# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heitor-da-silva-costa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:24:34.705Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heitor-da-silva-costa"
name: "Heitor da Silva Costa"
slug: "heitor-da-silva-costa"
description: "Heitor da Silva Costa was a Brazilian civil engineer, designer and constructor of the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro. In 1924, he won a competition for the construction of the monumental Christ the Redeemer statue Monumento Cristo Redentor on Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro organized by the Catholic Church. The reason for the competition was the one hundred year anniversary of the independence of Brazil (1822). The monument was inaugurated on 12 October 1931."
tagline: "Brazilian engineer (1873–1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Busto_de_Heitor_da_Silva_Costa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
birthDate: "1873-07-25"
deathDate: "1947-04-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.39
  momentum:             1.01620029455081
  historical:           10.77563866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ейтор да Сілва Кошта"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Heitor da Silva Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heitor_da_Silva_Costa"
    title: "Heitor da Silva Costa"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heitor_da_Silva_Costa"
    title: "Heitor da Silva Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heitor_da_Silva_Costa"
    title: "Heitor da Silva Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heitor_da_Silva_Costa"
    title: "Heitor da Silva Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heitor_Silva_Costa"
    title: "Heitor Silva Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heitor_da_Silva_Costa"
    title: "Heitor da Silva Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heitor_da_Silva_Costa"
    title: "Heitor da Silva Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heitor_da_Silva_Costa"
    title: "Heitor da Silva Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Силва Кошта, Эйтор да"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heitor_da_Silva_Costa"
    title: "Heitor da Silva Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1363464"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump