75 Notable alumni of
Federal University of Pernambuco
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The Federal University of Pernambuco is 656th in the world, 20th in Latin America, and 4th in Brazil by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 75 notable alumni from the Federal University of Pernambuco sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Paulo Freire
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- pedagoguepoetlawyerwriterteacher
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Paulo Reglus Neves Freire was a Brazilian educator and Marxist philosopher whose work revolutionized global thought on education. He is best known for Pedagogy of the Oppressed, in which he reimagines teaching as a collaborative act of liberation rather than transmission. A founder of critical pedagogy, Freire’s influence spans literacy movements, liberation theology, postcolonial education, Marxism, and contemporary theories of social justice and learning. He is widely regarded as one of the most important educational theorists of the twentieth century, alongside figures such as John Dewey and Maria Montessori, and considered "the Grandfather of Critical Theory".
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Ariano Suassuna
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- novelistlawyerwriterplaywrightpoet
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Ariano Vilar Suassuna was a Brazilian playwright and author. He was the driving force behind the creation of the Movimento Armorial. He founded the Student Theater at Federal University of Pernambuco. Four of his plays have been filmed, and he was considered one of Brazil's greatest living playwrights of his time. He was also an important regional writer, doing various novels set in the Northeast of Brazil. He received an honorary doctorate at a ceremony performed at a circus. He was the author of, among other works, the Auto da Compadecida and A Pedra do Reino. He was a staunch defender of the culture of the Northeast, and his works dealt with the popular culture of the Northeast.
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Ruy Barbosa
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- diplomatwriterministerjudgejurist
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Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira, also known as Rui Barbosa, was a Brazilian politician, writer, jurist, and diplomat.
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Antônio Frederico de Castro Alves
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- poetwriter
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Antônio Frederico de Castro Alves was a Brazilian poet and playwright famous for his abolitionist and republican poems. One of the most famous poets of the Condorist movement, he wrote classics such as Espumas Flutuantes and Hinos do Equador, which elevated him to the position of greatest among his contemporaries, as well as verses from poems such as "Os Escravos" and "A Cachoeira de Paulo Afonso", in addition to the play Gonzaga, which earned him epithets such as "O Poeta dos Escravos" (The Poet of the Slaves) and "republican poet" by Machado de Assis, or descriptions of being "a national poet, if not more, nationalist, social, human and humanitarian poet", in the words of Joaquim Nabuco, of being "the greatest Brazilian poet, lyric and epic", in the words of Afrânio Peixoto, or even of being the "walking apostle of Condorism" and "a volcanic talent, the most enraptured of all Brazilian poets", in the words of José Marques da Cruz. He was part of the romantic movement, being part of what scholars call the "third romantic generation" in Brazil.
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Eduardo Campos
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- politicianeconomist
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Eduardo Henrique Accioly Campos was a Brazilian congressman and governor. Born and raised in Recife, in the Northeast Brazil, he graduated in Economics from the Recife's Federal University of Pernambuco. Campos' maternal grandfather, the governor of the Brazilian state, Pernambuco, made him his Financial Secretary. Campos became a federal congressman in Brazil and got Pernambuco federal money for a shipyard, railways and an oil refinery. Later, as Brazil's Minister for Science and Technology, he supported stem-cell research. He served two terms as governor of his home state, Pernambuco. He helped hospitals, secondary schools, wind power, farms, poor people and anti-crime data-mining. In his 2014 campaign for president of Brazil he criticized the incumbent and her Workers' Party and positioned himself as the business-friendly leader of the Brazilian Socialist Party. For outdoor rallies and local radio interviews, he criss-crossed the country by rented jet. He died on 13 August 2014, three days after his 49th birthday, when his plane crashed in poor weather in the city of Santos.
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Alceu Valença
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- singer-songwritercomposer
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Alceu Valença is a Brazilian singer, musician, and songwriter.
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Nilo Peçanha
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- lawyerpolitician
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Nilo Procópio Peçanha was a Brazilian politician who served as the seventh president of Brazil. He was governor of Rio de Janeiro (1903–1906), then elected the fifth vice president of Brazil in 1906. He assumed the presidency in 1909 following the death of President Afonso Pena and served until 1910.
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Assis Chateaubriand
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- lawyerjournalistentrepreneurpolitician
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Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Melo, also nicknamed Chatô (October 4, 1892 – April 4, 1968), was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist, politician and diplomat. He was founder and director of the prominent media conglomerate of Brazil, the Diários Associados including: 34 newspapers, 36 radio stations, 18 television stations, one news agency, one weekly magazine (O Cruzeiro), one monthly magazine (A Cigarra) as well as many magazines for children.
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Irandhir Santos
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- actortelevision actor
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Irandhir Santos Pinto is a Brazilian actor.
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João Henrique Campos
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- politician
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João Henrique de Andrade Lima Campos, is a Brazilian politician who has been the mayor of Recife since 2021. He was first elected as a federal deputy to the Chamber of Deputies for the state of Pernambuco during the 2018 general election as a member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB). He is the son of former government minister and governor of Pernambuco Eduardo Campos.
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Augusto dos Anjo
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- poetteacherwriter
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Augusto de Carvalho Rodrigues dos Anjos was a Brazilian poet and professor. His poems speak mostly of sickness and death, and are considered the forerunners of Modernism in Brazil.
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Epitácio Pessoa
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- lawyerdiplomatjudgepolitician
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Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa was a Brazilian politician and jurist who served as the 11th president of Brazil between 1919 and 1922, when Rodrigues Alves was unable to take office due to illness, after being elected in 1918. His government was marked by the beginning of the tenentist movement that would culminate in the Revolution of 1930, which brought Getúlio Vargas to power.
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Joaquim Nabuco
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- statespersonjournalistwriterhistorianautobiographer
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Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo was a Brazilian statesman, diplomat, a leading voice in the abolitionist movement of his country, historian, jurist, journalist, and one of the founders of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Academia Brasileira de Letras).
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Miguel Arraes
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- lawyerpolitician
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Miguel Arraes de Alencar was a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He was mayor of Recife, State Deputy, Federal Deputy and three times Governor of Pernambuco.
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Marco Maciel
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- lawyerpolitician
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Marco Antônio de Oliveira Maciel was a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and law school professor who served as the 22nd vice president of Brazil from 1 January 1995 to 1 January 2003, twice elected on the same ticket as President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in the 1994 and 1998 general elections. He was a founder of the conservative PFL party.
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Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Pernambuco
- Graduated with undergraduate education in journalism
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- audio engineerfilm criticfilm directorscreenwriter
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Kleber de Mendonça Vasconcellos Filho is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter and producer. Beginning his career as a movie critic, he transitioned to filmmaking in 2002, initially directing short films and documentaries. In 2012, his narrative feature debut Neighboring Sounds (2012) was included by The New York Times in its best-of-the-year list.
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Cristovam Buarque
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- economistwriteruniversity teachernovelistmechanical engineer
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Cristovam Ricardo Cavalcanti Buarque is a Brazilian university professor and member of Cidadania. He was a senator for the Federal District from 2003 to 2019.
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José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior
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- historianjuristministerdiplomatlawyer
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José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior, Baron of Rio Branco was a Brazilian statesman, diplomat, geographer, historian, politician and professor, considered to be the "Patron of Brazilian diplomacy". Rio Branco was the son of statesman José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco.
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Marília Arraes
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- politician
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Marília Valença Rocha Arraes de Alencar is a Brazilian politician, member of Solidariedade (SD) since 2022. She was a federal deputy for Pernambuco for one term (2019-23).
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Raquel Lyra
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- politician
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Raquel Teixeira Lyra Lucena is a Brazilian lawyer, politician and the current governor of Pernambuco since 2023. Lyra was mayor of Caruaru from 2017 to 2022. A member of a political family, she previously served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco. She is affiliated to the Social Democratic Party (PSD), but was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).
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José Lins do Rego
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- literary criticscreenwriternovelistwriterjournalist
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José Lins do Rego Cavalcanti was a Brazilian novelist most known for his semi-autobiographical "sugarcane cycle." These novels were the basis of films that had distribution in the English-speaking world.
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Roberto Freire
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- lawyerpolitician
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Roberto João Pereira Freire is a Brazilian lawyer and politician.
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Paulo Câmara
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- politicianeconomist
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Paulo Henrique Saraiva Câmara is a Brazilian politician who served as governor of Pernambuco from 2015 to 2023. He became Governor of Pernambuco on January 1, 2015.
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Ricardo Brennand
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- art collectorentrepreneur
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Ricardo Coimbra de Almeida Brennand was a Brazilian businessman, engineer, and art collector in the state of Pernambuco. In 2002 he founded the Ricardo Brennand Institute, which includes the world's largest private collection of Frans Post paintings, and was the 17th-highest-rated museum in the world according to TripAdvisor in 2014.
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Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira
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- literary criticromanistjournalistlinguistlexicographer
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Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira was a Brazilian lexicographer, philologist, translator, and writer, best known for editing the Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, a major dictionary of the Portuguese language.
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Humberto Costa
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- politicianphysician
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Humberto Costa is a Brazilian medical doctor and politician. He has represented Pernambuco in the Federal Senate since 2011. Previously, he was a Deputy from Pernambuco from 1995 to 1999. He is a member of the Workers' Party.
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Graça Aranha
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- writernovelistdiplomatjudge
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José Pereira da Graça Aranha was a Brazilian writer and diplomat, considered to be a forerunner of the Modernism in Brazil. He was also one of the organizers of the Brazilian Modern Art Week of 1922.
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Luciana Santos
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- engineerpolitician
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Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos is a Brazilian engineer and politician. Santos has served as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in the cabinet of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva since 2023. She is the first woman to head the ministry.
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Arlindo Grund
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- television presenter
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Arlindo Grund is a Brazilian television presenter, fashion consultant, stylist and magazine editor.
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Raul Pompeia
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Pernambuco
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in law
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- chroniclernovelisteditorjournalistlibrarian
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Raul d'Ávila Pompeia was a Brazilian novelist, short story writer and chronicler. He is famous for the Impressionist romance O Ateneu. He was the original patron of the 33rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
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Tobias Barreto
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- literary criticpoetjuristwriteruniversity teacher
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Tobias Barreto de Meneses was a Brazilian poet, philosopher, jurist and literary critic. He is famous for creating the "Condorism" and revolutionizing Brazilian Romanticism and poetry. He is patron of the 38th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
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Mário Schenberg
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- physicist
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Mário Schenberg was a Brazilian electrical engineer, physicist, art critic and writer.
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Borges de Medeiros
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- lawyerpolitician
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Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros was a Brazilian lawyer, judge, and politician. He served as Chief Judge and was appointed as the President of Rio Grande do Sul for a total of 25 years (1898–1908 and 1913–1928), during the period of Brazilian history known as the República Velha. He "inherited" the presidency from Júlio de Castilhos, the local dictator against whom the 1893 Federalist Revolution had been fought. Supporters of Borges de Medeiros were known as borgistas.
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Sílvio Romero
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Pernambuco
- 1868-1873 graduated with law
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- sociologistuniversity teacherjournalistpolitical scientistwriter
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Sílvio Vasconcelos da Silveira Ramos Romero was a Brazilian "Condorist" poet, essayist, literary critic, professor, journalist, historian and politician.
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Coelho Neto
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Pernambuco
- Graduated with law
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- folkloristuniversity teachermemoiristjournalistwriter
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Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto was a Brazilian writer and politician. He founded and occupied the second chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, from 1897 until his death in 1934. He was also the president of the aforementioned Academy in 1926.
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José Américo de Almeida
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- novelistpoetjournalistdiplomatlawyer
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José Américo de Almeida was a Brazilian writer, a politician, a lawyer and a teacher.
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Clóvis Beviláqua
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- university teacherwriterhistorianjournalistphilosopher
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Clóvis Beviláqua was a Brazilian jurist, historian and journalist born in Viçosa do Ceará, Ceará, in 1859. Beviláqua was professor of civil and comparative law in Recife. As the author of the Brazilian Civil Code of 1916, whose first draft he presented in 1899, and as that code's first commentator, Beviláqua was the founding father of Brazilian civil law scholarship. He founded and occupied the 14th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, from 1897 until his death in 1944. The chair's patron is Franklin Távora.
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Bruno Araújo
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- lawyerpolitician
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Bruno Cavalcanti de Araújo is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, affiliated with the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). He was discharged from his third term as federal deputy for the state of Pernambuco to assume the Ministry of Cities, appointed by the then acting president Michel Temer.
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João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque
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- politician
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João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque was a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served as the governor of Paraíba between 1928 and 1930.
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Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda
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- writerpoetlawyerdiplomat
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Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda was a prominent Brazilian jurist, judge, diplomat and professor of Law at the Federal University of Pernambuco. His main work, the Tratado de Direito Privado (pt), a sixty-volume collection that covers topics ranging from contracts to inheritance, has left a deep and lasting influence on Brazilian law and its descriptive doctrine. He occupied the 7th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 1979, until his death.
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Eusébio de Queirós
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- judgepoliticianmagistrate
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Eusébio de Queirós Coutinho Matoso da Câmara was a Brazilian magistrate and politician, Minister of Justice (1848–1852) and author of one of the most important laws of the Empire of Brazil, the Eusébio de Queirós Law, which suppressed the slave trade and paved the way for its eventual eradication. He was also responsible for the Commercial Code of 1850 that still remains partly in force today.
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Firmino Filho
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- civil servantpolitician
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Firmino da Silveira Soares Filho was a Brazilian economist and politician. A member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, he served as Mayor of Teresina from 1997 to 2004 and again from 2013 to 2020. With three terms, he matched the amount of his predecessor, Raimundo Wall Ferraz. He also served on the Legislative Assembly of Piauí.
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Geraldo Júlio
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- civil servantpolitician
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Geraldo Júlio de Mello Filho is a Brazilian politician and a former mayor of Recife, Pernambuco. He is a member of the Brazilian Socialist Party.
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Armando Monteiro Neto
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- lawyerbusinesspersonpolitician
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Armando Monteiro is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He has represented Pernambuco in the Federal Senate from 2011 to 2019. He was the Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade from 2015 to 2016, during the second term of president Dilma Rousseff. Previously he was a Deputy for Pernambuco from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party.
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Geraldo Brindeiro
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- lawyer
- Biography
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Geraldo Brindeiro was a Brazilian jurist, lawyer, and academic.
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Gustavo Krause
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- politician
- Biography
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Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho is a Brazilian lawyer and politician affiliated with the Brazil Union (UNIÃO). He served as the Minister of Finance and Minister of the Environment during the administrations of Itamar Franco and Fernando Henrique Cardoso. For Pernambuco, he was the governor, a federal deputy, and the state Secretary of Finance, as well as the mayor and a city councilor of the capital Recife.
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Inglês de Sousa
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- lawyerwriternovelistteacherpolitician
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Inglês de Sousa was a Brazilian lawyer, professor, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Óbidos, PA, on December 28, 1853, and died in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, on September 6, 1918. He was one of the founding members of the Academia Brasileira de Letras, and was the first occupant of Chair nº 28, which had as its patron Manuel Antônio de Almeida. He also served as treasurer of the new Academia. He was succeeded to his chair by Xavier Marques.
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Silvio Meira
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- computer scientistengineer
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Sílvio Romero de Lemos Meira is a Brazilian computer scientist, professor and entrepreneur in the area of software engineering and innovation. Currently, he is an emeritus professor at the Centre of Informatics of the Federal University of Pernambuco. Additionally, he also is the chairman of the Porto Digital - the biggest Brazilian tech park - and is member of the board of directors in several companies. Meira is also founder and chief scientist at tds.company.
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Pedro Campos
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Pernambuco
- Studied civil engineering
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- politiciancivil engineer
- Biography
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Pedro Henrique de Andrade Lima Carneiro Campos is a Brazilian civil engineer and politician, affiliated with the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB). He was elected as a federal deputy from the state of Pernambuco in 2022. He is the son of former government minister and governor of Pernambuco Eduardo Campos.
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Franklin Távora
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Pernambuco
- 1859-1874 graduated with bachelor's degree in law
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- novelistpoliticianlawyerjournalistplaywright
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João Franklin da Silveira Távora was a Brazilian novelist, journalist, politician, lawyer and dramatist, famous for his Regionalist romance O Cabeleira, set in 18th-century Pernambuco. He wrote under the pen names Semprônio and Farisvest.
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Barbosa Lima Sobrinho
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- historianjuristjournalistlawyeressayist
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Alexandre José Barbosa Lima Sobrinho was a Brazilian lawyer, writer, historian, essayist, journalist and politician.
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Bruno Pereira
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- explorercivil servantenvironmentalisthuman rights defenderindigenous rights activist
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Bruno da Cunha Araújo Pereira was a Brazilian indigenist and career employee of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI). He was an expert on uncontacted or recently contacted indigenous people in the country and on the Vale do Javari.
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Gabriel Mascaro
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- visual artistscreenwriterfilm director
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Gabriel Mascaro is a Brazilian visual artist and film director.
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Francisco Julião
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- writerpolitician
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Francisco Julião Arruda de Paula was a Brazilian lawyer, politician and writer. He was born in Recife to a family of landowners. After studying law at university, he dedicated himself to defending peasants who had been expelled from their lands. He helped to found the farmers' cooperative Ligas Camponesas (Peasant League) in 1956, which worked on multiple fronts to advance peasants' rights in Pernambuco. Juliao gained renown as one of the most committed defenders of agrarian reform in mid-century Brazil.
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Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva
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- politician
- Biography
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Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva was a Brazilian politician who was the vice president of Brazil from 15 November 1898 to 15 November 1902 under Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales. As Vice President, he also served as the President of the Senate. He served as the President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1894 to 1896.
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João Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá
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- politician
- Biography
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João Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá, the Marquis of Paranaguá, was a politician and lawyer of the Empire of Brazil having been President of the Council of Ministers of Brazil on the 26th cabinet during the reign of Pedro II.
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Estácio Coimbra
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra was a Brazilian lawyer and politician.
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Zacarias de Góis
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- politician
- Biography
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Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos was a Brazilian politician and monarchist during the period of the Empire of Brazil (1822–1889). He served as Prime Minister of Brazil three times.
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Álvaro Lins
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- literary criticuniversity teacherlawyerwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Álvaro de Barros Lins was a Brazilian journalist, professor, literary critic and lawyer.
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Sousa Dantas
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- politician
- Biography
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Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas was a Brazilian lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Brazil from 1884 to 1885, noted for his efforts to reform slavery.
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Silas Rondeau
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- politician
- Biography
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Silas Rondeau is a Brazilian politician, and a member of Brazilian Democratic Movement Party. He formerly served as Minister of Mines and Energy in Brazil President Lula's cabinet.
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Cândido Mendes de Almeida
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- lawyerpoliticianjournalist
- Biography
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Cândido Mendes de Almeida was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist and politician.
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Armando Monteiro Filho
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- engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Armando de Queiroz Monteiro Filho was a Brazilian businessman, engineer and politician. He served as the country's Minister of Agriculture from 1961 until 1962, in the cabinet of President João Goulart. He was the father of Armando Monteiro, a politician, former national Senator from Pernambuco, and former Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
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Tristão de Alencar Araripe Jr
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Pernambuco
- In 1869 graduated with law
- Occupations
- poet lawyerliterary criticlawyerwriternovelist
- Biography
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Tristão de Alencar Araripe Júnior was a Brazilian lawyer, literary critic, and writer.
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Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro
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- mathematicianstatistician
- Biography
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Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro is a Brazilian engineer, mathematician and statistician who has made significant contributions to the theory of statistical inference, mainly through asymptotic theory and applied probability.
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Fausto Cardoso
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- poetwriterpolitician
- Biography
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Fausto de Aguiar Cardoso was a Brazilian lawyer, poet, philosopher, and politician from the state of Sergipe. He was born in a rural part of the state Sergipe, and studied at the Faculty of Law of Recife in Pernambuco. He was elected to political office in 1900, and came into dispute with Olímpio Campos in Rio de Janeiro, the seat of the First Brazilian Republic. Cardoso returned to Sergipe in 1906 and led a revolt against the state government. He was assassinated in 1906 by federal troops summoned to the state by Olímpio Campos. Cardoso's sons, in turn, avenged their father's death and murdered Olímpio Campos shortly after in Rio de Janeiro.
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Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior
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- writerplaywrightpoetnovelist
- Biography
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Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior was a Brazilian diplomat, poet, novelist and dramaturgist.
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Fernando Dueire
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- economistcivil servantpolitician
- Biography
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Fernando Antonio Caminha Dueire is a Brazilian politician who has been one of the senators from the state of Pernambuco since 2022. Elected as a substitute initially, he succeeded Jarbas Vasconcelos who resigned due to health issues. He is currently affiliated with Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB). He had previously been the state secretary of infrastructure of Pernambuco from 1999 to 2006.
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Geraldo Holanda Cavalcanti
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- writerpoetjournalistdiplomat
- Biography
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Geraldo Holanda Cavalcanti is a Brazilian lawyer and diplomat. He was born in Recife, on February 6, 1929.
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Adelmar Tavares
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- poetlawyerwriter
- Biography
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Adelmar Tavares da Silva was a lawyer, magistrate, jurist, professor and poet from Recife. He was a member of Brazilian Societies devoted to criminology and law. As a poet he was respected with several of his poems becoming songs. In 1948 he became President of the Academia Brasileira de Letras.
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Silvestre Péricles de Góis Monteiro
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- politician
- Biography
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Silvestre Péricles de Góis Monteiro was a Brazilian soldier and politician, whose family was in power in Alagoas during the Third Brazilian Republic.
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Robeyoncé Lima
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- activistlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Robeyoncé Lima is a Brazilian lawyer, activist, and politician. She was elected state deputy for Pernambuco in 2018 and is the first trans woman elected official in the state. She was elected as part of the collective candidacy of JUNTAS 50180, which includes Carol Vergolino, Joelma Carla, Kátia Cunha, and Jô Cavalcanti. Her stated legislative goals center public safety, particularly for trans women. She has spoken out against Bolsonaro's negative comments about sexual minorities and the "intensification of oppression" that has occurred since his election.
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Waldenor Pereira
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Waldenor Alves Pereira Filho more commonly known as Waldenor Pereira is a Brazilian politician as well as an economists and university professor. He has spent his political career representing his home state of Bahia, having served as state representative since 2011.
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Pedro Eugênio
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pedro Eugênio de Castro Toledo Cabral was a Brazilian politician who was an MP from 1998 to 2014.
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Antônio de Barros Carvalho
- Enrolled in the Federal University of Pernambuco
- Studied pharmacy
- Occupations
- politicianlarge estate owner
- Biography
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Antônio de Barros Carvalho, better known as Barros Carvalho was a landowner and Brazilian politician. He was congressman and senator for the state of Pernambuco.
