List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Loalwa Braz Vieira was a Brazilian vocalist and musician, best known for providing the lead vocals for the French-Brazilian recording act Kaoma for their 1989 cover of the hit "Llorando se fue", later renamed as "Lambada". She was fluent in four languages, and recorded songs in her native Portuguese, as well as in Spanish, French and English.

Baby Consuelo, known professionally as Baby do Brasil, is a Brazilian performer, singer and composer.

Cláudia Abreu Fonseca is a Brazilian actress. She is married to the Brazilian filmmaker José Henrique Fonseca.

Ronaldo Fernando Esquerdo Bôscoli, usually known as Ronaldo Bôscoli, or just Bôscoli was a Brazilian composer, songwriter, record producer and journalist.

Abel Carlos da Silva Braga, known as Abel Braga, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central defender, and is the current manager of Internacional.

Glória Maria Cláudia Pires de Morais ; born 23 August 1963) is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for her roles in Rede Globo telenovelas such as Dancin' Days, Cabocla, Vale Tudo, Mulheres de Areia and O Rei do Gado. She is also known for starring in films such as Academy Award-nominated O Quatrilho, box-office hit If I Were You and its sequel, and Lula, Son of Brazil, which is the second most expensive Brazilian film of all time, after Nosso Lar.

Erasmo Carlos is a Brazilian singer and songwriter, most closely associated with his friend and longtime collaborator Roberto Carlos. Together, they have created many chart hits including "É Proibido Fumar", "Sentado à beira do caminho", "Além do Horizonte", "Amigo" and "Festa de Arromba".

Carla Camurati is a Brazilian actress and filmmaker. She became notorious for acting in several Rede Globo telenovelas in the 1980s. She also acted on children's theater, starred in films—including Eternamente Pagú for which she won the Best Actress Award of Festival de Gramado—and was cover of the Brazilian edition of Playboy. In 1995, she debuted as a director with Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil, an important mark in the period of Cinema of Brazil known as "Retomada". She was the director of Fundação Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro that administers the Teatro Municipal from 2007 to 2014.

Miguel Falabella is a Brazilian TV, cinema and theater actor, producer, writer and director.

Camila Manhães Sampaio, better known as Camila Pitanga, is a Brazilian actress and former model. She is internationally renowned for her roles in films and telenovelas. In films, she is known for her roles in Quilombo, Caramuru: A Invenção do Brasil, Redentor, Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos Seus Lindos Lábios, Uma História de Amor e Fúria among others. In television she is known for her roles in Paraíso Tropical, Cama de Gato, Lado a Lado, Babilônia and Velho Chico.