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Paulista Avenue

Paulista Avenue (Avenida Paulista) is the principal thoroughfare of São Paulo, Brazil, a 2.8-kilometer financial and cultural corridor inaugurated in 1891, now home to MASP and bank headquarters.

Sep 24, 2026

Paulista militia and ordenança system

The Paulista militia and ordenança system (Ordenanças e milícias paulistas) enrolled São Paulo's able-bodied men in unpaid companies, supplying recruits for the bandeiras until 1831.

Paulista Revolt of 1924

The Paulista Revolt of 1924 was a tenentista military uprising that seized São Paulo on 5 July 1924 and held it under siege for 23 days.

Oct 21, 2026

Paulista, Pernambuco, a municipality north of Recife in the Recife Metropolitan Region; 342,167 residents (2022 census), emancipated 4 September 1935, former Lundgren textile center with a 14 km eroding coastline.

Paulito FG

Paulito FG, also billed as Paulo FG (Pablo Alfonso Fernández Gallo), was a Cuban singer and bandleader central to timba, who led his band Élite from 1992.

Paulius Širvys

Paulius Širvys, born Povilas Širvys (1920–1979), was a Lithuanian poet and journalist whose lyric poetry on war, homeland, and love made him one of the most popular Lithuanian poets of the Soviet era.

Oct 21, 2026

Paullinia

Paullinia (genus, Sapindaceae) is a group of about 185-220 Neotropical lianas including P. cupana, the caffeine-rich guaraná, and P. yoco; native to tropical America, Africa, and Madagascar.

Paullu Inca

Paullu Inca was an Inca prince, son of emperor Huayna Capac, crowned Inca at Cusco by Diego de Almagro in 1537 while collaborating with the Spanish.

Paulmann Group

The Paulmann Group is a Chilean family business group in retail, built by Horst Paulmann and centered on the listed company Cencosud, which operates Jumbo, Easy, and Paris.

Oct 15, 2026

Paulo Afonso IV hydroelectric plant

Paulo Afonso IV is a 2,462 MW hydroelectric plant on the São Francisco River at Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil, the largest plant of the Paulo Afonso Complex.

Paulo Alencastro

Paulo Alencastro is a Brazilian technology entrepreneur who co-founded the identity-verification company unico in São Paulo in 2007, Brazil's first idtech unicorn, valued at US$ 2.6 billion in 2022.

Paulo Avelino

Paulo Avelino (Michael Paulo Lingbanan Avelino, born 1988, Baguio City) is a Filipino actor, singer, and producer known for Heneral Luna, Goyo, Fan Girl, Walang Hanggan, and a 2026 Seoul International Drama Awards Outstanding Asian Star win.

Paulo Bento

Paulo Bento (Paulo Jorge Gomes Bento, born 1969) is a Portuguese football manager and former midfielder for Sporting CP and Portugal. He coached Portugal, South Korea (2022 World Cup round of 16), and the UAE, leaving in March 2025.

Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho, born 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian novelist whose allegorical novel The Alchemist (1988) has sold over 320 million books worldwide.

Paulo Costa

Paulo Henrique Costa, "Borrachinha" (born 1991), Brazilian UFC fighter from Belo Horizonte; 16-4 record, 12 KOs; challenged Adesanya for the middleweight title at UFC 253, then moved to light heavyweight and knocked out Azamat Murzakanov at UFC 327 in 2026.

Sep 24, 2026

Paulo Dias de Novais

Paulo Dias de Novais was a Portuguese colonial official who founded the settlement that became Luanda in 1575 and served as the first royal governor of Angola until 1588.

Paulo Dybala

Paulo Dybala, La Joya, Argentine forward born 1993 in Laguna Larga; Instituto, Palermo, Juventus (115 goals, 12 trophies), AS Roma since 2022; extended Roma contract to 30 June 2027 on 13 July 2026.

Paulo Ferreira

Paulo Ferreira (Paulo Renato Rebocho Ferreira), Portuguese right-back born 1979 in Cascais; won UEFA Cup and Champions League with Porto, then 217 Chelsea appearances and major honours 2004-2013, 62 Portugal caps, later Chelsea loan coach until 2022.

Paulo Fonseca

Paulo Fonseca (Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca, born 1973, Mozambique) is a Portuguese football manager, formerly a defender, coaching Lyon since 2025 after Shakhtar Donetsk, Roma, Lille, and AC Milan.

Paulo Francis

Paulo Francis, pen name of Franz Paul da Matta Heilborn, was a Brazilian journalist and theater critic known for polemical commentary, living in New York from 1971.

Paulo Freire

Paulo Freire (1921-1997), Brazilian educator and author of Pedagogy of the Oppressed, creator of the Freire literacy method, banking-model critique, and conscientização; patron of Brazilian education.

Paulo Futre

Paulo Futre (Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre), Portuguese left winger born 1966 in Montijo; European Cup winner with Porto 1987, 1987 Ballon d'Or runner-up, Atlético Madrid legend with two Copas del Rey, 41 Portugal caps.

Paulo Gazzaniga

Paulo Gazzaniga (Paulo Dino Gazzaniga Farias, born 1992, Murphy, Argentina) is an Argentine goalkeeper for Girona FC, formerly of Gillingham, Southampton, Tottenham, Rayo Vallecano, Elche, and Fulham; Argentina international, contract to June 2027.

Oct 10, 2026

Paulo Ghiraldelli

Paulo Ghiraldelli Júnior (born 1957 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian philosopher, writer, and journalist known for philosophy of education, American pragmatism, and his popular YouTube channel.

Paulo Guedes

Paulo Guedes is a Brazilian economist and investment banker who co-founded Banco Pactual in 1983 and served as Brazil's Minister of Economy from 2019 to 2022.

Paulo Henrique Ganso

Paulo Henrique Ganso (Paulo Henrique Chagas de Lima), Brazilian attacking midfielder born 1989 in Ananindeua; Santos 2011 and Fluminense 2023 Copa Libertadores winner, later São Paulo, Sevilla, Amiens; 8 Brazil caps.

Paulo Henriques Britto

Paulo Henriques Britto is a Brazilian poet, short-story writer, essayist, and translator of about 120 books from English; born in Rio de Janeiro in 1951, he teaches at PUC-Rio.

Paulo J.M. Monteiro

Paulo J.M. Monteiro is a civil engineer and materials scientist at UC Berkeley, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2020 for his work on concrete.

Paulo Leminski

Paulo Leminski (1944–1989) was a Brazilian poet, translator, and critic from Curitiba, Paraná, whose work joined the rigor of concrete poetry with popular language and haiku.