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.
Standouts
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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- Film & TV
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Other
Guilherme Guinle
1882 - 1960
Marcos Ferreira Xavier
Born 1982
Joaquim Tomás do Amaral
1818 - 1907
Camilla Amado
Born 1942
Acácio Gil Borsoi
1924 - 2009
Roberto Streit
Born 1983
Ingrid Gamarra Martins
Born 1996
Shaila Arsene
Born 1998
Celso José Pinto da Silva
1933 - 2018
Maria d'Apparecida
1935 - 2017
Débora Lamm
Born 1978
Paulo da Portela
1901 - 1949
Nélson Jacobina
1953 - 2012
Tamara de Sousa
Born 1993
Babalu (atriz pornô)
Born 1985
Marcos Schechtman
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Bruna Leal
Born 1993
Maria Cláudia
Born 1949
Roberto Athayde
Born 1949
Euclides Figueiredo
1883 - 1963
Almirante (compositor)
1908 - 1980
Sônia Mamede
1936 - 1990
Cristiano Lopes
Born 1978
Armando de Almeida
1893 - 1978
João Carlos Marinho
1935 - 2019
Lucas Salles
Born 1993
Alaíde Costa
Born 1935
Luís Guimarães Filho
1878 - 1940
Ernst Kahl
Born 1949
Fábio Carvalho
Born 1978
Serjão (futsal player)
Born 1979
Gabriel Gracindo
Born 1977
Manoel Francisco do Nascimento Brito
1922 - 2003
Décio Villares
1851 - 1931
Carlos Roberto Maciel Levy
Born 1951
Priscila Steinman
Born 1988
George Israel
Born 1960
Gilberto Velho
1945 - 2012
Jansen José Moreira
1927 - 2010
Antônia Morais
Born 1992
Da Lou
Born 1983
Mr. Catra
1968 - 2018
MC Marcinho
Born 1977
Eric Nepomuceno
Born 1948
Silvio Guindane
Born 1983
Duda Little
Born 1979
Luisa Borges
Born 1996
Démosthenes Magalhães
Born 1909
Bernardo Melo Barreto
Born 1980
Elize Secomandi Maia
Born 1984
Thiago de Los Reyes
Born 1989
Márcio Teles
Born 1994
Gilson Andrade da Silva
Born 1966
Mary Sheila
Born 1979
Mestre Marçal
1930 - 1994
Igor Alves
Born 1988
Francisco Vilela Barbosa
1769 - 1846
Daniel Senise
Born 1955
Maria Eduarda Machado
Born 1986
Carla Daniel
Born 1965
Sandro Coelho
Born 1976
Roberto de Carvalho
Born 1952
Roberto Traven
Born 1968
Maria Clara Salgado Rufino
Born 1983
Ashok Gandotra
Born 1948
Edith Behring
1916 - 1996
Lia Torá
1907 - 1972
Monique Pavão
Born 1986
Henrique Da Silva Gomes
Born 1982
Maurício Manfrini
Born 1970
Giovanni Alliata Di Montereale
1921 - 1994
Rubens Galaxie
Born 1952
Kaiaphas
Born 1974
Luiz Philippe of Orléans-Braganza
Born 1969
Ennio Torresan Jr.
Born 1964
Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral
Born 1955
Allan Monteiro Dias
Born 1988
Louise D'Tuani
Born 1989
Artur Oscar Lopes
Born 1950
Paulo Ricardo Alves da Silva
Born 1987
Eduardo Tornaghi
Born 1952
Marta Baeza
Born 1992
Carlito Azevedo
Born 1961
Pedro Cunha Cruz
Born 1964
Thomás Pompeu de Souza Brasil Netto
1908 - 1985
Valéria Alencar
Born 1965
André Amado
Born 1983
Marco Antônio Gimenez
Born 1981
Sebastião Amorim Gimenez
Born 1925
Alexandre Gama
Born 1968
Felipe Abib
Born 1982
Arthur Cunha
Born 1990
Alexandre Gama (entrepreneur)
Born 1958
Cláudio Lins
Born 1972
Denise Bandeira
Born 1950
Ricardo Morais
Born 1967
Bernardo Jablonski
1952 - 2011
Cláudia Telles
1957 - 2020
Jean Lucas Oliveira
Born 1998
Orlando Silva
1915 - 1978
Flávio Viana da Silva
Born 1984
Wilma Dias
1954 - 1991
Ernâni Vasconcelos
1912 - 1989
Leandro Léo
Born 1987
Luis Lobianco
Born 1982
Larissa Queiroz
Born 1984
Mara Luquet
Born 1965
Jorge Vieira
1934 - 2012
Nielsen Elias
Born 1952
Gerson King Combo (cantor)
1944 - 2020
Cristina Lyra
Born 1976
Nino Schembri
Born 1974
Roberto Bataglin
Born 1962
Lélia Coelho Frota
1937 - 2010
Ronaldo Azeredo
1937 - 2006
Flavio Barros
Born 1978
Mark Plotyczer
Born 1987
Hélio Eichbauer
1941 - 2018
João Sabiá
Born 1981
Carlos Brito (businessman)
Born 1960
Marcelo Galvão
Born 1973
Júlia Rabello
Born 1981
Álvaro Alberto da Mota e Silva
1889 - 1976
Monique Ferreira
Born 1980
Silveira Sampaio
1914 - 1964
Roque Costa Souza
Born 1966
André Trigueiro
Born 1966
Basil Smallpeice
1906 - 1992
Haroldo Lobo
1910 - 1965
Rolls Gracie
1951 - 1982
Bruno Mazzeo
Born 1977
Newton Santos de Oliveira
Born 1976
Celso Pitta
1946 - 2009
Luca Bianchi
Born 1978
Gilda Oliveira
Born 1983
Alan Riding
Born 1943
Michelle Pavão
Born 1986
Cláudio Cavalcanti
1940 - 2013
André Teixeira
Born 1974
Marcelo Calero
Born 1982
Mauro Torres Homem Rodrigues
Born 1932
Fernanda Ferreira (rower)
Born 1985
Sandra Moreyra
1954 - 2015
Pedro Amorim
Born 1958
Édson Campos Martins
1930 - 1991
Yolanda Cardoso
1928 - 2007
Rodrigo dos Santos
Born 1981
Everaldo Pereira
Born 1956
Maxlei dos Santos Luzia
1975 - 2017
Eric Maleson
Born 1967
Antonio Adolfo
Born 1947
Eduardo Lago
Born 1958
Carlos Bonow
Born 1973
Leopoldo Penna Franca
1959 - 2012
Antonio Cicero
Born 1945
Rafael da Silva Nascimento
Born 1984
Carlos Nelson Ferreira dos Santos
1943 - 1989
Marcel Herrmann Telles
Born 1950
Claudecir
Born 1989
Gegê Chaia
Born 1991
Paulinho Serra
Born 1977
Luiz Carlos Lacerda
Born 1945
Marcelo Cabo
Born 1948
Allan Góes
Born 1971
Teresa Cristina (cantora)
Born 1968
Ciro Monteiro
1913 - 1973
Márcio Stambowsky
Born 1959
Raul Pederneiras
1874 - 1953
Fellipe Barbosa
Born 1980
Alexandre Awi Mello
Born 1971
Rafael Infante
Born 1985
Evaristo de Morais
1871 - 1939
Kiko Mascarenhas
Born 1964
João Pedro Zappa
Born 1988
Luciana Rigueira
Born 1977
Michel Bercovitch
Born 1966
Ana Carbatti
Born 1969
Vanja Orico
1931 - 2015
Rodolfo Soares
Born 1985
Cláudio Costa Neto
Born 1932
Alexandre Soares
Born 1973
Frederick Robert Vere Douglas-Hamilton
1843 - 1917
Alexandre Chan
Born 1942
Armando Marques
1930 - 2014
Luiz Gonzaga Duque Estrada
1863 - 1911
Murilo Salles
Born 1950
Ronald Rios
Born 1988
Michele Nordin
Born 1980
Niko Is
Born 1988
Evinha
Born 1951
Villas-Bôas Corrêa
1923 - 2016
João Côrtes
Born 1995
Mario Miranda (MMA fighter)
Born 1978
Waldir Villas Boas
Born 1925
Helber Rangel
1944 - 2002
Oscar Cox
1880 - 1931
Luiz Velho
Born 1956
Carlos Renan
Born 1983
Marcinho Pitbull
Born 1987
Lucho Nizzo
Born 1963
Maurício Meirelles
Born 1983
Piedade Coutinho
1920 - 1997
Aracy Cardoso
1937 - 2017
Thalita Carauta
Born 1982
Bibi Vogel
1942 - 2004
Rafael Calomeni
Born 1972
Lucas Cotrim
Born 1995
Cyll Farney
1925 - 2003
Peri Constant Bevilacqua
1899 - 1990
Adriana Garambone
Born 1970
Marcos Leandro Pereira
Born 1982
Maurício Campos de Medeiros
1885 - 1966
Serginho Herval
Born 1958
José Roosevelt
Born 1958
Marcello Alencar
1925 - 2014
Dinorah Marzullo
1919 - 2013
Rogério Rosso
Born 1968
Paulo Julio Clement
1965 - 2016
Sylvinho Blau-Blau
Born 1959
Garcia Redondo
1854 - 1916
Flavio Colin
1930 - 2002
Cairbar Schutel
1868 - 1938
Antônio Pereira Pinto
1819 - 1880
Luiz Ayrão
Born 1942
Zózimo Barrozo do Amaral
1941 - 1997
Angelo Segrillo
Born 1958
José Roberto Marinho
Born 1955
Rosana Palazyan
Born 1963
Roberto Ribeiro Filho
Born 1990
Rosane Santos
Born 1987
João Petra de Barros
1914 - 1948
Cláudia Costin
Born 1956
Nena Queiroga
Born 1967
Pires Constantino
1929 - 2002
Marcella Rica
Born 1991
Marco Mazzola
Born 1950
Alfredo Machado
1953 - 2012
Bárbara Bruno
Born 1956
Prince Rafael of Orléans-Braganza
Born 1986
Mauro Vieira
Born 1951
Robertha Portella
Born 1985
Themístocles Brandão Cavalcanti
1899 - 1980
Agenor Figueiredo Santos
1981 - 2019
Antônio Francisco Bonfim Lopes
Born 1976
Leonor Botteri
1916 - 1998
João W. Nery
1950 - 2018
Yasmin Gomlevsky
Born 1992
Celso de Matos
Born 1947
Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter
Born 1936
Chrys
Born 1986
Isolda Cresta
1929 - 2009
Marcelo Escorel
Born 1960
Ângela Dutra de Menezes
Born 1946
Thais Barbosa
Born 1980
Jefferson Gomes de Oliveira
Born 1988
Thomaz de Mello
1906 - 1990
Jougle Manoel Rodrigues
Born 1988
Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro
1931 - 2003
Igor de Vetyemy
Born 1981
Tim Rescala
Born 1961
Benjamin Zymler
Born 1956
Diogo Pinheiro
Born 1990
Antonio Lindbäck
Born 1985
Pâmela Nogueira
Born 1988
Ricardo Lopes de Oliveira
Born 1976
Rodrigo Ribeiro
Born 1979
Antônio Pedro Borges de Oliveira
Born 1940
Juan Corona
Died 1975
Guilherme Appelt Pires
Born 1992
Andréa Veiga
Born 1969
Laís Pinho
Born 1996
Laura Russo
1915 - 2001
Raul de Barros
1915 - 2009
Ernesto Paulo
Born 1954
Carlos Branco
Born 1898
Luís Gustavo Carvalho Soares
Born 1968
Jacksen F. Tiago
Born 1968
Maria Pompeu
Born 1936
André Esteves
Born 1968
Paulo Roberto Santos
Born 1958
Antônio Nássara
1910 - 1996
Francisco Pedro do Amaral
1790 - 1831
Fernando Gomes de Jesus
Born 1986
Roberto Bomtempo
Born 1963
Carla Ribas
Born 1958
Sílvio Pinto
1918 - 1997
Walter Firmo
Born 1937
Luiz Outerelo
Born 1991
Eileen Roca
Born 1986
Paulo Zulu
Born 1963
Gastão Cruls
1888 - 1959
Lícia Manzo
Born 1965
Fernando Caruso
Born 1981
Ricardo Sternberg
Born 1948
Paulo Pinheiro
Born 1967
Aline Borges
Born 1975
Luccas Neto
Born 1992
Marisa Pires Nogueira
Born 1966
Duda Nagle
Born 1983
Yaçanã Martins
Born 1954