23.5504° S, 46.6339° W

SAO PAULO

Most Famous People Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Notable people
4,290
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1964
Most distinctive
Driver 4.4×

A 20th-century megacity built on football and television. São Paulo's leaderboard reads like a Brazilian century in one column — hundreds of footballers as the city's single biggest profession, then the actors, singers, and journalists of a postwar telenovela and press industry built almost from scratch. The most distinctive export, though, is the one outsiders rarely guess: racing drivers, the long shadow of Senna, Piquet, and the Interlagos Grand Prix tradition. There is essentially no pre-1900 tail; the entire bench is the postwar boom.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Sao Paulo during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 801 notable births.

What Sao Paulo Is Known For

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Football is Sao Paulo's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (901).

Sao Paulo over-indexes on driver4.4× the global rate.

Sao Paulo under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Football901
  2. Actor626
  3. Politician257
  4. Journalist199
  5. Singer167
  6. Writer137
  7. Player134
  8. Music102
  1. Driver584.4×
  2. Model433.9×
  3. Journalist1993.0×
  4. Actor6262.8×
  5. Football9011.9×
  6. Singer1671.9×
  7. Composer971.7×
  8. Music1021.7×
  1. Politician2570.5×
  2. Painter680.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Sao Paulo's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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4,290 notable people

4201 COMPOSER

Ângelo Russo Reale

1903 - 1994

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4202 FOOTBALL

Leandro Novais de Souza Alves

Born 1988

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4203 WRITER

Orlando Monello

1920 - 2009

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4204 BASKET

Elisa Garcia

Born 1962

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4205 PAINTER

Vicente Orciuolo

1905 - 1987

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4206 TRUMPET

Buda (trompetista)

Born 1929

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4207 FOOTBALL

Ninho (futebolista)

1903 - 1979

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4208 PLAYER

Lilian Hilda Érica Poetscher

Born 1930

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4209 ACADEMIC

Ciro Pirondi

Born 1956

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4210 LETRISTA

Arlindo Leal

Born 1871

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4211 MUSIC

Paula Janssen

Born 1996

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4212 COACH

Marcos Rogério Pagnan

Born 1976

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4213 FUTSAL

Bolinha

Born 1987

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4214 FUTSAL

André Santos Siqueira

Born 1976

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4215 BASKET

Soraya Begliomini Brandão

Born 1957

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4216 SINGER

Zito Vieira (músico)

Born 1930

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4217 ECONOMIST

Ivan Ramalho

Born 1949

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4218 HOCKEY

Alan Karam

Born 1973

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4219 POLITICIAN

Eusébio Rocha

1917 - 1995

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4220 SOCIOLOGIST

Márcia Mafra

1947 - 2011

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4221 PRIEST

Antônio Iasi Júnior

1920 - 2015

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4222 COMPOSER

Álvaro Cueva

Born 1964

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4223 FOOTBALL

Vinícius Tranchezzi

Born 1993

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4224 MUSIC

Breno Chaves

Born 1963

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4225 MISSING

Yves Finzetto

Born 1983

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4226 LAWYER

Horácio Rodrigues

1881 - 1961

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4227 PLAYER

Paulo Rogério Nery

Born 1981

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4228 ACTOR

Irene Rudner

1910 - 1974

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4229 PAINTER

Amauri Torezan

Born 1972

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4230 SPORT

Laurice Cristina Félix

Born 1981

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4231 POLITICIAN

Manuel Jacinto Vieira de Morais

1852 - 1935

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4232 COMPOSER

Bruno Areli

1910 - 1980

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4233 SERTANISTA

Manuel Ortiz de Camargo

Died 1698

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4234 POLITICIAN

Luís de Toledo Piza Sobrinho

1888 - 1983

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4235 POLITICIAN

Edgar Batista Pereira

1900 - 1985

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4236 POLITICIAN

Guilherme Plaster

Born 1887

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4237 DIPLOMAT

Edgard Antonio Casciano

Born 1950

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4238 FOOTBALL

Gaetano Ragusa

Born 1909

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4239 FOOTBALL

Dorivaldo Becca

Born 1941

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4240 FOOTBALL

Alexander (footballer, born 1997)

Born 1997

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4241 BASKET

Michael Uchendu

1998 - 2019

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4242 DRIVER

José Hélio Rodriguez Filho

Born 1979

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4243 WRITER

Maria Luísa Cordeiro

-

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4244 POLITICIAN

Mário Tomás Whately

1885 - 1943

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4245 VOCALIST

Attilio Grany

Born 1905

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4246 POLITICIAN

Martins Filho

Born 1908

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4247 PAINTER

Christiano Whitaker

Born 1940

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4248 PLAYER

Marlene Djinishian

Born 1940

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4249 FUTSAL

Marcel Marques

Born 1996

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4250 PLAYER

Almir Franco de Lima

-

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4251 POLITICIAN

Salvador Julianelli

1917 - 1990

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4252 LAWYER

Carlos de Paiva Meira

1890 - 1927

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4253 FILM

Bruno Decc

Born 1985

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4254 BASKET

Umberto De Feo

Born 1914

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4255 MUSIC

Prist Leão

Born 1983

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4256 POLITICIAN

Artur Boéris Audrá

Born 1917

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4257 SCREENWRITER

Júlio Calasso

Born 1941

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4258 DEPUTY

Enéas Machado de Assis

1913 - 2006

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4259 FOOTBALL

Jesiel

Born 1994

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4260 FOOTBALL

Salvador Cardelli Filho

Born 1929

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4261 MAESTRO

Roberto Schnorrenberg

1929 - 1983

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4262 POLITICIAN

Hélcio Maghenzani

1923 - 2001

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4263 POLITICIAN

Sarah Munhoz

Born 1957

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4264 DIPLOMAT

Alarico Silveira Júnior

Born 1924

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4265 PLAYER

Danilo Tenenbojm Correa

Born 1988

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4266 SERTANISTA

Antônio Afonso Vidal

Died 1684

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4267 BASSIST

Mario Caribé

Born 1964

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4268 FOOTBALL

José Cândido de Campos

Born 1941

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4269 WRITER

Anna Maria Martins

Born 1924

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4270 AUTHOR

Francisco Inácio do Amaral Gurgel

1920 - 1988

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4271 VELEJADOR

Sérgio Mirsky

1929 - 2005

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4272 EMPRESÁRIO

Feliciano Lebre de Mello

1897 - 1973

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4273 CRONISTA

Nilson Genovesi

1934 - 2012

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4274 FOOTBALL

Nicola Gravina

Born 1935

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4275 WRITER

Anna Flora

Born 1959

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4276 POLITICIAN

José Evangelista Franco

1840 - 1887

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4277 BASKET

Mustafa Hassan Zadeh

Born 1996

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4278 MINISTR

Luís Silvestre

Born 1970

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4279 WRITER

Letícia Palmeira

Born 1976

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4280 POLO

Cristina Beer

Born 1980

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4281 POET

Thata Alves

Born 1992

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4282 POLITICIAN

Jerônimo Monteiro Filho

1889 - 1962

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4283 KONSUL

George Müller (Honorarkonsul)

Born 1951

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4284 EMPRESÁRIO

Aparício Basílio

1936 - 1992

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4285 FOOTBALL

Dirceu Siqueira

1929 - 1999

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4286 SPORT

Milena Titoneli

Born 1998

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4287 EMPRESÁRIO

Januário Caramico

1936 - 2007

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4288 BOXER

Raúl Zumbano

1925 - 2001

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4289 POLITICIAN

Antônio Mendes de Barros

1933 - 1988

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4290 POLITICIAN

Kalil Maia Neto

Born 1929

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