José Ribamar Coelho Santos (born 11 April 1966), better known by his stage name Zeca Baleiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈzɛkɐ baˈlejɾu]), is a Brazilian MPB artist.

Hailing from the state of Maranhão, in northeastern Brazil, Zeca – short for José – grew up with music.

His first two records, Por Onde Andará Stephen Fry and Vô Imbolá, won gold status.

was a reference to British actor Stephen Fry's flight from the stage play Cell Mates in 1995, when he disappeared from the United Kingdom after bad reviews.

In 2019, he received another Latin Grammy nomination for Best MPB Album, this time for O Amor no Caos.