List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Oswaldo Fadda
Oswaldo Baptista Fadda was a practitioner of jujutsu and developer of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, reaching the rank of "nono grau", a ninth grade red belt. He is known for being one of the highest ranked non-Gracie black belts and also for teaching students from the poorer areas of Rio de Janeiro, where brazilian jiu-jitsu was regarded as an upper-class sport. Fadda's lineage, the most prominent second to the Carlos Gracie lineage, still survives through his links with today's teams such as Nova União, Grappling Fight Team, as well as Deo Jiu-Jitsu and Equipe Mestre Wilson Jiu-Jitsu.
Michelle Nascimento
Eliane Cantanhêde
Sérgio Loroza
Valéria Valenssa
João Paulo Oliveira
João Paulo de Oliveira is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for Novorizontino.
Cleonice Berardinelli
Cleonice Serôa da Motta Berardinelli is a Brazilian academic.
Giselle Batista
Ataulpho Alves Júnior
Sérgio Britto
Sérgio Britto was a Brazilian actor and film director. He appeared in more than forty films from 1951 to 2008.