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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Beth Goulart
Born 1961
Jorge Paulo Lemann
Born 1939
Daniela Thomas
Born 1959
Marcelo Serrado
Born 1967
Carlos Latuff
Born 1968
Nelson Cavaquinho
1911 - 1986
Bruno Quadros
Born 1977
Ana Beatriz Nogueira
Born 1967
Elizete Cardoso
1920 - 1990
Mazinho Oliveira
Born 1965
Elizabeth de Portzamparc
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Sandro Silva
Born 1984
Princess Januária of Brazil
1822 - 1901
Emerson (footballer, born 1972)
Born 1972
Hugo Henrique Assis do Nascimento
Born 1980
João Barbosa Rodrigues
1842 - 1909
Luiz Alberto da Silva Oliveira
Born 1977
Sylvia Telles
1934 - 1966
Gabriel Gonzaga
Born 1979
Paulo Francis
1930 - 1997
Daniele Suzuki
Born 1977
Alexandre Lopes
Born 1974
Jackie Silva
Born 1962
Hugo Carvana
1937 - 2014
Jorge Mautner
Born 1941
Johnny Alf
1929 - 2010
Luis Martins de Souza Dantas
1876 - 1954
Léa Garcia
Born 1933
Phellipe Haagensen
Born 1984
Felipe Ventura dos Santos
Born 1984
Aline Barros
Born 1976
João Carlos Pinto Chaves
Born 1982
Bárbara Seixas
Born 1987
Kyra Gracie
Born 1985
Norma Blum
Born 1939
Fabrício Silva Dornellas
Born 1990
Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Born 1972
Carlos Chagas Filho
1910 - 2000
Newton Mendonça
1927 - 1960
Mário Henrique Simonsen
1935 - 1997
Maria Flor
Born 1983
Nalbert Bitencourt
Born 1974
Pedrinho (born 1977)
Born 1977
Antônio Francisco Braga
1868 - 1945
Érika de Souza
Born 1982
Paula Morelenbaum
Born 1962
Muralha
Born 1993
Emilinha Borba
1923 - 2005
Carlos Minc
Born 1951
Luiz Antônio de Souza Soares
Born 1991
Adalgisa Nery
1905 - 1980
Flávia Saraiva
Born 1999
Maicon Souza
Born 1985
Fernando Camilo Farias
Born 1986
Heloísa Périssé
Born 1966
Antonio Patriota
Born 1954
Arnaldo Jabor
Born 1940
Ronald de Carvalho
1893 - 1935
Isabela Garcia
Born 1967
Oswaldo de Oliveira
Born 1950
Sérgio Paulo Rouanet
Born 1934
Jamelão
1913 - 2008
Victor Simões
Born 1981
Antônio Carlos (footballer)
Born 1983
Lobão
Born 1957
Edgar Roquette-Pinto
1884 - 1954
Marco Lucchesi
Born 1963
Fátima Bernardes
Born 1962
João Nogueira
1941 - 2000
Claudio Roditi
1946 - 2020
Paula Toller
Born 1962
Dom Um Romão
1925 - 2005
John Neschling
Born 1947
Cássio Albuquerque dos Anjos
Born 1980
Henrique Oswald
1852 - 1931
José Guilherme Merquior
1941 - 1991
Jaques Wagner
Born 1951
Adriana Behar
Born 1969
Marcelinho (footballer, born 1987)
Born 1987
Irene Ravache
Born 1944
Tita
Born 1958
Pretinha
Born 1975
Carolina Dieckmann
Born 1978
Evaristo de Macedo
Born 1933
Jaques Morelenbaum
Born 1954
Dalton Vigh
Born 1964
David Perlov
1930 - 2003
Bruno Rangel
1981 - 2016
Dadá Maravilha
Born 1946
Bussunda
1962 - 2006
Thaísa Menezes
Born 1987
Júlio Bressane
Born 1946
Athos Bulcão
1918 - 2008
Marcelo Gonçalves Costa Lopes
Born 1966
Prince Pedro Augusto of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1866 - 1934
Mário Sérgio Pontes de Paiva
1950 - 2016
Anna Bella Geiger
Born 1933
Wilson das Neves
1936 - 2017
Dewi Sandra
Born 1980
Ribamar
Born 1997
Otto Glória
1917 - 1986
Luiz Melodia
1951 - 2017
Zezé Polessa
Born 1953
Leny Andrade
Born 1943
José Carlos da Costa Araújo
1962 - 2009
Neto (footballer, born 1985)
Born 1985
Neville Bowles Chamberlain
1820 - 1902
Joanna (singer)
Born 1957
Edson Tavares
Born 1956
Rosaly Lopes
Born 1957
Danielle Winits
Born 1973
Ney Rosauro
Born 1952
Oswaldo Goeldi
1895 - 1961
Sassá (footballer)
Born 1994
Paulinho (footballer, born 2000)
Born 2000
Rodrigo Souto
Born 1983
Adílio
Born 1956
Edu Coimbra
Born 1947
Roberto Ierusalimschy
Born 1960
Alvarenga Peixoto
1742 - 1792
Pedro Bromfman
Born 1976
Rodrigo Amarante
Born 1976
Roger Galera Flores
Born 1978
Sandra de Sá
Born 1955
Pedro Rizzo
Born 1974
Douglas Luiz
Born 1998
Wergiton do Rosario Calmon
Born 1988
Cesar Maia
Born 1945
Josimar
Born 1961
Marcelo Camelo
Born 1978
Rildo da Costa Menezes
Born 1942
Gabriela Alemán
Born 1968
Louise Cardoso
Born 1952
Tatá Werneck
Born 1983
Joel Antônio Martins
1931 - 2003
Nathan Júnior
Born 1989
Bruno Tolentino
1940 - 2007
João Moreira Salles
Born 1962
Valesca Popozuda
Born 1978
Thiago Martins (ator)
Born 1988
Marcelinho Machado
Born 1975
Suely Franco
Born 1939
Cristian Machado
Born 1974
Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald
1905 - 1985
Carol Castro
Born 1984
Paulo Gracindo
1911 - 1995
Olga Souza
Born 1968
Welinton
Born 1989
Anderson Costa
Born 1984
França Júnior
1838 - 1890
António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro
1848 - 1920
Carlos Lamarca
1937 - 1971
Anthony Garotinho
Born 1960
Antônio Carlos Santos
Born 1964
Bernard Rajzman
Born 1957
Raul de Souza
Born 1934
San Tiago Dantas
1911 - 1964
Lúcio Wagner
Born 1976
Dino da Costa
1931 - 2020
Jymmy França
Born 1984
Jorge Antunes (composer)
Born 1942
Ingrid Oliveira
Born 1996
Oswaldo Montenegro
Born 1956
Luiz Felipe Lampreia
1941 - 2016
Hélio Jaguaribe
1923 - 2018
Helena Fernandes
Born 1968
Pedro Bial
Born 1958
Clarissa dos Santos
Born 1988
Miguel Bombarda
1851 - 1910
Juliana Alves
Born 1982
Augusto da Costa
1920 - 2004
Marcelo Crivella
Born 1957
Joel Santana
Born 1948
Igor Sartori
Born 1993
Marquinhos (basketball)
Born 1984
Tande
Born 1970
Rafael Marques Pinto
Born 1983
Thiago Xavier Rodrigues Corrêa
Born 1983
José Osvaldo de Meira Penna
1917 - 2017
Kátia Cilene Teixeira
Born 1977
Ricardo Ferretti
Born 1954
Rickson Gracie
Born 1958
Patrick Bezerra do Nascimento
Born 1992
Angela Ro Ro
Born 1949
Fernanda Motta
Born 1981
Floriano Peixoto (actor)
Born 1959
Leonardo Vieira
Born 1968
Adriana Falcão
Born 1960
Renê Júnior
Born 1989
DJ Marlboro
Born 1963
Gustavo Corção
1896 - 1978
Eduardo Paes
Born 1969
Paulo César Saraceni
1933 - 2012
Mosquito (footballer)
Born 1996
Luiz Eça
1936 - 1992
Galvão Bueno
Born 1950
Luíz Carlos
Born 1985
Bola Sete
1923 - 1987
Romero Lubambo
Born 1955
Sérgio Sant'Anna
1941 - 2020
Henrique da Rocha Lima
1879 - 1956
Ithamara Koorax
Born 1965
Sandra Pires
Born 1973
Peterson Peçanha
Born 1980
Irio De Paula
1939 - 2017
Amora Mautner
Born 1975
Sidney Cristiano dos Santos
Born 1981
Candido Mendes (Schriftsteller)
Born 1928
Leci Brandão
Born 1944
Aluizio Abranches
Born 1961
Fernando Giudicelli
1906 - 1968
Princess Leopoldina of Brazil
1847 - 1871
Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues
Born 1981
Marques Rebelo
1907 - 1973
Silvio Tendler
Born 1950
Samara Felippo
Born 1978
William Matheus
Born 1990
Babu Santana
Born 1979
Arthur Wehnelt
1871 - 1944
Francisco Freire Allemão e Cysneiro
1797 - 1874
Celso Fonseca
Born 1956
Aracy de Almeida
1914 - 1988
Julia Bacha
Born 1980
Mario Lago (attore)
1911 - 2002
Daniella Sarahyba
Born 1984
Deborah Colker
Born 1960
Antenor Nascentes
1886 - 1972
Laudir de Oliveira
1940 - 2017
Luiz Alfredo Garcia Roza
1936 - 2020
Ângela Vieira
Born 1952
Marcelo Viana
Born 1962
Marieta Severo
Born 1946
Michel Ferreira dos Santos
Born 1990
Eduardo Spohr
Born 1976
Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo
1872 - 1963
Caio Rangel
Born 1996
Alexsander Freitas
Born 1974
Cristiana Oliveira
Born 1963
Zé Mário (footballer, born 1949)
Born 1949
Juliano Mineiro
Born 1986
João Paulo Cuenca
Born 1978
Alexandre Torres
Born 1966
Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior
1845 - 1898
Olivia Byington
Born 1958
Sergio Rodrigues (architect)
1927 - 2014
Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1867 - 1922
Márcio Garcia
Born 1970
Fellipe Bastos
Born 1990
Antônio Lopes
Born 1941
Marcolino Gomes Candau
1911 - 1983
Joel Rufino dos Santos
1941 - 2015
Daniella Perez
1970 - 1992
Rodrigo de Souza Cardoso
Born 1982
Letícia Spiller
Born 1973
Paulo Ricardo
Born 1962
Ronaldo Bôscoli
1928 - 1994
Leandro Silva Wanderley
Born 1979
Danilo Caymmi
Born 1948
Vander Sacramento Vieira
Born 1988
Paul Milliet
1855 - 1924
Murilo Bustamante
Born 1966
Antônio Carlos Cunha Capocasali Júnior
Born 1993
Alexandre Frota
Born 1963
Patrícia Araújo
1982 - 2019
Heitor da Silva Costa
1873 - 1947
Rubens Gerchman
1942 - 2008
António Cândido Gonçalves Crespo
1846 - 1883
Sérgio Rezende
Born 1951
Arlindo Cruz
Born 1958
Henrique Alvim Corréa
1876 - 1910
David Resnick
1924 - 2012
Zé Rodrix
1947 - 2009
Alfredo dos Santos
1920 - 1997
Isaías Marques Soares
Born 1963
Ruth de Souza
1921 - 2019
Renato Sobral
Born 1975
Tássio Maia dos Santos
Born 1984
Preguinho
1905 - 1979
Marcos Bernstein
Born 1970
Sandra Kogut
Born 1965
Átila Iório
1921 - 2002
Dick Farney
1921 - 1987
Marco Ruas
Born 1961
Jayme Tiomno
1920 - 2011
Roberto Frejat
Born 1962
Laurindo Rabelo
1826 - 1864
Pedro Solberg Salgado
Born 1986
Octávio
Born 1993
Roan Carneiro
Born 1978
Heitor dos Prazeres
1898 - 1966
Algodão
1925 - 2001
Hugo Calderano
Born 1996
Rose Marie Muraro
1930 - 2014
Pietro Figlioli
Born 1984
Nego do Borel
Born 1992
Inez Haynes Irwin
1873 - 1970
Alexandre Franca Nogueira
Born 1978
Guinga
Born 1950
João Zeferino da Costa
1840 - 1916
Digão (footballer, born 1993)
Born 1993