Getúlio Vargas

Getúlio Vargas

male, deceased (1954)
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas was the president of Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 to his suicide in 1954.
Jorge Amado

Jorge Amado

male, deceased (2001)
Jorge Amado de Faria (August 10, 1912 - August 6, 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the Modernist school. He was the best-known of modern Brazilian...
José Sarney

José Sarney

male, 79 years old
José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa, (born April 24, 1930, in Pinheiro, Maranhão) is a Brazilian writer and politician. He served as president of...

João Ubaldo Ribeiro

male, 68 years old
João Ubaldo Osório Pimentel Ribeiro is a Brazilian author born in Itaparica,Bahia on January 23 1941. In the English speaking world his "An In...
Ana Maria Machado

Ana Maria Machado

female, 67 years old
Ana Maria Machado is a Brazilian journalist, writer, and professor born in Rio de Janeiro on December 24, 1941. She has her lifetime achievement,...

Antônio Houaiss

male, deceased (1999)
Antônio Houaiss was a Brazilian writer and translator, who served as the Minister of Culture. He was the son of Lebanese immigrants. He is best k...

Zélia Gattai

female, 93 years old
Zélia Gattai is a Brazilian photographer, memoirist, novelist and author of children's literature, as well as a member of the Brazilian Academy of L...
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

male, deceased (1908)
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, pron., often known as "Machado de Assis" or "Machado", (June 21 1839, Rio de Janeiro-September 29 1908, Rio de...
Rachel de Queiroz

Rachel de Queiroz

female, deceased (2003)
Rachel de Queiroz was a Brazilian author and journalist. She began her career in journalism in 1927 and entered the literary world with the novel...