List of Famous people born in Pernambuco, Brazil

Priscila Senna, known as simply Priscila, is a Brazilian singer and songwriter of the brega and música sertaneja genres.

Augusto Álvaro da Silva was a Brazilian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia from 1924 until his death in 1968, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.

Teliana Santos Pereira is a former professional Brazilian tennis player.

Antônio Maria de Araújo Morais, known as Antônio Maria, was a Brazilian writer of pop music lyrics as well as radio sports commentator, poet, composer, and chronicler.

Hermenegildo de Albuquerque Portocarrero, Baron of Forte de Coimbra was a Brazilian Marshal and Baron. He was known for being the primary commander of the Invasion of Corumbá during the Mato Grosso Campaign of the Paraguayan War.

Sérgia Ribeiro da Silva, better known as Dadá was a Cangaço — the only woman to take up arms on the side of Lampião. There were two films made regarding Ribeiro, Corisco & Dadá and A Mulher no Cangaço (1976).*

Claudiano Bezerra da Silva, known as Kaká, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.

Father Paulo Ricardo de Azevedo Júnior, known in Portuguese as Padre Paulo Ricardo, is a Brazilian Catholic priest, TV host, writer, and professor.