List of Famous people born in São Paulo, Brazil

Evaristo de Oliveira Costa Merigo, commonly known as Evaristo Costa is a Brazilian journalist.

Marcos Vinícius dos Santos Gonçalves, known as Marquinhos Santos, is a Brazilian football manager, currently in charge of Juventude.

Francisco Cuoco is a Brazilian actor.

José Hamilton Ribeiro is a Brazilian journalist and author. He has worked as a reporter and editor for the magazines Realidade and Quatro Rodas, the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, and the programs Globo Repórter, Fantástico, and Globo Rural, and is the author of fifteen books. In December 2012, a study by the news bulletin Jornalistas & Cia concluded that Ribeiro, as measured by the number and importance of prizes won, is the most decorated journalist in Brazilian history.

Lygia Fagundes da Silva Telles is a Brazilian novelist and writer. Educated as a lawyer, she began publishing soon after she completed high school and simultaneously worked as a solicitor and writer throughout most of her career. She is a recipient of the Camões Prize, the highest literary award of the Portuguese language and her works have received honors and awards from Brazil, Chile and France. She was elected as the third woman in the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 1985 and holds Chair 16.

Markus Perez Echeimberg is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional since 2013, he has also fought for Jungle Fight and the Legacy Fighting Alliance, where he is the former Middleweight Champion.

Marcelo Mendonça Rossi is a Brazilian Catholic priest widely known and popular in the country for his novel approaches to ministering to the faithful. He is also a writer and a singer, and uses music intensely in his Masses, has recorded several music CDs, is a host to several radio and TV programs in many stations, has appeared as an actor in two movies with religious themes. All of them have been big hits in the media, but Father Rossi donates all the proceedings to Catholic charities and to his own parish.

Lars Schmidt Grael is a Brazilian politician and former professional sailor, having won two Olympic bronze medals.

José Luiz Datena is a Brazilian journalist and TV presenter, who currently hosts the news program Brasil Urgente at Rede Bandeirantes. Brasil Urgente deals mostly with the urban violence and crime in various regions of Brazil, often covering and commenting on homicides and crime in general. He started his career in radio before becoming a television presenter on a sports show, and later moving on to the show he currently hosts in Rede Bandeirantes.

Matheus Nachtergaele is a Brazilian actor and director.