List of Famous people born in Paraná, Brazil

Cesare Mansueto Giulio Lattes, also known as César Lattes, was a Brazilian experimental physicist, one of the discoverers of the pion, a composite subatomic particle made of a quark and an antiquark.

Dirceu José Guimarães, known as Dirceu, was a football player from Brazil. He played as an attacking midfielder with many teams, in particular Botafogo and the Brazilian national team, as well as numerous Italian teams in the 1980s–early 1990s.

Beatriz Borges Carneiro is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international elite competitions. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB14, winning a bronze medal.

Natália Falavigna da Silva is a taekwondo athlete from Brazil. She finished in the fourth place in the women's 67-kilogram category in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics on August 26, and won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It was the first Brazilian Olympic medal ever in taekwondo.

Reginaldo Manzotti is a Catholic priest and Brazilian singer, also known as "The Father who gathers crowds", is a native of Paraíso do Norte, in the interior of Parana. He was ordained a priest at the age of 25 and is currently parish priest of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Curitiba – PR. He coordinates the Evangelizar é Preciso association, with thousands of members across the country.

Silval Barbosa is the former Governor of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.

Carlos Henrique Baqueta Fávaro is a Brazilian agricultural and politician. In April 2018, he resigned from the office of Vice Governor of Mato Grosso.

Henrique Cavalcanti Rodrigues is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.

Henry Alfred Bugalho, known simply as Henry Bugalho, is a Brazilian YouTube creator, writer, translator and philosopher. Bugalho is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.