List of people from São Paulo

The people who are born in the City of São Paulo are called Paulistanos in Brazil, while the people who are born in State of São Paulo, independent of the city, are called Paulistas.

These people made extensive contributions to Brazil's (and the world's) history, culture, music, literature, education, science, and technology and a great hub of Brazilian growth and innovation in all these areas.

Notable people born in the City or the State of São Paulo include:

Ayrton Senna , Formula One driver
Lygia Fagundes Telles , novelist and writer. The first Brazilian woman to be nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature
Laura Pigossi , tennis player
Felipe Massa , former Formula One driver
Marisa Orth , actress, singer, and television host
Anita Malfatti , artist