiros  · Ελληνοβραζιλιάνος

Total population
(50,000 Greek Brazilians)
Regions with significant populations
Brazil: Mainly Southeastern Brazil
Languages
Predominantly Portuguese
Religion
Predominantly Catholic, Greek Orthodox
Related ethnic groups
Other White Brazilian, Greek people

Greek Brazilians (Greek: Ελληνοβραζαλιάνοι) are Brazilian residents who are either fully or partially of Greek descent. They are located throughout Brazil with numbers of about 50,000 people and with 20,000 Greeks living in São Paulo alone.

Notable Greek Brazilians

• Constantine Andreou - painter and sculptor
• Pavlos Papaioannou - former football player
• Silvio Santos - TV host and entrepreneur
• Miguel Nicolelis - neuroscientist
• Ronald Golias - comedian
• Constantino Tsallis - physicist
• Cleo Rocos - comedy actress, presenter and business woman
• Vitor Belfort - Mixed Martial Artist

See also

• Immigration to Brazil
• White Brazilians
• Greek people
• Greek diaspora
• Brazilian-Greek relations

References

• Bilateral relations between Greece and Brazil