22.9085° S, 43.1965° W
RIO DE JANEIRO
Most Famous People Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Notable people
- 5,466
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1956
- Most distinctive
- Martial Art 13.2×
The capital that wasn't, but acted like one. Rio's most distinctive profession is martial arts at more than thirteen times the global rate — the home of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and the Gracie family — alongside the composers, singers, and music players of bossa nova and samba and a deep diplomatic-and-journalistic bench from its century as the seat of the Portuguese and then Brazilian empires. Footballers and actors are tied at almost exactly the same share, a balance that you don't see in any other Brazilian city.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Rio de Janeiro Is Known For
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Football is Rio de Janeiro's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (898).
Rio de Janeiro over-indexes on martial art — 13.2× the global rate.
Rio de Janeiro under-produces painter — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Rio de Janeiro's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1830s Clear ×
Machado de Assis
1839 - 1908
Manuel Antônio de Almeida
1831 - 1861
França Júnior
1838 - 1890
Militão Augusto de Azevedo
1837 - 1905
Eduardo Wandenkolk
1838 - 1902
Henrique Alves de Mesquita
1830 - 1906
Pedro Maria de Lacerda
1830 - 1890
Leonel Martiniano de Alencar, Baron of Alencar
1832 - 1921
Conrado Jacó de Niemeyer
1831 - 1905
Cândido Caetano de Almeida Reis
1838 - 1889
Domingos Jaci Monteiro
1831 - 1896
Rodrigo Maria Berquó
1839 - 1896
Francisco de Paula Mayrink
1839 - 1906
José Antônio de Azevedo Castro
1839 - 1911
Antônio Carlos de Mariz e Barros
1837 - 1866
Filipe Firmino Rodrigues Chaves
1831 - 1902
Jerônimo José Teixeira Júnior
1830 - 1892
Fortunato Foster Vidal
1832 - 1915
Augusto Fausto de Sousa
1835 - 1890
Francisco Antônio de Moura
1839 - 1910
Bento Luís de Oliveira Lisboa
1836 - 1905
Francisco Pinto da Fonseca Teles
1839 - 1918
Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu (filho)
1832 - 1904
Venâncio José de Oliveira Lisboa
1834 - 1903
João Pedro Carvalho de Morais
1831 - 1878
Luís Antônio Ferraz
1833 - 1891
José Francisco Cardoso
1830 - 1885
Carlos Augusto Ferraz de Abreu
1834 - 1872
Elisiário José Barbosa
1830 - 1909
Francisco Nicolau Carneiro Nogueira da Costa e Gam
1832 - 1885
João Crisóstomo Melício
1836 - 1899
André Cordeiro de Araújo Lima
Born 1833
José Álvares de Azevedo
1834 - 1854
Rangel de Sampaio
1838 - 1900
Pedro Ribeiro de Sousa Resende
1839 - 1894
José Maria de Carvalho
Born 1834
Joaquim de Matos Vieira
1836 - 1908
Manuel Jacinto Carneiro Nogueira da Costa e Gama �
1830 - 1876
Francisco Pinheiro de Sousa Werneck
1837 - 1926
José Joaquim do Carmo Júnior
1832 - 1915
Francisco José Pacheco
1831 - 1880
João Mendes Salgado
1832 - 1894
João Caldas Viana Filho
1837 - 1891
Sebastião Antônio Rodrigues Braga
1836 - 1890
Caetano Xavier de Almeida da Câmara Manoel – Wi
1835 - 1910
Eugênio Frederico do Lossio e Seiblitz
1836 - 1899