List of Famous people born in Paraná, Brazil

Isabeli Bergossi Fontana is a Brazilian model.

Sônia Maria Campos Braga is a Brazilian actress. She is known in the English-speaking world for her Golden Globe Award–nominated performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) and Moon over Parador (1988). She also received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1981 for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands. For the 1994 television film The Burning Season, she was nominated for an Emmy Award and a third Golden Globe Award. Her other television and film credits include The Cosby Show (1986), Sex and the City (2001), American Family (2002), Alias (2005), Aquarius (2016), Bacurau (2019), and Fatima (2020).

Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues, commonly known as Naldo, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a centre back and current first team coach for Bundesliga club Schalke 04. From 2007 to 2009, he made four appearances for the Brazil national team.

Hugo Angeli Bonemer is an actor, voice actor, presenter and musician from Brazil. He played the leading role of the brazilian version of Broadway’s Hair, the musical also played Ayrton Senna, On his stage biography and was leading role of Rock in Rio - The Musical, in Brazil and in Portugal. He was the winner of 2018‘s "Botequim Cultural" awards for Yank! The Musical and nominated for 2016’s Cesgranrio because of his performance in Ordinary Days and also 2017’s Cesgranrio because of Ayrton Senna, The Musical.

Jádson Rodrigues da Silva, professionally known as Jádson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He is currently plays for Club Athletico Paranaense.

Ariane Lipski is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. She is a former KSW Women's Flyweight Champion and currently competes in the flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira is a Brazilian politician and retired General of the Brazilian Army. He was military commander of the Amazon and Chief of the Department of Science and Technology of the Army. Heleno has declared positions against official politics, particularly about the attitude of the international community in regards to Haiti and the indigenous politics of the Brazilian government.

Leonardo "Léo" Pereira is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo.

Patricia Lissa Kashiwaba Martins, better known as Li Martins, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and actress. In 2002, she won the talent show Popstars and joined the Brazilian girl group Rouge. She remained with the group until 2005, during which time they released four studio albums, Rouge (2002), C'est La Vie (2003), Blá Blá Blá (2004), and Mil e Uma Noites (2005), collectively selling 6 million copies. This made the group one of the most successful in Brazil, and one of the twenty best-selling girl groups in the world.

Mauro Carlesse is a Brazilian politician as well as a businessman. Although born in Paraná, he has spent his political career representing the state of Tocantins, having served as state governor since 2018.