- male, 67 years old
- Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26, 1942) is a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter. Gil is also the current...
- male
- Carlinhos Brown (b. November 23, 1962) is a Brazilian musician from Salvador, Bahia. Antonio Carlos Santos de Freitas was born in Candeal Pequeno,...
- male, 67 years old
- 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...
- male, deceased (1974)
- Mestre Bimba (born Manuel dos Reis Machado November 23, 1900, Salvador, Brazil - February 15, 1974) was a "mestre" (a master practitioner) of the...
- male, deceased (1973)
- Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho (1897-1973), better known as Pixinguinha, was a "choro" composer, arranger, flutist and saxophonist born in Rio de...
- male, 95 years old
- Dorival Caymmi is considered to be one to the most important songwriters in Brazilian popular music. The son of an Italian immigrant and a black...
- male, deceased (1695)
- Zumbi also known as Zumbi dos Palmares (1655 - November 20, 1695, pronounced: 'zoombee') was the last of the leaders of the Quilombo dos Palmares,...
- female, 67 years old
- Benedita Souza da Silva Sampaio, (born in Rio de Janeiro, April 26, 1942-) is an Afro-Brazilian politician. During her life she faced a lot of...
- male, 39 years old
- Seu Jorge is a Brazilian musician, composer, and actor. Born Jorge Mário da Silva, he was raised in a favela in the city of Belford Roxo in the B...
- male, deceased (1937)
- Noel de Medeiros Rosa (December 11, 1910 - May 4, 1937) was a Brazilian songwriter, singer, and guitar/banjo player. One of the greatest names in...
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