List of Famous people born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Anderson Soares de Oliveira or simply Anderson Bamba is a Brazilian former professional football central defender.

Luísa Parente Ribeiro de Carvalho is a Brazilian gymnast. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics.

João W. Nery, was a Brazilian writer, psychologist, and LGBT activist. He is known to be the first transgender man to have undergone sex-change surgery in Brazil; it took place in 1977.

Paulo César Saraceni was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1960 and 2011. His 1999 film Traveller was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Mention.

Carlos Francisco Portinho, also known as Portinho, is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. In 2018, he was elected first substitute for senator in Rio de Janeiro.

Fernando Paixão da Silva, known as Fernando Bob, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Boavista.

Arthur Antônio Sendas was a Brazilian businessman and business magnate, who founded one of Brazil's largest supermarket chains, Sendas supermarket.

Deborah Colker is a Brazilian writer, theater director, dancer and choreographer. She received the Lawrence Oliver Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance in 2001 for her choreography work on the show 'Mix'. In 2009, she wrote, directed and choreographed the Cirque du Soleil production, Ovo.

Anna Sophia Folch is a Brazilian actress. She has played the lead role in two telenovelas and plays the lead role in a television series.