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Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes, was part of the Brazilian seditious movement known as the Inconfidência Mineira. Born in Sao José del Rei (now called Tiradentes), Minas Gerais, Tiradentes was adopted by his godfather and moved to Vila Rica (now Ouro Preto) after the deaths of his parents (mother in 1755; father in 1757). He practiced several professions - cattle driver, miner, … - Aécio Neves
Aécio Neves da Cunha is a Brazilian politician. He is the grandson of former president Tancredo Neves. In 1987, Neves was elected to the Federal Chamber of Deputies (House of Representatives) from his home state of Minas Gerais and served until 2002. He was president of the Chamber of Deputies (Speaker of the House) in 2001. He was elected governor of Minas Gerais in 2003 a position he hold to the present. - Tancredo Neves
Tancredo de Almeida Neves, more commonly Tancredo Neves (March 4, 1910 - April 21, 1985) was a Brazilian politician. He was born in São João del Rei, in the state of Minas Gerais, and graduated in law. He began his political career as a member of the legislative chamber of his hometown in 1934, and was elected in 1947 to the Minas Gerais state legislature. Three years later he became a representative of his state in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. - Carlos Chagas
Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, or Carlos Chagas (born July 9, 1879, Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; died November 8, 1934, Rio de Janeiro), was a Brazilian physician. He discovered Chagas disease, also called "American trypanosomiasis" in 1909, while working at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro. Chagas’ work is unique in the history of medicine, … - Milton Nascimento
Milton Nascimento is a singer-songwriter who is considered one of the icons of Brazilian Music. Nascimento was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His mother was the maid Maria do Carmo Nascimento. When he was just a few months old, the boy was adopted by the family for whom his mother had previously worked: the couple Josino Brito Campos (a banker, mathematics teacher and electronic technician) and Lília Silva Campos (a music teacher). - Itamar Franco
Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco, usually known as Itamar Franco (pron.), (born June 28, 1930) is a Brazilian politician who was President of Brazil from October 2, 1992 to January 1, 1995. Itamar Franco was born at sea, aboard a ship traveling between Salvador and Rio de Janeiro. His family was from Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, where he grew up and became a civil engineer in 1955, graduating from the School of Engineering of Juiz de Fora. - João Bosco
João Bosco de Freitas Mucci, better known as João Bosco is a famous Brazilian MPB singer, guitarist, and composer. Born on July 13, 1946, in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, Joäo Bosco's profession was engineering when he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where his songs where recorded by Elis Regina and were a success. He soon became admired as a virtuoso vocalist himself, and a dynamic performer. - Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Carlos Drummond de Andrade was perhaps the most influential Brazilian poet of the 20th century. He has become something of a national poet; his poem "Canção Amiga" ("Friendly Song") was printed on the 50 cruzados note. Drummond was born in Itabira, a mining village in Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. His parents were farmers of Portuguese ancestry (and remote Scottish ancestry). He went to a school of pharmacy in Belo Horizonte, … - José Alencar
José Alencar Gomes da Silva has been the Vice President of Brazil since 2003, under president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Born into a family of small entrepreneurs from Muriaé, in the inland state of Minas Gerais on October 17, 1931, he was the eleventh son of Antônio Gomes da Silva and Dolores Peres Gomes da Silva. He started working while still a child, helping out his father in the family business, … - Delfim Moreira
Delfim Moreira (November 7, 1868 - July 1, 1920) was a Brazilian politician. He was born in Minas Gerais state, and was elected vice-president in 1918. He assumed the presidency in November 15, 1918, due to the illness and death of former (1902-1906) and now elect president Rodrigues Alves. However, Moreira suffered from psychological problems, and left his duties to the ministers. Following the constitution, he called elections in 1919, … - Augusto de Lima
Antônio Augusto de Lima was a Brazilian journalist, poet, musician, magistrate, jurist, professor and politician. He was born in Congonhas de Sabará (now Nova Lima), on April 5, 1859. De Lima was governor of the state of Minas Gerais, and idealized the transfer of the state's capital from Ouro Preto to Belo Horizonte (then "Curral Del Rey"). In 1903, he became a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and was elected its president in 1928. - Daniela Cicarelli
Daniela Cicarelli Lemos (b. November 6, 1978, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil) is a TV show hostess for MTV Brasil and also a fashion model. - Telê Santana
Telê Santana da Silva, usually known as Telê Santana (born June 26, 1931 in Itabirito, Minas Gerais - died April 21, 2006 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais), was a Brazilian football manager and former player. As a player, his preferred position was right winger. However, he started his career as a goalkeeper. His career as a manager started in 1967, coaching Fluminense Football Club youth squad. - Alemão
Ricardo Rogério de Brito, better known by his nickname Alemão (born on November 11, 1961 in Lavras, Minas Gerais is a former Brazilian football (soccer) player who played as a defensive midfielder. His nickname means "German" in Portuguese language. - Gilberto Silva
Gilberto Aparecido da Silva, commonly known as Gilberto Silva, is a Brazilian football (soccer) player. He has played most of his club football for the English club Arsenal, as a defensive midfielder. Gilberto was raised in a poor family and as a child he balanced playing football with various labour jobs. He began his football career in 1997 with América Mineiro, where good form earned him a move to Atlético Mineiro in 2000. - Alberto Santos-Dumont
Alberto Santos-Dumont (20 July 1873 - 23 July 1932) was an early pioneer of aviation. He was born, grew up, and died in Brazil. His contributions to aviation took place while he was living in Paris, France. Santos-Dumont designed, built, and flew the first practical dirigible balloons. In doing so he became the first person to demonstrate that routine, controlled flight was possible. - Fernando Sabino
Fernando Sabino (October 12 1923 - October 11 2004) was a Brazilian writer and journalist. Sabino was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, where he lived until he was twenty, when he moved to Rio de Janeiro. Sabino was the author of 50 books, as well as many short stories and essays. His first book was published in 1941, when he was just 18 years old. Sabino vaulted to national and international fame in 1956 with the novel "A Time to Meet", … - Ney Franco
Ney Franco da Silveira Júnior, better known as Ney Franco is a Brazilian football manager, who was born July 22, 1966 in Ipatinga, MG. He is currently the manager of the famous Brazilian club Flamengo. He came from the small club Ipatinga. He succeeded manager Waldemar Lemos. - Murilo Mendes
Murilo Mendes (born May 13, 1901 in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, - died in Lisbon on August 13, 1975) was an exponent of Modernist poetry in Brazil. He lived in Europe twice and died in Lisbon. His greatest connection in Europe though was to Rome. He converted to Catholicism in 1934 and much of his works deal with tensions arising from his faith. - Augusto dos Anjos
Augusto dos Anjos was a Brazilian poet born in Paraíba. He composed his first verses at the age of seven, but his first published book, "Homesickness", came out in 1900, and, in spite of being translated this way the actual title of the book was "Eu" which, in Portuguese, means "I". These early verses were influenced by Symbolism. He was also influenced by philosophers like Herbert Spencer and Ernst Haeckel in his earlier days. - Henfil
Henrique de Souza Filho, commonly known as Henfil was a Brazilian cartoonist, caricaturist, journalist and writer, born in Ribeirão das Neves, Minas Gerais. He was a contributor to the satirical newspaper “O Pasquim”, which began publication in response to press censorship in Brazil following the military crackdown of December, 1968. In 1970 he published the comic book “Os Fradinhos” (The Friars), starring his most acclaimed characters. - Venceslau Brás
Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes was a Brazilian politician. Brás was born in Minas Gerais State. He became governor of that state in 1909, but in 1910 he was elected vice-president under Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca. He was elected president in 1914 and served until 1918. He declared war on the German Empire in 1917 during World War I. He was the longest lived Brazilian president, reaching 98 years of age. - Rubem Alves
Rubem Alves, Brazilian theologian, philosopher, educator, writer and psychoanalyst, was born on 15 September 1933, in Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais. - Vital Brazil
Vital Brazil Mineiro da Campanha, known as Vital Brazil, (b. April 28, 1865 in Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil, d. May 8, 1950) was a Brazilian physician, biomedical scientist and immunologist, internationally renowned for the discovery of the polyvalent anti-ophidic serum used to treat bítes of venomous snakes of the "Crotalus", "Bothrops" and "Elaps" genera. - José Otávio
José Otávio, or Zé Otávio, is a Brazilian bodyboarder. He was born in the landlocked state of Minas Gerais. He started to surf in Guarapari, Espírito Santo, and developed his skills as a bodyboarder on the beaches of Niterói, (in the state of Rio de Janeiro). Otávio has continued his career by surfing Brazil's most sought after bodyboarding waves at Itacoatiara beach. He was the first bodyboarder to execute a 720° reverse air spinner caught on tape, … - Rubem Fonseca
Rubem Fonseca (born May 11, 1925) is an important Brazilian writer. He was born in Juiz de Fora, state of Minas Gerais, on May 11, 1925, but he lived for most of his life in Rio de Janeiro. In 1952, he started his career in the police and became a policy commissioner. Even though, he refuses to do interviews and is a very reclusive person, much like Thomas Pynchon, who is a personal friend of Fonseca. - Rubem Braga
Rubem Braga was a notable Brazilian writer of short stories. He was born in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim city, state of Espírito Santo, on January 12, 1913. Braga was raised in his hometown, but at an early age was sent to the city of Niterói by his parents, to live with relatives. He attended law school in Rio de Janeiro, but graduated in Minas Gerais, in the year of 1932, … - Adélia Prado
Adélia Prado, is a leading Catholic writer and poet in Brazil. She was born in Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, and started writing at the age of 40 which is relatively late in life for a poet. Although much of her outlook is religious her works are often about the body. - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (JK) was a prominent Brazilian politician who was President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. He was born in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, and died in 1976. His term was marked by relative economic prosperity and political stability, being most known by the construction of a new capital, Brasília. - Chico Rei
Chico Rei is a semi-mythic heroic figure from the slave trade in Brazil. In about 1740, Galanga, a tribal leader from the Congo, was taken along with a large part of his tribe and sold as a slave. They were brought from Africa to Brazil in a slave ship and during this journey his authority amongst his compatriots was noticed by the Portuguese slave traders who nicknamed him "Chico Rei". In Brazil he was set to work in the gold mines of Minas Gerais. - Tomás Antônio Gonzaga
Tomás Antônio Gonzaga was a Luso-Brazilian poet. A native of Oporto, Gonzaga was son of a Brazilian-born judge and an English mother. He spent a part of his boyhood at Bahia, where his father was "desembargador" of the appeal court, and returning to Portugal he went to the University of Coimbra and took his law degree at the age of twenty-four. He remained on there for some years and compiled a treatise of natural law on regalist lines, … - Aureliano Chaves
Aureliano Chaves was a Brazilian politician. Born in Três Pontas, state of Minas Gerais, he was a Representative of this state in the Chamber of Deputies in 1967 from the ARENA party. He was selected as the governor of Minas Gerais state from 1975 to 1978 and was elected vice-president in 1979 under João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo. He acted as president during Figueiredo's health crisis in 1981 and 1983. - Daniel de Oliveira
Daniel de Oliveira was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil on June 19th 1977. He voiced both The Mumble ("Happy Feet") and "Chicken Little" for Brazilian audiences. He used to be married to Italo-Brazilian actress Débora Falabella. - Ana Beatriz Barros
Ana was discovered by the Director of Elite Model Management who was in vacationing in Brazil - Selton Mello
Selton Figueiredo Melo is a Brazilian actor, born on December 30, 1972 in Passos, Minas Gerais. He works on TV, movies and theater. He also produces and directs movies and videoclips. This talented actor hosts Tarja Preta, a TV show about culture and independent movies. His most intriguing character is André, from the Brazilian movie Lavoura Arcaica (To the left of the father), directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho, based on the homonym novel by Raduan Nassar. - Maria Clara Machado
Maria Clara Machado was a Brazilian playwright, specialised on plays for children. She was born in 1921, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and died in Rio de Janeiro in 2001, where she lived most of her life. Daughter of writer Aníbal Machado, she studied theater in Paris; in her return to Brazil, she founded the reputed theater and acting school O Tablado, in Rio de Janeiro. O Tablado was responsible for the formation of many Brazilian actors, … - Alphonsus de Guimaraens
Afonso Henriques da Costa Guimarães is an important Brazilian writer, whose Alphonsus de Guimaraens is a pseudonym. He was born in Ouro Preto city, state of Minas Gerais, in 1870 and died near the same place in Mariana city, state of Minas Gerais, in 1921). ast:Alphonsus de Guimaraens - Murilo Rubião
Murilo Rubião is a Brazilian writer. He was born in Carmo de Minas city, state of Minas Gerais. His entire work consists of short stories, all of them dealing with fantastic themes, which is uncommon among Brazilian writers. He was very obsessive about his work, revising it at every new edition, always changing a few details, like character's names and so on. - Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena
Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena was a Brazilian politician, president between 1906 and 1909. Before his political career, Pena was a lawyer, jurist and member of the Brazilian Supreme Court. He began his political career in 1874 with an election to the Imperial General Assembly. In the succeeding years, Pena reconciled legislative work with some periods occupying secretariats - secretary of Agriculture (1882), Commerce and Public Issues (1883) and Justice (1885). - Evaldo
Evaldo dos Santos Fabiano, commonly known as "Evaldo" is a Brazilian football (soccer) defender, who currently plays for CS Marítimo in Superliga. Having started out with his hometown team of Minas Gerais, Evaldo earned a move to one of Brazil's top club's Atlético Paranaense in 2001, where he stayed for only one full season before fulfilling his dream of a move to European football, signing for FC Porto.
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