List of Famous people born in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rousimar Christian Palhares is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 2006, he has competed for the UFC, World Series of Fighting, and KSW. His nickname Toquinho, Portuguese for "little tree stump", comes from his short, stocky, heavily muscled build and the low success rate his opponents have had in grappling him down to the canvas. Palhares is primarily known for his powerful ground game. Of his 15 submission victories 11 have come from leg locks. He is also known for his refusal to release submission holds when either the opposing fighter has signaled submission or the referee has called a stop to the bout.

Heurelho da Silva Gomes is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Matheus Fellipe Costa Pereira is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or right winger for Premier League club West Bromwich Albion.

Wagner de Campos Rosário is the current Brazilian Minister of Transparency, Supervision and Control, having temporarily assumed the post after the resignation of Torquato Jardim and the refusal of Osmar Serraglio, and became effective thereafter. On November 20, 2018, President-elect Jair Bolsonaro stated that Wagner Campos will remain in the ministry. Rosário served as a career servant at the Ministry of Transparency, Supervision and Control and, from August 2016 until March 2017, he was executive secretary of the pulp. He was also captain of the Army.

Agnaldo Timóteo Pereira is a Brazilian singer and politician.

Guilherme Alvim Marinato or simply Guilherme is а professional footballer who plays for FC Lokomotiv Moscow as a goalkeeper. Born in Brazil, Guilherme naturalized as a Russian citizen and represents the Russia national football team.

Ana Paula Rodrigues Henkel is a female beach volleyball and volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: in volleyball in 1992 and 1996, and in beach volleyball in 2004 and 2008. At her second Olympic appearance she was a member of the team that won the bronze medal in the women's competition. She later started a career in beach volleyball. She was part of the Brazil women's national volleyball team at the 1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan. She lives in Los Angeles, California, writes for a Brazilian newspaper, and is studying political science.

Fábio José de Melo Silva, better known as Padre Fábio de Melo, is a Catholic priest, artist, writer, university professor and presenter. He belonged to the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He acts in the Diocese of Taubaté, in the interior of the State of São Paulo. As a singer, he recorded eight albums for the Paulinas-COMEP Catholic record label, one for the record company Canção Nova, an independent project. His first record for a secular record company, Vida, was released by LGK Music and by Som Livre, with whom he continues to record, having already released two more albums by the end of 2009. In all, Fábio de Melo has sold more than 3 million copies of CDs, in addition to 3.5 million books. As a university professor, he taught theology at the Dehonian College of Taubaté. Nowadays, it presents the program Spiritual Direction, transmitted by TV Canção Nova every Wednesday at 10 pm, with reruns on Saturdays at 8 pm and at dawn on Monday, at 1 am.

Romeu Zema is a Brazilian businessman and the current Governor of the state of Minas Gerais.

Cristian Mark Junior Nascimento Oliveira Baroni or simply Cristian, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Atibaia.