São Paulo ranks 25th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Barcelona, Boston, and Munich. Memorable people born in São Paulo include Ayrton Senna, Rivellino, and Emerson Fittipaldi. Memorable people who died in São Paulo include Sócrates, Paulo Freire, and Arthur Friedenreich. São Paulo has been the birth place of many soccer players and racing drivers and the death place of many soccer players and politicians. São Paulo is located in Brazil.
São Paulo is a city in the Southeast Region of Brazil. Listed by the GaWC as an alpha global city, the municipality of São Paulo is the most populous city proper in Brazil, the Americas, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the world's 4th largest city proper by population. Additionally, São Paulo is the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The city serves as the capital of the surrounding state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest state in Brazil. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The city's name honors the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. The city's metropolitan area, the Greater São Paulo, ranks as the most populous in Brazil and the 12th most populous on Earth. The process of conurbation between the metropolitan areas around the Greater São Paulo created the São Paulo Macrometropolis, a megalopolis with more than 30 million inhabitants, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1864 and 1999, São Paulo was the birth place of 213 globally memorable people, including Ayrton Senna, Rivellino, and Emerson Fittipaldi. Additionaly, 58 globally memorable people have passed away in São Paulo including Sócrates, Paulo Freire, and Arthur Friedenreich.
1960 - 1994
HPI: 79.28
Rank: 1
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 3
1929 - 2013
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 4
1892 - 1969
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 5
1909 - 1975
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 6
1893 - 1945
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 7
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 8
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 9
1955 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 10
1974 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 11
1932 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 12
1890 - 1954
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 26
1925 - 1988
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 34
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 35
1917 - 1995
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 37
1874 - 1953
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 45
1894 - 1976
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 53
1916 - 1963
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 65
1864 - 1892
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 82
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 120
1986 - Present
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 122
1974 - Present
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 125
1975 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 126
1954 - 2011
HPI: 75.58
Rank: 1
1921 - 1997
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 2
1892 - 1969
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 3
1930 - 2013
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 4
1929 - 2012
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 5
1911 - 1980
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 6
1909 - 1975
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 7
1930 - 2011
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 8
1930 - 2014
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 9
1910 - 1985
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 10
1914 - 1992
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 11
1893 - 1945
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 12
1920 - 1984
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 16
1880 - 1935
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 26
1890 - 1954
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 30
1926 - 1997
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 36
1925 - 1988
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 37
1907 - 1993
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 39
1932 - 2007
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 40
1874 - 1953
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 41
1933 - 1995
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 46
1909 - 1988
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 49
1916 - 1963
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 50
1955 - 2020
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 52
Most individuals born in present day São Paulo were soccer players (146), racing drivers (17), actors (9), coaches (5), and politicians (5), while most who died were soccer players (22), politicians (6), writers (5), singers (3), and athletes (3).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in São Paulo, including Rivellino, Djalma Santos, and Zé Roberto. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day São Paulo, including Rivellino, Djalma Santos, and Arthur Friedenreich.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in São Paulo since 1700.