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.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Rio de Janeiro during each.
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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- Music
- Politics & Law
- Writing
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Armando Negreiros
Born 1985
Peter Brandão
Born 1994
Paulo Verlings
Born 1985
Fernando Barbosa Lima
1933 - 2008
Vitor Castro de Souza
Born 1988
Carolina Mendelblatt
Born 1979
Herbert Moses
1884 - 1972
Ricardo Vieira
Born 1979
Anjinho Bacil
Born 1971
Patrícia Bueno
Born 1949
Thiago Campos Santos
Born 1984
Médio da Guia
1911 - 1948
Paulo Becskehazy
Born 1949
Mariano Marovatto
Born 1982
Isabela Capeto
Born 1970
Anderson Ribeiro Pereira
Born 1980
Getúlio Côrtes
Born 1938
Arlindo Neto
Born 1991
Octávio Pinto Guimarães
1922 - 1990
Carlos Sandroni
Born 1958
Jorge de Paula
Born 1906
Ana Terra (compositora)
Born 1950
Lica Oliveira
Born 1969
Maria Helena Velasco
Born 1947
Alexandre do Amaral
Born 1982
brTT
Born 1991
Jorge Botelho
1947 - 2019
José Sobral Júnior
Born 1979
Marcello Salazar
Born 1979
Nestor de Montemar
1933 - 1995
Aluizio Lage
Born 1919
Georgina Brandolini d'Adda
Born 1949
Eugênio Latour
1874 - 1942
Roberto Abrussezze
Born 1948
Ximena Aulestia
Born 1952
Cláudia Costa
Born 1962
Carlos Alberto de Barros Franco
Born 1946
Carla Tausz
Born 1963
Mario Adnet
Born 1957
Rui Duarte (pentathlete)
Born 1911
Vinícius Manne
Born 1965
Nestor Cerveró
Born 1951
Gustavo de Conti
Born 1980
Rosa Acle
1916 - 1990
Felipe Pena
Born 1970
Marcos Oliveira
Born 1978
Junior Pericles Pinto Catarina
Born 1989
Fernando Bicudo
Born 1946
Jurandir Pires
1900 - 1982
Sílvio Elia
1913 - 1998
Dora Pellegrino
Born 1960
Cristiane Cardoso
Born 1973
Bec Woods
Born 1984
Naldo Benny
Born 1979
Julita Lemgruber
Born 1945
Bruno Gonçalves Kischinhevsky
Born 1994
Euclides Quandt de Oliveira
1919 - 2013
Sepetiba (footballer)
Born 1986
Hélio Duarte
1906 - 1989
Leoni
Born 1960
Renato Murce
1900 - 1987
Percy Weiss
1955 - 2015
Flávio da Silva Ramos
1889 - 1967
Ademar da Silva Braga Júnior
Born 1976
Vergniaud Mendes
Born 1976
Sérgio Waismann
Born 1955
Júlio César de Noronha
1845 - 1923
Gabriel Constantino
Born 1995
Walmir Amaral
Born 1939
Jean da Silva Duarte
Born 1978
Paulo Celestino
1924 - 1988
Íris Abravanel
Born 1949
José Maria Jacinto Rebelo
1821 - 1871
Ana Helena Berenger
1961 - 2009
Alberto Venancio Filho
Born 1934
Miriam Teresa
Born 1935
Tiquinho
1954 - 2009
Marcelo Ferrari
Born 1989
Carlos Sato
1964 - 2018
Gustavo Claudio da Silva
Born 1988
Rafael Braga
Born 1988
Pedro Fernandes Neto
Born 1983
Guilherme Araújo
1936 - 2007
António Pinto Quartin
1887 - 1970
Jorge Picciani
Born 1955
Larissa Vereza
Born 1986
Pedro Monteiro
Born 1975
Letícia Costa
Born 1995
Cláudio Camunguelo
1947 - 2007
Eduardo Bandeira de Mello
Born 1953
João Loredo
1930 - 2012
Miguel Arraes (ator)
Born 1998
Rafael Souza Silva Novais
Born 1984
Walter Pinto
1913 - 1994
Diego Maia
Born 1990
Xangô da Mangueira
1923 - 2009
Myrna Herzog
Born 1951
Ugo Pinheiro Guimarães
1901 - 1992
Kenya Costta
Born 1960
Astrid Fontenelle
Born 1961
Roberto Abdenur
Born 1942
Lucy Lúpia
1932 - 2012
Humberto André Redes Filho
Born 1945
Angela Rebello
Born 1952
William Arthur Conceição dos Santos
Born 1982
Leo Dias
Born 1975
Thiago Ribeiro da Silva
Born 1985
Alberto dos Santos Franco
1913 - 2011
Pedro Rabelo
1868 - 1905
Roberto Lobo
Born 1938
Vera Sílvia Magalhães
1948 - 2007
Manolo Rey
Born 1967
Carlos Loffler
Born 1960
Valéria Valenssa
Born 1971
Júlia Ruiz
Born 1992
Genair da Silva
Born 1983
Oswaldo Teixeira
1905 - 1974
Leandro Carvalho
Born 1983
Aline dos Santos
Born 1985
Sérgio Henrique Silva Guedes
Born 1979
Ivan Frias
Born 1951
Alexandre da Silva Gabriel
Born 1987
Tetê Medina
Born 1935
Rafael Dias (mixed martial artist)
Born 1979
Marco Antônio Costa
Born 1963
Lionel Fischer
Born 1949
Íris Nascimento
Born 1958
Andréa Richa
Born 1964
Fera da Penha
Born 1937
Robert Rossner
1932 - 1999
Ivan Conti
Born 1946
Claudinho (footballer, born 1991)
Born 1991
João Palma
1941 - 2016
Samuel de Sousa Leão Gracie
1891 - 1967
Ricardo Schnetzer
Born 1953
Alexandre Liuzzi
Born 1973
Claudio Szenkar
1940 - 2002
Robert W. Lichtwardt
1924 - 2018
Jorge Marcos de Oliveira
1915 - 1989
Fabrício Silva Cabral
Born 1981
Diego Francisco
Born 1997
Nélson Freire Lavanére-Wanderley
1909 - 1985
Humberto Catalano
1904 - 2000
Rodrigo Santos
Born 1960
Luiz Fernando Ferreira Maximiniano
Born 1995
José Caetano de Faria
1855 - 1936
Rafael Ilha
Born 1973
Anna Tokiko
Born 1988
Matheus Borges
Born 1993
Luana Bartholo
Born 1985
Mauro José Miranda Gandra
1933 - 2018
Michel Melamed
Born 1976
Artur Silva Pomoceno
Born 1997
Valdivia (footballer, born 1992)
Born 1992
Ana Maria Moretzsohn
Born 1947
Haroldo Domingues
Born 1897
Ricardo Câmara
1963 - 2001
Guilherme Trajano
Born 1980
Marco Antônio Cabral
Born 1991
Mumuzinho
Born 1983
Bruno Chateaubriand
Born 1975
Luiza Mariani
Born 1980
Raf Vilar
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Aline Calixto
Born 1980
Clayton Soares do Nascimento
Born 1978
Yassir Chediak
Born 1971
Emília Rey
Born 1958
Edmar Japiassú Maia
Born 1941
Pelézinha
Born 1964
Manuel Amoroso Costa
1885 - 1928
Márcio Gesteira da Silva
Born 1983
Argemiro da Portela
1923 - 2003
Ana Maria Gosling
Born 1985
Pedro Paulo Guise Carneiro Lopes
1957 - 1991
Rodrigo Sant'Anna
Born 1981
Julia Brown (organist)
Born 1965
João Baptista Cordeiro Guerra
1916 - 1993
Christian Rosa
Born 1982
Domingos Jaci Monteiro
1831 - 1896
Mabel Cezar
Born 1975
Manoel Luiz Salgado Guimarães
1952 - 2010
Renata Capucci
Born 1973
Paulo César Correia de Souza
Born 1957
Bernardo Bessler
Born 1954
Fernanda Gentil
Born 1984
Getulio Delphim
Born 1938
André Corrêa
Born 1964
Rodrigo Maria Berquó
1839 - 1896
Waldyr Sant'anna
1936 - 2018
Ricardo Linhares
Born 1962
Diogo Portela
Born 1988
Wander Pires
Born 1972
Fernanda Crispim
Born 1977
Zé Nogueira
1955 - 2019
Cássio Loredano
Born 1948
Vinícius Colombiano
Born 1988
Larissa Erthal
Born 1983
Rogério Hetmanek
Born 1948
Márcio Gomes
Born 1970
Newton Martins
1935 - 2011
Fernanda Baronne
Born 1977
Shirley Carvalhaes
Born 1954
Ronaldo Wrobel
Born 1968
Marcelo Yuka
1965 - 2019
Ana Luíza Guimarães
Born 1966
Márcia Peltier
Born 1958
Felipe de Almeida Gomes
Born 1988
Rico Malvar
Born 1957
Vânia Dantas Leite
1945 - 2018
Afro-X
Born 1973
Wagner Tardelli
Born 1964
Peterson Adriano
Born 1978
Eduardo Bacellar Leal Ferreira
Born 1952
Evaldo Rui
1913 - 1954
Heloísa Alberto Torres
1895 - 1977
Nilo Romero
Born 1960
Antônio Barros de Castro
1938 - 2011
Maurício Torres
1971 - 2014
Lorena Calabria
Born 1964
Alexandre Cerdeira
Born 1980
Carlos Seidl
Born 1948
Marcelo Garcia
Born 1972
Paulo Vignolo
Born 1969
Luís Fernando Freire
Born 1938
Djin Sganzerla
Born 1977
Carlos Eduardo Alves
Born 1959
Chú Santos
Born 1990
Octavio Aragão
Born 1964
Mônica Rossi
Born 1963
Rogério Lemgruber
1956 - 1992
Gustavo Lima
Born 1977
Rose Nascimento
Born 1966
Hahnemann Guimarães
1901 - 1980
Carolina Cardoso de Menezes
1916 - 1999
Peter von Siemens (Manager, 1937)
Born 1937
Ivo Meirelles
1962 - 2013
Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr
1936 - 2010
Ana Paula de Lima Pereira
Born 1971
José Leonardo
Born 1977
Roberto Morena
1902 - 1978
Ferrugem (cantor)
Born 1988
Douglas Sampaio
Born 1993
Artur Mariano
Born 1974
Luís Gastão d'Escragnolle Dória
1869 - 1948
Carlinhos Felix
Born 1962
Gilberto Hernandez
Born 1970
Edward Joaquim Amadeo Swaelen
Born 1956
Thiaré Maia
Born 1981
Paulo José da Silva Gama
1779 - 1826
Nelson dos Santos
Born 1952
José Trajano
Born 1946
Verônica Costa
Born 1974
Alfredo Karam
Born 1925
Alysson Marendaz Marins
Born 1976
Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro
Born 1960
Mariana Xavier
Born 1980
Thaís Portinho
Born 1941
Aline Riscado
Born 1987
André Filho (dublador)
1946 - 1997
Christian Uflacker
Born 1985
Augusto Martins
Born 1969
Carlos Alberto Cunha Garcia
Born 1961
Francisco Acquarone
1898 - 1954
Léo Maia
Born 1976
Lauro Góes
Born 1944
Gastão d'Escragnolle, Baron d'Escragnolle
1821 - 1888
Miriam Mambrini
Born 1938
Christiane Pelajo
1971 - 1996
Álvaro Garnero
Born 1968
Leonardo Luís Andrade de Oliveira
Born 1983
David da Silva Lima
Born 1990
José de Arimathéa
1920 - 1992
Jackson Sousa
Born 1990
Paquito
1915 - 1975
Emerson Pinheiro
Born 1974
Fê Lemos
Born 1962
Jonathan Azevedo
Born 1986
Pedro Corrêa
Born 1948
Marina de La Riva
Born 1973
Itamar Tavares
1890 - 1925
Luís Filipe de Lima
Born 1967
Rosa Freire d’Aguiar
Born 1948
Goulart de Andrade
1933 - 2016
Jorge Eduardo Gomes de Souza
Born 1965
Newton da Matta
1946 - 2006
Inácio Ferreira Pinto
1765 - 1828
Garotinho (locutor)
Born 1940
Michelle Nascimento
Born 1984
Paula Parisot
Born 1978
Mariana Gross
Born 1979
Maria Beltrão
Born 1971
Sebastião José de Oliveira
1918 - 2005
Carlinhos de Jesus
Born 1953
Mauricio Oliveira
Born 1974
João Cunha
Born 1976
Zaquia Jorge
1924 - 1957
Hélio de la Peña
Born 1959
Marcinho (footballer, born 1996)
Born 1996
Berto Filho
1940 - 2016
Felipe Fortuna
Born 1963