List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Olga Maria de Souza is a Brazilian-Italian singer, model and dancer. She is best known as the frontwoman of the Italian group Corona, produced by Checco "Lee Marrow" Bontempi.

Wagner Miranda Schwartz is a Brazilian performer, choreographer and writer.

Felipe Jorge Loureiro, known as Felipe, is a Brazilian football coach and former footballer.

Clóvis Bornay was a Brazilian museologist, actor, and maker of Carnival costumes for more than 40 years, which made him famous throughout the nation, and he continues to be honored and the subject at Carnival parades today. He also composed some of the Carnival songs in the 1960s and 1970s and was the costume designer for the Salgueiro parade in 1966; Unidos de Lucas from 1967 to 1969; GRES Portela in 1969 and 1970, where he won at this carnival for his theme "Legends and Mysteries of the Amazon"; GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel in 1972 and 1973; and lastly Unidos da Tijuca in 1973.

Bruno Amorim Lazaroni is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and is the current assistant manager of Botafogo.

Maxlei dos Santos Luzia or simply Max, was a Brazilian goalkeeper.

Eliana Pittman, is a Brazilian former singer and actress. Pittman was one of the more soulful singers of the early 1970s. The stepdaughter of the jazz saxophonist Booker Pittman, she was deeply influenced and encouraged by him to become an artist, as he was her first music teacher, mentor and partner on some records.

Mehmet Aurélio is a Brazilian-born Turkish football coach and retired footballer, who played as a midfielder. He was most recently the head coach of Çorum FK.

Wilson das Neves was a Brazilian percussionist and singer from in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a key figure in the history of Brazilian music, having played with many of Brazil's greatest musicians across many decades and featured on numerous important recordings. Wilson was a very important artist specially for Brazilian popular music as a sambista, composer and instrumentalist, with over 50 years dedicated to music. He can be heard in over 600 records from major Brazilian artists.

Paulo Cézar Lima, commonly known as Caju, is a Brazilian former football player. He played as a midfielder or forward for many teams in Brazil and also played one year for Olympique de Marseille, a Ligue 1 team in France.