List of Famous people born in São Paulo, Brazil
Carol Abras
Caroline Abras is a Brazilian actress.
Léo Jardim
Leonardo "Léo" César Jardim is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Boavista on loan from Lille OSC.
Luisa Stefani
Luisa Veras Stefani is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She is the first Brazilian woman to crack the WTA's Top 10. She made the milestone on 1 November 2021 when she rose 2 places to world number 9 in doubles. On 20 May 2019, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 431. She achieved a career-high junior ranking of No. 10, on 30 March 2015.
Miguel Nicolelis
Miguel Ângelo Laporta Nicolelis, M.D., Ph.D., is a Brazilian scientist, physician and Duke School of Medicine Professor in Neuroscience at Duke University, best known for his pioneering work surrounding brain-machine interface technology.
Wagner Fernando Velloso
Wagner Fernando Velloso, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and former manager who currently works as a pundit for Bandeirantes.
Edemar Cid Ferreira
Edemar Cid Ferreira is a former Brazilian economist, banker, and art collector. He was the founder and head of Banco Santos, which went bankrupt in September 2005. Ferreira was convicted in Brazil of bank fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering. He began serving 21-year prison sentence in December 2006. As part of the case, a judge ordered the search, seizure and confiscation of assets that were acquired with illegally obtained funds from Banco Santos. Ferreira assembled a 12,000-piece art collection while he controlled Banco Santos. Before his arrest, he smuggled his collection out of Brazil. The United Stated government seized items from a storage facility in New York that didn't comply with customs laws. They returned Basquiat's Hannibal painting, a Roy Lichtenstein, a painting by Joaquin Torres Garcia, a Serge Poliakoff and other works with an estimated value of $20 million to $30 million.
Rodrigo Hardy Araújo
Rodrigo Hardy Araújo, commonly known as Rodrigo,, is a Brazilian futsal player who plays for Sorocaba Futsal and the Brazilian national futsal team.
Gum
Welington Pereira Rodrigues, commonly known as Gum, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for CRB as a central defender.
Thomaz
Antonio Thomaz Santos de Barros, commonly known as Thomaz, is a Bolivian nationalized Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Operário Ferroviário.
Rafael Cortez
Rafael de Faria Cortez is a Brazilian journalist, actor and comedian. He graduated in journalism from PUC-SP and between 2008 and 2012 was a reporter of Custe o Que Custar.