List of Famous people named Paulinho

Paulinho da Viola is a Brazilian sambista, singer-songwriter, guitar, cavaquinho and mandolin player, known for his sophisticated harmonies and soft, gentle singing voice.

Paulo Corrêa de Araujo, also known as Moska or Paulinho Moska is a Brazilian singer, composer and actor.

Paulo Roberto Figueiredo de Oliveira, better known as Paulinho Boca de Cantor, is a Brazilian singer and composer. He was a founding member of the band Novos Baianos, and performed with them from 1969 to 1979.

Paulo César Vieira Rosa, nicknamed Paulinho and Paulinho McLaren is a former Brazilian football player.

João Paulo Maio dos Santos, commonly known as Paulinho Santos, is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

Paulo Roberto Bacinello, commonly known as Paulinho Cascavel, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Paulinho da Costa is a Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times. Beginning his career as a samba musician in Brazil, he moved to the United States in the early 1970s and worked with Brazilian bandleader Sérgio Mendes. He went on to perform with many American pop, rock and jazz musicians and participated in thousands of albums. DownBeat magazine call him "one of the most talented percussionists of our time." He was an artist on Michael Jackson's Thriller, Madonna's True Blue, Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love, hit singles and movie soundtracks, including Saturday Night Fever, Dirty Dancing and Purple Rain among others. He has also toured with Diana Krall. He plays over 200 instruments professionally, and has worked in a variety of music genres including Brazilian, blues, Christian, country, disco, gospel, hip hop, jazz, Latin, pop, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, and world music. He was signed to Norman Granz's Pablo Records for three of his solo albums, Agora, Happy People and Sunrise, as well as Breakdown. Da Costa received the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences' Most Valuable Player Award for three consecutive years. He also received the Musicians Emeritus Award.