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    woman, Miranda designed clothes and hats in a boutique before making her debut as a singer, recording with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930...
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    short-listed. Pires was born on 23 August 1963 in Rio de Janeiro. She is the daughter of producer Elza Pires and actor Antônio Carlos Pires. She has a sister...
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    Martinho da Vila (born February 12, 1938) is a Brazilian singer and composer who is considered to be one of the main representatives of samba and MPB....
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  • Carlos Manuel de Brito Cação José Luís Pereira Carneiro Elisabete Matos Joaquim Barroso de Almeida Barreto [pt] Hugo Alexandre Polido Pires [pt] Palmira...
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  • married Álvaro de Sousa, Lord of Miranda, alcaide-mór of Arronches and mordomo-mor of Afonso V of Portugal D. Isabel de Castro, married Duarte de Menezes, 3rd...
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    (Avignon Obedience) Martinho Afonso Piris da Charneca (1398–1416) Fernando da Guerra (1417–1467) Luís Pires (1468–1480) João de Melo (1481) João Galvão...
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  • de Sá-Carneiro (1890–1916) Francisco dede Miranda (1481-1558) Bernardo Santareno pseudonym of António Martinho do Rosário (1924–1980) Ana Eduarda Santos...
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    Afonso Pires da Charneca [pt] (1340-1392): Spanish nobleman and settler who settled in Charneca in the XIV century Martinho Afonso Pires de Miranda [pt]...
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    (Archbishop Primate of the Hispanias). In 1402, the archbishop, D. Martinho Afonso de Miranda, ceded jurisdiction of the city to the Crown, in exchange for land...
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    and D. Fernão Martins (d. 1185). Martinho Pires instituted a chapter and was promoted to Braga in 1189 or 1190. Martinho Rodrigues ruled from 1191 to 1235...
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    supported artists like Diogo Pires (father and son), Marcos Pires, João de Castilho, Diogo de Castilho and the Frenchmen, João de Ruão and Nicholas of Chanterene...
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    Senaschais, and João Pedreiro). Yet, by 31 August 1398, the archbishop D. Martinho Pires da Charneca obtained license from King John I to repair the castle and...
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    time." Pedro de Menezes was married four times. The first marriage to Margarida de Miranda, the natural daughter of Martinho Afonso Pires de Charneca, Bishop...
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  • Aloysio de Andrade Faria (9 November 1920 – 15 September 2020) was a Brazilian banker and billionaire. At the time of his death he was noted as being one...
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    Soveral, Manuel Abranches de, D. Martinho Afonso da Charneca (in Portuguese), Roglo.eu Soveral, Manuel Abranches de, Afonso Pires da Charneca (in Portuguese)...
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    Maurício Araújo de Sousa (Brazilian Portuguese: [mawˈɾisju dʒi ˈsowzɐ]; born October 27, 1935) is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created...
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    Cazuza (category AIDS-related deaths in Rio de Janeiro (state))
    Agenor de Miranda Araújo Neto, better known as Cazuza (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaˈzuzɐ]; April 4, 1958 – July 7, 1990), was a Brazilian singer and songwriter...
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    Milton Nascimento (category Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023. Pires, Cláudia (February 27, 1998). "Música: "Nascimento" ganha Grammy em NY". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved November 26...
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    half of the 20th century. Barroso also composed many songs for Carmen Miranda during her career. Born on 7 November 1903, Ary Barroso was the most influential...
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    for Calicut, his secretary Pêro Vaz de Caminha, Afonso Furtado, the designated factor for Sofala, and clerk Martinho Neto. Accompanying them on the trip...
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    [viˈnisjuʃ dʒi moˈɾajʃ] (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes (Portuguese pronunciation: [viˈnisjuʒ dʒi moˈɾajʃ]) and nicknamed O...
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    2011 the American TV channel CBS, elected Daniela Mercury as the "Carmen Miranda of the new times". The Canibália album was released in the United States...
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    Escudos Banknote". Banco de Cabo Verde. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2023. "Aeroporto de Cabo Verde recebe o nome de Cesaria Évora". Pop & Arte...
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    of three days, often with very good weather, it is known as Verão de São Martinho ("Saint Martin summer"), the Portuguese celebrate it with jeropiga...
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    Fernanda Montenegro (category Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    novel by Erico Verissimo with Thiago Lacerda, Marjorie Estiano and Cléo Pires. Montenegro was married to Fernando Torres from 1954 until his death in...
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    Som Maior. Then he joined Trio Novo (Airto Moreira, Heraldo do Monte, Theo de Barros) and in 1967 the group, renamed Quarteto Novo, released an album that...
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  • Portugal e Galiza (Hélio Pires)" [The Viking presence in the Iberian Peninsula: The Vikings in Portugal and Galicia (Hélio Pires)]. Scandia (in Portuguese)...
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    1923–1924 Afonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo Júnior 1925 Coelho Neto 1926 Rodrigo Otávio 1927 Augusto de Lima 1928 Fernando Magalhães 1929 Aloisio de Castro...
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    Clarice Lispector (category Deaths from cancer in Rio de Janeiro (state))
    Pernambuco, where her mother died when she was nine. The family moved to Rio de Janeiro when she was in her teens. While in law school in Rio, she began publishing...
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    term as a Vereador (the Brazilian equivalent of a city councillor) in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997, where he developed legislative theatre. Augusto...
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