Notable People
Main category: People from Campinas- Campos Sales (politician, fourth president of Brazil)
- Carlos Gomes (opera composer)
- Nelsinho Baptista (soccer player)
- Olavo de Carvalho (philosopher and writer)
- Lovefoxxx (singer)
- Rubem Alves (philosopher and writer)
- Marcelo Damy (physicist)
- Gilberto de Nucci (physician and biomedical researcher)
- Renato M.E. Sabbatini (biomedical scientist and writer)
- Regina Duarte (actress)
- Hércules Florence (inventor)
- Luís Fabiano – soccer player
- Carlos Roberto Martins (entrepreneur)
- Crodowaldo Pavan (biologist and scientist)
- José Aristodemo Pinotti (physician, former dean of UNICAMP)
- Cassio Raposo do Amaral (plastic surgeon and researcher)
- Zeferino Vaz (physician, former dean of UNICAMP)
- Fausto Corrêa da Silva (Faustão) (TV entertainer)
- Júlio de Mesquita (journalist)
- Hilda Hilst (writer)
- José Pancetti (painter)
- Sandy Leah (singer)
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