List of Famous people born in Ceará, Brazil

Anderson Vieira Martins is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bahia.

Carlos Felipe Cabral de Almeida is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Osvaldo Lourenço Filho, simply known as Osvaldo, is a Brazilian footballer as a forward for CSA. He is known for his explosive pace, dribbling ability and speed.

Antônio Conselheiro, in English "Anthony the Counselor", real name Antônio Vicente Mendes Maciel was a Brazilian religious leader, preacher, and founder of the village of Canudos, the scene of the War of Canudos (1896–1897), a civil rebellion against the central government which was brutally stamped out with the loss of more than 15,000 lives.

Eunício Lopes de Oliveira is a Brazilian politician and businessman. He has represented Ceará in the Federal Senate since 2011 and became president of the Senate of Brazil on 1 February 2017. Previously, he was a federal congressman representing Ceará from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party. He was candidate running for Governor of Ceará in 2014. He is mentioned in 2017 among the beneficiaries of bribes from the multinational JBS.

Raimundo Fagner Cândido Lopes is a Brazilian singer, composer, musician, actor and music producer. He is commonly known by the stage name of Fagner.

Antônio Gonçalves da Silva, popularly known as Patativa do Assaré, was a Brazilian popular / oral poet, improviser of oral verse, composer, singer and guitar player. One of the main articulators of the Brazilian North-eastern oral poetry of the 20th century.

Camilo Sobreira de Santana is a Brazilian agricultural engineer and politician, affiliated to the Workers' Party (PT). He has a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering from the Federal University of Ceará and a master's degree in Development and Environment from the same university. As an undergraduate, he held the director function UFC Students of Central Directory. He was Secretary of Agrarian Development of the State of Ceará in the government of Cid Gomes, from 1 February 2007 to 31 December 2010, as well as Secretary of Cities in the same government.

Benigna Cardoso da Silva was a Brazilian Catholic child. In her childhood she was adopted following the deaths of her parents, and was noted for aiding in household chores and attending Mass on a regular basis. But she was better known for having been murdered after rejecting the sexual advances of Raimundo Alves Riberio, who was around her age, in order to protect herself as being chaste as she desired. She defended herself even to the point of Riberio killing her, using a machete that he carried on his person.

Clodoaldo Francisco Chagas Ferreira, better known as Clodoaldo, is a Brazilian who works in the attack for Guarani de Juazeiro.