Architects and Urban Planners
- Affonso Eduardo Reidy (1909–1964), architect and urban planner, reformer of Rio de Janeiro
- João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915–1985), architect and professor
- Lina Bo Bardi, architect
- Lúcio Costa (1902–1998), architect and urban planner, creator of Brasília
- Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012), architect of international renown, winner of the 1988 Pritzker Prize
- Paulo Mendes da Rocha (born 1928), architect and professor, winner of the 2006 Pritzker Prize
- Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994), architect and landscape designer
- Jaime Lerner, (born 1937), architect and urban planner
- Ruy Ohtake, (born 1938), architect
- Igor de Vetyemy, (born 1981), architect and professor
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