Wagner Moura

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Moura in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Wagner Maniçoba de Moura

Place of Birth: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Date of Birth: 27 June, 1976

Ethnicity: Brazilian [Portuguese, distant African, possibly other]

Wagner Moura is a Brazilian actor, filmmaker, musician, and journalist. He has starred in the Elite Squad franchise and on Narcos, as well as in the films Elysium and Sergio, among other works.

He is the son of Alderiva and Jose Moura, a sergeant in the Brazilian Air Force. His surname, Moura, is Portuguese, and is very common in both Portugal and Brazil.

Wagner has three children with his partner, journalist and photographer Sandra Delgado.

Wagner’s maternal grandfather was named Odemar Freire.

Wagner’s maternal grandmother was Vilani Maniçoba (the daughter of Francisco Alexandre da Silva and Izabel Gomes Maniçoba). Izabel was the daughter of Silvino David Maniçoba and Rosenda Gomes de Sá. His ancestry can be traced to David Gomes de Sá, who was born, c. 1660, in Santiago de Antas, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal. Maniçoba is an Indigenous word which refers to a north Brazilian dish made with cassava leaves. The surname Maniçoba is somewhat common in the Northeast region of Brazil, and is believed to have been created by Portuguese-Brazilians who attempted to escape from political persecution.

Sources: http://carlosmanicoba.blogspot.com.br
http://forebears.io

Genealogy of Wagner Moura (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.araujo.eti.br

5 Responses

  1. jorger65 says:

    Genealogy of Wagner Moura (focusing on his mother’s side) https://www.araujo.eti.br/familia.asp?numPessoa=114016#inicioCorpo

    Wagner’s maternal grandfather was named Odemar Freire

    Wagner’s maternal grandmother was Vilani Maniçoba, the daughter of Francisco Alexandre da Silva and Izabel Gomes Maniçoba. Izabel was the daughter of Silvino David Maniçoba and Rosenda Gomes de Sá.

    Wagner’s both Maniçoba and Gomes de Sá lines can be traced back to David Gomes de Sá, who was born c. 1660 in Santiago de Antas, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal.

  2. jonasbttencourt says:

    Obviusly, very portuguese looking, surprising that he’s this white, since he’s from Bahia, but i did heard that are a minority of unmixed white people in the smaller cities there, but he was born in Salvador, so idk… White people from Bahia are usually of either Lebanese ancestry (like singer Bel Marques), Spanish (singer Ivete Sangalo), or Jewish (politician Jacques Wagner). A full, or almost full portuguese baiano like Moura is a rare case, wonder if his parents are from other states nearby, such as Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, where portuguese ancestry is predominant.

    • transemacabre says:

      I think he’s got some African ancestry, you can see it in his nose. He is probably mostly European, though, but only a DNA test could tell us for sure.

      • jonasbsjr says:

        there’s literally nothing african-like about his nose, its just a normal nose, lots of scandinavian people have noses like that, its nowhere near wide or big enough to be considered african, i think its most likely that if he has non-euro ancestry, must be native, but still quite distant

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