- male
- "Nestor Capoeira" is a contemporary capoeira master. Though his first teacher was Mestre Leopoldina, he trained for the majority of his career...
- male, deceased (1974)
- Mestre Bimba (born Manuel dos Reis Machado November 23, 1900, Salvador, Brazil - February 15, 1974) was a "mestre" (a master practitioner) of the...
- male
- Mestre Pastinha (born Vicente Ferreira Pastinha April 5 1889, Salvador, Brazil - November 13 1981) was a "mestre" (a master practitioner) of the...
- male, deceased (1695)
- Zumbi also known as Zumbi dos Palmares (1655 - November 20, 1695, pronounced: 'zoombee') was the last of the leaders of the Quilombo dos Palmares,...
- male, 49 years old
- Cinézio Feliciano Peçanha (born 1960 in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro suburb, Brazil) Mestre Cobra Mansa, more commonly known as "Cobrinha, Co...
- male
- Lateef Crowder is an American actor, born in Bahia, Brasil, stunt performer and Capoeira practitioner. As a member of the ZeroGravity stunt team...
- male
- João Pereira dos Santos or Mestre João Pequeno da Pastinha as he is known within capoeira circles, began his life in Capoeira as a student of Me...
- male, deceased (2006)
- Carlson Gracie, Sr. was a practitioner of the Brazilian martial art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He was the eldest son of Carlos Gracie, co-founder of...
- male
- Mestre Amen Santo is an Afro-Brazilian mestre (master) of the acrobatic martial art of capoeira. He has acted in roles practicing his art in two...
- male
- Valdemar Santana was a Brazilian fighter, who trained in Capoeira under Mestre Bimba and also in Judo, Boxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He is famous...
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