Editing Recife (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Schenberg.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Mário Schenberg]]]]
[[File:Paulo Freire.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Paulo Freire]]]]
[[File:Clarice Lispector (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Clarice Lispector]]]]
[[File:Rivaldo.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Rivaldo]]]]

* [[Mário Schenberg]], physicist, electrical engineer, art critic and writer.
* [[Paulo Freire]], educator and philosopher.
* [[José Leite Lopes]], physicist.
* [[Clarice Lispector]], writer.
* [[Paulo Ribenboim]], mathematician.
* [[João Cabral de Melo Neto]], poet and writer.
* [[Leopoldo Nachbin]], mathematician who is best known for [[Nachbin's theorem]].
* [[Gilberto Freyre]], sociologist, poet and writer.
* [[Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro]], mathematician.
* [[Josué de Castro]], humanist and writer.
* [[Aron Simis]], mathematician.
* [[Norberto Odebrecht]], entrepreneur from the building industry.
* [[Nelson Rodrigues]], poet, writer and journalist.
* [[Manuel Bandeira]], poet and writer.
* [[Joaquim Nabuco]], writer, journalist and diplomat.
* [[Ariano Suassuna]], playwright and author.
* [[Joaquim Cardozo]], poet and engineer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Maria do Carmo Andrade|title=Joaquim Cardozo|url=http://basilio.fundaj.gov.br/pesquisaescolar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=388|access-date=2020-08-23|website=Pesquisa Escolar|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127224613/http://basilio.fundaj.gov.br/pesquisaescolar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=388|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[José Inácio de Abreu e Lima|General Abreu y Lima]], one of the main leaders of the [[Spanish American wars of independence]].
*[[Hermenegildo Portocarrero, Baron of Forte de Coimbra]], the commander of the invasion of Corumbá at the Paraguayan War.
* [[Evaldo Cabral de Mello]], historian, history writer and former diplomat.
* [[Francisco Brennand]], sculptor, painter and ceramist.
* [[Romero Britto]], sculptor and painter.
* [[Karol Meyer]], free-diver.
* [[Jaqueline Carvalho]], volleyball player.
* [[Dani Lins]], volleyball player.
* [[André Ferreira (volleyball)|Pampa]], volleyball player.
* [[Samira Rocha]], handball player.
* [[Eduardo Agra]], basketball player.
* [[Etiene Medeiros]], swimmer.
* [[Joanna Maranhão]], swimmer.
* [[Rivaldo]], footballer.
* [[Vavá]], footballer.
* [[Ademir de Menezes]], footballer.
* [[Juninho Pernambucano]], footballer.
* [[Ricardo Rocha (footballer, born 1962)|Ricardo Rocha]], footballer.
* [[Hernanes]], footballer.
* [[Junior Assuncao]], mixed martial artist.
* [[Braulio Estima]], jiu-jitsu practitioner.
* [[Robyn Regehr]], ice hockey player.
* [[Kiko Porto]], racing driver.
* [[Rafael Câmara]], racing driver.
* [[Beto Monteiro]], racing driver.
* [[Eduardo Campos]], economist and politician.
* [[Marco Maciel]], lawyer and politician.
* [[Cristovam Buarque]], mechanical engineer, economist and politician.
* [[Marco Nanini]], actor.
* [[Guilherme Berenguer]], actor.
* [[Bruno Garcia (actor)|Bruno Garcia]], actor.
* [[Augusto da Silva|Augusto Álvaro da Silva]] (1876–1968), Brazilian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdasilva.html |title=Catholic-Hierarchy |access-date=January 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929080349/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdasilva.html |archive-date=September 29, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Patrícia França]], actress.
* [[Kleber Mendonça Filho]], movie director.
* [[Heitor Dhalia]], movie director.
* [[Marcelo Gomes (director)|Marcelo Gomes]], movie director.
* [[Arlindo Grund]], television presenter and personal stylist.
* [[Clarice Falcão]], actress and singer-songwriter.
* [[Naná Vasconcelos]], composer and musician.
* [[Lenine (musician)|Lenine]], singer-songwriter.
* [[Alceu Valença]], singer-songwriter.
* [[Chico Science]], singer-songwriter.
* [[Bezerra da Silva]], singer-songwriter.
* [[Antônio Maria]], composer.
* [[Fred Zero Quatro]], singer-songwriter.
* [[Walter Wanderley]], organist and pianist.
* [[Antonio Nóbrega]], singer, dancer and actor.
* [[Maria Prestes]], activist.