# List of Brazilian mathematicians

This list of Brazilian mathematicians includes the famous mathematicians from Brazil and also those who were born in other countries but later became Brazilians.
| Name | Born | Died | Notes |
| Carolina Araujo | 5 Sep 1976 Niterói | | The only tenured woman researcher at IMPA |
| Artur Ávila | 29 Jun 1979 Rio de Janeiro | | Work on dynamical systems, Fields Medal winner |
| Manfredo do Carmo | 15 Aug 1928 Maceió | 30 Apr 2018 Rio de Janeiro | Work on differential geometry, author of popular textbooks |
| Walter Carnielli | 11 Jan 1952 Campinas | | |
| Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro | 17 Apr 1952 Recife | | |
| Celso José da Costa | 7 Apr 1949 Congonhinhas | | Discovered Costa's minimal surface |
| Newton da Costa | 16 Sep 1929 Curitiba | 16 Apr 2024 | Logician |
| César Camacho | 15 Apr 1943 Lima | | |
| Marcos Dajczer | 19 Nov 1948 Buenos Aires | | |
| Francisco Antônio Dória | 1945 Rio de Janeiro | | |
| Djairo Guedes de Figueiredo | 2 Apr 1934 Limoeiro do Norte | | Noted for his researches on differential equations |
| Leopoldo Penna Franca | 7 Apr 1959 Rio de Janeiro | 19 Sep 2012 Rio de Janeiro | |
| Arnaldo Garcia | 1950 Valença | | |
| Fernando Q. Gouvêa | 13 Nov 1957 São Paulo | | MAA's Lester R. Ford Award winner |
| Alfredo Noel Iusem | 10 Nov 1949 Buenos Aires | | |
| Yoshiharu Kohayakawa | 27 Aug 1963 Marília | | |
| Elon Lages Lima | 9 Jul 1929 Maceió | 7 May 2017 Rio de Janeiro | Topologist and geometer, teacher and author of textbooks |
| Artur Oscar Lopes | 17 Oct 1950 Rio de Janeiro | | |
| Ricardo Mañé | 14 Jan 1948 Montevideo | 9 Mar 1995 Montevideo | |
| Fernando Codá Marques | 8 Oct 1979 São Carlos | | Work on differential geometry, co-author of the first proof of the Willmore conjecture |
| Carlos Matheus | 1 May 1984 Aracaju | | |
| Júlio César de Mello e Souza | 6 May 1895 Rio de Janeiro | 18 Jun 1974 Recife | The Malba Tahan |
| Welington de Melo | 17 Nov 1946 Guapé | 21 Dec 2016 Rio de Janeiro | |
| Teixeira Mendes | 5 Jan 1855 Caxias | 1927 Rio de Janeiro | |
| Carlos Gustavo Moreira | 8 Feb 1973 Rio de Janeiro | | |
| Leopoldo Nachbin | 7 Jan 1922 Recife | 3 Apr 1993 Rio de Janeiro | Introduced Nachbin's theorem and did important work on Hewitt–Nachbin spaces |
| Antonio Carbonari Netto | | | |
| Helena J. Nussenzveig Lopes | | | Known for her work on partial differential equations for fluid dynamics |
| Valeria de Paiva | 13 Jun 1959 Rio de Janeiro | | |
| Jacob Palis | 15 Mar 1940 Uberaba | | Work on dynamical systems, Balzan Prize winner |
| Maurício Peixoto | 15 Apr 1921 Fortaleza | 28 Apr 2019 Rio de Janeiro | Introduced Peixoto's theorem |
| Paulo Pinheiro | 1967 Rio de Janeiro | | |
| Enrique Pujals | 3 Jul 1967 Argentina | | |
| Paulo Ribenboim | 13 Mar 1928 Recife | | |
| Ruy de Queiroz | 11 Jan 1958 Recife | | |
| Aron Simis | 20 Jun 1942 Recife | | |
| Imre Simon | 14 Aug 1943 Budapest | 13 Aug 2009 São Paulo | |
| Joaquim Gomes de Souza | 15 Feb 1829 Itapecuru Mirim | 1 Jun 1864 London | Pioneer in mathematical research in Brazil |
| Jorge Manuel Sotomayor Tello | 25 Mar 1942 Lima | 7 Jan 2022 Rio de Janeiro | |
| Keti Tenenblat | 27 Nov 1944 İzmir | | |
| Marcelo Viana | 4 Mar 1962 Póvoa de Varzim | | |
| José Felipe Voloch | 13 Feb 1963 Rio de Janeiro | | |