List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Victor Hugo Soares dos Santos, commonly known as Kanu, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender for Botafogo.

Olivia Hime is a Brazilian singer and lyricist. She is also the co-owner and musical manager of the record label Biscoito Fino. In 2005, the song Cancao Transparente, composed by Hime and her husband, pianist and composer Francis Hime, was nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best Brazilian Song.

Lamartine Babo was one of the most important popular composers of Brazil. Babo composed several of satirical sambas, marchinhas and other songs; he is especially remembered for composing anthems for all the main professional football clubs of Rio de Janeiro.

Pedro Corrêa do Lago is a Brazilian art historian and curator who has formed the largest private collection of autograph letters and manuscripts in the world today. He is the author of over twenty books on manuscripts and Brazilian art and was president of Brazil's National Library from 2003 to 2005. In 2002, partnering with his wife Bia Corrêa do Lago, he founded Capivara, an art publishing house specialized in catalogues raisonnés of artists active in Brazil. Since 2012 he has been a columnist for the monthly magazine Piaui.

Chrystiane Lopes, known as Chrysti Ane, is a Brazilian actress and fitness model. She is best known for playing Sarah Thompson/Ninja Steel Pink Ranger on Power Rangers Ninja Steel.

Egberto Amin Gismonti is a Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist.