Abgar Renault, Minister of Education, member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Affonso Penna, President of Brazil
Affonso Romano de Sant’Anna, writer
Afonso Arinos, member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, founder of the Free Law School (current UFMG Law School)
Ailton Krenak, Indigenous leader, member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Alzira Nogueira Reis, first female physician in the state of Minas Gerais
Amílcar de Castro, visual artist
Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, Judge at the International Court of Justice
Arthur Bernardes, President of Brazil
Autran Dourado, writer
Betinho, sociologist
Carlos Drummond de Andrade, writer
Carlos Luz, President of Brazil
Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha, Justice of the Federal Supreme Court
Célia Xakriabá, Indigenous leader and federal congresswoman
Ciro dos Anjos, journalist and writer, member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil
Edilene Lôbo, Justice of the Superior Electoral Court
Eleonora Menicucci, sociologist, Minister of the Special Secretariat for Women’s Policies
Fernanda Takai, singer and writer
Fernando Brant, singer and songwriter
Helena Greco, human rights activist, first elected councilwoman of Belo Horizonte
Hélio Pellegrino, psychoanalyst and writer
Ivo Pitanguy, physician, member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
João Guimarães Rosa, diplomat and writer, member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
José Francisco Rezek, Justice of the Federal Supreme Court and Judge at the International Court of Justice
José Israel Vargas, Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Mines and Energy
José Maria Alkmin, Vice President of Brazil and Minister of Finance
José Murilo de Carvalho, historian, member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
José Saramago, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil
Laís Corrêa de Araújo, writer
Macaé Evaristo, Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship
Maria Elizabeth Rocha, first female president of the Superior Military Court
Maria Lucia Godoy, opera singer
Murilo Rubião, writer
Nilma Lino Gomes, Minister of Racial Equality
Nilmário Miranda, Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship
Oscar Dias Correa, Minister of Justice, Justice of the Federal Supreme Court, member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Otto Lara Resende, journalist and writer
Patrus Ananias, Mayor of Belo Horizonte, Minister of Social and Agrarian Development
Pedro Aleixo, President of Brazil
Pedro Nava, writer
Ronaldo Fraga, fashion designer
Samuel Rosa, singer and songwriter
Silviano Santiago, writer, literary critic, member of the Minas Gerais Academy of Letters
Tancredo Neves, President of Brazil
Tostão, 1970 FIFA World Cup champion
Ziraldo, writer, member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters