List of Famous people born in Ceará, Brazil

Valentina Sampaio is a Brazilian model and actress. She became Victoria's Secret's first openly transgender model in August 2019, and became the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue's first openly transgender model in 2020.

Everton Sousa Soares, known simply as Everton or Everton Cebolinha, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Portuguese club Benfica and the Brazil national team.

Wesley Oliveira da Silva, also known as Wesley Safadão, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, producer and businessman. He began singing at the age of fifteen, and began his professional career by joining a family band, which later released its first album. At sixteen years of age, Safadão became a lead singer. He has released eight albums and two DVDs, the last three CDs and the two DVDs being released by the Brazilian record label Som Livre. He is frequently invited to partner with artists from different musical genres, covering a broad range of musical genres. He has frequented various Brazilian television programs such as Domingão do Faustão, Encontro Com Fátima, Altas Horas, Caldeirão do Huck, Esquenta, Profissão Repórter, TV Xuxa, Vídeo Show and Mais Você.

Antônio Renato Aragão, nicknamed Didi is a Brazilian comedian actor, producer, filmmaker, TV presenter, singer and writer. He is best known as Didi, because of his leading role in the television series Os Trapalhões.

Belchior was a Brazilian singer and composer. He was one of the first MPB singers from the Brazilian northeast to reach mainstream success, in the early 1970s.

Caio de Castro Castanheira, is a Brazilian actor and model.

Chico Anysio was a Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer.

Maria da Penha Maia Fernandes is a Brazilian biopharmacist and women human rights defender. She advocates for women rights, particularly against domestic violence. Born in 1945 in Fortaleza, in the Brazilian state of Ceará, Maria da Penha was a victim of domestic violence by her husband. She brought a case against her attacker to be condemned, first in the Federal Court of Brazil and later in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Artur Victor Guimarães, simply known as Artur, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as forward for Red Bull Bragantino.

Gabriel Armando de Abreu, commonly known as Gabriel Paulista or simply Gabriel, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Spanish club Valencia CF.