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Brazil
8 profiles with fame based in Brazil
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Writers & Intellectuals
Boris Schnaiderman
Ukrainian-born Brazilian scholar who became the father of Russian studies in Latin America
🇷🇺 Uman (Ukraine)→
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Writers & Intellectuals
Clarice Lispector
Ukraine-born Brazilian literary genius called the greatest Jewish writer since Kafka
🇷🇺 Chechelnyk (Ukr)→
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Science & Academia
Gleb Wataghin
Born in Ukraine, founded Brazil's greatest physics school and discovered cosmic ray muons
🇷🇺 Birzula (Ukr)→
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Fashion & Entertainment
Gregori Warchavchik
Odessa-born architect who introduced modernism to Brazil with the first modernist house in Latin America
🇷🇺 Odessa→
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Cinema & TV
Hector Babenco
Argentine-Brazilian director with Ukrainian-Russian roots who made Kiss of the Spider Woman
🇷🇺 Argentina (Ukr/Rus)→
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Fashion & Entertainment
Jaime Lerner
Son of Polish-Russian Jewish immigrants who transformed Curitiba into the world's most liveable city
🇷🇺 Lodz (Poland/Rus)→
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Fashion & Entertainment
Lasar Segall
Born in Vilnius, became Brazil's most important modernist painter
🇷🇺 Vilnius→
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Classical Music & High Culture
Tatiana Leskova
Born in Paris to Russian émigré parents — became the mother of Brazilian classical ballet
🇷🇺 Paris (Rus Roots)→