List of Famous people born in Pará, Brazil
Rosicley Pereira da Silva
Rosicley Pereira da Silva, commonly known as Rossi, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bahia.
Amanda Lemos
Amanda Oliveira de Lemos is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of March 9, 2021, she is #14 in the UFC women's strawweight rankings.
Rosamaria Murtinho
Rosa Maria Pereira Murtinho, known professionally as Rosamaria Murtinho, is a Brazilian actress.
Douglas Silva de Andrade
Douglas Silva de Andrade is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who currently competes in Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Giovanni Augusto
Giovanni Augusto Oliveira Cardoso, known as Giovanni Augusto, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Mazatlán.
Helder Barbalho
Helder Zahluth Barbalho is a Brazilian administrator, politician, former Chief Minister of National Secretariat of Ports and Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture during the government of president Dilma Rousseff, and former Minister of National Integration, appointed by president Michel Temer. He is the son of former governor of Pará and current senator Jader Barbalho and federal congresswoman Elcione Zahluth.
Jóbson
Jóbson Leandro Pereira de Oliveira is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Independente-PA.
Giovanni Silva de Oliveira
Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, better known as Giovanni, is a Brazilian football manager and former player. He played as either an attacking midfielder or a forward.
Carlos Gracie
Carlos Gracie was a Brazilian martial artist who is credited with being one of the primary developers of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Along with his younger brother Hélio Gracie and fellow students Luis França and Oswaldo Fadda, he helped develop Brazilian jiu-jitsu based on the teachings of Mitsuyo Maeda in Kano Jiu-Jitsu and is widely considered to be the martial-arts patriarch of the Gracie family. He purportedly acquired his initial knowledge of Jiu-Jitsu by studying in Belem under Maeda and his students. As he taught the techniques to his brothers, he created a martial arts family with Hélio and with other members of the Gracie family who provided key contributions to the style and development, eventually creating their own self defence system named Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.
Jader Barbalho
Jader Fontenelle Barbalho is a Brazilian politician, businessman and landowner from the state of Pará. He is currently a member of the PMDB party and a Senator for Pará. He is the father of Hélder Barbalho, former mayor of Ananindeua, Pará and currently governor of this state. Also, he is the former husband of Federal Deputy Elcione Barbalho.