White Brazilians of Colonial Portuguese background

[Bell Beaker]

Although a minority outside of the South/São Paulo region, White Brazilians can still be found, there are some states or regions where they are more common, I think of Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo and Rio de Janeiro but probably the Northeast has some more types that might resemble full Europeans than for example the Centre and the North.


Examples

Carlos Drummond de Andrade, from Minas Gerais.



Marcio Lacerda, mayor of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.



Helô Pinheiro, the girl that gave amazed Tom Jobim to write the world wide famous song, Garota de Ipanema.



Martha Vasconcellos, Miss Brazil, born in Bahia




Ney Matogrosso, singer from Mato Grosso do Sul



José Leite Filipe, scientist from Pernambuco



Eduardo Campos, deceased Politican, from Pernambuco

[Heather Duval]

Ney mato grosso always looked brown to me, funny that i never considered iberians white even before this forum

[Heather Duval]

most brazilians are white due to recent euro ancestry like italian and german admix, and thats why they came to here
to make people lighter
italian surnames in são paulo is in everywhere

[Spyy]

Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, sociologist and historian from São Paulo



Gilberto Freyre, sociologist from Pernambuco



Ariano Suassuna, romancer from Paraíba



João Cabral de Melo Neto, poet and diplomater from Pernambuco




Cícero Dias, artist from Pernambuco



Fernando Collor, former brazilian president, from Alagoas



João Dória, current mayor of São Paulo city, his paternal side is from Bahia, his family is settled in Brazil since XVIth century