Heroes and Historical Figures
- Admiral Tamandaré, military combatant, war veteran, Father of the Navy.
- Ana Néri, pioneering nurse, she assisted Brazilian forces on the battlefield, Mother of Nursery.
- Anita Garibaldi (1821–1849), revolutionary combatant, fought in Brazil and Italy, was married to Giuseppe Garibaldi.
- Ayrton Senna (1960–1994), Brazilian racing driver and a source of inspiration for many Brazilians Formula 1.
- Barão do Amazonas, Admiral of the Navy, war hero, led the decisive Battle of Riachuelo.
- Bento Gonçalves, military commander, led a separatist movement.
- Chico Mendes (1944–1988), murdered rural leader and martyr of ecological movements in the Amazon.
- Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, military commander, nationalist leader, Father of the Army.
- José Bonifácio, Patriarch of the Independence.
- Princess Isabel (1846–1921), Princess Imperial of Brazil, later de jure Empress of Brazil, daughter of Emperor D. Pedro II, signed the abolition of slavery in the country.
- Tiradentes (1746–1792), leader of a failed conspiracy against the Portuguese, executed by hanging.
- Tristão de Alencar Araripe, republican leader.
- Zumbi dos Palmares (1655–1695), African-born leader of a slave revolt, killed in battle.
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“All of childhood’s unanswered questions must finally be passed back to the town and answered there. Heroes and bogey men, values and dislikes, are first encountered and labeled in that early environment. In later years they change faces, places and maybe races, tactics, intensities and goals, but beneath those penetrable masks they wear forever the stocking-capped faces of childhood.”
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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