Greek Brazilians

Greek Brazilians
Greco-brasileiros  · Ελληνοβραζιλιάνοι

Greek descendants in São Paulo.
Total population
50,000[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Southeast Region
Languages
Portuguese, Greek
Religion
Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox
Related ethnic groups
Greek people

Greek Brazilians (Greek: Ελληνοβραζιλιάνοι, romanized: Ellinovraziliani, Portuguese: Greco-brasileiros) are Brazilian residents who are either fully or partially of Greek descent. They are located throughout Brazil with estimated numbers that range from about 30,000 people to 50,000 Greeks living in São Paulo alone.

Notable Greek Brazilians

• João Pandiá Calógeras, Brazilian Minister of War during WWI
• Bruna Griphao - television actress
• Demetre Anastassakis - architect and urban planner
• Cleo Rocos - comedy actress, presenter and business woman
• Constantine Andreou - painter and sculptor
• Constantino Tsallis - physicist
• Miguel Nicolelis - neuroscientist
• Pavlos Papaioannou - former football player
• Ronald Golias - comedian
• Silvio Santos - TV host and entrepreneur
• Vitor Belfort - Mixed Martial Artist
• Leonardo Koutris - footballer

See also

• Immigration to Brazil
• White Brazilians
• Greek people
• Greek diaspora
• Brazil–Greece relations

References

• Bilateral relations between Greece and Brazil

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Ancestry and ethnicity in Brazil

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Related topics

• Demographics of Brazil
• Colonization
• Slave trade
• Immigration
  • from Europe
• Emigration
• Racism

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