List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Júlia Gonçalves de Almeida is a Brazilian actress. She has participated in several telenovelas.

Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda, whose artistic name was Miúcha, was a Brazilian singer and composer.

Eurico Ângelo de Oliveira Miranda was a Brazilian politician and sports directive. He was president of Vasco da Gama from 2014 until 17 January 2018. He was previously president of Vasco da Gama between 2001 and 2008, having also previously worked in Vasco da Gama administration. He succeeded Antônio Soares Calçada in December 2000, and was reelected in December 2003 and December 2006. He was replaced by Roberto Dinamite in June 2008, however he returns to the presidency of Vasco da Gama in December 2014. He was also a federal deputy and known by his political approach characterised by Euriquism.

Daniele Toshiko Suzuki is a Brazilian actress, filmmaker, and television host.

Evaristo de Macedo Filho,, known simply as Evaristo, is a Brazilian former footballer and coach.

Leonardo Vieira is a Brazilian actor. He is best known for his roles in telenovelas, especially Senhora do Destino, Prova de Amor and Caminhos do Coração.

Jean Jacques Machado is a renowned Brazilian Jiu jitsu practitioner. He is one of the five Machado brothers. Machado is nephew of BJJ co-founder and Grandmaster Carlos Gracie, and learned the martial art from an early age.

Fausto Fanti Jasmin was a Brazilian actor, humorist and musician, best known for being one of the founding members of the comedy troupe Hermes & Renato and the original guitarist of parodic heavy metal band Massacration under the alias Blondie Hammett.

Arthur Rudolph Berthold Wehnelt was a German physicist, noted for important contributions in the fields of X-ray physics, gas discharges and electron emission.

Armínio Fraga Neto is a Brazilian economist who was president of the Central Bank of Brazil from 1999 to 2003. From 1993 until his appointment to the Central Bank, he was Managing Director of Soros Fund Management in New York. Since 2001, he has been a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty.