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This article is about Brazilian people of Scottish descent. For Scottish people of Brazilian descent see: Brazilian British
Brazilian British
Brazilians in the United Kingdom including Brazilian-born immigrants to the UK and their British-born descendants form the single largest Latin American group in the country...



Scottish Brazilian is a Brazilian person of full, partial, or predominantly Scottish ancestry, or a Scottish-born person residing in Brazil.

Notable Scottish Brazilians

  • Archie McLean
    Archie McLean
    Archie McLean was a mechanic and association football player from Paisley, Scotland whose emigration in 1912 to São Paulo, Brazil led to the adoption by the locals of a very fast, short-passing style of play which would later come to characterise Brazilian football.In São Paulo, McLean's football...

  • Carlos Drummond de Andrade
    Carlos Drummond de Andrade
    Carlos Drummond de Andrade was perhaps the most influential Brazilian poet of the 20th century. He has become something of a national poet; his poem "Canção Amiga" was printed on the 50 cruzados note...

     
  • Carlos Gracie
    Carlos Gracie
    Carlos Gracie was the first Gracie to learn Judo from Otávio Mitsuyo Maeda. Based on this judo training, Carlos and his brothers founded the martial art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu...

  • Crosley Gracie
    Crosley Gracie
    Crosley Gracie is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and a mixed martial artist. He is the son of Rosley Gracie and grandson of the founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Carlos Gracie. He is a member of the Gracie family.- Biography :...

  • Gracie family
    Gracie family
    The Gracie family is a prominent sporting family from Brazil known for their founding of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu . They have been successful in combat sport competitions including mixed martial arts, vale tudo and submission wrestling events...

  • Carlson Gracie
    Carlson Gracie
    Carlson Gracie, Sr. was a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He was the eldest son of Carlos Gracie, founder of the system with his uncle Hélio Gracie, and learned the art from his uncle and his father. He was a member of the legendary Gracie family.- Biography :Carlson Gracie would later split...

  • Rorion Gracie
    Rorion Gracie
    Rorion Gracie is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and instructor, a prominent member of the Gracie family, and a founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the oldest son of Hélio Gracie and one of the few people in the world to hold a 9th degree red belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,...

  • Royler Gracie
    Royler Gracie
    Royler Gracie is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. He ran the Gracie Humaitá jiu-jitsu school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for many years under his father Helio's direction, but currently resides in San Diego, US.Royler travels around the world teaching...

  • Eduardo Ramos
    Eduardo Ramos
    Eduardo Ramos was an Argentine racing driver. He won the Turismo Carretera championship in 1994.-References:...

  • Fleetwood and Edward Pellew Wilson - Founders of Maritime giant "Wilson and sons"
  • Samuel Wallace Mac Dowell III
  • Warwick Estevam Kerr
    Warwick Estevam Kerr
    Warwick Estevam Kerr is a Brazilian agricultural engineer, geneticist, entomologist, professor and scientific leader, notable for his discoveries in the genetics and sex determination of bees. The Africanized bee in the western hemisphere is directly descended from 26 Tanzanian queen bees Warwick...

  • Zélia Duncan
    Zélia Duncan
    Zélia Duncan , born Zélia Cristina Gonçalves Moreira, is a Brazilian singer and composer.-Biography:Zélia was born in Niterói, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. She moved with her family to Brasília, where she lived for 16 years...

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