Sérgio Marcus Rangel Porto was a Brazilian columnist, writer, broadcaster and composer. He was better known by his pen name Stanislaw Ponte Preta.

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Angela Leal

First Name Angela

Last Name Leal

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

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Evaristo da Veiga

First Name Evaristo

Last Name Veiga

Born on October 8, 1799

Died on May 12, 1837 (aged 37)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Evaristo Ferreira da Veiga e Barros was a Brazilian poet, journalist, politician and bookseller. Da Veiga founded one of the first Brazilian newspapers, A Aurora Fluminense, in 1827, during the reign of Emperor Pedro I. He was also federal deputy and senator for Minas Gerais. Da Veiga composed poems including the lyrics for the Hino da Independência and is the patron of the tenth seat of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

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Nei Lopes

First Name Nei

Last Name Lopes

Born on May 9, 1942 (age 84)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Nei Braz Lopes is a singer, composer, lawyer, writer and historian, working primarily with the Brazilian genre of samba and African-Brazilian studies.

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Louise Cardoso

First Name Louise

Last Name Cardoso

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Actor

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Leon Hirszman

First Name Leon

Last Name Hirszman

Died on September 15, 1987 (aged 17)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Filmmaker

Leon Hirszman was a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter, and one of the main figures of Cinema Novo. He is best known for directing the 1981 film They Don't Wear Black Tie which won the Special Jury Prize at the 38th Venice International Film Festival. His other films include Fernanda Montenegro's 1965 film debut The Deceased, the 1972 adaptation of Graciliano Ramos's S. Bernardo and the documentary ABC da Greve. He died from complications of HIV/AIDS at 49.

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Antônio Francisco Braga

First Name Antônio

Last Name Braga

Born on April 15, 1868

Died on March 14, 1945 (aged 76)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Antônio Francisco Braga was a Brazilian music composer.

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Joaquim Marques Batista de Leão

First Name Joaquim

Born on November 30, 1846

Died on November 30, 1912 (aged 66)

Born in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

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