63 Notable alumni of
Federal University of Minas Gerais
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The Federal University of Minas Gerais is 718th in the world, 22nd in Latin America, and 5th in Brazil by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 63 notable alumni from the Federal University of Minas Gerais sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Juscelino Kubitschek
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- writerpoliticianphysician
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Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, also known by his initials JK, was a prominent Brazilian politician who served as the 21st president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. Kubitschek's government plan, dubbed "50 years in 5", was centered on economic and social development. During his term the country experienced a period of notable economic growth and relative political stability. However, there was also a significant increase in external debt, inflation, income concentration and wage erosion. At the time, there was no re-election and, on 31 January 1961, he was succeeded by Jânio Quadros, supported by the UDN. Kubitschek is best known for the construction of Brazil's new capital: Brasília, which was inaugurated on 21 April 1960, replacing Rio de Janeiro.
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Tancredo Neves
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- entrepreneurpoliticianlawyer
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Tancredo de Almeida Neves SFO was a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and entrepreneur. He served as Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs from 1953 to 1954, President of the Council of Ministers from 1961 to 1962, Minister of Finance in 1962, and as Governor of Minas Gerais from 1983 to 1984. He was elected President of the Republic in 1985, but died before taking office.
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Carlos Drummond de Andrade
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- short story writerscreenwriterpharmacistjournalistwriter
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Carlos Drummond de Andrade was a Brazilian poet and writer, considered by some as the greatest Brazilian poet of all time.
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Tostão
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- association football playerjournalistphysician
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Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade, generally known as Tostão, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward or attacking midfielder and physician.
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Guimarães Rosa
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- Esperantistphysicianphysician writerwriterprose writer
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João Guimarães Rosa was a Brazilian novelist, short story writer, poet and diplomat.
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Paulo Roberto Nunes Guedes
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- university teachereconomist
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Paulo Roberto Nunes Guedes is a Brazilian economist and co-founder of the investment bank BTG Pactual. He is also a co-founder of the think-tank Instituto Millenium, and was the economic advisor for the campaign of President Jair Bolsonaro. Guedes served as the Minister of the Economy of Brazil through the entirety of the Bolsonaro presidency, from 1 January 2019 to 1 January 2023.
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Ziraldo
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- comics artistcartoonist
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Ziraldo Alves Pinto, known mononymously as Ziraldo, was a Brazilian author, cartoonist, painter, comics creator, and journalist. Ziraldo began his career as a cartoonist in the 1950s, working for several Brazilian magazines and newspapers. His unique style and humorous take on everyday life quickly garnered a significant following.
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Artur Bernardes
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- lawyerpolitician
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Artur da Silva Bernardes was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served the 12th president of Brazil from 1922 to 1926. Bernades' presidency was marked by the crisis of the First Brazilian Republic and the almost uninterrupted duration of a state of emergency. During his long political career, from 1905 until his death, he was the main leader of the Republican Party of Minas Gerais (PRM) from 1918–1922 until the party's closure in 1937, and founder and leader of the Republican Party (PR).
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Rodrigo Janot
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- lawyer
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Rodrigo Janot Monteiro de Barros is a Brazilian jurist who served as the Prosecutor General of the Republic from 2013 to 2017.
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Ana Paula Valadão
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- musiciansongwritermissionarytelevision presenterpastor
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Ana Paula Machado Valadão Bessa is a Brazilian Christian worship leader, singer-songwriter and pastor. She is the leader of the contemporary praise band Diante do Trono, which has sold more than 15 million worship albums globally and has led worship gatherings of as many as two million people in attendance.
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Fernando Sabino
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- writerjournalistnovelist
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Fernando Tavares Sabino was a Brazilian writer and journalist.
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Samuel Rosa
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- singerguitarist
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Samuel Rosa de Alvarenga is the former lead singer, primary composer and guitarist of Brazilian rock band Skank. He has a psychology degree from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
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Jonas Bloch
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- actorfilm actordirectortelevision actorwriter
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Jonas Bloch is a Brazilian actor. Most known for his television roles as villains, Bloch is descendant of Ukrainian-Jewish people and father of actress Débora Bloch.
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Fernanda Takai
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- recording artistsingerguitaristwritercomposer
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Fernanda Barbosa Takai is a Brazilian singer, better known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of rock band Pato Fu. She has also been working on a solo career since 2007.
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Fernando Damata Pimentel
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- politicianeconomistteacher
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Fernando Damata Pimentel is a Brazilian politician and economist. He is a member of the Workers' Party (PT). He was the Mayor of Belo Horizonte from 2001 to 2009, the Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade in the Cabinet of former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff from 2011 to 2014 and the Governor of Minas Gerais from 2015 to 2019.
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Rubens Menin
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- businessperson
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Rubens Menin Teixeira de Souza is a Brazilian billionaire businessman and co-founder, in 1979, of MRV Engenharia, Brazil's leading home builder and real estate developer, which has a market capitalization of $1.4 billion. As of March 2022, his net worth is estimated at US$1.3 billion.
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Antônio Anastasia
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- lawyerpolitician
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Antonio Augusto Junho Anastasia is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, affiliated to the Social Democratic Party. He graduated with a bachelor's and later a master's from the Federal University of Minas Gerais's Law School.
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Sepúlveda Pertence
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- lawyerjudge
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José Paulo Sepúlveda Pertence was a Brazilian jurist, professor, lawyer, and judge. He held numerous positions, including Prosecutor General of the Republic, minister and president of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), and president of the Public Ethics Commission of the Presidency of the Republic.
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José Maria Alkmin
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- lawyerpolitician
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José Maria Alkmin Filho was the 15th vice president of Brazil from 1964 to 1967.
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Pedro Aleixo
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- politicianstatespersonlawyerjournalist
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Pedro Aleixo was a Brazilian politician who served as President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1937 and as the 16th vice president of Brazil from 15 March 1967 to 14 October 1969.
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Waldir Maranhão
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- surgeonpolitician
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Waldir Maranhão Cardoso is a Brazilian politician and a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). He was rector of the State University of Maranhão (Universidade Estadual do Maranhão) before being elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2006. As Vice President of the Chamber (since 2007) he became Acting President of the Chamber of Deputies on 5 May 2016 following the suspension of Eduardo Cunha, until new elections were held on July 13, with Rodrigo Maia as the new president.
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Francisco Rezek
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- politicianjudgeuniversity teacherlawyerdiplomat
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José Francisco Rezek is a Brazilian judge who served as a member of the International Court of Justice, based in The Hague, Netherlands, from 1996 to 2006. His surname "Rezek" comes from Lebanon.
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José Murilo de Carvalho
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- university teacherwriterhistorianpolitical scientist
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José Murilo de Carvalho was a Brazilian historian.
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Fernando Brant
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- composerpoetscreenwritersongwriterjournalist
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Fernando Rocha Brant was a Brazilian poet, lyricist and journalist, born in Caldas, Minas Gerais.
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Carlos Viana
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- journalist
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Carlos Alberto Dias Viana is a Brazilian journalist and politician, affiliated with Podemos (PODE) and currently a senator for Minas Gerais.
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Otto Lara Resende
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- writerjournalistnovelist
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Otto Lara Resende was a Brazilian journalist and writer.
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Patrus Ananias
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- lawyerpolitician
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Patrus Ananias de Sousa is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, member of the Workers' Party (PT). He was Minister of Agrarian Development during the second term of president Dilma Rousseff.
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Eleonora Menicucci
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- sociologistuniversity teacherwomen's rights activist
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Eleonora Menicucci de Oliveira is a Brazilian sociologist and was Minister of the Secretariat of Policies for Women until Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment in 2016. She is a full professor in public health at Federal University of São Paulo. A member of the Workers' Party, and dedicated to feminism, she is favorable to the legalization of abortion in Brazil. Menicucci has a degree in Social Sciences from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1974), MA in Sociology from the Federal University of Paraíba (1983), Ph.D. in political science from the University of São Paulo (1990), post-doctorate in Health and Work of Women from University of Milan (1994/1995) and a teaching degree in Public Health from the School of Public Health, University of São Paulo (1996). She publishes research studies and articles on critical issues related to women in the fields of health, violence and labor. She is divorced and has two children.
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Murilo Rubião
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- short story writerprose writerwriterdiplomatjournalist
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Murilo Rubião was a Brazilian writer. His entire work consists of short stories, best described as surreal fables in the tradition of Franz Kafka - this being so, Rubião's work must be seen as part of the Magic Realism movement of late 20th-century Latin America. It is said that Rubião was obsessive about his work, revising it at every new edition, always changing a few details, such as characters' names.
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Inês Etienne Romeu
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Minas Gerais
- 1961-1963 studied sociology and political science
- 1965-1966 studied study of history
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- resistance fightergovernment employeehistorianpartisan
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Inês Etienne Romeu was a Brazilian political prisoner held in extrajudicial detention in a Brazilian torture camp in the early 1970s. Romeu has been described as the sole captive to survive the camp.
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Theotônio dos Santos
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- university teachereconomistpolitical scientistsociologist
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Theotônio dos Santos Junior was a Brazilian economist. He was one of the formulators of the Dependency Theory and supported the World-System theory.
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Pedro Nava
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- physician writer
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Pedro da Silva Nava was a Brazilian writer and physician.
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Nilma Lino Gomes
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Minas Gerais
- Graduated with licentiate in pedagogy
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- anthropologistpoliticianpedagogue
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Nilma Lino Gomes is a Brazilian professor, researcher, and university administrator. She was the first Black woman in Brazil to lead a public federal university after having been named rector of the University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony (UNILAB) in 2013. She has been active in the fight against racism in Brazil. On 2 October 2015, she was nominated by president Dilma Rousseff to be the first minister of the recently created Ministry of Women, Racial Equality, and Human Rights, which brought together the secretaries of the Policies for Women, Racial Equality, and Human Rights and parts of the General Secretariat. Prior to the merger, she had been the Minister of Racial Equality. She remained in the position until the temporary removal and then impeachment of Dilma by the Federal Senate.
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Hélio Garcia
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- politician
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Hélio de Carvalho Garcia was a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He served as governor of Minas Gerais from 1984 to 1987 and again from 1991 until 1995.
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Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna
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- poetuniversity teacherwriterjournalistlibrarian
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Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna, is a Brazilian poet, essay writer, and professor.
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Simon Schwartzman
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- sociologist
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Simon Schwartzman is a Brazilian social scientist. He has published extensively, with many books, book chapters and academic articles in the areas of comparative politics, sociology of science, social policy, and education, with emphasis on Brazil and Latin America. He was the President of the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and is a retired professor from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He is member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, holder of the Grand Cross of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit (1996). He is currently associate researcher at the Institute for Studies in Economic Policy Instituto de Estudos de Política Econômica / Casa das Garças - Rio de Janeiro.
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Autran Dourado
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- writerjournalistnovelist
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Waldomiro Freitas Autran Dourado was a Brazilian novelist.
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Célia Xakriabá
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Minas Gerais
- Graduated with doctorate in anthropology
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in indigenous education
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- politicianactivist
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Célia Nunes Correa, better known as Célia Xakriabá [ˈsɛli.ɐ ʃɐˌkɾi.ɐˈba], is an indigenous educator and activist of the Xakriabá people of Brazil. She is best known for holding debates and lectures at universities in Brazil promoting, among other things, advancement of the status and rights of indigenous women, indigenous land rights, and indigenous education.
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Silviano Santiago
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Minas Gerais
- 1956-1959 graduated with bachelor's degree
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- literary criticpoetwritertranslatoruniversity teacher
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Silviano Santiago is a Brazilian writer, literary critic, essayist and scholar.
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Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade
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- judgeuniversity teacherjurist
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Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade was a Brazilian jurist and international judge. He was appointed as judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 6 February 2009. He was reelected to the Court in December 2017, and took office for his second term on 6 February 2018, serving until his death in 2022.
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Herbert de Souza
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- sociologistHIV/AIDS activist
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Herbert Jose "Betinho" de Souza was a sociologist and activist against economic injustice and government corruption in Brazil and founder of the Brazilian Institute of Social Analysis and Economics (IBASE). In 1963, he became chief of staff in the Ministry of Education, but exiled himself after the military took power in the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état.
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Áurea Carolina
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- politiciansociologist
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Áurea Carolina de Freitas e Silva is a Brazilian politician, political scientist and sociologist. Although born in Pará, she has spent her political career representing Minas Gerais, having served as federal deputy representative since 2019.
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Célio de Castro
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- professorpoliticianphysician
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Célio de Castro was a Brazilian politician, professor and doctor. He served as the Mayor of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, from January 1, 1997 until November 2002.
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Magalhães Pinto
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- politicianbankerlawyerdiplomat
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José de Magalhães Pinto was a Brazilian politician and banker.
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Rosângela Rennó
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- photographervisual artist
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Rosângela Rennó Gomes is a Brazilian artist who lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. Her work consists of photographic images from public and private archives that question the nature of an image and its symbolic value. With the use of photographs, installations and objects, she appropriates and sheds new light on an anonymous body of photographs and negatives found mostly in flea markets, family albums, newspapers and archives. Rennó's interest in discarded images and habit of collecting were decisive in establishing her work strategies.
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Macaé Evaristo
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- social workerpoliticianactivistteacher
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Macaé Maria Evaristo dos Santos is a Brazilian teacher, social worker and politician, affiliated with the Workers' Party and current Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship of Brazil. She is a state deputy of Minas Gerais, and is currently licensed.
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Nilmário Miranda
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- politician
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Nilmário Miranda is a Brazilian politician, affiliated with the Workers' Party.
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Cyro dos Anjos
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- poetpoet lawyernovelistwriterjournalist
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Cyro Versiani dos Anjos was a Brazilian journalist, and writer.
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Ana Martins Marques
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Minas Gerais
- Graduated with Master of Philosophy in Brazilian literature
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- writerediting staffpoet
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Ana Martins Marques is a Brazilian poet.
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Leonardo Péricles
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- politician
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Leonardo Péricles Vieira Roque, also known as Leo Péricles, is a Brazilian politician. He is the president and founder of the Popular Unity (UP).
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Paulo Nazareth
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- artist
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Paulo Nazareth is a Brazilian contemporary artist based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Nazareth has achieved acclaim for his distinctive approach to contemporary art. His work, which includes multimedia and performance-based pieces, has been exhibited internationally in venues such as the Venice Biennale, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
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Fabiano Silveira
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- lawyerpolitician
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Fabiano Augusto Martins Silveira is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He is a legislative advisor to the Federal Senate of Brazil and was briefly the Minister of Transparency, Supervision and Control of Brazil.
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Melo Viana
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- lawyerpolitician
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Fernando de Melo Viana was a Brazilian politician who was the 11th vice president of Brazil from 15 November 1926 to 24 October 1930 serving under President Washington Luís. As vice president, he also served as the President of the Senate. Later, he served as President of the 1946 Constituent Assembly.
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Laura Sabino
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- influencerpoliticianYouTuber
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Laura Sabino is a Brazilian YouTuber and politician aligned with Marxism and a member of the Landless Workers' Movement. She is considered one of the most relevant voices in left-wing political formation on social media and was chosen as such to open Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's pre-candidacy for the presidency in 2022.
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Bonifácio José Tamm de Andrada
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- politicianwriterlawyerjournalist
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Bonifácio José Tamm de Andrada was a Brazilian politician affiliated to Democrats (DEM), law academic, university professor, political scientist and journalist.
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Fernando Brandão
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- quantum physicistresearcher
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Fernando Brandão is a Brazilian physicist and computer scientist working on quantum information and quantum computation. He is currently the Bren Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology and Director of Quantum Applications at Amazon Web Services. Previously, he was a researcher at Microsoft and a reader in Computer Science at University College London.
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Sophia Mendonça
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- film directorjournalisttelevision presenterprogrammerYouTuber
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Sophia Silva de Mendonça is a Brazilian author. Considered one of the main voices on autism in women in Brazil, Sophia wrote the young adult novel Danielle, Asperger, the journalistic book Neurodivergentes (2019) and hosts the channel Mundo Autista (Autistic World, 2015–present) on YouTube.
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Eduardo Luiz Barros Barbosa
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- politician
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Eduardo Luiz Barros Barbosa was a Brazilian doctor and politician. A member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, he served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1995 to 2023.
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Lucy Seki
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- linguist
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Lucy Seki was a Brazilian linguist specializing in indigenous languages of the Americas. She authored a grammar of the Kamayurá language.
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Jerônimo Garcia de Santana
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- lawyerpolitician
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Jerônimo Garcia de Santana was a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served as the governor of Rondônia from 1987 until 1991. He was the first governor of Rondônia to be elected through direct election.
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Messias Pereira Donato
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- translatorlawyerphilosopherjuristmagistrate
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Messias Pereira Donato was a Brazilian lawyer, teacher, writer, philosopher, magistrate and jurist. Born in Bahia, graduated in law at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), having held the judiciary work in Minas Gerais (MG) over 20 years, teaching for 22 years, as Professor of Labour Law Holder UFMG, having been Director of the Law School. In 1934, at age 13, was taken by his father, the farmer Henrique Pereira Donato, of Guanambi until Malhada- BA on the banks of the São Francisco River. Covered about 110 km mounted "by mule" a journey that took three days. From Malhada followed alone steam to Pirapora - MG and this came from railroad train to the end of twelve days of travel to get to Belo Horizonte, where he continued his studies.
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Leonardo Marques
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- singer-songwriterfolk musicianrecord producer
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Leonardo Rios Marques is a Brazilian singer songwriter, music producer, sound engineer and owner of the Ilha do Corvo studios, and is one of the founders of the La Femme Qui Roule. record label. He studied at Fundação de Educação Artística in Belo Horizonte, the Silverlake Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, California and at UFMG.
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Daniel Florêncio
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- screenwriterfilm directorfilm producerfilm editor
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Daniel Pereira Florêncio is a Brazilian-born British film director, writer and producer.
