Canoas
Canoas ranks 25,411th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Golborne, Hovsta, and Sandon, British Columbia. Memorable people born in Canoas include Fernando Scheffer. Canoas has been the birth place of many swimmers. Canoas is located in Brazil.
Canoas is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, forming part of the Greater Porto Alegre area. It is the largest municipality of the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre and the third largest municipality of Rio Grande do Sul. Officially declared a city on June 27, 1939, after its separation from São Sebastião do Caí and Gravataí, Canoas derives its name from the historical crafting of canoes in the area. It is the second largest city in the Porto Alegre metropolitan area, with the third-largest population and the third-highest GDP in the state. It is also ranked as the 79th most populous city in Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia
People
In 1998, Canoas was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Fernando Scheffer.
People Born in Canoas
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Canoas were swimmers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, swimmers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Canoas, including Fernando Scheffer. Whereas, throughout history, swimmers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Canoas, including Fernando Scheffer.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Canoas since 1700.
