List of Famous people born in Bahia, Brazil

Jean Carlos Sales Bemvindo, or simply Jean Carlos, is a Brazilian striker. He currently plays for Barra.

Antônio José Imbassahy da Silva, or simply Antônio Imbassahy, is a Brazilian politician and electrical engineer, former governor of Bahia and former mayor of Salvador.

Laila Miranda Garin is a Brazilian actress and singer.

João Batista Nunes de Oliveira, known as Nunes, is a former Brazilian football striker.

Marcelo Nova is a Brazilian singer born in the state of Bahia.

Cândido Elpídio de Souza Vaccarezza is a Brazilian gynecologist and politician affiliated to Avante. He was born in Senhor do Bonfim, Bahia and moved to São Paulo. He ran for the office of state representative of the State of São Paulo in 1998, obtaining the substitutive position. He was elected to the same position in 2002. In 2006, he was elected federal deputy. He became leader of the party in February 2009 and then, on January 1, 2010, leader of the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva administration in the House of Representatives. In Dilma Rousseff's administration, he remained in office until March 2012.

Itamar Vieira Junior is a Brazilian writer. He was born in Salvador, Bahia. He has a PhD in Ethnic and African Studies from the Federal University of Bahia. He is best known for his short story collection A oração do carrasco [The executioner's prayer] (2017), which was a finalist for the Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura, and for his recent novel, Torto Arado [Crooked plow] which won the Prêmio LeYa in 2018.

Edcarlos Conceição Santos, known simply as Edcarlos, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender.

Tom Zé is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who was influential in the Tropicália movement of 1960s Brazil. After the peak of the Tropicália period, Zé went into relative obscurity: it was only in the 1990s, when the musician and label head David Byrne discovered an album recorded by Zé many years earlier, that he returned to performing and releasing new material.

Agnelo dos Santos Queiroz Filho is a Brazilian politician and member of the Workers' Party (PT) since 2008. He has served as the Governor of the Federal District of Brazil since January 1, 2011.