List of Famous people born in São Paulo, Brazil

Andressa Alves da Silva, commonly known as Andressa Alves or simply Andressa, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club AS Roma. She previously played for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Primera División. She won her first cap for the Brazil women's national team in 2012 and has represented her country at multiple World Cups.

Richard de Oliveira Costa, simply known as Richard, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ceará as a goalkeeper.

Cristiano Marques Gomes, or simply Cris, is a Brazilian football manager and a former player who is the manager of Championnat National club Le Mans FC. Previously he was manager of GOAL FC, and spent three years as manager of the under-19 squad of Lyon. A former centre-back, Cris is also nicknamed "the policeman" by way of reference to his authoritarian nature on the pitch and his four months of experience in a police department in Guarulhos. He won four consecutive Ligue 1 titles with French club Lyon between 2005 and 2008, as well as the Brazilian Championship in 1998 with Corinthians, and in 2003 with Cruzeiro, and he also won the Copa do Brasil in 1995 with Corinthians, and in 2000 with Cruzeiro. Cris represented Brazil at international level, winning the Copa América in 2004.

Léia Henrique da Silva is a Brazilian female volleyball player. She is a member of the Brazil women's national volleyball team and played for EC Pinheiros in 2014.

Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior, known as Juninho or Juninho Paulista, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. During his professional career, he played for Brazilian clubs São Paulo, Vasco da Gama, Palmeiras, Flamengo, as well as English club Middlesbrough, Spanish club Atlético Madrid, Celtic in Scotland and Sydney FC in Australia.

Bruna Takahashi is a Brazilian table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as part of the Brazilian team in the women's team event. At the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, she was seeded #5, and is currently 45th in the ITTF Women's World Ranking, with 5680 points. This makes her the second best Latin American in the world, after Puerto Rico's Adriana Diaz.

Maurício dos Santos Nascimento, known simply as Maurício, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Malaysian club Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. as a centre back.

Demétrio Martinelli Magnoli is a Brazilian sociologist, PhD in human geography, writer and columnist. While in 2012, he was named by the Época magazine as one of the "New Right's shrill voices.", Magnoli considers himself a centre-left social-democrat.

Thyago Vieira Lucio is a Brazilian professional baseball pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional baseball (NPB). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Chicago White Sox.

Mike dos Santos Nenatarvicius, simply known as Mike, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Gwangju FC.