List of Famous people born in Pernambuco, Brazil

Anderson Hernanes de Carvalho Viana Lima, known as Hernanes, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for São Paulo FC, acting as captain.

Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves, commonly known as Kempes, was a Brazilian footballer who last played as a forward for Chapecoense.

Raphael Oliveira Assunção is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He holds notable victories over, Marlon Moraes, Aljamain Sterling, Pedro Munhoz, Jorge Masvidal and T.J. Dillashaw. As of December 24, 2020, he is #10 in the UFC bantamweight rankings

José Abelardo Barbosa de Medeiros, better known as Chacrinha, was a Brazilian comedian, radio and TV personality. His career was at its peak from 1950 to 1980. He was author of a famous Brazilian phrase that states: "Na televisão, nada se cria, tudo se copia". In his shows, now famous Brazilian celebrities were revealed, such as Roberto Carlos and Raul Seixas.

Eduardo Conde was a Brazilian singer and actor.

Eduardo Henrique Accioly Campos was a Brazilian congressman and governor. Born and raised in Recife, in the Northeast Brazil, he graduated in Economics from the Recife's Federal University of Pernambuco. Campos' maternal grandfather, the governor of the Brazilian state, Pernambuco, made him his Financial Secretary. Campos became a federal congressman in Brazil and got Pernambuco federal money for a shipyard, railways and an oil refinery. Later, as Brazil's Minister for Science and Technology, he supported stem-cell research. He served two terms as governor of his home state, Pernambuco. He helped hospitals, secondary schools, wind power, farms, poor people and anti-crime data-mining. In his 2014 campaign for president of Brazil he criticized the incumbent and her Workers' Party and positioned himself as the business-friendly leader of the Brazilian Socialist Party. For outdoor rallies and local radio interviews, he criss-crossed the country by rented jet. He died on 13 August 2014, three days after his 49th birthday, when his plane crashed in poor weather in the city of Santos.

Bárbara Micheline do Monte Barbosa, commonly known as Bárbara, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Kindermann and the Brazil women's national football team. Bárbara has played for clubs in Italy, Sweden and Germany as well as in her native Brazil. Since making her national team debut in 2007, she has won over 30 caps for Brazil. She has been part of her country's squad at four editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup and at two Olympic football tournaments.

Aguinaldo Silva OMC is a Brazilian Emmy-winning telenovela writer born in Carpina, Brazil.

Alceu Valença is a Brazilian composer, writer, performer, actor, and poet.

Mariano Ferreira Filho, simply known as Mariano, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Atlético Mineiro as a right back.