List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Oswaldo Fadda

Oswaldo Baptista Fadda

First Name Oswaldo

Born on January 15, 1921

Died on April 1, 2005 (aged 84)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

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.

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Michelle Nascimento

Michelle Santos do Nascimento

First Name Michelle

Last Name Nascimento

Born on November 8, 1984 (age 41)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

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Eliane Cantanhêde

First Name Eliane

Born on June 5, 1952 (age 74)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

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Sérgio Loroza

Sérgio Luiz de Arruda Loroza

First Name Sérgio

Last Name Loroza

Born on March 28, 1967 (age 59)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Actor

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Valéria Valenssa

First Name Valéria

Last Name Valenssa

Born on October 5, 1971 (age 54)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

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João Paulo Oliveira

First Name João

Last Name Oliveira

Born on June 13, 1985 (age 41)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

João Paulo de Oliveira is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for Novorizontino.

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Cleonice Berardinelli

First Name Cleonice

Born on August 28, 1916 (age 109)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Cleonice Serôa da Motta Berardinelli is a Brazilian academic.

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Giselle Batista

First Name Giselle

Born on April 26, 1986 (age 40)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Actor

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Ataulpho Alves Júnior

First Name Ataulpho

Born on August 5, 1943

Died on October 15, 2017 (aged 74)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

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Sérgio Britto

First Name Sérgio

Last Name Britto

Born on June 29, 1923

Died on December 17, 2011 (aged 88)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Actor

Sérgio Britto was a Brazilian actor and film director. He appeared in more than forty films from 1951 to 2008.

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