12.9827° S, 38.4939° W

SALVADOR

Most Famous People Born in Salvador, Brazil

Notable people
827
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1952
Most distinctive
Model 3.8×

Brazil's first colonial capital and the spiritual home of Afro-Brazilian music shows up in the data exactly where you'd expect: the Composer and Singer benches are basically the Tropicália and axé-music lineage, from Gilberto Gil and Caetano's circle out through Daniela Mercury and Carlinhos Brown. The Boxer count is the Bahian surprise — a city better known for candomblé drums than for the ring.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Salvador during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 116 notable births.

What Salvador Is Known For

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Football is Salvador's biggest profession — 20% of all notables (168).

Salvador over-indexes on model3.8× the global rate.

Salvador under-produces player — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Football168
  2. Politician161
  3. Actor52
  4. Singer50
  5. Composer36
  6. Writer35
  7. Lawyer21
  8. Music16
  1. Model83.8×
  2. Composer363.3×
  3. Boxer103.0×
  4. Singer502.9×
  5. Judge102.6×
  6. Football1681.9×
  7. Missing101.8×
  8. Politician1611.6×
  1. Player100.6×
  2. Painter150.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Salvador's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 161 of 827 notable people

0013 POLITICIAN

Carlos Marighella

1911 - 1969

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0016 POLITICIAN

José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco

1819 - 1880

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0044 POLITICIAN

Antônio Carlos Magalhães

1927 - 2007

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0080 POLITICIAN

Manuel Vitorino

1853 - 1902

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0103 POLITICIAN

Custódio José de Melo

1840 - 1902

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0111 POLITICIAN

Maurício Grabois

1912 - 1973

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Cipriano Barata

1762 - 1838

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Eduardo Jorge

Born 1949

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0139 POLITICIAN

Antônio Carlos Magalhães Neto

Born 1979

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0141 POLITICIAN

Otávio Mangabeira

1886 - 1960

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0146 POLITICIAN

José Joaquim Seabra

1855 - 1942

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0169 POLITICIAN

José Bernardino de Portugal e Castro

1780 - 1840

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0183 POLITICIAN

Floro Bartolomeu

1876 - 1926

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0189 POLITICIAN

Geddel Vieira Lima

Born 1959

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0192 POLITICIAN

José Carlos Pereira de Almeida Torres

1799 - 1850

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0201 POLITICIAN

Abdon Baptista

1851 - 1922

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Antônio Imbassahy

Born 1948

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0229 POLITICIAN

Rui Costa (politician)

Born 1963

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Walter Pinheiro

Born 1959

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Francisco Carneiro de Campos

1765 - 1842

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André Moura

Born 1972

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0255 POLITICIAN

Nelson Carneiro

1910 - 1996

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0262 POLITICIAN

Edgard Santos

1894 - 1962

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Miguel Calmon du Pin e Almeida (engenheiro) – Wi

1879 - 1935

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0280 POLITICIAN

Domingos Leonelli

Born 1946

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César Borges

Born 1948

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0321 POLITICIAN

Antônio Muniz Sodré de Aragão

1881 - 1940

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Clemente Mariani

1900 - 1981

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Orlando Silva de Jesus Júnior

Born 1971

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0333 POLITICIAN

Barata Ribeiro

1843 - 1910

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0334 POLITICIAN

José da Costa Carvalho

1796 - 1860

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Joaquim Marcelino de Brito

1799 - 1879

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0347 POLITICIAN

Roberto Muniz (politician)

Born 1963

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0348 POLITICIAN

Roberto Figueira Santos

Born 1926

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0354 POLITICIAN

Clériston Andrade

1925 - 1982

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0356 POLITICIAN

Jutahy Júnior

Born 1955

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0358 POLITICIAN

Olívia Santana

Born 1967

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0360 POLITICIAN

Afonso Florence

Born 1960

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0371 POLITICIAN

Paulo Magalhães

Born 1952

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0373 POLITICIAN

José Tomás Nabuco de Araújo

1785 - 1850

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0378 POLITICIAN

Carlos Carneiro de Campos

1805 - 1878

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0380 POLITICIAN

Francisco Sabino

1796 - 1846

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0391 POLITICIAN

Guilherme Marback

1898 - 1954

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0399 POLITICIAN

Luís Eduardo Magalhães

1955 - 1998

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0402 POLITICIAN

Rodrigo de Sousa da Silva Pontes

1799 - 1855

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0413 POLITICIAN

Irmão Lázaro

Born 1966

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0414 POLITICIAN

Anfilófio Botelho Freire de Carvalho

1850 - 1903

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0415 POLITICIAN

Benevenuto Augusto Magalhães Taques

1818 - 1881

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0421 POLITICIAN

Luiz Rogério de Souza

1906 - 1981

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0425 POLITICIAN

Mário Kertész

Born 1946

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0436 POLITICIAN

Tia Eron

Born 1972

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0446 POLITICIAN

Clemente Ferreira França

1774 - 1827

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0450 POLITICIAN

Carlos Furtado de Simas

1913 - 1978

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0454 POLITICIAN

Alfredo Augusto da Mata

1870 - 1954

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0462 POLITICIAN

Antônio Carlos Magalhães Júnior

Born 1952

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0467 POLITICIAN

José Tomás Nabuco de Araújo Filho

1813 - 1878

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0468 POLITICIAN

Arthur Oliveira Maia

Born 1964

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0470 POLITICIAN

Antonio Brito

Born 1969

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0481 POLITICIAN

Jorge Solla

Born 1961

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0493 POLITICIAN

Nelson Pelegrino

Born 1960

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0496 POLITICIAN

Zezéu Ribeiro

1949 - 2015

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0498 POLITICIAN

João Carlos Bacelar Filho

Born 1972

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0499 POLITICIAN

José Carlos Araújo (político)

Born 1944

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0505 POLITICIAN

Altamirando Requião

1893 - 1989

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0510 POLITICIAN

Cacá Leão

Born 1979

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0512 POLITICIAN

Antônio Luís Pereira da Cunha

1760 - 1837

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0515 POLITICIAN

Francisco Marcelino de Sousa Aguiar

1855 - 1935

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0522 POLITICIAN

João Antônio de Araújo Freitas Henriques – Wi

1822 - 1903

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0528 POLITICIAN

Rodolpho Tourinho Neto

1941 - 2015

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0532 POLITICIAN

Brás do Amaral

1861 - 1949

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0534 POLITICIAN

Jurandir Bizarria Mamede

1906 - 1998

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0540 POLITICIAN

Léo Kret

Born 1983

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0541 POLITICIAN

Paulo Azi

Born 1963

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0544 POLITICIAN

Carlos Corrêa de Menezes Sant'anna

1931 - 2003

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0546 POLITICIAN

Ângelo Magalhães

1926 - 2005

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0550 POLITICIAN

Jorge Fontes Hereda

Born 1956

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0552 POLITICIAN

Carlos Alberto Caó de Oliveira

1941 - 2018

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0560 POLITICIAN

Giocondo Dias

1913 - 1987

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0561 POLITICIAN

José Luís de Almeida Couto

1833 - 1895

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0562 POLITICIAN

Fernando Roth Schmidt

1944 - 2020

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0563 POLITICIAN

Manuel Antônio Galvão

1791 - 1850

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0564 POLITICIAN

Paulo Sérgio de Sá Bittencourt Câmara

Born 1972

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0567 POLITICIAN

Góis Calmon

1874 - 1932

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0569 POLITICIAN

João José de Oliveira Junqueira Júnior

1832 - 1887

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0578 POLITICIAN

Régis Pacheco

1895 - 1987

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0581 POLITICIAN

Carlos Baltasar da Silveira

1843 - 1913

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0582 POLITICIAN

Erivelton Santana

Born 1965

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0586 POLITICIAN

Luís Viana Neto

Born 1933

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0588 POLITICIAN

Miguel Calmon du Pin e Almeida Sobrinho

1912 - 1967

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0597 POLITICIAN

Luiz Antônio Vasconcellos Carreira

Born 1947

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0598 POLITICIAN

Antônio Luís Afonso de Carvalho

1828 - 1892

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Felisberto Caldeira Brant Pontes

1802 - 1906

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Antônio Paranhos

1818 - 1897

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0620 POLITICIAN

Gustavo Adolfo de Aguilar Pantoja

1798 - 1867

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0626 POLITICIAN

Mário Gomes da Silva

1898 - 1984

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0628 POLITICIAN

João Marques dos Reis

1890 - 1950

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0632 POLITICIAN

Joaquim Elísio Pereira Marinho

1841 - 1914

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0635 POLITICIAN

Regina Gordilho

Born 1933

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0638 POLITICIAN

Adroaldo Tourinho Junqueira Aires

1895 - 1972

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0648 POLITICIAN

Lino Coutinho

1784 - 1836

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0649 POLITICIAN

Sandra Vidal

Born 1964

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0651 POLITICIAN

José Cerqueira de Aguiar Lima

1828 - 1898

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0656 POLITICIAN

Francisco Vicente Viana

1754 - 1828

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0659 POLITICIAN

Artur César Rios

1846 - 1906

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0662 POLITICIAN

Mário Augusto Jorge de Castro Lima

1925 - 2008

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0663 POLITICIAN

França Teixeira

Born 1944

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0667 POLITICIAN

Sergio Gaudenzi

1941 - 2020

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0671 POLITICIAN

Eduardo Rios Filho

Born 1900

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0672 POLITICIAN

Laélia de Alcântara

1923 - 2005

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0677 POLITICIAN

Antônio Gonçalves Gravatá

1875 - 1950

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0678 POLITICIAN

Sancho de Barros Pimentel

1849 - 1924

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0679 POLITICIAN

Francisco José da Rocha (político)

1832 - 1897

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0682 POLITICIAN

Leur Lomanto Júnior

Born 1976

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0683 POLITICIAN

Fábio Souto

Born 1973

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0687 POLITICIAN

José Cândido da Silva Murici

1827 - 1879

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0690 POLITICIAN

Clímaco Barbosa

1839 - 1912

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0691 POLITICIAN

Luís José de Oliveira Mendes

1779 - 1851

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0694 POLITICIAN

Guilherme José Moreira

1835 - 1899

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0695 POLITICIAN

Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves

1911 - 1992

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0699 POLITICIAN

José Joaquim Nabuco de Araújo

1764 - 1844

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0700 POLITICIAN

José de Aquino Tanajura (filho)

1831 - 1918

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0706 POLITICIAN

Maria José Rocha

Born 1953

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0709 POLITICIAN

Gerson Gabrielli

Born 1949

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0710 POLITICIAN

Francisco Ney Ferreira

1929 - 2011

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0711 POLITICIAN

Augusto Ferreira França

1836 - 1902

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0714 POLITICIAN

Durval Neves da Rocha

1892 - 1961

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0717 POLITICIAN

Péricles Madureira de Pinho

Died 1978

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0718 POLITICIAN

Marcos Antonio Medrado

Born 1946

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0719 POLITICIAN

Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas Filho

1852 - 1937

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0721 POLITICIAN

Arnando Lessa Silveira

Born 1952

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0734 POLITICIAN

Daniel Gomes de Freitas

Born 1806

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0736 POLITICIAN

Celso Cotrim

Born 1947

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0739 POLITICIAN

Francisco Liberato de Matos

1813 - 1892

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0740 POLITICIAN

Dantas Júnior

1898 - 1969

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0746 POLITICIAN

José Elói Pessoa

1792 - 1841

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0749 POLITICIAN

Hermogenes Principe de Oliveira

Born 1917

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0750 POLITICIAN

João Galeão Carvalhal

1859 - 1925

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0752 POLITICIAN

Manuel Inácio da Cunha e Meneses

1779 - 1850

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0756 POLITICIAN

Jonas Batista Alves

Born 1956

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0758 POLITICIAN

Cassiano Esperidião de Melo e Matos

1797 - 1857

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0761 POLITICIAN

José Bahia Spíndola Bittencourt

1916 - 1982

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0763 POLITICIAN

Leovigildo do Ipiranga Amorim Filgueiras

1856 - 1910

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0767 POLITICIAN

Raimundo Pimenta

Born 1949

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0770 POLITICIAN

Joaquim José Pacheco

1808 - 1884

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0780 POLITICIAN

Pedro Ferreira de Viana Bandeira

1843 - 1916

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0781 POLITICIAN

Américo Lisboa

1910 - 1995

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0783 POLITICIAN

Tertuliano Teixeira de Freitas

1835 - 1910

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0784 POLITICIAN

Diógenes Alves

1917 - 1985

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0790 POLITICIAN

João Mendes da Costa Neto

1932 - 2006

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Luiz da Silva Sampaio

1927 - 2000

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0797 POLITICIAN

Aluísio de Castro

1901 - 1983

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Leovigildo Coelho

1837 - 1893

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0812 POLITICIAN

Aníbal Duarte d'Oliveira

1890 - 1977

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Edgar Ribeiro Sanches

1891 - 1972

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Correia de Brito

Died 1930

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0822 POLITICIAN

Hilton Barros Coelho

Born 1971

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0823 POLITICIAN

Francisco de Paula Oliveira Guimarães

1852 - 1909

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0824 POLITICIAN

Antônio Euzébio Gonçalves de Almeida

1841 - 1891

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Garcia Dias Pires de Carvalho e Albuquerque – Wi

1840 - 1917

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0826 POLITICIAN

Macário César de Alexandria e Sousa

1793 - 1885

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0827 POLITICIAN

Francisco Elesbão

1922 - 2001

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