Joaquim Benedito Barbosa Gomes (Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil) is the only black Supreme Federal Tribunal justice minister in Brazil.

Although many people believe he is the first black justice minister in Brazilian Supreme Court, he is actually the third one. He was preceded by:

Aside from his notable academic achievements, Minister Barbosa also became fluent in French, English, and German. Being of humble origins, he started his education in the Brazilian public school system.

Fernando Pacheco (a.k.a. Fernando The Love Machine), current lead singer and trombonist for the ska/rock/reggae band Pimpbot, and improv/sketch comic artist with Chocolate Squirrel, is a native of Hawaii. The band's founding member, he has toured the Western U.S. and Canada with Pimpbot and appeared on each of their full length albums, in addition to several singles, since their formation in 2001. An avid musician, he also plays drums with a jazz group known as "The Bender Trio", bass in a surf band "Dr. Zaius," and is the former trombonist of the world renowned ska band Go Jimmy Go. He has played trombone as a guest artist with another Hawaiian ska band, Black Square. Additionally, he is known by his alter ego, Max Murdoch, from the band "Max Murdoch and The Northern Soul Project". In 2008 and 2009, Pacheco ventured into improvisational comedy and sketch comedy studying under Shannon Winpenny and Garrick Paikai in Honolulu. In total, he has appeared on 8 albums, 16 national, and 3 international tours.

José Eugênio Soares, best known as Jô Soares (born January 16, 1938 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author, theatrical producer, director, actor, painter and musician. Soares was born in Rio de Janeiro. After being educated in Switzerland and the United States, Soares returned to Rio and worked at TV Rio in 1958, writing and performing in comedy shows for the station. He acted as an American in Carlos Manga's O homem do Sputnik. In 1970, Soares started working at Rede Globo.

In 1988, Soares moved to SBT, where he hosted a talk-show, Jô Soares Onze e Meia ("Jô Soares Eleven Thirty"), until 1999. In 2000, Soares took his show's format (very similar to David Letterman's) back to Rede Globo, where it was then called Programa do Jô, and presents the program until the present day.

He is known for his knowledge of culture and literature, and for speaking English, Spanish, Italian and French besides his native Portuguese.

His first novel O Xangô de Baker Street was written in 1995 and has already been published in several other countries; it was made into a film in 2000. He has put out various jazz CDs. He has also produced many plays including a recent version of Richard III.

Fernando Dias Da Silva is an illustrator and fine art painter. He was born on 6/25/20 in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. His illustrations have graced magazine covers, book illustrations, newspaper advertisements and various mediums of graphic representation.

Leaving his home in Rio De Janeiro in 1959, Da Silva concluded a decade as an in-house talent for J. Walter Thompson, McCann-Erickson and Grand Advertising in Brazil. Working as a studio illustrator and a freelance artist in the US, the artist's work appeared regularly in Playboy, Encyclopædia Britannica, World Book Encyclopedia, the Chicago Tribune and other print venues. Da Silva collaborated with Bob Peak on the Marlboro Man ad campaign. Da Silva also is responsible for illustrating the William Wrigley Jr. “Fun Facts” campaign, annual report covers for Caterpillar Tractor and International Harvester, and several syndicated color comic strips including Rex Morgan, M.D..

Da Silva continues to paint and exhibit his work. He currently resides in a suburb of Chicago.

Luiz Fernando Guimarães (born November 10, 1949, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian actor.

At the beginning of 1980s, he participated in the Asdrubal Trouxe o Trombone, a group of actors from Rio de Janeiro who wrote, produced, and performed their plays. Regina Casé, Evandro Mesquita, Patrícia Travassos, among others, were his mates at Asdrubal. Luiz Fernando and the Asdrubal were very popular and successful^{[citation needed]}.

During the 1980s he became famous country wide performing TV ads to a government bank. He is famous for his role in Os Normais.^{[citation needed]}