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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- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1910s Clear ×
Vinicius de Moraes
1913 - 1980
Peter Medawar
1915 - 1987
João Havelange
1916 - 2016
João Figueiredo
1918 - 1999
Véra Clouzot
1913 - 1960
Noel Rosa
1910 - 1937
Aurora Miranda
1915 - 2005
Antonio Candido
1918 - 2017
Antônio Houaiss
1915 - 1999
Jacob do Bandolim
1918 - 1969
Domingos da Guia
1912 - 2000
Nelson Cavaquinho
1911 - 1986
Carlos Chagas Filho
1910 - 2000
Jamelão
1913 - 2008
Athos Bulcão
1918 - 2008
Otto Glória
1917 - 1986
Paulo Gracindo
1911 - 1995
San Tiago Dantas
1911 - 1964
José Osvaldo de Meira Penna
1917 - 2017
Aracy de Almeida
1914 - 1988
Mario Lago (attore)
1911 - 2002
Marcolino Gomes Candau
1911 - 1983
Octávio Frias
1912 - 2007
Cleonice Berardinelli
Born 1916
Fernando Bastos de Ávila
1918 - 2010
Roberto Gomes Pedrosa
1913 - 1954
Luís Mesquita de Oliveira
1911 - 1983
Walter de Souza Goulart
1912 - 1951
Aloísio de Oliveira
1914 - 1995
Orlando Drummond
Born 1919
Afonsinho
1914 - 1997
Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida
1916 - 2013
Dino 7 Cordas
1918 - 2006
Wálter Guimarães
1913 - 1979
Zilka Salaberry
1917 - 2005
Maurício Rocha e Silva
1910 - 1983
Sérgio Bernardes
1919 - 2002
Carlos Torres Pastorino
1910 - 1980
Eunice Katunda
1915 - 1990
Affonso Évora
1918 - 2008
Arnaldo Süssekind
1917 - 2012
Clemente Isnard
1917 - 2011
Oswaldo Frota-Pessoa
1917 - 2010
Germano Boettcher Sobrinho
1911 - 1977
João Augusto de Araújo Castro
1919 - 1975
Eros Volúsia
1914 - 2004
Oswaldo Louzada
1912 - 2008
Watson Macedo
1918 - 1981
Serafim da Silva Neto
1917 - 1960
Margarita Corona
1911 - 1983
Alex Viany
1918 - 1992
Carlos Henrique da Rocha Lima
1915 - 1991
Áttila de Carvalho
Born 1910
Sarah Aldridge
1911 - 2006
Hélio Beltrão
1916 - 1997
Cacilda Borges Barbosa
1914 - 2010
Evaristo de Moraes Filho
1914 - 2016
Dora Vasconcellos
1910 - 1973
Sílvio Frota
1910 - 1996
Nelson Werneck Sodré
1911 - 1999
Dona Zica
1913 - 2003
Aristides Leão
1914 - 1993
Alberto Zarzur
1912 - 1958
Sérgio Correia da Costa
1919 - 2005
Silas de Oliveira
1916 - 1972
Brandão Filho
1910 - 1998
Azeredo da Silveira
1917 - 1990
Carlos Arthur Thiré
1917 - 1963
Heloísa Helena (actress)
1917 - 1999
Cecilia Miranda de Carvalho
1913 - 2011
Pedro dos Santos
1919 - 1993
Mariuccia Iacovino
1912 - 2008
Edith Behring
1916 - 1996
Orlando Silva
1915 - 1978
Ernâni Vasconcelos
1912 - 1989
Silveira Sampaio
1914 - 1964
Haroldo Lobo
1910 - 1965
Ciro Monteiro
1913 - 1973
Dinorah Marzullo
1919 - 2013
João Petra de Barros
1914 - 1948
Leonor Botteri
1916 - 1998
Laura Russo
1915 - 2001
Raul de Barros
1915 - 2009
Antônio Nássara
1910 - 1996
Sílvio Pinto
1918 - 1997
Newton Canegal
1917 - 2003
Najla Jabor
1915 - 2001
José Honório Rodrigues
1913 - 1987
Euclydes Hatem
1914 - 1984
Aniceto do Império
1912 - 1993
Jorge Veiga
1910 - 1979
Norival
Born 1917
Estelita Bell
1911 - 2005
Licurgo Santos Filho
1910 - 1998
Othon Motta
1913 - 1985
Custódio Mesquita
1910 - 1945
Deo
1914 - 1971
Chagas Freitas
1914 - 1991
Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena
1913 - 2000
Graça Mello
1914 - 1979
Aluizio Freire Ramos Accioly Neto
Born 1912
Waldemar Gonçalves
Born 1916
Miguel Lopes (basketball)
Born 1912
Alziro Zarur
1914 - 1979
Scylla Venâncio
Born 1917
Olga Breno
1911 - 2000
Maria Amélia Buarque de Hollanda
1910 - 2010
Dirceu Quintanilha
1918 - 1994
Joel de Almeida
1913 - 1993
Maximiano Eduardo da Silva Fonseca
1919 - 1998
Ernesto Silva
1914 - 2010
J. Cascata
1912 - 1961
Jefferson Cardim de Alencar Osorio
1912 - 1995
Lucídio Batista da Silva
Born 1919
Newton Teixeira
1916 - 1990
Julius Edgar Arp
Born 1919
Ademar Caballero
Born 1918
Marília Batista
1918 - 1990
Antônio Almeida (compositor)
1911 - 1985
André Villon
1914 - 1985
Médio da Guia
1911 - 1948
Aluizio Lage
Born 1919
Rui Duarte (pentathlete)
Born 1911
Rosa Acle
1916 - 1990
Sílvio Elia
1913 - 1998
Euclides Quandt de Oliveira
1919 - 2013
Walter Pinto
1913 - 1994
Alberto dos Santos Franco
1913 - 2011
Jorge Marcos de Oliveira
1915 - 1989
João Baptista Cordeiro Guerra
1916 - 1993
Evaldo Rui
1913 - 1954
Carolina Cardoso de Menezes
1916 - 1999
Paquito
1915 - 1975
Sebastião José de Oliveira
1918 - 2005
Adolpho Justo Bezerra de Menezes
1910 - 1990
Floriano Peixoto Faria Lima
1917 - 2011
Apollo Miguel Rezk
1918 - 1999
Marsilio Rossi
1916 - 1942
Fernando Belfort Bethlem
1914 - 2001
Janet de Almeida
1919 - 1945
Mário Baratta
1915 - 1983
Plácido Monsores
1912 - 1977
Otávio Augusto Dias Carneiro
1912 - 1968
Margot Louro
1916 - 2011
Milton de Oliveira
1916 - 1986
Suzy Kirbi
1917 - 1980
Haroldo Eiras
1919 - 1980
Joaquim Monteiro de Carvalho
1913 - 2008
Roberto Luiz Assumpção de Araújo
1915 - 2007
João Paulo Burnier
1919 - 2000
Charles Sergel
1911 - 1980
Arlindo Marques Júnior
1913 - 1968
Arnô Canegal
1915 - 1986
Euclydes de Oliveira Figueiredo Filho
1919 - 2009
Alinor Azevedo
1914 - 1974
Délio Jardim de Matos
1916 - 1990
Elin Lauritzen
1916 - 2006
Marina de Vasconcelos
1912 - 1973
Euler Bentes Monteiro
1917 - 2002
Jaldyr Bhering Faustino da Silva
1914 - 1994
Jorge D’Escragnolle Taunay
1917 - 1996
Ruy Santos
1916 - 1989
Roberto Roberti
1915 - 2004
Mozart Gurgel Valente Júnior
1917 - 1970
Rogério Marinho
1919 - 2011
Ednardo D'Ávila Mello
1911 - 1984
Amadeu Celestino
1910 - 2002
Fernando Lobo Carneiro
1913 - 2001
Avena de Castro
1919 - 1981
Floriano Belham
1913 - 1999
Geraldo Azevedo Henning
1917 - 1995
Benjamin Eurico Cruz
1915 - 1992
Vadeco
1912 - 2002
Léo Vilar
1914 - 1969
Hélio de Almeida
1919 - 2002
Klécius Caldas
1919 - 2002
Caio Tácito Sá Viana Pereira de Vasconcelos –
1917 - 2005
Fernando Ferreira Botelho
1913 - 2018
Paulo Niemeyer
1914 - 2004
Mauro Ribeiro Viegas
Born 1919
Raymundo Augusto de Castro Moniz de Aragão – Wi
1912 - 2001
Edna Lott
1919 - 1971
Robin McNair
1918 - 1996
Ciro de Sousa
1911 - 1995
Nelson Ribeiro
Born 1910
Valzinho
1914 - 1980
Marilu
Born 1918
Baiaco
1913 - 1935
Antônio de Carvalho
1913 - 2007
Hugo de Araújo Faria
1915 - 1987
João Francisco de Castro
Born 1911
Francisco Eduardo de Paula Machado
1915 - 2005
Moacyr Ramos Calhelha
Born 1919
Maria Antônia de Castro
1910 - 1946
Zilda do Zé
1919 - 2002
João José Bracony
1919 - 2016
Zezé Fonseca
1915 - 1962
Milton Thiago de Mello
Born 1916
Tobias Warchavski
1917 - 1934
Rubens Campos
1912 - 1985
Amaro da Cunha
Born 1912
César Faria
1919 - 2007
Lígia Maria Lessa Bastos
Born 1919
Luiz Otávio (poeta)
1916 - 1977
Alvaiade (compositor)
1913 - 1981
Henrique de Almeida
1917 - 1985
Sylvia Amelia Carneiro da Cunha
1914 - 2012
Antônio Jorge Corrêa
1912 - 2007
Floriano Augusto Ramos
1914 - 2004
Silvino Ferreira
1915 - 1992
Luís Bittencourt
Born 1915
Leopoldo César de Miranda Lima Filho
Born 1916
Armando Fernandes
1910 - 2000
Domingos Arthur Machado Filho
1914 - 1990
Manuel Pio Correia Júnior
1918 - 2013
Maria Luísa Americano
1918 - 1972
Russo do Pandeiro
1913 - 1985
Aniceto da Portela
1912 - 1982
Aldo Cabral
1912 - 1994
Newton Dias dos Santos
1916 - 1989
Carmen Barbosa
1912 - 1942
Walter Müller dos Reis
1912 - 1987
Newton Tornaghi
Born 1913
Rubens Soares
1911 - 1998
Aloísio Silva Araújo
Born 1910
Babaú da Mangueira
1914 - 1993
Aluísio Dias
1911 - 1991
Viriato José Amaral Nunes
1918 - 1979
Arnaldo Amaral
1912 - 1985
Celeste Aída
1916 - 1984
Mijinha
1918 - 1980
Moisés Alves do Río
1913 - 2000
Samuel Kicis
1913 - 1984
Jorge de Castro
Born 1915
Felipe Jorge Bibí
1910 - 2000
Pereira Matos
1910 - 1966
Heitor Medina
Born 1910
Arnaldo Passos
1910 - 1964
Edgard Cognat
1919 - 1994
José Ferraz da Rocha
1916 - 1993
Nilza Magrassi
1918 - 2010
Oldemar Magalhães
1912 - 1990
José Lacerda de Araújo Feio
1912 - 1973
Moacir Barcelos Potiguara
Born 1919
Francisco Malfitano
1915 - 2011
Hernani Maia
1912 - 2002
Pedroca (compositor)
Born 1913
Madelou de Assis
1915 - 1956
Ezequiel Mendes
1913 - 1993
Francisco Gurgel do Amaral Valente
1915 - 1974
Carlos Alfredo Bernardes
1916 - 1977
Raul Gomes Brandão
1919 - 1978
Barriquinha
Born 1916
Carlos Herculano Inglês de Sousa
1911 - 1964
Dias da Cruz
1911 - 1977
José Duba
1918 - 2006
Lucillo Haddock Lôbo
1916 - 1984
Herbert Franzoni Berla
1912 - 1985
Miguel Alvaro Osório de Almeida
Born 1916
Carlos Calero Rodrigues
1919 - 2011
José Romero
1913 - 1984
Felix Sonnenfeld
1910 - 1993
Rui César Feuerschuette
1912 - 1985
José Rodrigues Cajado Filho
1912 - 1966
João Pereira Filho
1914 - 1986
Osiris de Oliveira Correia
Born 1917
José de Lerner Rodrigues
1911 - 1968
Djalma Esteves
Born 1910
Ivan Luz
Born 1918