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20th-century Brazilian lawyers

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24th Vice-President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 and 37th President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019

Getúlio Vargas

President of Brazil (1930–1945; 1951–1954)

João Havelange

Brazilian businessman and athlete (1916–2016)

President of Brazil from 1961 to 1964

President of Brazil from 1985 to 1990

Brazilian politician (1910-1985)

Venceslau Brás

President of Brazil (1868-1966)

Brazilian politician, former president of Brazil (1961)

President of Brazil (1867-1924)

Artur Bernardes

Brazilian politician (1875–1955)

President of Brazil (1868-1920)

Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli

Brazilian politician (1910-1975)

President of Brazil from 1955 to 1956

Fernando Haddad

Brazilian politician, 51st mayor of São Paulo (2013–2017) and former Brazilian Finance Minister.

Bertrand de Orléans e Bragança

claimant to the defunct Brazilian throne

Brazilian politician, writer and jurist (1849-1923)

Brazilian politician and federal judge

Alexandre de Moraes

Brazilian jurist, lawyer, politician and Justice of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) since 2017

Brazilian politician, former governor of Ceará, Brazil

Brazilian politician (1894-1960) – Brazilian lawyer, diplomat and politician, 16th Governor of Rio Grande do Sul (1930) and President of the United Nations General Assembly (1948)

Brazilian judge (1954)

Brazilian journalist and entrepreneur (1892–1968)

Ariano Suassuna

Brazilian writer (1927–2014)

Brazilian journalist and politician (1914-1977)

Rodrigo Pacheco

Brazilian lawyer and politician, 67th president of the Federal Senate from Brazil (2021–2025) and Senator of the Republic since 2019

Gustavo Barroso

Brazilian writer and diplomat (1888–1959)

Gleisi Hoffmann

Brazilian lawyer and politician

Ricardo Lewandowski

Brazilian judge, politician, former Justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil from 2006 to 2023 and the 111th Minister of Justice and Public Security of Brazil from 2024 to 2026 (born 1948)

Brazilian attorney and evangelical pastor

Ulysses Guimarães

Brazilian politician and lawyer (1916-1992)

Brazilian lawyer

Brazilian lawyer, banker and politician (1874-1933)

Brazilian jurist (1910-2006)

Brazilian politician

Menotti Del Picchia

Brazilian writer (1892-1988)

Brazilian lawyer and politician (1916-2005)

Wilson José Witzel

Former Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro (2019–2021)

Francisco Dornelles

Brazilian lawyer, economist and politician (1935–2023)

Delfim de Pádua Peixoto Filho

Brazilian football official and politician

Brazilian actor

Antonio Villas Boas

Brazilian farmer (1934–1991)

Gustavo Bebianno

Brazilian lawyer

Ziraldo Alves Pinto (October 24, 1932 – April 6, 2024), known mononymously as Ziraldo, was a Brazilian author, cartoonist, painter, comics creator, and journalist. Ziraldo began his career as a cartoonist in the 1950s, working for several Brazilian magazines and newspapers. His unique style and humorous take on everyday life quickly garnered a significant following.

Brazilian politician and lawyer

Joaquim Barbosa

Brazilian judge

Guilherme de Almeida

Brazilian lawyer, journalist, film critic, poet, essayist, and translator (1890–1969)

Brazilian jurist and politician

Vigolvino Wanderley Mariz

Brazilian politician (1940–2020)

Brazilian jurist and lawyer and Minister of the Supreme Federal Court and 62nd President of the STF since 2025

José Eduardo Cardozo

Brazilian lawyer

Brazilian politician

Romildo Ribeiro Soares

Brazilian evangelical

Brazilian lawyer and politician

Clóvis Beviláqua

Brazilian jurist (1859–1944)

Brazilian politician (1934-2020)

André Zacharow

Brazilian lawyer

Francisco Rezek

Brazilian jurist

Bonifácio José Tamm de Andrada

Brazilian journalist and lawyer

Barbosa Lima Sobrinho

Brazilian writer, historian, essayist, journalist and politician (1897-2000)

Luís da Câmara Cascudo

Brazilian academic (1898–1986)