São Paulo (bra)

São Paulo

São Paulo ranks 30th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Washington, D.C., Mumbai, and Toronto. Memorable people born in São Paulo include Ayrton Senna, Rivellino, and Djalma Santos. Memorable people who died in São Paulo include Pelé, Sócrates, and Paulo Freire. São Paulo has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many soccer players, and writers. São Paulo is located in Brazil.

São Paulo is the capital of the state of São Paulo, as well as the most populous city in Brazil, the Americas, and both the Western and Southern Hemisphere. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as an alpha global city, it exerts substantial international influence in commerce, finance, arts, and entertainment. It is the largest urban area by population outside Asia and the most populous Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The city's name honors Paul the Apostle and people from the city are known as paulistanos. The city's Latin motto is Non ducor, duco, which translates as "I am not led, I lead." Read more on Wikipedia