List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Alfredo Hélio Syrkis was a Brazilian writer, journalist, urban environmental manager and former parliamentarian, having served as the chairman of the Joint Climate Change Congressional Commission – CMMC, and vice-chairman of the Commission of Foreign Affairs and National Defense of the House. He was the Brazilian Green Party's presidential candidate in the 1998 election. In 2010, he was elected to the Brazilian national parliament (2011–2014) but decided not to run for re-election in 2014.

Hugo Marinho Borges Calderano is a table tennis player from Brazil competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is the first-ever player from Latin America to reach the Top 10 of the ITTF World Rankings. Calderano is also well known for beating China's Fan Zhendong at the quarter-finals of the 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Incheon, South Korea.

Amora Mautner is a Brazilian television director and former actress. She has worked in many telenovelas and TV series broadcast by Rede Globo.

Julianne Oliveira de Almeida, professionally known as Julianne Trevisol, is a Brazilian film, television and stage actress, singer, acrobatic, ballet and top dancer. As an actress she is known for her roles in Rede Record's telenovelas such as; Floribella, Paixões Proibidas, Caminhos do Coração, Vidas em Jogo and Balacobaco.

Jean Lucas de Souza Oliveira, known as Jean Lucas, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Monaco.

Bruno Viana Willemen da Silva is a Brazilian football player who plays as a centre back for Flamengo, on loan from Braga.

Caio Paduan is a Brazilian actor.

Maria Luísa Reisderfer Rodrigues, best known as Malu Rodrigues, is a Brazilian actress.

Isabel Kutner de Souza is a Brazilian actress and theater director.

Manoel Rezende de Mattos Cabral, known as Nelinho, is a former Brazilian association footballer who played as right back. He played for several clubs in his home country and abroad, most notably Belo Horizonte rivals Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro. Nelinho also represented the Brazilian national team in two FIFA World Cups.