List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Nélio da Silva Melo better known as Nélio is a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Antonio Ferreira de Oliveira Junior, often known as Ferreira, is a football defender from Brazil who plays for São Bernardo.

Luíza Touché de Almeida is a Brazilian actress.

Emerson Moisés Costa, known simply as Emerson, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Hugo Guimarães Silva Santos Almeida, sometimes known as just Hugo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Serie D team Gama.

Elisa Frota Pessoa, born Elisa Esther Habbema de Maia, was a Brazilian experimental physicist. She was one of the first women to graduate in physics in Brazil, in 1942, and a founding member of the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas. She was distinguished by her studies of radioactivity with nuclear emulsions; reactions and disintegrations of K and π mesons in nuclear emulsions; and reactions of protons and deuterons with nuclei of average masses.

Antônio Vicente Filipe Celestino was a Brazilian singer, composer and actor of Italian descent.

Estêvão Roberto da Silva was an Afro-Brazilian painter and art teacher.

André Luiz Bahia dos Santos Viana is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender. He is currently a free agent after leaving Shonan Bellmare.

Carlos Alexandre Rodrigues do Nascimento, commonly known as Carlos Olivinha, or simply Olivinha, is a Brazilian professional basketball player that currently plays for Flamengo of Novo Basquete Brasil. At 6'8", he can play at either the small forward or power forward positions, with power forward being his main position. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.