List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marcelo D2
Marcelo D2 is a Brazilian rapper and lyricist.
Otávio Müller
Otávio Müller de Sá, most known as Otávio Müller, is a Brazilian actor. Most known for comical roles in television, such as in the Rede Globo's series Tapas & Beijos, he is also a stage actor, and film actor. On theater, he starred in the monologue A Vida Sexual da Mulher Feia, and, on cinema, he won the Rio Film Festival Best Actor Award for The Gorilla.
Marcelo Serrado
Marcelo Magalhães Serrado is a Brazilian actor.
Marcos Paulo
Marcos Paulo Costa do Nascimento, known as Marcos Paulo, is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club CD Mirandés, on loan from Atlético Madrid. Born in Brazil, he represents Portugal at international level.
Luiz Guilherme da Conceição Silva
Luiz Guilherme da Conceição Silva, commonly known as Muriqui, is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
Princess Januária, Countess of Aquila
Princess Januária of Brazil was a Brazilian princess and Portuguese infanta (princess). She was the second daughter of Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal and his first wife, Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria.
Jimmy London
Bruno Munk London, better known as Jimmy London, is a Brazilian musician, ex lead singer and co-founder of the hardcore punk band Matanza. In addition to his musical career, he was also the host of Pimp My Ride Brasil and the voice of "Fornalha", a character in the cartoon The Jorges, both appearing on MTV Brasil. He has also acted as a record producer, including the EP of garage rock band De'la Roque, whose drummer, Jonas, also plays in Matanza.
Bia Kicis
Beatriz Kicis Torrents de Sordi, better known as Bia Kicis, is a Brazilian politician, activist, YouTuber, lawyer, and former attorney general for Brazil's Federal District, affiliated to the conservative Social Liberal Party. A self-declared right-winger, she defends the use of verifiable paper records to prevent electoral fraud in the Brazilian electronic voting system. Kicis was elected federal deputy for the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies in the 2018 general election.
Anísio Abraão David
Aniz Abraão David, better known as Anísio, is an illegal lottery operator (bicheiro) and the honorary president of the samba school Beija-Flor in Nilópolis. He has been the president of the Independent League of Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro (LIESA) from 1985-1987.
Miguel Bombarda
Miguel Augusto Bombarda was a Portuguese physician, psychiatrist, and politician. He is perhaps most widely remembered as one of the major conspirators of the 5 October 1910 revolution, although he was shot and killed the day before the coup took place by one of his patients.