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.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Writing
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Alexandre Martins de Castro Filho
1970 - 2003
Washington Rodrigues
Born 1936
Gilda Sarmento
1928 - 1999
Toninho Barroso
Born 1951
Joseval Peixoto
Born 1938
Milton Temer
Born 1938
Luís Ernesto Lacombe
Born 1966
André Patrocínio
Born 1990
Dominguinhos do Estácio
Born 1941
Micaela Góes
Born 1975
Flávio Augusto da Silva
Born 1972
George Jackson (footballer, born 1987)
Born 1987
Anescarzinho do Salgueiro
1929 - 2000
Dulce Conforto
Born 1956
Gabriela Soares
Born 1993
Luiz Paulo Barreto
Born 1964
Arthur Dapieve
Born 1963
Aparecida Petrowky
Born 1982
Jonathan Oliveira Guimarães
Born 1991
Leandro Gil Miranda da Silva
Born 1978
Gil Coelho
Born 1987
Cristina Fagundes
Born 1976
Flordelis
Born 1961
Cândido das Neves
1899 - 1934
Xande de Pilares
Born 1969
Filipe Cavalcante
Born 2000
Ryan do Nascimento Ramos
Born 1992
Álvaro Tito
Born 1965
Rodrigo Alvarez
Born 1974
Renato Lage
Born 1949
Leonel Azevedo
1908 - 1980
Belisa Ribeiro
Born 1954
Leozão
Born 1991
Antônio Carlos (ator)
Born 1993
Verônica Brito
Born 1986
Zinho (footballer, born 1962)
Born 1962
Virgínia Lane
1920 - 2014
Érika Menezes
Born 1988
Newton Cruz
Born 1924
Sérgio Arruda
Born 1943
Jorge Degas
Born 1953
Alexandre Dantas
Born 1979
Caio Terra
Born 1986
Edson Frederico
1948 - 2011
Pérola Faria
Born 1991
Jojo Maronttinni
Born 1997
Wilton Franco
1930 - 2012
Aníbal Ferreira Gomes
Born 1953
Nair Amorim
Born 1933
Henrique Vogeler
1888 - 1944
Marcelo Luís Pimentel
Born 1972
Luciano Perrone
1908 - 2001
Cristianne Fridman
Born 1961
Carley Gracie
-
Helga Nemeczyk
Born 1980
Elymar Santos
Born 1952
Rose Rondelli
1934 - 2005
André Marinho
Born 1978
Mulher Pepita
Born 1990
Padre Antônio Maria
Born 1945
MC Marcelly
Born 1992
Tereza Virginia
Born 1960
João Marcello Bôscoli
Born 1970
Escadinha
1956 - 2004
João Roberto Kelly
Born 1938
Carlos Eugênio de Andrade Guimarães
1851 - 1920
Flávio Molina
1956 - 1998
Tino Júnior
Born 1975
Mário Jorge
Born 1954
Thelma Guedes
Born 1962
Cafú (Fußballspieler, 1972)
Born 1972
Michel Bessler
Born 1949
Monarco
Born 1933
Adolpho Justo Bezerra de Menezes
1910 - 1990
Manuel da Cunha
1737 - 1809
Floriano Peixoto Faria Lima
1917 - 2011
Gleuber Vieira
Born 1933
Amin Khader
Born 1959
Marcos Silva
Born 1954
Júlio Chaves
Born 1944
Luiz Carlos Júnior
Born 1966
Maria do Rosário Nascimento e Silva
1949 - 2010
Fabi Bang
Born 1984
Wagner Dias Bastos
Born 1965
Gisele Nascimento
Born 1984
Joana Balaguer
Born 1984
Pedro Sol
Born 1985
Sapão (cantor)
1979 - 2019
Matheus Petinatti
Born 1971
Buci Moreira
1909 - 1982
Cadu Salles
Born 1959
Isabela Scalabrini
Born 1957
Carlos Chambelland
1884 - 1950
Lílian Knapp
Born 1948
Jacky Del Rio
Born 1946
Carlos Roberto da Silva Santos
Born 1981
Marcos Uchôa
Born 1958
Olavo Egydio Monteiro de Carvalho
Born 1942
Vera Lúcia Machado
Born 1946
Yani de Simone
Born 1989
José d'Assunção Barros
Born 1967
Antônio Carlos (radialista)
Born 1937
Regina Navarro Lins
Born 1948
Andréa de Nóbrega
Born 1968
Flávio Lemos
Born 1963
André Lavaquial
Born 1978
Wendell Oliveira
Born 1983
Felipe Joffily
Born 1976
Quinho
Born 1957
Paulinho (músico)
Born 1952
Letícia Braga
Born 2005
Francisco Carlos
1928 - 2003
Horácio Nunes Pires
1855 - 1919
Eduardo de Sá
1866 - 1940
Ademar de Queirós
1899 - 1984
João Goulart Filho
Born 1956
Zaíra de Oliveira
1891 - 1951
Otávio Aguiar de Medeiros
1922 - 2005
Patrick Laplan
Born 1978
Manoel Vieira
1905 - 1979
MC Smith
Born 1987
Sérgio Bittencourt
1941 - 1979
Hubert Aranha
Born 1960
Kim (cantor)
Born 1967
Guilherme Prates
Born 1993
Apollo Miguel Rezk
1918 - 1999
Cláudio Amado
Born 1974
Raul Deveza
1891 - 1952
Menor do Chapa
Born 1982
Mário Navarro da Costa
1883 - 1931
Zé da Zilda
1908 - 1954
Mario Guedes
Born 1958
Kadu Carneiro
1960 - 2005
Loro Jones
Born 1961
Tina Roma
Born 1970
Peter Siemsen
Born 1967
Aurimar Rocha
1934 - 1979
Carlos Rodrigues
Born 1957
Thiago Bomfim
Born 1990
Diego Matamoros
-
Maria Regina Lobo Leite Figueiredo
1938 - 1972
Elisário Bahiana
1891 - 1980
Francisco Gil Castelo Branco
1886 - 1956
Rafael Gomes
Born 1980
Hilton Gomes
1924 - 1999
José Correia de Lima
1814 - 1857
Mário Pederneiras
1867 - 1915
Benjamin Steinbruch
Born 1953
Lidia Santos
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Inácio Joaquim Barbosa
1821 - 1855
Yvonne Maggie
Born 1944
Marsilio Rossi
1916 - 1942
Rodrigo Steimbach
Born 1996
Mário Castelo Branco Barreto
1879 - 1931
Antônio Carlos Rodrigues dos Santos Júnior
Born 1989
Antônio Patiño
1929 - 2014
Bruno Cardoso
Born 1981
Santiago Andrade
1964 - 2014
Hildegard Angel
Born 1949
Juliana Franceschi
Born 1985
Fernando Belfort Bethlem
1914 - 2001
Marquinhos Gomes
Born 1971
Charles Myara
Born 1959
Sérgio Von Helder
Born 1959
Roberto Magalhães (artista)
Born 1940
Odette de Carvalho e Souza
1904 - 1970
Kiko (músico)
Born 1952
Chiquinho da Mangueira
Born 1954
Giovana Cordeiro
Born 1996
Márcia Gabrielle
Born 1964
Rubens Bayma Denys
Born 1929
Gabriel Henrique Silva
Born 1989
Eric Novello
Born 1978
Ualas da Conceição Martins
Born 1982
Verônica Sacer
Born 1974
Pedro Paulo Carvalho
Born 1972
Carolina Pavanelli
Born 1987
Marcos Mello
Born 1966
Miguel Couto Filho
1900 - 1969
Gabriel Torres
Born 1974
David Pinheiro
Born 1950
Bruno Montaleone
Born 1996
Carmela Dutra
1884 - 1947
Luiza Ungerer
Born 1988
Mariana Caltabiano
Born 1972
Tite de Lemos
1942 - 1989
Sérgio Aguiar
Born 1970
Edgar Duvivier
Born 1955
Antônio Bento de Faria
1876 - 1959
Luís Pedreira do Couto Ferraz
1818 - 1886
Celina Vargas do Amaral Peixoto
Born 1944
Riva Blanche
1937 - 1998
Antonia Adnet
Born 1985
Fernando Fernandes Rodrigues
Born 1993
Júlia Maggessi
Born 1998
Epaminondas Gomes dos Santos
1891 - 1978
Armando Costa
1933 - 1984
Alda Verona
1898 - 1989
Sérgio Cantú
Born 1981
Carla Juaçaba
Born 1976
Sérgio Teixeira de Macedo
1809 - 1867
Ronaldo Resedá
1945 - 1984
Janet de Almeida
1919 - 1945
Ary Vasconcelos
1926 - 2003
João Araújo (empresário)
1935 - 2013
Lina Rossana
Born 1956
André Soares (político)
Born 1974
Mário Baratta
1915 - 1983
Fabio Arruda
Born 1970
Robson Gracie
Born 1935
Bruno Ribas
Born 1975
Robert von Steiger
1856 - 1941
Plácido Monsores
1912 - 1977
Adílson Ramos
Born 1945
Bruno Mendonça (field hockey)
Born 1984
Heloísa Millet
1947 - 2013
Vitor Thiré
Born 1993
Mahmundi
Born 1987
Lula Buarque
Born 1963
Rodrigo Rodrigues
1975 - 2020
Luiza Lobo
Born 1948
Pedro Braconnot
Born 1961
Bruno Luiz de Almeida Rodrigues
Born 1984
Marcos Soares (político)
Born 1978
Reinaldo Figueiredo
Born 1952
Patrícia Perrone
Born 1973
Paulo Barboza
1944 - 2018
Felippe Moraes
Born 1988
Ottilia Rodrigues Affonso Mitidieri
Born 1927
Abrahão Saliture
Born 1885
Otávio Augusto Dias Carneiro
1912 - 1968
Janser Barreto
Born 1962
Regina Villela dos Santos
Born 1957
Henrique Haddad
Born 1987
Vagareza
1928 - 1997
Miguel Rosenberg
1926 - 2016
Selminha Sorriso
Born 1971
Arnaldo Montel
1930 - 2008
Alex de Souza
Born 1970
Jorge Luís Rocha de Paula
1958 - 1995
Max de Castro
Born 1972
Rodrigo Faour
Born 1972
Admar Gonzaga
Born 1960
Margot Louro
1916 - 2011
Léo Pinheiro
Born 1976
Iris DeBrito
Born 1945
Roberto Paiva
1921 - 2014
Caroline Hildebrandt
Born 1985
Alcir Portela
1944 - 2008
Erasmo Martins Pedro
1921 - 2003
José Roberto de Almeida Pinto
Born 1953
Verônica Sabino
Born 1960
Adriano Alves
Born 2002
Affonso Solano
Born 1981
Daniel Torres
Born 1993
Leila Sterenberg
Born 1971
Helena Jobim
1931 - 2015
Roberto Gnattali
Born 1948
Newton Estillac Leal
1893 - 1955
Milton de Oliveira
1916 - 1986
Melissa (cantora)
Born 1962
Mané Galinha
Died 1979
Ruy Carneiro
Born 1970
Solange Gomes
Born 1974
Ângela do Amaral Rangel
Born 1725
Bruno Sarpa Costa
Born 1984
Osvaldo Sargentelli
1924 - 2002
Vinícius Moreno
Born 1999
William Douglas Resinente dos Santos
Born 1967
Márcio Fortes de Almeida
Born 1941
Raquel Nunes
Born 1977
Dona Neuma
1922 - 2000
Nega Gizza
Born 1977
Carlos Augusto de Carvalho
1851 - 1905
Xande Valois
Born 2004
Mauricio Motta Gomes
-
Dandara Mariana
Born 1988
Jorge Armando Felix
Born 1939
Maurício Kubrusly
Born 1945
Ricardo Liborio
Born 1967
Philippe Maia
Born 1977
Ciganerey
Born 1965
Vanilda Leão
Born 1977
Márcio Alexandre Bastos da Costa
Born 1971
Jorge Felippe Neto
Born 1992
Suzy Kirbi
1917 - 1980
Sérgio Ferretti
1937 - 2018
Rhooney de Oliveira Ferramenta
Born 1985
Fluvia Lacerda
Born 1980
Lucília Simões
1879 - 1962
Ronaldo Cezar Coelho
Born 1947
Affonso Celso de Ouro-Preto
Born 1938
Paulinho Mocidade
Born 1960
Zabelê (cantora)
Born 1978
Flávia Saddy
Born 1978
Mariana Leão
Born 1975
Roberta Medina
Born 1978
Alfredo Marcos da Silva Junior
Born 1986
Pedro Karp Vasquez
Born 1954
Rolker Gracie
Born 1964