List of Famous people born in Ceará, Brazil

Francisco José do Nascimento, known as "Dragão do Mar", was an Afro-Brazilian raft fisherman (jangadeiro), pilot and abolitionist figure, who in 1881 led a strike of his fellow jangadeiros in the port of Fortaleza, state of Ceará, refusing to transport enslaved black people to be sold in Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian provinces.

Karim Aïnouz is a Brazilian film director and visual artist.

Denise Dumont is a Brazilian television and film actress.

Melissa Holanda Gurgel is a Brazilian designer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Brasil 2014 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2014.

Pedro Julião Azevedo Junior, known as Juninho Quixadá, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Ceará.

Roberto Monteiro Gurgel Santos is a former Prosecutor General of the Republic.

Godofredo Castro, better known as Godofredo Pepey, is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who currently fights in the lightweight division of Brave Combat Federation. A professional MMA competitor since 2003, Pepey has also competed in the UFC and was the Featherweight runner up on Globo's The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil.

Francisco Ernandi Lima da Silva, better known as Mirandinha, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Hélder Pessoa Câmara was a Brazilian Catholic Archbishop. He was the Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, serving from 1964 to 1985, during the military dictatorship of the country.

Ângela Portela is a Brazilian politician. She has represented Roraima in the Federal Senate from 2011 to 2019. Previously, she was a Deputy from Roraima from 2007 to 2011. She is a member of the Workers' Party.