List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Chayene Medeiros Oliveira Santos, commonly known as Chay, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Botafogo.

Paulo Ricardo Campos Silvino was a Brazilian comedian, composer and actor.

Marcus Wendel Valle da Silva, commonly known as Wendel, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg. He plays as a central midfielder, an attacking midfielder or a left midfielder.

Prince Peter August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, known in Brazil as Dom Pedro Augusto, was a prince of the Empire of Brazil and of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry. The favorite grandson of Emperor Pedro II, he was known as "the Preferred".

Fábio Villela Barreto Borges was a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, and film producer. He was best known for directing O Quatrilho and Lula, o filho do Brasil, a biography based on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's early life, which had been the most expensive film in the history of Brazilian cinema upon its release. Barreto slipped into a coma in 2009 after being involved in a car accident in Rio de Janeiro and, in August 2014, was reported to be in a minimally conscious state. He died on November 20, 2019, after almost 10 years in a coma.

Roberto Alvim is a Brazilian theatre director. He was the founder and director of the Club Noir theatre in São Paulo from 2006 to 2019. Since June 18, 2019, he has served as head director of Ceacen, Center of Performing Arts, in the National Foundation of the Arts (Funarte). On November 7, 2019 he was nominated Special Secretary for Culture under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, only to be fired on January 17, 2020 after appearing to quote a speech by German Nazi politician Joseph Goebbels in a government-sanctioned video.

Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto is a Brazilian economist, former executive of Banco Santander, and current president of Central Bank of Brazil. He is the grandson of Brazilian politician and economist Roberto de Oliveira Campos. "Neto" is not his surname, but a suffix that means grandson in Portuguese, and is used for those with the same name as their grandfather.

Francisca Edwiges Neves Gonzaga, better known as Chiquinha Gonzaga was a Brazilian composer, pianist and the first woman conductor in Brazil.

Marcos Pitombo is a Brazilian actor.

Roger Galera Flores, or simply Roger, is a Brazilian football pundit for TV Globo and retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.