List of Famous people born in Goiás, Brazil

Henrique de Campos Meirelles is former Minister of the Economy and an executive of the Brazilian and the international financial sectors and former president of Central Bank of Brazil where he remained in office from 2003 to 2011. He chairs J&F's board of directors, company that owns Banco Original, JBS and Vigor, among others. He is also a member of the board of directors of Azul Brazilian Airlines.

João Teixeira de Faria, known also as João de Deus, is a Brazilian purported medium, "psychic surgeon" and convicted sex offender. He was based in Abadiânia, Brazil, where he ran the Casa de Dom Inácio de Loyola, a "spiritual healing center". He has received media coverage on CNN, ABC News and The Oprah Winfrey Show, amongst others. James Randi and Joe Nickell have exposed his healing procedures as involving nothing more than carnival tricks, and there is no evidence that the benefits that have been reported by patients are anything more than placebo effects..

Arílson de Paula Nunes, better known as Paulo Nunes, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a forward.

Wendell Silva Lira is a retired Brazilian association footballer who played as a striker.

Wanessa Godói Camargo Buaiz is a Brazilian singer-songwriter.

Túlio Humberto Pereira Costa, sometimes simply referred as Túlio or Túlio Maravilha, is a former Brazilian international footballer who played as a forward. He played for many Brazilian club teams, such as Goiás, Botafogo, Corinthians, Vitória, Fluminense, Cruzeiro and Vila Nova and several lower-division teams in Brazil. In Europe, he had short-lived career, playing for Sion and Újpest.

Dhiego Lima is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division of the UFC.

Maria Carolina Álvares Ferraz, or simply Carolina Ferraz, is a Brazilian actress, television presenter and former model.

Fernando Francisco Reges, known simply as Fernando, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Spanish club Sevilla as a defensive midfielder.

Joesley Batista is a Brazilian businessman, also known as José Batista Sobrinho. He is responsible for the expansion and internationalization process of JBS S.A., the largest meat-packing company in the world, and one of the main agribusiness companies in Brazil, and J&F Investimentos which he shares with his wife, Flora, and five children. He was listed in 2016 among the 70 main billionaires of Brazil by Forbes magazine.