List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Leandro Firmino is a Brazilian actor. He is best known for his role as Li'l Zé in the film Cidade de Deus. He also had a main role in one episode of spin-off series City of Men. He played the role of Thiago in Trash with Wagner Moura and Rooney Mara. His next role will be in Rodrigo Rodrigues`s Goitaca with Marlon Blue and Lady Francisco.

Tatyane Fontinhas Goulart is a Brazilian actress.

Ana Cristina César was a poet, literary critic and translator from Rio de Janeiro. She came from a middle-class Protestant background and was usually known as "Ana C." She had written since childhood and developed a strong interest in English literature. She spent some time in England in 1968 and, on returning to Brazil, she became a published author of note. The 1970s and early 1980s were the peak of her poetic career.

Francis Hime is a Brazilian composer, arranger, pianist and singer. He is the composer of the jazz standard Minha / All Mine, recorded, among others, by Bill Evans, Tony Bennett and Eliane Elias.

Dona Paula was a princess of the Empire of Brazil and thus, a member of the Brazilian branch of the Portuguese House of Braganza. Her parents were Emperor Dom Pedro I, the first ruler of an independent Brazil, and Archduchess Leopoldina of Austria. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Paula was the couple's third child; she lost her mother at the age of three and her father at the age of eight, when he abdicated and left Brazil for Portugal, where he wanted to restore the throne of Paula's eldest sister, Maria da Glória, who should have become queen regnant of Portugal.

Caio Campos Souza is a Brazilian male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. He participated at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow.

Marcello Nunes de Alencar was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. Alencar served as the Governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro from 1995 until 1999, as well as two tenures as Mayor of Rio de Janeiro from 1983 to 1986 and 1989 to 1993.

Pedro Andrade is a Brazilian journalist and model.

Cláudio Heinrich is a Brazilian film and television actor and Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor.

Luciana Braga Ribeiro Ramos is a Brazilian actress.