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Born July 7, 1848 • Guaratinguetá • Brazil
Died January 16, 1919 (aged 70) • Rio de Janeiro • Brazil
Title / Office president (1918), Brazil • president (1902-1906), Brazil
The first female president of Brazil
Dilma Rousseff
president of Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro
Jair Bolsonaro
president of Brazil
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
president of Brazil
Michel Temer
president of Brazil
Neymar at the 2022 World Cup
Neymar
Brazilian football player
Itamar Franco
Itamar Franco
president of Brazil
Romário: 1994 World Cup
Romário
Brazilian football player and politician
Vargas, 1951
Getúlio Vargas
president of Brazil
Pelé
Pelé
Brazilian athlete
Pedro II
Pedro II
emperor of Brazil
Kaká
Kaká
Brazilian football player
João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo
president of Brazil
Quadros, Jânio da Silva
Jânio da Silva Quadros
president of Brazil
Kubitschek, Juscelino
Juscelino Kubitschek
president of Brazil
Geisel, Ernesto
Ernesto Geisel
president of Brazil
Cardoso, Fernando Henrique
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
president of Brazil
Jorge Amado
Jorge Amado
Brazilian author
Caxias
Luiz Alves de Lima e Silva, duke de Caxias
Brazilian statesman
Andrada e Silva
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
Brazilian statesman
João Cabral de Melo Neto
Brazilian poet and diplomat