- male, deceased (1557)
- "'(d. 1557), also known as Taigen Sessai"', was a Japanese abbot and mountain ascetic (see "yamabushi"). He was the uncle of Imagawa Yoshimoto, and...
- male, deceased (1973)
- Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho (1897-1973), better known as Pixinguinha, was a "choro" composer, arranger, flutist and saxophonist born in Rio de...
- male, deceased (1969)
- Jacob do Bandolim was a Brazilian composer and musician. Born Jacob Pick Bittencourt, his stage name means "Mandolin Jacob", after the instrument...
- male, deceased (1934)
- Ernesto Júlio Nazareth was a Brazilian composer and pianist, especially noted for his creative tango and Choro compositions. Ernesto Nazareth was o...
- male, 59 years old
- Guinga (Carlos Althier de Souza Lemos Escobar) is a Brazilian guitarist and composer born in Madureira, a working-class suburb of Rio de Janeiro....
- male, 62 years old
- Egberto Amin Gismonti is a Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist. He began his formal music studies at the age of six on piano. After studying...
- male, deceased (2006)
- Horondino José da Silva, best known as Dino Sete Cordas ("Seven-String Dino"), was a Brazilian guitar player renowned as the greatest influence in s...
- male
- Marcos Suzano was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Originally a rock fan, he experienced a carnaval bloco and became passionate about percussion...
- male, deceased (2006)
- Carlos Alberto Ferreira Braga, commonly known as Braguinha ("Little Braga") or João de Barro ("the Hornero"), was a Brazilian songwriter and o...
- female
- CéU (spelled with the uppercase "U" and pronounced), whose full name is Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter whose fir...
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