People from S\u00e3o Paulo

Jefferson Antonio Galves (18 June 1947 – 5 September 2023) was a Brazilian mathematician, professor of the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of São Paulo (USP) and member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. His field of studies was related to statistical models, in particular models that have stochasticity and variable range of memory. Galves was also the leader of NeuroMat, a research center established in 2013 at USP that is dedicated to integrating mathematical modeling and theoretical neuroscience.

Luciano Grostein Huck (born 3 September 1971) is a Brazilian TV host and entrepreneur. From 2000 to 2021, he hosted the TV show Caldeirão do Huck, aired every Saturday on Brazilian network TV Globo, and also broadcast to 114 countries, via Globo International. In september 2021, Huck left his saturday show to host Domingão com Huck (former Domingão do Faustão) on Sundays.Huck is also the founder of Joá Investments, an investment fund focused on technology and lifestyle start-up companies, that only makes partnerships with companies committed with sustainability and with the preservation of the environment. Among Joá's investments, there are Cataratas, that focus on sustainable tourism, Tembici, a bike-sharing and bike-parking system, and also Agrade Investments that works with start-ups in the USA.

Maria Lúcia Ribeiro Alckmin (born 28 December 1951), commonly known as Lu Alckmin, is former first lady of the state of São Paulo, occupying the position of president of the São Paulo Social Fund between 2001 and 2006 and 2011 and 2018. In the 2022 elections, her husband was elected the 26th Vice President of Brazil, making her the second lady of the country effective 1 January 2023.Lu Alckmin has been married to Geraldo Alckmin since 16 March 1979, when he was still in office as mayor of Pindamonhangaba. They have three children. She became First Lady of São Paulo in 2001 after her husband took over the state government following the death of then-Governor Mário Covas. Withith the re-election of Geraldo Alckmin in 2002, Lu continued as first lady of the state until 31 March 2006, when Alckmin resigned to run for president.
In 2010, she returned to being first lady of the state due to her husband's election as governor. Geraldo was re-elected in 2014 for the same post. Lu remained the lady of the house at Palácio dos Bandeirantes until 2018, when her husband resigned again to run for president.

Silvio Cássio Bernardo (born 10 July 1967 in São Paulo), better known as Silvetty Montilla, is a Brazilian drag queen, actor, comedian, television presenter and reporter considered one of the greatest artists of Brazil's LGBT culture. Over more than thirty-five years of career, Montilla has acted in several theatre plays, performed regularly in the main São Paulo gay clubs and participated in television programs. Currently, besides acting in musical pieces, he works in comedy clubs and in 2015 has launched his own stand-up comedy piece. He is also ahead of the reality show "Academia de Drags" (Drags Academy) on Youtube.

Sandra Annenberg (born 5 June 1968, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian newscaster.
Since 1982, Sandra has worked for Globo TV, the largest commercial TV network in Brazil, with over 150 million Portuguese speaking viewers in more than 130 countries.
Sandra was anchor and executive editor at the “Jornal Hoje” (“Today”) lunchtime news, the second most viewed news bulletin in Brazil until September 2019. Since then, Annenberg is the newscaster of the prestigious weekly news-documentary show "Globo Repórter", aired every Friday evening to one of the largest audiences in Brazil.
After a successful early career as an actress, she went back to college for a Journalism degree at Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, FMU, in São Paulo.
She has been assigned to cover many important national and international events like FIFA's World Cups in Germany-2006, South Africa-2010, Brazil-2014 and Russia-2018. She also covered the Atlanta-96 Olympic Games.
Awarded best anchorwoman in Brazil several times, she is widely recognized as one of the main TV journalists in the country.

Celso Ubirajara Russomanno (born 20 August 1956 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian reporter specialized in consumer defense and politician. He currently serves as a federal deputy from São Paulo since 2015, and previously served in Congress from 1995 to 2011. He was a candidate for mayor of São Paulo in the 2020 election.

Viviane Senna Lalli (née Senna da Silva; born 14 June 1957) is a Brazilian entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is sister of the racing driver and three-time Formula 1 world champion Ayrton Senna (1960–1994), and mother of racing driver Bruno Senna (born 1983).She is also president of the Ayrton Senna Foundation, established in London in June 1994 and also of the Instituto Ayrton Senna organization, focused on children's education, headquartered in São Paulo since November 1994. She also helped to found and chaired the technical committee of the think tank "Todos pela Educação" (Everybody for Education).

Cláudio Salvador Lembo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈklawdju ˈlẽbu]; born 12 October 1934 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian lawyer, politician and university professor from Neapolitan background. He was elected Vice Governor in 2002 with Governor Geraldo Alckmin. After Alckmin's resignation, to be able to run for the presidency of Brazil in the general elections of October 2006, Lembo became governor of São Paulo on 31 March 2006. His political origins are in the ARENA pro-military party of the 1970s.Lembo is professor of constitutional law and civil law at Mackenzie Presbyterian University.

Caio da Silva Prado Júnior (February 11, 1907 – November 23, 1990) was a Brazilian historian, geographer, writer, philosopher and politician.
His works inaugurated a new historiographic tradition in Brazil, identified with Marxism, which led to new interpretations of the Brazilian colonial society.