Fausto Silva

{{Short description|Brazilian television presenter}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox presenter

| name = Fausto Silva

| image = Faustosilva.jpg

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| caption = Silva in 2005

| birth_name = Fausto Corrêa da Silva

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|5|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Porto Ferreira, São Paulo, Brazil

| occupation = Television presenter

| show = Perdidos na Noite (1984–1988)
Domingão do Faustão (1989–2021)
Faustão na Band (2022–2023)

| station =

| years_active = 1964-present

| network = TV Gazeta (1984)
RecordTV (1984–1986)
Band (1986–1988; 2022–2023)
TV Globo (1989–2021)

| web =

|death_date=}}

Fausto Corrêa da Silva (born 2 May 1950), commonly known as Faustão (literally Big Fausto), is a Brazilian former television presenter.{{cite book |title=Brazil Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic, Volume 1 |last=Crocitti |first=John J. |page=604 |year=2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9780313346729 }} He is best known as the host of long-running Sunday afternoon show Domingão do Faustão, which premiered in 1989.

Due to heart failure, Silva underwent heart transplantation on 27 August 2023 in Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, in São Paulo.{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2023/08/27/faustao-passa-por-transplante-cardiaco-procedimento-foi-realizado-com-sucesso-diz-hospital.ghtml |title=Faustão passa por transplante cardíaco; procedimento foi realizado 'com sucesso', diz hospital |date=27 August 2023|website=G1 |access-date=2023-08-28 | language=pt-BR}} {{Cite web|url=https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/saude/noticia/2023-08/faustao-passa-por-transplante-de-coracao |title=Faustão passa por transplante de coração |date=27 August 2023|website=Empresa Brasil de Comunicação |access-date=2023-08-28 | language=pt-BR}} He also underwent kidney transplantation in the same hospital on 26 February 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/faustao-passa-por-transplante-de-rim-em-sao-paulo/ |title=Faustão passa por transplante de rim em São Paulo |date=27 February 2024|website=CNN Brazil |access-date=2024-03-01 | language=pt-BR}} {{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2024/02/27/faustao-passa-por-transplante-de-rim-em-sp.ghtml |title=Faustão passa por transplante de rim em SP |date=27 February 2024|website=G1 |access-date=2023-03-01 | language=pt-BR}}

His son, João Guilherme Silva, is also a television presenter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.metropoles.com/celebridades/joao-silva-reestreia-na-tv-e-aceita-privilegio-de-ser-filho-de-faustao|title=João Silva reestreia na TV e aceita privilégio de ser filho de Faustão |date=2024-09-14|website=Metrópoles |access-date=2025-01-21 | language=pt-BR}}