List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Márcio Garcia Machado is a Brazilian actor, television host, writer, producer and film director.

Farnésio Dutra e Silva, better known as Dick Farney, was a Brazilian (jazz) pianist, pop-composer, and "crooner" popular in Brazil from the late 1940s to the mid 1970s and 1980s.

Thiago Neves Fragoso is a Brazilian actor, voice actor and singer.

Maurício Mattar is a Brazilian actor.

Patrick de Paula Carreiro, commonly known as Patrick de Paula or simply Patrick, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Palmeiras as a midfielder.

Crizam César de Oliveira Filho, better known as Zinho is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer.

José Fernando Viana de Santana, commonly known as Fernandão, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Goiás.

Fellipe Ramos Ignez Bastos is a Brazilian professional footballer who is currently unattached.

Marco Aurélio de Oliveira, commonly known as Marcão, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and is the current manager of Fluminense.

Gabriel Gonzaga Santos Nogueira is a Brazilian professional boxer and mixed martial artist, who competed in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is perhaps best known for his upset head-kick knockout of Mirko Cro Cop at UFC 70, which earned him a heavyweight title shot. Gonzaga won a gold medal in the Ultra Heavyweight division at the 2006 Mundials, which is considered to be the top BJJ competition in the world. Gonzaga's nickname "Napão" means "big nose" in Portuguese.