List of Famous people born in Minas Gerais, Brazil

João Pedro Geraldino dos Santos Galvão, commonly known as João Pedro, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Cagliari.

Rose de Freitas is a Brazilian politician and journalist. She has represented Espírito Santo in the Federal Senate since 2015. Previously, she was a Deputy from Espírito Santo from 2003 to 2015. She is a member of the Podemos (Brazil) Party.

Cláudio Roberto da Silva, commonly known as Cláudio Caçapa or simply Caçapa, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Having made his senior debut in 1996 for Atlético Mineiro, Caçapa went on to play for Lyon, Newcastle United, Cruzeiro, Évian and Avaí. He was capped three times by the Brazil national team.

Cláudia Maria Pastor is a Brazilian former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Guilherme Luiz Marques is a retired male beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Los Angeles, California, partnering Rogerio Ferreira. Two years later the couple claimed the bronze medal at the World Championships in Marseille, France.

Raul "Raulzinho" Togni Neto is a Brazilian professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team.

Patrus Ananias de Sousa is Brazilian lawyer and politician, member of the Workers' Party (PT). He was Minister of Agrarian Development during the second term of president Dilma Rousseff.

Aílton José Almeida, simply known as Aílton, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Örgryte IS.

Ricardo Terra Teixeira is the former president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). He was in the office from January 16, 1989 to March 12, 2012. In July 2012 a Swiss prosecutor's report revealed that, during his tenure on FIFA's Executive Committee, he and his former father-in-law Joao Havelange took more than $41 million in bribes in connection with the award of World Cup marketing rights.

Geraldo Eduardo Ribeiro Carneiro is a Brazilian poet, lyricist and screenwriter for television, theater and cinema. He was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, on June 11, 1952. He began to express interest in art at a young age, influenced by the many writers and musicians who frequented the house of his parents, among them Paulo Mendes Campos, Jacob do Bandolim and Tom Jobim.