List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Milton de Oliveira Ismael Silva, known as Ismael Silva, was a Brazilian samba musician. In 1925 he had his first recorded his samba. His best-known compositions were Me faz carinhos, Se você jurar, Antonico, Para me livrar do mal, Novo amor, Ao romper da aurora, Tristezas não pagam dívidas, Me diga o teu nome, among others.

Renan da Silva , more commonly known as Renan Silva, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga 1 club Bhayangkara.

António José da Silva Coutinho was a Portuguese-Brazilian dramatist born in colonial Brazil, known as "the Jew". The Brazilian spelling of his first name is Antônio; António José da Silva in Hebrew is אנטוניו ז'וזה דה סילווה‎.

Rodrigo Longo Freitas, commonly known as Digão, is a Brazilian footballer who most recently played as a right back for Adanaspor.