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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Preta Gil
Born 1974
Taynara Conti
Born 1995
Carlos Arthur Nuzman
Born 1942
Canário
Born 1934
Igor Figueiredo
Born 1977
Jorge Bornhausen
Born 1937
Gilberto Macena
Born 1984
Clayton da Silveira da Silva
Born 1995
Micael
Born 1988
Octávio Frias
1912 - 2007
Domingos Caldas Barbosa
1740 - 1800
Juca Chaves
Born 1938
Bruno Cabrerizo
Born 1979
Evandro Oliveira
Born 1990
Moreira da Silva
1902 - 2000
Monique Evans
Born 1956
Rogério Duprat
1932 - 2006
José Augusto
Born 1953
Joaquim Antônio da Silva Calado
1848 - 1880
Ronaldo Miranda
Born 1948
Carmélia Alves
1923 - 2012
Milton Banana
1935 - 1998
César Cervo Luca
Born 1979
Douglas Augusto Soares Gomes
Born 1997
Joaquim Levy
Born 1961
Filipe (footballer, born 1987)
Born 1987
Dalton Moreira Neto
Born 1990
Fernando Magalhães
1878 - 1944
Fernanda Rodrigues
Born 1979
Eduardo Bolsonaro
Born 1984
Tiago Calvano
Born 1981
Eduardo Francisco de Silva Neto
Born 1980
Allano
Born 1995
Mart'nália
Born 1965
Almir Chediak
1950 - 2003
Juliana Paiva
Born 1993
Cleonice Berardinelli
Born 1916
Pedro Vasconcellos
Born 1974
Benedita da Silva
Born 1943
Léo Gandelman
Born 1956
Denise Fraga
Born 1965
Wellington Silva (footballer, born 1988)
Born 1988
Nora Ney
1922 - 2003
Renato Cunha Valle
Born 1944
Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
Born 1949
Claudio Edinger
Born 1952
Rita Cadillac (Brazilian entertainer)
Born 1954
Patrick Martins Vieira
Born 1992
Robertinho Silva
Born 1941
Michel Gomes
Born 1989
Fabiana Alvim
Born 1980
Malu Galli
Born 1971
Ana Botafogo
Born 1957
Miriam Pires
1926 - 2004
Maya Gabeira
Born 1987
Marcelo Lomba
Born 1986
Marcus Vinicius D'Almeida
Born 1998
Fausto Fawcett
Born 1957
Roberta Close
Born 1964
Francisco Otaviano
1825 - 1889
Luiz Gervazoni
1907 - 1963
Raul Roulien
1905 - 2000
Iury Lírio Freitas de Castilho
Born 1995
Jairo de Macedo da Silva
Born 1992
Paulo Henriques Britto
Born 1951
John Sergeant Wise
1846 - 1913
Vitor Saba
Born 1990
Luís Carlos Quintanilha
Born 1965
Alfredo Brilhante da Costa
1904 - 1980
Alba Zaluar
1942 - 2019
Gilka Machado
1893 - 1980
Hyuri
Born 1991
Fabiano Soares Pessoa
Born 1966
Tony Azevedo
Born 1981
Marcos Suzano
Born 1963
Milton Viera
Born 1946
Maria Ceiça
Born 1965
Arnaldo Niskier
Born 1935
Jesus Luz
Born 1987
Rodrigo Gracie
Born 1975
Marcelo Elgarten
Born 1974
Caio Junqueira
1976 - 2019
Frida Baranek
Born 1961
Fernando Bastos de Ávila
1918 - 2010
Djalma Dias
1939 - 1990
Luiz Henrique da Silva Alves
Born 1981
Afrânio da Costa
1892 - 1979
Sérgio Britto (actor)
1923 - 2011
Felipe Perrone
Born 1986
Flávia Oliveira
Born 1981
Luciano Mendes de Almeida
1930 - 2006
Maria Gladys
Born 1939
André Ramiro
Born 1981
Carlos Manga
1928 - 2015
Nelson Barbosa
Born 1969
Sérgio de Camargo
1930 - 1990
Christian Lindell
Born 1989
Roberto Gomes Pedrosa
1913 - 1954
Gracindo Júnior
Born 1943
Denílson Pereira Júnior
Born 1995
Patrícia Amorim
Born 1969
Waltércio Caldas
Born 1946
Bianca Byington
Born 1966
Miltinho
1928 - 2014
Marcos Paquetá
Born 1958
Carlos Zéfiro
1921 - 1992
Ricardo Acioly
Born 1964
João Filipe
Born 1988
Rubens Figueiredo
Born 1956
Nathalia Timberg
Born 1929
Humberto Martins
Born 1961
Nilo Murtinho Braga
1903 - 1975
Rafael Carvalho
Born 1986
Bertha Becker
1930 - 2013
Isabel Swan
Born 1983
Luiz Paulo Hilário
Born 1987
Joaquim Mattoso Câmara Júnior
1904 - 1970
Sidney Magal
Born 1953
José da Conceição
1931 - 1974
Sérgio Porto
1923 - 1968
Rodrigo Dantas
Born 1989
Brígida Baltar
Born 1959
Chico Alencar
Born 1949
Ana Maria Magalhães
Born 1950
Guilherme Karan
1957 - 2016
Fernanda Brum
Born 1976
Luís Mesquita de Oliveira
1911 - 1983
Carlinhos
1937 - 2015
Matheus Santana
Born 1996
Ricardo Waddington
Born 1960
Octávio Trompowsky
1897 - 1984
Marcílio Marques Moreira
Born 1931
Marcelo Adnet
Born 1981
Beatriz Segall
1926 - 2018
Igor Rabello da Costa
Born 1995
Isabel Clark Ribeiro
Born 1976
Carlos Duarte Costa
1888 - 1961
Zsófia Bán
Born 1957
Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil
1845 - 1847
Jayme Matarazzo
Born 1985
Heloísa Pinheiro
Born 1945
Caetano Silva
1930 - 1973
Valdir Bigode
Born 1972
René Simões
Born 1952
Russinho
1902 - 1992
Wellington Monteiro
Born 1978
Raphael Montes
Born 1990
Lamartine Babo
1904 - 1963
Arnaldo Cohen
Born 1948
Cássio Barros
Born 1970
Silas Malafaia
Born 1956
Thales Leites
Born 1981
Olivia Hime
Born 1943
Dado Dolabella
Born 1980
Phan Văn Santos
Born 1977
Elvira Vigna
1947 - 2017
Maurício do Valle
1928 - 1994
Carlos Vereza
Born 1939
Pedro Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil
1848 - 1850
Walter Lima Jr.
Born 1938
Armando Marçal
Born 1956
Cássio Oliveira
Born 1980
Erick Flores
Born 1989
Mônica Carvalho
Born 1971
Gérson da Silva
1965 - 1994
Jards Macalé
Born 1943
Paulo Roberto Valoura Júnior
Born 1986
Cecil Thiré
1943 - 2020
Sousa Caldas
1762 - 1814
Lucas Zen
Born 1991
Fábio Noronha
Born 1975
Mateus Vital
Born 1998
Thiago Santos (fighter)
Born 1984
Eduardo Ferreira
Born 1983
Guilherme Camacho
Born 1990
Walter de Souza Goulart
1912 - 1951
Nicola Yoon
Born 1972
Roger Gracie
Born 1981
Mônica Rodrigues
Born 1967
Mário de Alencar
1872 - 1925
Aloísio de Oliveira
1914 - 1995
Darcy Lima
Born 1962
Marllon Borges
Born 1992
Jean Jacques Machado
Born 1968
Clarice Assad
Born 1978
Robertinho
Born 1960
Nicolas Prattes
Born 1997
Agepê
1942 - 1995
Bebeto de Freitas
1950 - 2018
Djair Kaye de Brito
Born 1971
Juliana Veloso
Born 1980
Joílson Rodrigues Macedo
Born 1979
Henry Alexander Miers
1858 - 1942
João Barone
Born 1962
Orlando Drummond
Born 1919
Pedro (footballer, born 1997)
Born 1997
André Diniz
Born 1975
Davi Cortes da Silva
Born 1963
Eugênio Gudin
1886 - 1986
Carlos Alberto Gomes Montero
Born 1954
Paulo Filho
Born 1978
Camila Brait
Born 1988
Léo Pelé
Born 1996
Pedro Cardoso (Brazilian actor)
Born 1962
Aracy Cortes
1904 - 1985
Cacá Bueno
Born 1976
Fernando Ferretti
1949 - 2011
Aldemir da Silva Júnior
Born 1992
Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão
1935 - 2014
Eduardo Adelino da Silva
Born 1979
João de Lucca
Born 1990
Danilo Alvim
1920 - 1996
Renan Silva
Born 1989
Felipe Neto
Born 1988
César Bernardo Dutra
Born 1992
Tito Madi
1929 - 2018
Afonsinho
1914 - 1997
Wescley
Born 1991
Fernanda Lessa
Born 1977
Candeia
1935 - 1978
Diana (singer)
Born 1954
Rorion Gracie
Born 1952
Zé Keti
1921 - 1999
Bea Feitler
1938 - 1982
Flavia Coelho
Born 1980
Léo Lima
Born 1982
Djan Madruga
Born 1958
Alfredo da Motta
Born 1921
Danielle Foxxx
Born 1979
Pedro Neschling
Born 1982
Benedicto de Moraes Menezes
1906 - 1944
Christianno
Born 1991
Bruno Carvalho (footballer, born 1974)
Born 1974
Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida
1916 - 2013
Renan dos Santos
Born 1989
Felipe Adão
Born 1985
Paulo César Pinheiro
Born 1949
Alice Wegmann
Born 1995
Hermógenes Fonseca
Born 1908
William Amaral de Andrade
Born 1967
Øystein Slettemark
Born 1967
Henry Siqueira-Barras
1985 - 2007
Nei Lopes
Born 1942
Bárbara Heliodora
1923 - 2015
Joel de Oliveira Monteiro
1904 - 1990
Paulo Vitor Fernandes Pereira
Born 1999
Sérgio Pacheco de Oliveira
Born 1981
Marcos Leite
Born 1952
Thiago Rodrigues da Silva
Born 1996
Elsie Houston
1902 - 1943
Fábio Porchat
Born 1983
Arthur Verocai
Born 1945
Arnaldo da Silva
Born 1964
Cândido de Faria
1849 - 1911
Roberto Forza
Born 1957
Thiago Rocha da Cunha
Born 1984
Nelson Dantas
1927 - 2006
Leonardo Santos (fighter)
Born 1989
Eugênio Aragão
Born 1959
J. Carlos
1884 - 1950
Gus Monsanto
Born 1974
José Faria
1933 - 2013
Paulo Amaral
1923 - 2008
Marcelo Rezende
1951 - 2017
João Carlos
Born 1956
Doc Comparato
Born 1949
Rodrigo (footballer, born 1973)
Born 1973
Maria Zilda Bethlem
Born 1951
Aldir Blanc
1946 - 2020
Princess Paula of Brazil
1823 - 1833
Lúcia Murat
Born 1949
Dino 7 Cordas
1918 - 2006
M. Rainer Lepsius
1928 - 2014
Carlson Gracie
1932 - 2006
Sebastião de Magalhães Lima
1850 - 1928
Maurício Mattar
Born 1964
Johnny Eduardo
Born 1978
Otávio de Faria
1908 - 1980
Wálter Guimarães
1913 - 1979
Denni Rocha dos Santos
Born 1982
José Luiz de Oliveira
Born 1904
Ada Chaseliov
1952 - 2015
Carlos Gregório
Born 1947
Zilka Salaberry
1917 - 2005
José Carlos Avellar
1936 - 2016
Ricardo da Costa
Born 1962
Ryan Gracie
1974 - 2007
Gregório Duvivier
Born 1986
Lohaynny Vicente
Born 1996
Steven Fletcher (politician)
Born 1972
Augusto Frederico Schmidt
1906 - 1965
Carol Nakamura
Born 1983
Firmino Monteiro
1855 - 1888
Artur da Távola
1936 - 2008
Brenda Costa
Born 1982
Bruna Griphao
Born 1999
Jean Leon Pallière
1823 - 1887
Biju (footballer)
Born 1974
Veronica Rossi
Born 1973
Ivan Serpa
1923 - 1973