English Brazilians ( pt, Anglo-brasileiros) are

Brazilians Brazilians ( pt, Brasileiros, ) are the citizens of Brazil. A Brazilian can also be a person born abroad to a Brazilian parent or legal guardian as well as a person who acquired Brazilian citizenship. Brazil is a multiethnic society, which me ...

of full, partial or predominantly English ancestry or English-born people residing in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

History

Colonial-era economic influences and the

Anglo-Portuguese Alliance The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance (or , "Luso-English Alliance") is the oldest alliance based on known history in the world that is still in force by politics. It was established by the Treaty of Windsor in 1386, between the Kingdom of England ...

led to the settlement of English merchants and others in Brazil. After Brazilian independence, Britain was Brazil's main commercial partner; Britain financed part of the Brazil's industrialization, building railroads, including the São Paulo Railway (SPR). In the 1920 Republican Census, there were 9,637 "Englishmen" in Brazil (probably, all British citizens were counted as "Englishmen"). The states with the majority of English origin were: #

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

(2,198), # Federal District - which was the Rio de Janeiro city - (2,057), #

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literall ...

(1,709), and #

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the ...

(1,123). Brazilian cities settled by the English during the same period, include: # Rio de Janeiro city (2,057), #

(1,212), #

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(980), # Santos (555), and #

Niterói Niterói (, ) is a municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro in the southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forms part of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area. It was the state capital, as ...

(459).Recenseamento do Brazil. Realizado em 1 de Setembro de 1920. População (1a parte). População do Brazil por Estados, municipios e districtos, segundo o sexo, o estado civil e a nacionalidade. (1926)

Cultural influence

One of their major contributions at the cultural level was the establishment of several football clubs, including

São Paulo Athletic Club São Paulo Athletic Club - officially these days Clube Atlético São Paulo, but generally referred to as SPAC, is a Brazilian sports club founded on 13 May 1888 by Charles William Miller and several English immigrants, being one of the first a ...

and

Fluminense Football Club Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, t ...

Notable English Brazilians

* James Norton Commander of the Brazilian Navy * Jorge Dodsworth Minister of the Navy * Fernando Abbott Governor of Rio Grande do Sul *

Ronnie Biggs Ronald Arthur Biggs (8 August 1929 – 18 December 2013) was an English criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of 1963. He subsequently became notorious for his escape from prison in 1965, living as a fugitive for 36 y ...

* Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant *

Bianca Byington Bianca Byington (born 23 October 1966) is a Brazilian actress. Biography At eleven years old, she began her career as a member of the choir, the first staging of the musical The acrobats, Chico Buarque. At thirteen, she filmed the feature f ...

* Oscar Cox * Alfie Enoch *

John Pascoe Grenfell John Pascoe Grenfell (20 September 1800 – 20 March 1869) was a British officer of the Empire of Brazil. He spent most of his service in South America campaigns, initially under the leadership of Lord Cochrane and then Commodore Norton. He was ...

Admiral Brazilian Navy * Tarsis Humphreys * Berta Lutz *

Charles William Miller Charles William Miller (24 November 1874 – 30 June 1953; ) was a Brazilian sportsman, who is considered to be the father of football in Brazil. Early life He was born in São Paulo to John Miller, a Scottish railway engineer and Brazilian mo ...

* Helena Morley *

Gérard Moss Gérard Moss, MBE (born 16 May 1955, died 16 March 2022) was a Swiss-Brazilian pilot, engineer, public speaker, environmentalist and explorer born in England. As a pilot, Gerard was known for being the first person to complete a solo flight in a ...

Ellen Gracie Northfleet Ellen Gracie Northfleet (; born February 16, 1948) is a Brazilian judge. She is the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Brazil and the Court's first female president. On August 8, 2011, she retired from the Court, 7 years before ...

* Lily Safra * Eric Maleson - Olympic Bobsled Athlete *

Marta Suplicy Marta Teresa Smith de Vasconcellos Suplicy (; born 18 March 1945) is a Brazilian politician and psychologist. She was Mayor of São Paulo from 2001 to 2004. She later served as the Brazilian Minister of Tourism between 14 March 2007, and 4 June ...

Supla Eduardo Smith de Vasconcellos Suplicy (born 2 April 1966), known as Supla, is a Brazilian musician. Biography Supla was born 2 April 1966 in the city of São Paulo. He is the son of Senator Marta Suplicy, a Brazilian of English, Italian and ...

* Oliver Sykes * Tim Vickery * Harry Welfare * José Roberto Wright * Andrucha Waddington

References

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History

Cultural influence

Notable English Brazilians

See also

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