carioca is the term used to refer rio de janeiro's city inhabitants - 'carioca da gema', translatable as 'carioca from the yolk' means carioca born and raised in rio de janeiro, while carioca de coração, translatable as 'carioca at heart' is used to refer to people who moved to rio and embraced the carioca spirit.

many amazing contributions to the history and culture of rio de janeiro came both from native and adopted cariocas. in this chapter we selected a few important cariocas that anyone should know about when coming to rio de janeiro - they are not listed in any specific order.