List of Famous people with last name Machado

Gerardo Machado y Morales was a general of the Cuban War of Independence and President of Cuba from 1925 to 1933.

Joana Machado is a Brazilian personal trainer, photographic model and reality television personality, best known for being the winner of the fourth season of the Brazilian version of The Farm.

María Corina Machado Parisca is a Venezuelan politician who served as an elected member of the National Assembly of Venezuela from 2011 to 2014. She was a candidate for Venezuelan president in the 2012 elections and has indicated that she would run again in 2019 if interim President Juan Guaidó were to call for elections.

Maria Clara Machado was a Brazilian playwriter, who specialized on plays for children. She was born in 1921, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and died in Rio de Janeiro in 2001, where she lived most of her life. Daughter of writer Aníbal Machado, she studied theater in Paris; on her return to Brazil, she founded the acting school O Tablado, in Rio de Janeiro. O Tablado was responsible for the formation of many Brazilian actors, and was the laboratory where she directed her own plays.

Ana Maria Machado is a Brazilian writer of children's books, one of the most significant alongside Lygia Bojunga Nunes and Ruth Rocha. She received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000 for her "lasting contribution to children's literature".

Roseli Aparecida Machado was a Brazilian long-distance runner.

Paulo Ricardo Ribeiro de Jesus Machado is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Leixões S.C. as a central midfielder.

Tiago José Pinto Machado is a Portuguese professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Efapel.