List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sérgio Fernando Paranhos Fleury was a Brazilian police deputy during the Brazilian military dictatorship. He was chief of DOPS, the Brazilian "Department for Political and Social Order", that had a major role during the years of the Brazilian military government. Fleury was known for his violent temper and was officially accused of torture and homicide of numerous people, but died before being tried.

Jorge Mário da Silva, more commonly known by his stage name Seu Jorge, is a Brazilian musical artist, songwriter, and actor. He is considered by many a renewer of Brazilian pop samba. Seu Jorge cites samba schools and American soul singer Stevie Wonder as major musical influences. Jorge is also known for his film roles as Mané Galinha in the 2002 film City of God and as Pelé dos Santos in the 2004 film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. His musical work has received praise from many of his fellow musicians including Beck and David Bowie.

Renato Soares de Oliveira Augusto, or simply Renato Augusto, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese club Beijing Guoan and the Brazil national team.

Maria Cristina Córdula da Cunha or Cristina Córdula, is a fashion consultant, a presenter and a former Brazilian model who was naturalized French.

Inês Tânia Lima da Silva, known professionally as Inês Brasil, is a German-Brazilian singer, dancer and internet celebrity. She became famous in Brazil in late 2012 after publishing an audition video for the 2013 edition of Big Brother Brasil on YouTube, which became popular. Since then, most of the videos she publishes on social media have become popular.

Hélio Hermito Zampier Neto, commonly known as Neto, is a Brazilian retired footballer, and is the current football superintendent of Chapecoense.

Daniella Ferrante Perez Gazolla was a Brazilian actress and dancer.

Adriana Esteves Agostinho Brichta is a Brazilian actress. She has already been nominated twice to the International Emmy Award for Best Actress.

Agenor de Miranda Araújo Neto, better known as Cazuza, was a Brazilian singer and songwriter, born in Rio de Janeiro. Along with Raul Seixas, Renato Russo and Os Mutantes, Cazuza, both while fronting Barão Vermelho and at solo career, is considered one of the best exponents of Brazilian rock music. In his 9-year career, he sold more than 5 million albums and achieved 11 number one singles and 18 Top 10 singles in Brazil.

João Dionisio Filgueira Barreto Amoêdo, also known as João Amoêdo, is a Brazilian banker, engineer and businessman. He is one of the founders of the New Party (NOVO), which he presided from September 2015 to July 2017, and was its candidate in the Brazilian presidential election of 2018.