- male, deceased (1922)
- Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto was a Brazilian author, who wrote one of the country's classics, "Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma" or "Tragic...
- male, 37 years old
- Moreno Veloso is a Brazilian musician and singer born on November 22, 1972 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He is one of the sons of the Brazilian...
- male
- Ganga Zumba was the first of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares, or Angola Janga in the present-day state of Alagoas, Brazil. Zumba was a slave...
- male, 72 years old
- Wilson Moreira (b. December 12, 1936) is a brazilian "sambista", singer/songwriter, especially known for his exquisite and intricate melody lines.
- male
- João Pereira dos Santos or Mestre João Pequeno da Pastinha as he is known within capoeira circles, began his life in Capoeira as a student of Me...
- male, deceased (1976)
- João Francisco dos Santos, also known as the infamous drag performer and capoeirista "Madame Satã", was born into a family of ex-slaves in the st...
- male, 60 years old
- Djavan, a Brazilian singer/songwriter, was born 27 January 1949, in Alagoas, Brazil. Djavan's combines traditional South American rhythms with...
- male
- Marco Antonio Silva a.k.a. DJ Marky is a Brazilian drum and bass DJ. Together with DJ Patife, XRS Land and Drumagick Brazilians are forging a new...
- male, deceased (1994)
- Grande Otelo is the stage name of Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, and composer Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata. Otelo had a problematic l...
- female, deceased (2005)
- Olga de Alaketu or Mother Olga was a prominent Candomblé high priestess, who was influential in promoting Candomblé and distancing it from Ca...
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