Birthdays
Musicians, Presidents, Other

Castro Alves, March 14, 1847. Poet from Bahia.

Cassimiro de Abreu, January 4, 1839. Poet born in Rio de Janeiro.

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, June 21, 1839. Writer (1839-1908).

Jorge Amado, August 10, 1912. The most internationally famous Brazilian writer.

Paulo Coelho, September 21. Writer.

Rui Ribeiro Couto, March 12, 1898. Writer.

Carlos Diegues, May 19, 1940. Cacá Diegues directed many great films including Bye Bye Brazil, Tieta of agreste, and Orfeu.

Carlos Magalhães, May 9, 1957. Director.

Jô Soares, January 16. Comedian.

Sonia Braga, June 16, 1949. Actress (1951).

Xuxa, March 27, 1963. TV hostess.

Dom Pedro I, October 12, 1798. First emperor of Brazil.

Princesa Isabel, July 29, 1846. Daughter of Dom Pedro. Abolitionist.

José do Patrocínio, October 9, 1853. Abolitionist.

José Vieira do Couto Magalhães, November 1, 1762. Polititian, soldier, and writer.

Ruy Barbosa, November 5, 1849.

Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, August 16, 1746. The leader of Brazil's first movement of independence. Better known as Tiradentes because he was a dentist (or "tooth-puller") by trade.

Ayrton Senna, March 21, 1960. Formula One champion.

Edilson, September 17, 1970. Edílson da Silva Ferreira is a famous soccer player.

Emerson Fittipaldi, December 12. Formula One world champion. Born 1946.

Jair da Rosa Pinto, March 21, 1921. Soccer player.

Marcos, July 3, 1974. Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis is known to all Brazilians simply as "Marcos". He was the goalie for the Brazilian soccer team when it won its fifth World Cup in 2002.

Pelé, October 23, 1940. Soccer player. Became the youngest athlete to compete in a World Cup when he played at age 16 in 1957. He scored 1,281 goals in his career.

Ronaldinho, September 22, 1976. Soccer player. Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima helped Brazil win its fifth World Cup.

Zico, March 3, 1953. Soccer player.

José de Anchieta, March 19, 1534. Missionary and poet. Founded the College of São Paulo. Remembered for writing verses of poetry in the sand.

Oswaldo Gonçalves Crus, August 5, 1872. Scientist.