List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Nelson Piquet Souto Maior, known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian former racing driver and businessman. Since his retirement, Piquet, a three-times World Champion, has been ranked among the greatest Formula One drivers in various motorsport polls.

Dario José dos Santos, nicknamed Dario or Dadá Maravilha, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a centre-forward.

Lyle Allen "Butch" Jones Jr. is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at Arkansas State University. Jones previously served as a special assistant to the head coach and offensive analyst at the University of Alabama from 2018 to 2020, the head coach at the University of Tennessee from 2013 to 2017, the University of Cincinnati from 2010 to 2012 and Central Michigan University from 2007 to 2009. A Michigan native, he played college football at Ferris State University as a running back and wide receiver.

Luccas Neto Ferreira is a Portuguese-Brazilian actor and comedian.

Flordelis dos Santos de Souza, daughter of Carmozina Motta dos Santos and Francisco dos Santos, known as Flordelis, is a Brazilian Contemporary Christian singer, pastor and former member of the Chamber of Deputies representing Rio de Janeiro. She belonged to the party Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (MDB) between 2004 and 2018, but has been a member of Partido Social Democrático (PSD) since 2018.

José Eugênio Soares is a Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author, and musician, known professionally as Jô Soares, or Jô.

Edir Macedo Bezerra is a Brazilian evangelical bishop, writer, billionaire businessman, and the founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG). He is the owner and chairman of the second-largest television network in Brazil, RecordTV, since 1989 with the Grupo Record, which he founded after he bought the network.

Valentina Herszage is a Brazilian actress.

Diogo Nogueira is a singer and songwriter from Brazil. He is the son of composer João Nogueira and Ângela Maria Nogueira. He was a samba musician throughout childhood and adolescence, but became a football player.

Cláudia Cristina Leite Inácio Pedreira is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2002 as the lead vocalist of the Axé music group Babado Novo. The group achieved a string of consecutive diamond-certified hit singles in Brazil and five golden and platinum albums from 2003 to 2007, as granted by the Brazilian Association of Record Producers (ABPD).