List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ana Tereza Milanez de Lossio e Seiblitz or Tereza Seiblitz is a Brazilian actress.

Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas is a Brazilian engineer and politician. He was Minister of Infrastructure of the Jair Bolsonaro administration, being nominated on the 27th of November 2018 and taking office on the 1st of January 2019. He resigned on the 31st of March 2022 in order to run for the 2022 São Paulo gubernatorial election.

Luiz Carlos Tourinho was a Brazilian actor.

Yoná Magalhães Gonçalves Mendes da Costa, known professionally as Yoná Magalhães, was a Brazilian actress.

Maria Antonieta Portocarrero Thedim, known professionally as Tônia Carrero, was a Brazilian actress.

Martinho da Vila is a Brazilian singer and composer who is considered to be one of the main representatives of samba and MPB. He is a prolific songwriter, with hundreds of recorded songs across over 40 solo albums. He also has many songs that were recorded by singers from different musical genres. Internationally celebrated artists such as Nana Mouskouri (Greece), Ornella Vanoni (Italy), Katia Guerreiro (Portugal), Rosario Flores (Spain) have put their voices to Martinho’s songs and lyrics. As a singer, he is considered by critics as one of the top exponents of samba to have ever lived. Among his many national collaborations, a few notable names are Zeca Pagodinho, Arlindo Cruz, Chico Buarque, Beth Carvalho, Noel Rosa, Alcione, among others. Furthermore, Martinho composed some of the most important samba enredos and has forged a solid partnership with the Vila Isabel samba school. In spite of being a self-taught singer / songwriter with no academic background, Martinho has a great connection with classical music. He participated in the symphonic project "Samba Classics" under the baton of the late Maestro Silvio Barbato, which went on to be performed by several classical orchestras such as the Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, and Espirito Santo Orchestras, as well as the Orquestra Petrobras and the Orfeônica of Denmark. He also devised, in partnership with Maestro Bruno Leonardo, the Black Concert, a Symphonic performance that focuses on the participation of black musicians in classical music. In addition to being a celebrated singer and songwriter, Martinho is also a writer and author of 13 books: Notable works include Os Lusófonos, republished in Portugal, as well as Joanna and Joanes - A Fluminense Romance, and Ópera Negra, which was later translated into French. At the Book Fair in Paris in 2015, Martinho released his novel Os Lusófonos. As a journalist, Martinho writes articles for O Globo, Folha de São Paulo and O Estadão newspapers, several magazines, and, for two years, he was a weekly columnist of the newspaper O Dia.

Marisa de Azevedo Monte is a Brazilian singer, composer, instrumentalist, and producer of Brazilian popular music and samba. As of 2011, she had sold 10 million albums worldwide and has won numerous national and international awards, including four Latin Grammys, seven Brazilian MTV Video Music Awards, nine Multishow de Música Brasileira awards, 5 APCAs, and six Prêmio TIM de Música. Marisa is considered by Rolling Stone Brasil to be the second greatest singer, behind only Elis Regina. She also has two albums on the list of the 100 best albums of Brazilian music.

Jorge de Amorim Campos, better known as Jorginho, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played mainly as a right back.

Cláudia Magno de Carvalho was a Brazilian actress and dancer.

Cecil Aldary Portocarrero Thiré was a Brazilian television, film and stage actor, and director.