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
- Science
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José Ricardo
1939 - 1999
Ezequiel (footballer, born 1998)
Born 1998
Bruno Padilha
Born 1974
Wilfried Berk
Born 1940
Haroldo
1931 - 2010
Rodolfo Bottino
1959 - 2011
Maria Lea Salgado Labouriau
1931 - 2013
Wilson Carneiro
Born 1930
Renato Verissimo
Born 1973
Edison Machado
1934 - 1990
Natália Subtil
Born 1988
Renato Lessa
Born 1954
Maurício de Almeida Abreu
1948 - 2011
Duam Socci
Born 1993
Sérgio Loroza
Born 1967
Paulo Halm
Born 1962
Allan Kardeck
Born 1982
Latino (singer)
Born 1973
Newton Canegal
1917 - 2003
Eduardo Neves
1943 - 1969
Roberto Martins
1909 - 1992
Cauê Benicio
Born 1978
Wallace Cochrane Simonsen
1884 - 1955
Gustavo Machado (ator)
Born 1973
Caio Manhente
Born 2000
Gottsha
Born 1969
Gilson Peranzzetta
Born 1946
Najla Jabor
1915 - 2001
Sinhô
1898 - 1930
Carlos Eduardo Dolabella
1937 - 2003
Maria Clara Lobo
Born 1998
Gustavo Albrecht Carvalhaes
Born 1993
Max Nunes
1922 - 2014
Relson Gracie
Born 1953
Milton da Cunha Mendonça
1956 - 2019
Jorge Goulart
1926 - 2012
Vander Carioca
Born 1976
Augusto Bracet
1881 - 1960
José Honório Rodrigues
1913 - 1987
Euclydes Hatem
1914 - 1984
Bia Montez
Born 1958
Alberto Ribeiro
1902 - 1971
Celso Blues Boy
1956 - 2012
Andréa Leal
Born 1978
Guilherme Costa Machado Silveira
Born 1994
Marcos Brunet
Born 1984
Amaury Nunes
Born 1983
Panmela Castro
Born 1981
Marcos Balter
Born 1974
Antonio Teixeira Guerra
1924 - 1968
Paulo Sérgio Valle
Born 1940
David Tygel
Born 1949
Lysias Augusto Rodrigues
1896 - 1957
Sacha Amback
Born 1962
César Cardadeiro
Born 1990
Araribóia
Died 1589
Fabíola Imaculada de Oliveira
Born 1953
Maurício Maestro
Born 1949
Henrique Alves de Mesquita
1830 - 1906
Marcos Magalhães
Born 1958
Paulo Henrique Amorim
1942 - 2019
José de Segadas Viana
1906 - 1991
José Eduardo Dutra
1957 - 2015
Paulinho Tapajós
1945 - 2013
Prince Joseph Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1869 - 1888
Ana Martins
Born 1972
Elza Medeiros
1921 - 2009
J. B. de Carvalho
1901 - 1979
Cláudia Mauro
Born 1969
Cláudia Cruz
Born 1967
Maria Manoella
Born 1978
Leonardo Henriques Coelho
Born 1993
Guilherme Briggs
Born 1970
Guilherme Fiuza
Born 1965
MC Créu
Born 1978
Claudette Soares
Born 1935
Castor de Andrade
1926 - 1997
Aniceto do Império
1912 - 1993
Leina Krespi
1938 - 2009
Mariana Santos
Born 1976
Anna Amélia Carneiro de Mendonça
1896 - 1971
Jorge Coutinho
Born 1934
Costinha (humorista)
1923 - 1995
Márcia Malsar
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Jimmy London (rock singer)
Born 1975
Ary Ventura Vidal
1935 - 2013
Otávio Júnior
Born 1983
Rosita Thomaz Lopes
1920 - 2013
Elisa Pinheiro
Born 1979
Laura Suarez (singer)
1909 - 1990
Leila Míccolis
Born 1947
Aline Silva
Born 1979
Rogéria Gomes
Born 1962
Emilio Dantas
Born 1982
Maria Guimarães
Born 1958
Suzana de Moraes
1940 - 2015
Mauro Ramos
Born 1961
Vanda Lacerda
1923 - 2001
Carla Vilhena
Born 1967
Paulo Reis
Born 1952
Alfredo Sampaio
Born 1958
Fernando Molica
Born 1961
Édson Cegonha
1943 - 2015
Miro Teixeira
Born 1945
Pedro Farah
Born 1926
Carlos de Morais Camisão
1821 - 1867
Adele Fátima
Born 1954
Gabriel Totoro
Born 1984
Miriam Ficher
Born 1964
Ivan Mesquita
1932 - 2011
Flavio Da Silva
Born 1973
Arthur Costa Filho
1927 - 2003
Felipe Moreira Santos
Born 1988
Walter Alfaiate
1930 - 2010
Romy Medeiros da Fonseca
1921 - 2013
Leonor Bassères
1926 - 2004
Felipe Silva (water polo)
Born 1984
Elton Medeiros
1930 - 2019
Diego Santos
Born 1987
Brenno Leone
Born 1993
Leilane Neubarth
Born 1958
Abedi (footballer)
Born 1979
Isabel Moreira
Born 1976
Odir Jacques
Born 1946
George dos Santos Paladini
Born 1978
Eduardo Souto Neto
Born 1951
Solange Badim
1964 - 2017
Ivan Setta
1946 - 2001
Denise Pinheiro da Costa
Born 1959
Orlando Teruz
1902 - 1984
Eulália Maria Lahmeyer Lobo
1924 - 2011
Adalberto Machado
Born 1964
Clara Moreno
Born 1971
Maria João (model)
Born 1955
Miguel Paiva
Born 1950
Rafael Alves Bastos
Born 1982
Sidney Miller
1945 - 1980
Laura Bergallo
Born 1958
Rafael Baronesi
Born 1981
Sarah Sheeva
Born 1973
Madeleine Rosay
1924 - 1996
Eleonora de Mendonça
Born 1948
Susan Fish
Born 1945
Paulo Duque
1927 - 2020
Alessandra Aguiar
Born 1987
Paulo Henrique Filho
1964 - 2017
Matheus Alessandro
Born 1996
Thiago Gomes
Born 1979
Jorge Gomes Filho
Born 1954
Vicente Licínio Cardoso
1889 - 1931
Laís
1899 - 1963
Ruthinéa de Moraes
1930 - 1998
Jorge Veiga
1910 - 1979
Paula Lavigne
Born 1969
Carol Machado
Born 1975
Diego Frazão Torquato
1997 - 2010
Alexandre Moreno (dublador)
Born 1967
Enzo Martins Peri
Born 1941
Márcia Couto
Born 1950
Marília Barbosa
Born 1950
Everton Santos Bezerra
Born 1984
Ana Maria Nacinovic Correa
1947 - 1972
Rafael Barbosa do Nascimento
Born 1983
Caio César
1988 - 2015
Luís Carlos da Fonseca Monteiro de Barros
1880 - 1932
Sérgio de Queiroz Duarte
Born 1934
Jefferson Charles de Souza Pinto
Born 1982
Carlos Eduardo de Almeida Barata
Born 1957
Paula B Pereira
Born 1988
Wadih Damous
Born 1956
Francisco Falcon
Born 1933
Décio Antônio Corazza
Born 1961
Gustavo Moraes Rego Reis
1920 - 1997
Francisco de Paula Negreiros de Saião Lobato –
1815 - 1884
Sérgio Sá Leitão
Born 1967
Carlos Cachaça
1902 - 1999
Anna Markun
Born 1975
Justiniano José da Rocha
1812 - 1862
Bruno Simões Teixeira
Born 1988
Déo Rian
Born 1944
Vivaldo Coaracy
1882 - 1967
Henrique Cavalleiro
1892 - 1975
Israel Klabin
Born 1926
Roberto Medina
Born 1949
Emanuel Nascimento
Born 1970
Alan Pires
Born 1993
Narcisa Tamborindeguy
Born 1966
Felipe Lima Lopes
Born 1989
Caio Paduan
Born 1986
Carlos Cavalcanti de Albuquerque
1864 - 1935
Assis Lopes
Born 1931
Maria Clara Gueiros
Born 1965
Ticiane Pinheiro
Born 1976
Jovelina Pérola Negra
1944 - 1998
Guto Graça Mello
Born 1948
Rafael Antonio Jesus Pinto
Born 1991
Bella Piero
Born 1996
Olivier Kaeppelin
Born 1949
Caio Monteiro
Born 1997
Teixeira Heizer
1932 - 2016
Manuel da Fonseca de Lima e Silva
1793 - 1869
Marcos Veras
Born 1980
Alessandra Medeiros
Born 1981
Phelipe Siani
Born 1984
Ana Kutner
Born 1971
Cadu Fávero
Born 1970
Rodrigo Delfim Pereira
1823 - 1891
Norival
Born 1917
Pedro Andrade
Born 1979
Alex Escobar (presenter)
Born 1974
Sérgio Malheiros
Born 1993
Ana Mae Barbosa
Born 1942
Manuel Jacinto Coelho
1903 - 1991
Jamily
Born 1992
José Paulo Moreira da Fonseca
1922 - 2004
Chris Nicklas
Born 1966
João Guilherme Greenhalgh
1845 - 1865
Regina Uchoa
Born 1959
Pedro Paulo Rangel
Born 1948
Elzira Dantas Machado
1865 - 1942
Alex Santos Araújo
Born 1993
Chloe Leurquin
Born 1990
Leonardo Mello
Born 1976
Pedro Brício
Born 1972
Robson Jorge
1954 - 1992
Lelêu
Born 1993
Leonardo de Melo Vieira Leite
Born 1986
Andrew Parsons (sports administrator)
Born 1977
Fábio Santos da Silva
Born 1981
Newton Faller
1947 - 1996
Kléber Leite
Born 1949
João Manuel de Lima e Silva
1805 - 1837
Romeu Evaristo
Born 1956
Paulo Rabello de Castro
Born 1949
Sérgio Augusto
Born 1942
Estelita Bell
1911 - 2005
Sylvio dos Santos
1935 - 2016
Lucy Mafra
1954 - 2014
Ângelo Gammaro
1895 - 1977
Johnny Massaro
Born 1992
Carlos Fonte Boa
Born 1979
Gabriel Leone
Born 1993
Antonio Neves Braga
Born 1957
Filipe Ret
Born 1985
Mariana de Moraes
Born 1969
Eduardo Mascarenhas
1942 - 1997
Pedro Vianna
Born 1948
Paulo Roberto dos Santos Pinto
Born 1972
Marcus Martins
Born 1959
Tiago Santiago
Born 1963
André Lara Resende
Born 1951
Rafael Mosca
Born 1982
Aloysio Raulino
1947 - 2013
Licurgo Santos Filho
1910 - 1998
Vitor Ressurreição
Born 1985
Georg von Langsdorff
1822 - 1921
Lúcio Mauro Filho
Born 1974
Silvio Luiz Oliveira de Paula
Born 1977
Maria Ursula d'Abreu e Lencastro
1682 - 1730
Rodrigo Otávio Filho
1892 - 1969
Capitão Guimarães
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Vera Nunes
Born 1928
Carlão (footballer, born 1990)
Born 1990
Kátia (cantora)
Born 1962
Pablo Popovitch
Born 1979
Laura Alvim
1902 - 1984
Jamil Haddad
1926 - 2009
Joel Portella Amado
Born 1954
José Vicente Faria Lima
1909 - 1969
Macula (footballer)
Born 1968
Karina Ferrari
Born 1998
Alexandre Zacarias de Assumpção
1895 - 1981
Éder Fialho
Born 1973
Andreia Sorvetão
Born 1973
Nelson Felix
Born 1954
Aram Boghossian
Born 1929
Marcelo Jucá
Born 1963
Luciana Hidalgo
Born 1965
Marcello d'Orey
Born 1976
Hermínio Bello de Carvalho
Born 1935
Fernando "Tererê" Augusto
Born 1979
Claudio Fonteles
Born 1946
Luiz Carlos Niño
1965 - 2005
George Sauma
Born 1989
Mário Travassos
1891 - 1973
Jaime Costa
1897 - 1967
Lévi Alves Cabral
Born 1989
Fernando Saez
Born 1974
Irineu de Almeida
1873 - 1916
André Dahmer
Born 1974
Sérgio Machado Rezende
Born 1940
Ana Beatriz Cisneiros
Born 1997
Milton Guran
Born 1948
Edward Boggis
Born 1977
Othon Motta
1913 - 1985
Andressa Soares
Born 1988
Pedro Maria de Lacerda
1830 - 1890
Cristina Teixeira
Born 1958
Djenane Machado
Born 1951
Sacha Bali
Born 1981