71 Notable alumni of
Federal University of Pernambuco

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The Federal University of Pernambuco is 646th in the world, 20th in Latin America, and 4th in Brazil by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 71 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.

  1. Paulo Freire

    Paulo Freire
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1921-1997 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    economistteacherpedagoguewriterphilosopher
    Biography

    Paulo Reglus Neves Freire was a Brazilian educator and philosopher who was a leading advocate of critical pedagogy. His influential work Pedagogy of the Oppressed is generally considered one of the foundational texts of the critical pedagogy movement, and was the third most cited book in the social sciences as of 2016 according to Google Scholar.

  2. Ariano Suassuna

    Ariano Suassuna
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1927-2014 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    writerlawyernovelistpoetplaywright
    Biography

    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.

  3. Ruy Barbosa

    Ruy Barbosa
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1849-1923 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    writerdiplomatlegal counselorpoliticiantranslator
    Biography

    Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira, also known as Rui Barbosa, was a Brazilian polymath, diplomat, writer, jurist, and politician.

  4. Antônio Frederico de Castro Alves

    Antônio Frederico de Castro Alves
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1847-1871 (aged 24)
    Occupations
    writerpoet
    Biography

    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.

  5. Alceu Valença

    Alceu Valença
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    composersinger-songwriter
    Biography

    Alceu Valença is a Brazilian singer, musician, and songwriter.

  6. Nilo Peçanha

    Nilo Peçanha
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1867-1924 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Nilo Procópio Peçanha was a Brazilian politician who served as 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.

  7. Eduardo Campos

    Eduardo Campos
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1965-2014 (aged 49)
    Occupations
    politicianinternational forum participanteconomist
    Biography

    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.

  8. Assis Chateaubriand

    Assis Chateaubriand
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1892-1968 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    journalistlawyerpoliticianentrepreneur
    Biography

    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 then main press chain of Brazil, the Diários Associados: 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.

  9. Irandhir Santos

    Irandhir Santos
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    television actoractor
    Biography

    Irandhir Santos Pinto is a Brazilian actor.

  10. Augusto dos Anjo

    Augusto dos Anjo
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1884-1914 (aged 30)
    Occupations
    poetwriterteacher
    Biography

    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.

  11. Joaquim Nabuco

    Joaquim Nabuco
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1849-1910 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    autobiographerhistorianwriterjournaliststatesperson
    Biography

    Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo was a Brazilian writer, statesman, and a leading voice in the abolitionist movement of his country.

  12. Epitácio Pessoa

    Epitácio Pessoa
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1865-1942 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    lawyerpoliticianjudgediplomat
    Biography

    Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa was a Brazilian politician and jurist who served as 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 period of government was marked by military revolts that would culminate in the Revolution of 1930, which brought Getúlio Vargas into control of the federal government.

  13. Marco Maciel

    Marco Maciel
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1940-2021 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    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 31 December 2002, 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.

  14. Miguel Arraes

    Miguel Arraes
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1916-2005 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    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.

  15. Cristovam Buarque

    Cristovam Buarque
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    university teacherwritereconomistpoliticianmechanical engineer
    Biography

    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.

  16. José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior

    José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1845-1912 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    juristhistoriangeographerpoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior, Baron of Rio Branco was a Brazilian noble, diplomat, geographer, historian, politician and professor, considered to be the "father of Brazilian diplomacy". He was the son of statesman José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco. The Baron of Rio Branco was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, occupying its 34th chair from 1898 until his death in 1912. As a representative of Brazil, he managed to peacefully resolve all Brazil's border disputes with its South American neighbours and incorporate 900 thousand square kilometers (roughly 10% of Brazil's territory) through his diplomacy alone.

  17. Kleber Mendonça Filho

    Kleber Mendonça Filho
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    film directorfilm criticaudio engineerscreenwriter
    Biography

    Kleber Mendonça Filho is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer, and critic.

  18. José Lins do Rego

    José Lins do Rego
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1901-1957 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    journalistliterary criticwriterscreenwriter
    Biography

    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.

  19. João Henrique Campos

    João Henrique Campos
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1993-.. (age 31)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  20. Marília Arraes

    Marília Arraes
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    council memberpolitician
    Biography

    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).

  21. Roberto Freire

    Roberto Freire
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Roberto João Pereira Freire is a Brazilian lawyer and politician.

  22. Paulo Câmara

    Paulo Câmara
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    economistpolitician
    Biography

    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.

  23. Raquel Lyra

    Raquel Lyra
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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 Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) but was a member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB).

  24. Ricardo Brennand

    Ricardo Brennand
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1927-2020 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    entrepreneurart collector
    Biography

    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.

  25. Graça Aranha

    Graça Aranha
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1868-1931 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    novelistwriterjudgediplomat
    Biography

    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.

  26. Arlindo Grund

    Arlindo Grund
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    television presenter
    Biography

    Arlindo Grund is a Brazilian television presenter, fashion consultant, stylist and magazine editor.

  27. Humberto Costa

    Humberto Costa
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    physicianpolitician
    Biography

    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.

  28. Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira

    Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1910-1989 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    romanistliterary criticlexicographerlinguistjournalist
    Biography

    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.

  29. Raul Pompeia

    Raul Pompeia
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1863-1895 (aged 32)
    Enrolled in the Federal University of Pernambuco
    Graduated with bachelor's degree in law
    Occupations
    editornovelistchroniclerwritershort story writer
    Biography

    Raul d'Ávila Pompeia was a Brazilian novelist, short story writer and chronicler. He is famous for the Impressionist romance O Ateneu.

  30. Tobias Barreto

    Tobias Barreto
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1839-1889 (aged 50)
    Occupations
    university teacherwriterjuristpoetliterary critic
    Biography

    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.

  31. Mário Schenberg

    Mário Schenberg
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1914-1990 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    physicist
    Biography

    Mário Schenberg was a Brazilian electrical engineer, physicist, art critic and writer.

  32. Sílvio Romero

    Sílvio Romero
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1851-1914 (aged 63)
    Enrolled in the Federal University of Pernambuco
    1868-1873 graduated with law
    Occupations
    writerpolitical scientistjournalistuniversity teachersociologist
    Biography

    Sílvio Vasconcelos da Silveira Ramos Romero was a Brazilian "Condorist" poet, essayist, literary critic, professor, journalist, historian and politician.

  33. Borges de Medeiros

    Borges de Medeiros
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1863-1961 (aged 98)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    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 Revolutionhad been fought. Supporters of Borges de Medeiros were known as borgistas.

  34. Luciana Santos

    Luciana Santos
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    politicianengineer
    Biography

    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.

  35. Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto

    Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1864-1934 (aged 70)
    Enrolled in the Federal University of Pernambuco
    Graduated with law
    Occupations
    writerjournalistmemoiristuniversity teacherfolklorist
    Biography

    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.

  36. Bruno Araújo

    Bruno Araújo
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Bruno Cavalcanti de Araújo is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, filiated to the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). 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.

  37. José Américo de Almeida

    José Américo de Almeida
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1887-1980 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    poetnovelistwriterpoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    José Américo de Almeida was a Brazilian writer, a politician, a lawyer and a teacher.

  38. Clóvis Beviláqua

    Clóvis Beviláqua
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1859-1944 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    historianwriteruniversity teacherphilosopherjournalist
    Biography

    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.

  39. Eusébio de Queirós

    Eusébio de Queirós
    Born in
    Angola Flag Angola
    Years
    1812-1868 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    magistratepoliticianjudge
    Biography

    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.

  40. Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda

    Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1892-1979 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    lawyerpoetwriterdiplomat
    Biography

    Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda was a prominent Brazilian jurist, judge, diplomat and professor of Law at the Federal University of Pernambuco. He occupied the 7th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 1979, until his death.

  41. Firmino Filho

    Firmino Filho
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1963-2021 (aged 58)
    Occupations
    politiciancivil servant
    Biography

    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.

  42. Geraldo Brindeiro

    Geraldo Brindeiro
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1948-2021 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Geraldo Brindeiro was a Brazilian jurist, lawyer, and academic.

  43. Armando Monteiro Neto

    Armando Monteiro Neto
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    lawyerinternational forum participantpoliticianbusinessperson
    Biography

    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.

  44. Geraldo Júlio

    Geraldo Júlio
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politiciancivil servant
    Biography

    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.

  45. Inglês de Sousa

    Inglês de Sousa
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1853-1918 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    writerlawyerjournalistpoliticianteacher
    Biography

    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 founder 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.

  46. Franklin Távora

    Franklin Távora
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1842-1888 (aged 46)
    Enrolled in the Federal University of Pernambuco
    1859-1874 graduated with bachelor's degree in law
    Occupations
    lawyerpoliticiannovelistplaywrightjournalist
    Biography

    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.

  47. Silvio Meira

    Silvio Meira
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    engineercomputer scientist
    Biography

    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.

  48. Barbosa Lima Sobrinho

    Barbosa Lima Sobrinho
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1897-2000 (aged 103)
    Occupations
    journalistlawyerwriterpolitician
    Biography

    Alexandre José Barbosa Lima e Sobrinho was a Brazilian lawyer, writer, historian, essayist, journalist and politician

  49. Francisco Julião

    Francisco Julião
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1915-1999 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    politicianwriter
    Biography

    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.

  50. Bruno Pereira

    Bruno Pereira
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1980-2022 (aged 42)
    Occupations
    civil servantexplorerindigenous rights activisthuman rights activistenvironmentalist
    Biography

    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.

  51. Gabriel Mascaro

    Gabriel Mascaro
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwritervisual artist
    Biography

    Gabriel Mascaro is a Brazilian visual artist and film director.

  52. Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva

    Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1856-1929 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva was a Brazilian politician who was the third 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.

  53. João Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque

    João Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1878-1930 (aged 52)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque was a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served as the governor of Paraíba between 1928 and 1930.

  54. João Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá

    João Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1821-1912 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  55. Estácio Coimbra

    Estácio Coimbra
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1872-1937 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra was a Brazilian lawyer and politician.

  56. Silas Rondeau

    Silas Rondeau
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  57. Álvaro Lins

    Álvaro Lins
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1912-1970 (aged 58)
    Occupations
    writerlawyeruniversity teacherliterary criticjournalist
    Biography

    Álvaro de Barros Lins GCC • GCL was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist, professor and literary critic.

  58. Cândido Mendes de Almeida

    Cândido Mendes de Almeida
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1818-1881 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    journalistpoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    Cândido Mendes de Almeida was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist and politician.

  59. Sousa Dantas

    Sousa Dantas
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1831-1894 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas was a Brazilian lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Brazil from 1884-1885, noted for his efforts to reform slavery.

  60. Zacarias de Góis

    Zacarias de Góis
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1815-1877 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  61. Armando Monteiro Filho

    Armando Monteiro Filho
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1925-2018 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    politicianengineer
    Biography

    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.

  62. Tristão de Alencar Araripe Jr

    Tristão de Alencar Araripe Jr
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1848-1911 (aged 63)
    Enrolled in the Federal University of Pernambuco
    In 1869 graduated with law
    Occupations
    writerlawyerliterary criticpoet lawyerjournalist
    Biography

    Tristão de Alencar Araripe Júnior was a Brazilian lawyer, literary critic, and writer.

  63. Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro

    Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    statisticianmathematician
    Biography

    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.

  64. Fausto Cardoso

    Fausto Cardoso
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1864-1906 (aged 42)
    Occupations
    politicianwriterpoet
    Biography

    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.

  65. Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior

    Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1845-1898 (aged 53)
    Occupations
    novelistpoetplaywrightwriter
    Biography

    Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior was a Brazilian diplomat, poet, novelist and dramaturgist.

  66. Geraldo Holanda Cavalcanti

    Geraldo Holanda Cavalcanti
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1929-.. (age 95)
    Occupations
    journalistpoetwriterdiplomat
    Biography

    Geraldo Holanda Cavalcanti is a Brazilian lawyer and diplomat. He was born in Recife, on February 6, 1929. He attended high school at Colégio Nóbrega. He studied law in Recife, graduating in 1951. He interned at the Academy of International Law in The Hague.

  67. Adelmar Tavares

    Adelmar Tavares
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1888-1963 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    writerlawyerpoet
    Biography

    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.

  68. Luís Cristóvão dos Santos

    Luís Cristóvão dos Santos
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1916-1997 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    sociologistanthropologistwriterpoetpoet lawyer
    Biography

    Luíz Cristóvão dos Santos was born in Pesqueira, Brazil on 25 December 1916. He was a sociologist, anthropologist, folklorist, columnist, writer, advocate, and journalist. He was also known by the nicknames Ziul and Pajeú.

  69. Waldenor Pereira

    Waldenor Pereira
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  70. Pedro Eugênio

    Pedro Eugênio
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1949-2015 (aged 66)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Pedro Eugênio de Castro Toledo Cabral was a Brazilian politician who was an MP from 1998 to 2014.

  71. Antônio de Barros Carvalho

    Antônio de Barros Carvalho
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1899-1966 (aged 67)
    Enrolled in the Federal University of Pernambuco
    Studied pharmacy
    Occupations
    large estate ownerpolitician
    Biography

    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.