List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cauby Peixoto

First Name Cauby

Born on February 10, 1931

Died on May 15, 2016 (aged 85)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Cauby Peixoto was a Brazilian singer, whose career lasted from the late 1940s until his death in 2016. He is known for his deep voice and extravagant mannerisms and hairstyles. He had a brief career in the United States in the 1950s, where he presented under the pseudonyms Ron Coby or Coby Dijon.

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Orlando Drummond

Orlando Drummond Cardoso

First Name Orlando

Last Name Drummond

Born on October 18, 1919

Died on July 27, 2021 (aged 101)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Orlando Drummond is a Brazilian actor, best known for his works as Seu Peru in the series Escolinha do Professor Raimundo and also as the voice of Scooby-Doo, Alf, and Popeye. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.

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Vitor Gabriel

First Name Vitor

Last Name Gabriel

Born on January 20, 2000 (age 26)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Height 184 cm | 6'0

Footballer

Sportsperson

Vitor Gabriel Claudino Rego Ferreira, commonly known as Vitor Gabriel, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo.

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Paulo Autuori

First Name Paulo

Last Name Autuori

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Football Manager

Sportsperson

Paulo Autuori de Mello, known as Paulo Autuori, is a Brazilian football manager, currently in charge of Athletico Paranaense.

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Pedro, Prince Imperial of Brazil

First Name Pedro,

Last Name Brazil

Born on July 19, 1848

Died on January 9, 1850 (aged 1)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Dom Pedro Afonso was the Prince Imperial and heir apparent to the throne of the Empire of Brazil. Born at the Palace of São Cristóvão in Rio de Janeiro, he was the second son and youngest child of Emperor Dom Pedro II and Dona Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, and thus a member of the Brazilian branch of the House of Braganza. Pedro Afonso was seen as vital to the future viability of the monarchy, which had been put in jeopardy by the death of his older brother Dom Afonso almost three years earlier.

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Antônio Carlos Jobim

Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim

First Name Antônio

Last Name Jobim

Born on January 25, 1927

Died on December 8, 1994 (aged 67)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, also known as Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian composer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and singer. Widely considered as one of the great exponents of Brazilian music, Jobim internationalized bossa nova and, with the help of important American artists, merged it with jazz in the 1960s to create a new sound with remarkable popular success. As such he is sometimes known as the "father of bossa nova".

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Mário Frias

Mário Luís Frias

First Name Mário

Last Name Frias

Born on October 9, 1971 (age 54)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Mário Frias is a Brazilian telenovela actor, and current Special Secretary of Culture, a cabinet position in president Jair Bolsonaro's federal administration.

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