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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Roberto Marinho
1904 - 2003
Bernardo Carvalho
Born 1960
João Pinheiro Chagas
1863 - 1925
João do Rio
1881 - 1921
Fátima Bernardes
Born 1962
Pedro Bial
Born 1958
Galvão Bueno
Born 1950
Octávio Frias
1912 - 2007
Marcelo Rezende
1951 - 2017
Otávio de Faria
1908 - 1980
Cora Rónai
Born 1953
José Castello
Born 1951
Merval Pereira
Born 1949
Glória Maria
Born 1949
Glenda Kozlowski
Born 1974
Heloísa Seixas
Born 1952
Victorino Chermont
1973 - 2016
Renata Vasconcellos
Born 1972
Ana Paula Araújo (newscaster)
Born 1972
Prudente de Moraes Neto
1904 - 1977
Paula Saldanha
Born 1953
Renato Machado
Born 1943
Cecília Malan
Born 1983
Joracy Camargo
1898 - 1973
Domingos Meirelles
Born 1940
Antônio Carlos Villaça
1928 - 2005
Ali Kamel
Born 1962
Hélio Silva (jornalista)
1904 - 1995
Felipe Moura Brasil
Born 1981
Claudia Wallin
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Miguel Gustavo
1922 - 1972
Manoel Francisco do Nascimento Brito
1922 - 2003
Eric Nepomuceno
Born 1948
Duda Little
Born 1979
Mara Luquet
Born 1965
Cristina Lyra
Born 1976
André Trigueiro
Born 1966
Alan Riding
Born 1943
Sandra Moreyra
1954 - 2015
Villas-Bôas Corrêa
1923 - 2016
Garcia Redondo
1854 - 1916
Zózimo Barrozo do Amaral
1941 - 1997
Fabíola Imaculada de Oliveira
Born 1953
Paulo Henrique Amorim
1942 - 2019
Cláudia Cruz
Born 1967
Guilherme Fiuza
Born 1965
Carla Vilhena
Born 1967
Leilane Neubarth
Born 1958
Laura Bergallo
Born 1958
Sérgio Sá Leitão
Born 1967
Teixeira Heizer
1932 - 2016
Phelipe Siani
Born 1984
Pedro Andrade
Born 1979
Andrew Parsons (sports administrator)
Born 1977
Rosental Calmon Alves
Born 1952
Luiz Paulo Horta
1943 - 2013
Christina Rocha
Born 1957
Carla Cecato
Born 1978
Míriam Martinho
Born 1954
Sergio Leo
Born 1963
Pedro Vedova
Born 1984
Eliane Cantanhêde
Born 1952
Ibrahim Sued
1924 - 1995
Luís Edmundo
1878 - 1961
Pedro Doria
Born 1974
Júlio Delamare
1928 - 1973
Fernando Barbosa Lima
1933 - 2008
Herbert Moses
1884 - 1972
Ximena Aulestia
Born 1952
Astrid Fontenelle
Born 1961
Leo Dias
Born 1975
Bruno Chateaubriand
Born 1975
Renata Capucci
Born 1973
Fernanda Gentil
Born 1984
Larissa Erthal
Born 1983
Márcio Gomes
Born 1970
Ana Luíza Guimarães
Born 1966
Márcia Peltier
Born 1958
Lorena Calabria
Born 1964
José Trajano
Born 1946
Christiane Pelajo
1971 - 1996
Goulart de Andrade
1933 - 2016
Mariana Gross
Born 1979
Maria Beltrão
Born 1971
Berto Filho
1940 - 2016
Washington Rodrigues
Born 1936
Joseval Peixoto
Born 1938
Luís Ernesto Lacombe
Born 1966
Arthur Dapieve
Born 1963
Belisa Ribeiro
Born 1954
Luiz Carlos Júnior
Born 1966
Isabela Scalabrini
Born 1957
Marcos Uchôa
Born 1958
Sérgio Bittencourt
1941 - 1979
Tina Roma
Born 1970
Hilton Gomes
1924 - 1999
Hildegard Angel
Born 1949
Juliana Franceschi
Born 1985
Gabriel Torres
Born 1974
Sérgio Aguiar
Born 1970
Antônio Bento de Faria
1876 - 1959
Ary Vasconcelos
1926 - 2003
Paulo Barboza
1944 - 2018
Rodrigo Faour
Born 1972
Leila Sterenberg
Born 1971
Maurício Kubrusly
Born 1945
Mariana Leão
Born 1975
Mauro Ferreira
Born 1965
Vanessa Riche
Born 1972
Sandra Passarinho
Born 1950
Helena Chagas
Born 1961
Wilson Aguiar Filho
1951 - 1991
Tutty Vasques
Born 1954
William Travassos
Born 1969
Paulo Stein
Born 1947
Evandro Carlos de Andrade
1931 - 2001
Renata Cordeiro
Born 1970
Ricardo Lessa
Born 1956
Sérgio Noronha
1932 - 2020
Luiz Carlos Braga (jornalista)
Born 1961
Eric Faria
Born 1974
Roby Porto
Born 1964
Claudio Dantas Sequeira
Born 1977
Mauro Naves
Born 1959
Flávia Oliveira
Born 1969
Samuel Wainer Filho
1955 - 1984
Jorge Nunes
1950 - 2014
Lucas Pereira (jornalista)
Born 1972
Claudia Cataldi
Born 1971
José Ilan
Born 1970
Leila Richers
Born 1955
Luiz Ribeiro
Born 1959
Raphael Rezende
Born 1984
Letícia Levy
Born 1974
Erika Palomino
Born 1967
Hamilton Rodrigues
Born 1966
Rogério Marinho
1919 - 2011
Dora Kramer
Born 1955
Bira Valdez
1953 - 2005
Eratóstenes Frazão
1901 - 1977
Carlos Bianchini
Born 1945
Mauro de Almeida
1882 - 1956
Adriana de Castro
Born 1967
Maneco Muller
1923 - 2005
Alberto Léo
1950 - 2016
Luis Fernando Correia
Born 1961
Diego Luri
Born 1985
André Fernandes (jornalista)
Born 1971
Alexandre Tadeu
Born 1967
Claudio Lessa
Born 1955
Juliana Maggi
Born 1978
Carlos Leonam
Born 1939
Arlênio Lívio Gomes
1942 - 2003
Tárik de Souza
Born 1946
Rodolfo Fernandes (jornalista)
1962 - 2011
Aline Hungria
1963 - 2001
Pedro Palma
1967 - 2014
Osmar de Araújo Frazão
Born 1936
Sylvia Amelia Carneiro da Cunha
1914 - 2012
Vicente Piragibe
1879 - 1959
João Crisóstomo Melício
1836 - 1899
Pedro Paulo Malta
Born 1976
Jorge Luiz Brasil
Born 1968
Cândido de Campos
1885 - 1954
Maria Helena Dutra
1937 - 2008
Aparício Pires
1925 - 2008
Afonso Cavalcanti do Livramento
1855 - 1941
Luiz Morier
Born 1951