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
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Eduardo Dusek
Born 1958
Edson Zampronha
Born 1963
Wilson Moreira
1936 - 2018
Rômulo Cabral Pereira Pinto
Born 1991
Marlon Sandro
Born 1977
Waldemar Lemos
Born 1954
Rodrigo José Carbone
Born 1974
Arthur Timótheo da Costa
1882 - 1923
Hacran Dias
Born 1984
Waldemar Levy Cardoso
1900 - 2009
Susana Werner
Born 1977
Maurício Rocha e Silva
1910 - 1983
Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro
Born 1944
Lucinha Lins
Born 1953
Maurício de Oliveira Anastácio
Born 1962
Jorge Vercillo
Born 1968
Bia Seidl
Born 1961
Sérgio Bernardes
1919 - 2002
Helena Solberg
Born 1942
Guilherme de Brito
1922 - 2006
Victor Penalber
Born 1990
Rodrigo Simas
Born 1992
Thalma de Freitas
Born 1974
Carlos Barreto (fighter)
Born 1968
Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira Lima
Born 1953
Arno Wehling
Born 1947
Ivan Junqueira
1934 - 2014
Rômulo dos Santos de Souza
Born 1995
Ivan Cardoso
Born 1952
Cristina Aché
Born 1957
Rodrigo Andrade
Born 1988
Jayme de Almeida
Born 1953
Miguel Faria Jr.
Born 1944
Agildo Ribeiro
1932 - 2018
Agostinho Fortes Filho
1901 - 1966
Jaguar (cartoonist)
Born 1932
Rodrigo Constantino
Born 1976
Dóris Monteiro
Born 1934
Heitor Martinez Mello
Born 1968
Antonio Ferreira de Oliveira Junior
Born 1984
Antonio Carlos Secchin
Born 1952
Daniel Gracie
Born 1972
Otávio Gouveia de Bulhões
1906 - 1990
Etty Fraser
1931 - 2018
Jovino Santos Neto
Born 1954
Eliezer Gomes
1920 - 1979
Cissa Guimarães
Born 1957
Domingos de Oliveira
1936 - 2019
Bárbara Evans
Born 1991
Dragan de Lazare
Born 1964
André Mattos
Born 1961
Aílton Ferraz
Born 1966
Tamires Morena Lima
Born 1994
Fernando Romboli
Born 1989
Marcus Vinícius Dias
1923 - 1992
Zézé
1942 - 2006
Lui Morais
Born 1961
Márcio Montarroyos
1949 - 2007
João Vicente de Castro
Born 1983
Marquinhos (footballer, born 1971)
Born 1971
Márcio Moreira Alves
1936 - 2009
Tereza Seiblitz
Born 1964
Sérgio Mallandro
Born 1955
Jorge Luiz dos Santos Dias
Born 1976
Luiz Fux
Born 1953
Válber Roel de Oliveira
Born 1967
Joana Cortez
Born 1979
Procópio Ferreira
1898 - 1979
Almir Guineto
1946 - 2017
Rômulo Arantes
1957 - 2000
Carlos Gustavo Moreira
Born 1973
Marcelo Faria
Born 1971
Gesias Cavalcante
Born 1983
Donga (Musiker)
1890 - 1974
Cleo Rocos
Born 1962
Edson Bispo dos Santos
1935 - 2011
Carlos Torres Pastorino
1910 - 1980
Jaguaré Bezerra de Vasconcelos
1905 - 1946
Viviane Araújo
Born 1975
Amir Caldeira
Born 1950
Rogério Lourenço
Born 1971
Leonardo Kalil Abdala
Born 1996
Alexandra Araújo
Born 1972
Jô Bilac
Born 1984
Vitor Hugo dos Santos
Born 1996
Marquinhos Carioca
Born 1992
Miriam Freeland
Born 1978
Marcelo Martelotte
Born 1968
Rodrigo António
Born 1987
Mário Reis
1907 - 1981
Ricardo Cavalcante Ribeiro
Born 1977
Rogério Skylab
Born 1958
Vítor Ribeiro
Born 1979
Mr. Thug
Born 1990
Francisco do Monte Alverne
1784 - 1858
Mayra Dias Gomes
Born 1987
Almir Mavignier
1925 - 2018
Laura Erber
Born 1979
Marcelinho da Lua
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Zózimo Bulbul
1937 - 2013
Luka Omoto
Born 1973
Carlos de Laet
1847 - 1927
Júlia Almeida
Born 1983
Ângelo Moreira da Costa Lima
1887 - 1964
Paulo Sérgio Luiz de Souza
Born 1989
José Reguffe
Born 1972
Alberto Mussa
Born 1961
Ludmila Dayer
Born 1983
André Brasil
Born 1984
Luiz Vinhaes
1896 - 1960
Jorge Loredo
1925 - 2015
Pablo Dyego
Born 1994
Tarcísio Padilha
Born 1928
Diogo Nogueira
Born 1981
Adhemar Gonzaga
1901 - 1978
Eunice Katunda
1915 - 1990
Leandro Netto de Macedo
Born 1979
Nélio da Silva Melo
Born 1971
Jonathan da Silveira Fernandes
Born 1995
Augusto Pestana (politician)
1868 - 1934
Arthur Maia
1962 - 2018
César Martins de Oliveira
Born 1956
Victor Heringer
1988 - 2018
José Reis (scientist)
1907 - 2002
Roberto Silva
1920 - 2012
Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo
1905 - 1992
Índio (footballer, born 1996)
Born 1996
Gabriela Alves
Born 1972
Henrique Silva Milagres
Born 1994
Antônio Pedro de Siqueira Indio da Costa
Born 1970
Helvécio Martins
1930 - 2005
Rosa Magalhães
Born 1947
Pedro Cunha (volleyball)
Born 1983
Sergio de Toledo Machado
Born 1945
Daniel Jobim
Born 1973
Vinícius Freitas
Born 1993
Cláudio Correia e Castro
1928 - 2005
Affonso Évora
1918 - 2008
Mussum
1941 - 1994
João Paulo Gomes da Costa
Born 1986
Raphael Augusto
Born 1991
Evandro Chagas
1905 - 1940
Rosiska Darcy de Oliveira
Born 1944
Roberto Santucci
Born 1967
Mary del Priore
Born 1952
Jorge Dória
1920 - 2013
Rafael Cardoso (art historian)
Born 1964
Eudi Silva de Souza
Born 1983
Pedro Pinchas Geiger
Born 1923
Flavio Alves
Born 1969
Daniel Dantas (actor)
Born 1954
Romário Pires
Born 1989
Serginho (footballer, born 1972)
Born 1972
Eduardo Allax
Born 1977
Humberto Carrão
Born 1991
Ygor Coelho de Oliveira
Born 1996
Cláudio Heinrich
Born 1972
Sabrina Malheiros
Born 1979
Humberto de Araújo Benevenuto
Born 1903
Rodrigo Pimentel
Born 1972
Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira
1900 - 1988
Luis Henrique (fighter)
Born 1993
Renata Ribeiro
Born 1981
Victor Bolt
Born 1987
Francisco de Sales Torres Homem, Viscount of Inhomirim
1812 - 1876
Marcos Soares
Born 1961
Agatha Moreira
Born 1992
Jajá (footballer, born 1995)
Born 1995
Lídia Mattos
1924 - 2013
Doca (footballer)
1903 - 1956
Roberto Moreno
Born 1959
Ivan Cândido
1931 - 2016
Radamés Martins Rodrigues da Silva
Born 1986
Ana Clara Duarte
Born 1989
Rolles Gracie Jr.
Born 1978
Ana Richa
Born 1986
Leandro Joaquim Ribeiro
Born 1995
Marcelo Ramiro Camacho
Born 1980
Márcio Cruz
Born 1978
Cora Rónai
Born 1953
João Gabriel Vasconcellos
Born 1987
Reinaldo de Souza
Born 1980
Thiago Sales
Born 1987
Fabiano de Paula
Born 1988
João da Silva Feijó
1760 - 1824
Rodrigo Rollemberg
Born 1959
Arnaldo Süssekind
1917 - 2012
Eliane Coelho
Born 1951
Sebastião do Rego Barros Netto
1940 - 2015
Tati Quebra-Barraco
Born 1980
Eliane Rodrigues
Born 1959
Victor di Mello
1940 - 2011
Raí Nascimento de Oliveira
Born 1998
Raquel Silva
Born 1978
Alfredo Alves Tinoco
1904 - 1975
Eliana Pittman
Born 1945
Márcio-André
Born 1978
Sandro Rosa do Nascimento
1978 - 2000
Agostinho José da Mota
1824 - 1878
Oscar Araripe
Born 1941
Sidney Chalhoub
Born 1957
Jay Vaquer
Born 1975
Dulce Quental
Born 1960
João Maria Lima do Nascimento
Born 1982
Anna Christina Nobre
Born 1963
Luisa Arraes
Born 1993
Francisco Tenório Júnior
1941 - 1976
Bruno Paulo
Born 1990
Fernando Silva dos Santos
Born 1991
Eduardo Cunha
Born 1958
José Lino Grünewald
1931 - 2000
Clemente Isnard
1917 - 2011
Monsueto
1924 - 1973
Adriano Reys
1934 - 2011
Philadelpho Azevedo
1894 - 1951
Sasha Meneghel
Born 1998
Rubens Bassini
1933 - 1985
Ilka Soares
Born 1932
Erikson Noguchipinto
Born 1981
Duduka da Fonseca
Born 1951
Eduardo Penido
Born 1960
Oswaldo Frota-Pessoa
1917 - 2010
Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza
1983 - 2009
Mário Brasini
1921 - 1997
Lorrane Oliveira
Born 1998
Renina Katz
Born 1925
Jorge Luiz Alves Justino
Born 1982
José Castello
Born 1951
Felipe Alves de Souza
Born 1982
Evelyn dos Santos
Born 1985
Augusto Mendes
Born 1983
Luciana Braga
Born 1962
Jorge Fernandes (swimmer)
Born 1962
Luiz Fernando Guimarães
Born 1949
Pascoal Carlos Magno
1906 - 1980
Germano Boettcher Sobrinho
1911 - 1977
Arnaldo Cézar Coelho
Born 1943
Fátima Guedes
Born 1958
Heritier Lumumba
Born 1986
Jorge Santiago
Born 1980
Rômulo Neto
Born 1987
Gustavo Costas
Born 1963
Valentim Magalhães
1859 - 1903
Luciano Gallet
1893 - 1931
Suzana Pires
Born 1976
João Amoêdo
Born 1962
Miguel Rômulo
Born 1992
Pilar Abella
Born 1980
Malu Rodrigues
Born 1993
Malcolm Braff
Born 1970
Rogério Fonseca da Silva
Born 1970
Pauline Alphen
Born 1961
Anderson Santos da Vitória
Born 1992
António de Morais Silva
1755 - 1824
Sergio Kokis
Born 1944
Fernando Santos (Brazilian footballer)
Born 1980
Francisco Valmerino Neri
Born 1976
João Augusto de Araújo Castro
1919 - 1975
Jefferson (footballer, born August 1988)
Born 1988
Alexandra Richter
Born 1967
Sylvio Hoffmann
1908 - 1991
Luiz de Barros
1893 - 1982
Arthur Aguiar
Born 1989
Giovanna Pedroso
Born 1998
Sérgio Cabral Filho
Born 1963
Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza
Born 1945
Vitória Cristina Rosa
Born 1996
Maurício Einhorn
Born 1932
João Filgueiras Lima
1931 - 2014
Flávio Cavalcanti
1923 - 1986
Paulo Silvino
1939 - 2017
Daniel Adler (sailor)
Born 1958
Dudu Nobre
Born 1974
Ricardo Tacuchian
Born 1939
Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza
Born 1950
Daniela Polzin
Born 1979
Eros Volúsia
1914 - 2004
Lauro Corona
1957 - 1989
Rafael Ferreira Donato
Born 1989
Anderson Luís (footballer, born 1987)
Born 1987
Sérgio Abreu (Musiker)
Born 1948
Andrey da Silva Ventura
Born 1993
Vanessa Lóes
Born 1971
Wellington Júnior
Born 1989
André Luiz Ladaga
Born 1975
Oswaldo Louzada
1912 - 2008
Isabel Salgado
Born 1960
Robson Alves da Silva
Born 1986
Edmundo de Macedo Soares e Silva
1901 - 1989
Françoise Forton
Born 1957
Pedro Parente
Born 1953
Vasco Leitão da Cunha
1903 - 1984
José Roberto Wright
Born 1944
André Barreto
Born 1979
Mário Tilico
Born 1965
Ronald Barnes (tennis)
1941 - 2002
Nizo Neto
Born 1964
Bruno Lazaroni
Born 1980
Sandra Pêra
Born 1954
Franciel Hengemühle
Born 1982