List of Famous people born in Bahia, Brazil

Jorge Wagner Goés Conceição, or simply Jorge Wagner, is a Brazilian former footballer who last played for Fluminense de Feira.

Martha Maria Cordeiro Vasconcellos, is a Brazilian beauty queen who became her country's second Miss Universe winner, after Ieda Maria Vargas first achieved the feat in 1963. She also became the fifth Latin American to win the title, after Peru's Gladys Zender in 1957, Colombia's Luz Marina Zuluaga in 1958 and Argentina's Norma Nolan in 1962. Vasconcellos is a native of the state of Bahia.

José Roberto Assunção de Araújo Filho, known as Zé Roberto, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Atlético Goianiense, as a forward.

Antônio Carlos Peixoto de Magalhães Neto, commonly known as ACM Neto, is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, as well as the current mayor of Salvador. He is the grandson of deceased Senator Antônio Carlos Magalhães (ACM), nephew of Luís Eduardo Magalhães and son of Antônio Carlos Magalhães Júnior, and political inheritor of one of the most traditional political families of the country. He was elected mayor of Salvador in 2012 and reelected in 2016.

Edson Gomes Cardoso Santos, born on July 21, 1972, in Salvador, Bahia, nicknamed Jacaré, is a Brazilian dancer and Actor.

Raimundo Nonato Tavares da Silva, commonly known by the nickname Bobô, is a retired Brazilian professional football right midfielder and head coach, who played for several Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs.

Luislinda Dias de Valois Santos is a Brazilian jurist, magistrate and politician. Former member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), was minister of Human Rights. She was the third black judge to be appointed in her home-state (Bahia), was desembargadora of the Court of Justice of the State of Bahia (TJ-BA). She left the office of Minister in 19 February 2018.

Robson Donato Conceição is a Brazilian professional boxer. As an amateur he became the first Brazilian boxer to win an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Olympics.

Eduardo Jorge Martins Alves Sobrinho is a Brazilian public health physician and politician. He is best known for creating federal laws on family planning, voluntary sterilization, the production of generic drugs, regulation of asbestos use, and linking budgetary resources for the Brazilian public health system.

Walace Souza Silva, or simply Walace, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Udinese.