taken by Lúcio de Mendonça [pt] and was realised in preparatory meetings that began on 15 December 1896, under the presidency of Machado de Assis. The...
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constituted as contraband. In an autobiographical letter he sent in 1880 to Lúcio de Mendonça [pt], he describes his birth and early childhood thus: I was born...
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Paulo Coelho (category Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city))
Paulo Coelho de Souza (/ˈkwɛl.juː, kuˈɛl.juː, -joʊ/ KWEL-yoo, koo-EL-yoo, -yoh, Portuguese: [ˈpawlu kuˈeʎu]; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist...
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He went to Rio de Janeiro, living there until 1854. There he wrote for newspapers, and began to write the drama Leonor de Mendonça in 1846 and his first...
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João Guimarães Rosa (section Corpo de Baile)
Kubitschek, at that time the chief doctor of the Blood Hospital (Hospital de Sangue). Later on, he became a civil servant through examination. In 1933...
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Alberto Santos-Dumont (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
of two to three metres with the fixed-wing 14-bis (also dubbed the Oiseau de proie—"bird of prey") at the Bagatelle Gamefield in Paris, taking off unassisted...
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Azores. He was born in Livramento country house, owned by Dona Maria José de Mendonça Barroso Pereira, widow of senator Bento Barroso Pereira, who protected...
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Aluísio Azevedo (redirect from Aluísio de Azevedo)
Aluísio Tancredo Gonçalves de Azevedo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈlwizju tɐ̃ˈkɾedu ɡõˈsawviʒ dʒɐzeˈvedu]; 14 April 1857 – 21 January 1913) was a Brazilian...
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Brazilian journalist and politician. "Alcindo Guanabara | Academia Brasileira de Letras". academia.org.br. Retrieved 2023-06-18. Media related to Alcindo Guanabara...
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Fernanda Montenegro (category Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city))
Summer Olympics, Fernanda read the poem "A Flor e a Náusea" by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, dubbed in English by Judi Dench. On 4 November 2021 she was elected...
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Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay (redirect from Visconde de Taunay)
born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1843. His father was Félix Taunay, Baron of Taunay, a painter, professor and headmaster of the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes;...
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Aurélio de Lira Tavares (7 November 1905m João Pessoa–18 November 1998) was a general in the Brazilian Army. He was one of the military in the joint military...
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Durand, Fabien (October 13, 2005). "Cérémonie de remise des insignes de Grand Officier dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur à Gilberto Gil". Culture...
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José Sarney (redirect from José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa)
José Sarney de Araújo Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ saʁˈnej dʒi aɾaˈuʒu ˈkɔstɐ]; born José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa; 24 April 1930) is...
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Euclides da Cunha (category People from Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro)
the World. Euclides da Cunha was born January 20, 1866, in Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he lived until he was three years old. His grandparents...
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Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (May 3, 1910 – February 28, 1989) was a Brazilian lexicographer, philologist, translator, and writer, best known for...
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João Cabral de Melo Neto (January 6, 1920 – October 9, 1999) was a Brazilian poet and diplomat, and one of the most influential writers in late Brazilian...
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Affonso Arinos de Mello Franco (November 11, 1930–March 15, 2020) was a Brazilian diplomat and journalist. He was born in Belo Horizonte on November 11...
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Joaquim Nabuco (redirect from Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo)
Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo (August 19, 1849 – January 17, 1910) was a Brazilian writer, statesman, and a leading voice in the abolitionist...
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Abgar de Castro Araújo Renault (1901–1995) was a Brazilian professor, educator, politician, poet, essayist and translator. He was born in Barbacena in...
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Salvador de Menezes Drummond Furtado de Mendonça (Itaboraí, July 21, 1841 – Rio de Janeiro, December 5, 1913), known as Salvador de Mendonça, was a Brazilian...
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Getúlio Vargas (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Bourne 1974, p. 53. Skidmore 2010, p. 110–111. "DECRETO Nº 19.398 DE 11 DE NOVEMBRO DE 1930" [DECREE No. 19,398 OF NOVEMBER 11, 1930.]. Presidência da República...
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Ruy Barbosa (redirect from Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira)
Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira (5 November 1849 – 1 March 1923), also known as Rui Barbosa, was a Brazilian politician, writer, jurist, and diplomat. He was a...
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Manuel Carneiro de Sousa Bandeira Filho (April 19, 1886 – October 13, 1968) was a Brazilian poet, literary critic, and translator, who wrote over 20 books...
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Southern Brazil Railway. At the age of 24, he founded the Companhia Construtora de Santos. The next decade was filled with intense commercial activity, and the...
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anthropology at the University of São Paulo, full professor at the Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas in the same institution, and visiting...
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de Sousa Martins (1829–1896) 20 October 1894 (1894-10-20) 25 December 1896 (1896-12-25) 2 years, 66 days Floriano Peixoto (Ind) 4 Lúcio de Mendonça (1854–1909)...
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Assis Chateaubriand (redirect from Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Melo)
Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Melo (pronounced [fɾɐ̃ˈsisku dʒi aˈsis ʃɐtobɾiˈɐ̃ bɐ̃ˈdejɾɐ dʒi ˈmɛlu]), also nicknamed Chatô (October 4,...
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2024. Ailton Alves Lacerda Krenak was born September 29, 1953, in Itabirinha de Mantena, Minas Gerais. He was raised in the Doce River valley region of Brazil...
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Hélio Jaguaribe (category People from Rio de Janeiro (city))
Jaguaribe de Mattos (1923-2018) was a Brazilian political scientist. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of eminent geographer Francisco Jaguaribe de Mattos...
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