Swiss Brazilians
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Suíço-Brasileiro | |
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.jpg) Swiss descendants in São Paulo. | |
| Total population | |
| 80,000[citation needed] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Brazil: Mainly Southeastern Brazil | |
| Languages | |
| Portuguese, German, French, Italian | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (mostly Protestantism and Roman Catholic) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other White Brazilian (especially German Brazilians, Austrian Brazilians, Luxembourg Brazilians, French Brazilians and Italian Brazilians), Swiss people |
Swiss Brazilians (Portuguese: helveto-brasileiros, brasileiros suíços) are Brazilian citizens of full or partial Swiss ancestry, who remain culturally connected to Switzerland, or Swiss-born people permanently residing in Brazil.[citation needed][1]
Notable Swiss Brazilians
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- Clóvis Bornay
- José Carlos Bauer
- A. C. Frieden
- Émil Goeldi
- Oswaldo Goeldi
- Ernst Götsch
- Cláudio Heinrich
- Heloísa Périssé
- Ricardo Boechat
- Adriana Lima
- Adolfo Lutz
- Berta Lutz
- Jorge Paulo Lemann
- Eric Walther Maleson
- Gérard Moss
- Sabrina Sato
- Leticia Spiller
- Xuxa Meneghel
See also
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- Immigration to Brazil
- White Brazilians
- Swiss people
- Swiss Americans
- Swiss Abroad by SWI swissinfo.ch in Portuguese[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Wentzel, Marina. "Two homelands: weaving relations between Switzerland and Brazil". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ "Suíços do estrangeiro". SWI swissinfo.ch (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-04.
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