Armenian Brazilians

Armenian Brazilians (Armenian: Բրազիլահայեր, romanized: Brazilahayer; Portuguese: armeno-brasileiro, armênio-brasileiro) are Brazilian persons who are fully, partially, or predominantly of Armenian descent, or Armenian immigrants in Brazil.^[4]

Migration history

• Aracy Balabanian – actress;
• Comendador Levy Gasparian – businessman;
• Ricardo Tacuchian – composer and conductor;
• Pedro Pedrossian – politician and civil engineer;
• Fiuk (Filipe Kartalian) – singer, composer, actor and model;
• Stepan Nercessian – actor and politician;
• Antonio Kandir – mechanical and production engineer, economist, university teacher and politician;
• Daniel Sarafian – MMA fighter;
• Ricardo Tacuchian – composer;
• Marcelo Djian – former soccer player;
• Sergio Kafejian – composer;
• Fábio Mahseredjian – personal trainer;
• Vahan Agopyan – civil engineer and rector of University of São Paulo;
• Krikor Mekhitarian – chess player;
• Marcos Pizzelli – professional soccer player;
• Mihran Latif-Latifyan – engineer;
• Fernando Gasparian – politician;

See also

• Armenia–Brazil relations
• Armenian diaspora
• Immigration to Brazil

References