List of Famous people born in São Paulo, Brazil
Dani Calabresa
Daniella Maria Giusti is a Brazilian comedian and actress. She is best known for being a cast member of the APCA award winner show Comédia MTV as well as the host, alongside the actor Bento Ribeiro, of Furo MTV, a show similar to Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update. She was married to the comedian Marcelo Adnet. They got divorced in 2017. On March 18, 2013, Calabresa made her official debut on the weekly show Custe o Que Custar aired on Rede Bandeirantes and TBS.
Biel
Gabriel Araújo Marins Rodrigues, better known by the stage name Biel, is a Brazilian singer. After achieving online success, he was signed to Warner Music in April 2015. He released his EP Biel and had a string of hits, winning Meus Prêmios Nick Award as a "Revelação Musical" of the year. He released his album Juntos Vamos Além in 2016.
Sabrina Sato
Sabrina Sato Rahal is a Brazilian television presenter. She was a contestant on Big Brother Brasil 3 (2003) and a hostess on comedy program Pânico na TV from 2004 until 2013. Since 2014, she has her own show on Record TV.
Lília Cabral
Lília Cabral Bertolli Figueiredo is a Brazilian actress. She has already been nominated twice to the International Emmy Award for Best Actress.
Sophia Abrahão
Sophia Sampaio Abrahão is a Brazilian actress and singer.
Thiaguinho
Thiago André Barbosa better known as Thiaguinho, is a pagode singer, composer and presenter. He first gained notoriety for participating in the talent show Fama in 2002 and became famous for being a member of the musical group Exaltasamba from 2003 to 2012. In 2012, he released his first solo album and live album, "Ousadia & Alegria", selling more than 80,000 copies and earning him a Latin Grammy nomination in the Best Samba/Pagode Album category. He released his second solo album, "Outro Dia, Outra História", in 2014 which sold 40,000 copies and earned a gold record certificate. His third album, "Hey, Mundo!" was released in 2015, and was a commercial success, selling more than 160,000 copies and going double platinum. His second live video recording, "VamoQVamo" was released in 2016. In the same year, he released another album called "Tardezinha". His "Só Vem" album was released in 2017 which sold 40,000 copies and earned him another gold record. He released "Tardezinha 2" in 2017, followed by his third live recording called "Vibe" in 2020.
Roger Abdelmassih
Roger Abdelmassih is a former Brazilian physician, an expert on human reproduction, and one of the pioneers of in-vitro fertilization in Brazil. In early 2009 he was accused of sexually abusing sedated patients. Abdelmassih was sentenced to 278 years in prison for 52 rapes and 39 attempted sexual abuses on women.
Paulo Maluf
Paulo Salim Maluf is a Brazilian politician with a career spanning over four decades and many functions, including those of State Governor of São Paulo, Mayor of the City of São Paulo, Congressman and Presidential candidate. As of 2011, Maluf is on a second consecutive term as Federal Deputy. His political base is founded on populism and the provision of major public works.
Cristiane Rozeira
Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva, known as Cristiane, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Santos and the Brazilian women's national team. A prolific forward, she was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning teams at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic football tournaments. In total she has participated in five FIFA Women's World Cups and four Olympics.
Alexandre Sarnes Negrão
Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, better known as Xande Negrão and nicknamed Xandinho, is a Brazilian entrepreneur and race car driver. He raced in the first three seasons of the GP2 Series, all with the Piquet Sports team, having won the Formula Three Sudamericana championship in 2004.