Volta Redonda
Volta Redonda ranks 1,964th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kelowna, Ascoli Piceno, and Kharkov Governorate. Memorable people born in Volta Redonda include Felipe Melo, Edivaldo Martins Fonseca, and Luíz Antônio dos Santos. Volta Redonda has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes. Volta Redonda is located in Brazil.
Volta Redonda is a municipality in the Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the sea level and with a population of 273,988 inhabitants. The area around the city has nearly 700,000 km2. Its name is due to the round shape of a curve in the Paraíba do Sul river around which the city was built. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1962 and 1999, Volta Redonda was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including Felipe Melo, Edivaldo Martins Fonseca, and Luíz Antônio dos Santos.
People Born in Volta Redonda
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Felipe Melo
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 1
Edivaldo Martins Fonseca
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - 1993
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 11
Luíz Antônio dos Santos
ATHLETE
1964 - 2021
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 10
Luis Robson
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 6
Ricardo Santos
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 4
Wellington Nogueira Lopes
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 2
Caio Canedo
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 8
Thiago Pereira
SWIMMER
1986 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 5
Dedé
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 36.54
Rank: 3
Jeffinho
SOCCER PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 35.78
Rank: 9
Caio Souza
GYMNAST
1993 - Present
HPI: 24.31
Rank: 7
Anna Pujol
CYCLIST
1990 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Volta Redonda
Go to all RankingsLuíz Antônio dos Santos
ATHLETE
1964 - 2021
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 10
Jeffinho
SOCCER PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 35.78
Rank: 9
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Volta Redonda were soccer players (8), athletes (1), swimmers (1), gymnasts (1), and cyclists (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Volta Redonda, including Felipe Melo, Edivaldo Martins Fonseca, and Luis Robson. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Volta Redonda, including Felipe Melo, Edivaldo Martins Fonseca, and Luis Robson.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Volta Redonda since 1700.
