List of Famous people born in São Paulo, Brazil

Rafael de Andrade Bittencourt Pinheiro simply known as Rafael, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He also holds an Italian passport.

Reinaldo Felisbino, a.k.a. Lela was a Brazilian football player.

Vanderlei Fernandes Silva, known as Derlei, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.

Janeth dos Santos Arcain is a retired Brazilian professional women's basketball player. She played in the United States for the Houston Comets in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997–2005.

David Aparecido da Silva, commonly known as David da Silva, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Malaysian club Terengganu.

Leandro Marques Guilheiro is a Brazilian male judoka. He won the bronze medal in the lightweight (<73 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He became the first Brazilian judoka to win medals at two consecutive Olympic Games. Guilheiro plays a classical style of judo fighting in an upright stance and using techniques such as uchi mata, ippon seoi nage, morate seoi nage and o soto gari. He has done modeling work in Brazil.