Brazil
8 profiles with fame based in Brazil
Brazil — figures with Russian and Soviet roots
This page documents 8 notable figures based in Brazil whose biographies connect to the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, or the states that succeeded them — through birth, parentage, or earlier ancestry. Each profile is sourced and records the specific origin and connection.
Boris Schnaiderman
Ukrainian-born Brazilian scholar who became the father of Russian studies in Latin America
Clarice Lispector
Ukraine-born Brazilian literary genius called the greatest Jewish writer since Kafka
Gleb Wataghin
Born in Ukraine, founded Brazil's greatest physics school and discovered cosmic ray muons
Gregori Warchavchik
Odessa-born architect who introduced modernism to Brazil with the first modernist house in Latin America
Hector Babenco
Argentine-Brazilian director with Ukrainian-Russian roots who made Kiss of the Spider Woman
Jaime Lerner
Son of Polish-Russian Jewish immigrants who transformed Curitiba into the world's most liveable city
Lasar Segall
Born in Vilnius, became Brazil's most important modernist painter
Tatiana Leskova
Born in Paris to Russian émigré parents — became the mother of Brazilian classical ballet