WRaul Botelho is a Brazilian Lieutenant-Brigadier of the Brazilian Air Force, who has served as Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of the Brazilian Armed Forces since 2019.
WAntónio Filipe Camarão was an indigenous Brazilian from the tribe of the Potiguara near the Rio Grande do Norte area of the Portuguese colony of Brazil. His original tribal name was Poti, which means prawn. He was born in the neighbourhood of Igapó, in Natal, or, according to some other historians, in the state of Pernambuco, or in Aldeia Velha.
WJoão Cândido Felisberto was a Brazilian sailor, best known as the leader of the 1910 "Revolt of the Lash". His name was sometimes given as simply "João Cândido" or "Jean Candido" in foreign articles.
WHenrique Dias was a literate Afro-Brazilian soldier and militia leader born in the Portuguese colony of Brazil. There is no consensus among historians whether he was born free or captive.
WAntonia Alves ("Jovita") Feitosa, was a military heroine and a symbol for the war against sexism.
WCândido da Fonseca Galvão, also known as Dom Obá II D'África, was a Brazilian military officer and nobleman. A son of freed Africans, and a grandson of the Obá Abiodun of the Oyo Empire, he held the title of Omoba among the Yoruba people of West Africa. Galvão’s father, Benvindo, was freed on an unknown date in the first half of the nineteenth century. Upon his freedom, he sought to take advantage of the emerging Lençóis diamond rush in north eastern Brazil. Evidence suggests that he arrived around the year of 1845, although there are no birth certificates to corroborate, it is estimated his son Cândido da Fonseca Galvão was born shortly after. [1]
WJohn Pascoe Grenfell was a British officer of the Empire of Brazil. He spent most of his service in South America campaigns, initially under the leadership of Lord Cochrane and then Commodore Norton. He was the nephew of British politician Pascoe Grenfell and grandfather to General Sir John Grenfell Maxwell. In Brazil, he rose to the rank of admiral and for his achievements was made a knight grand cross of the Imperial Order of the Rose and a knight of the Imperial Order of the Southern Cross.
WHélio Fernando Barbosa Lopes, also known as Hélio Negão and Hélio Bolsonaro, is a Brazilian military sub-lieutenant and politician.
WHorácio de Matos was a Brazilian politician and colonel.
WFrancisco Barreto de Meneses was a military officer and a colonial administrator in the Portuguese colonies of São Tomé and Príncipe and Brazil.
WCarlos de Morais Camisão was a Brazilian colonel of the Paraguayan War. He was one of the leaders of Laguna, with Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay. He took command of the Brazilian force counter-attacking the Paraguayan invasion during the Mato Grosso Campaign, but died of cholera during the retreat.
WGeneral José Carlos de Nardi, is the former Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Brazil. De Nardi was sworn in as the first Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces by then-Defense Minister Nelson Jobim on 6 September 2010. On 8 December 2015, Admiral Ademir Sobrinho was sworn in as the second Chief of the Joint Staff by Defense Minister Aldo Rebelo.
WAdmiral José Isaías de Noronha was one of the leaders of the junta that governed Brazil during the time Washington Luís was deposed.
WArolde de Oliveira is a Brazilian politician, as well as an economist, engineer, and captain in the Brazilian military. Although born in Rio Grande do Sul, he has spent his political career representing Rio de Janeiro, having served as federal deputy for nine consecutive terms from 1986 to 2019 and federal senator since 2019.
WJorge Antônio de Oliveira Francisco is a Brazilian lawyer and retired military police officer. He is the current Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic.
WJarbas Gonçalves Passarinho was a Brazilian military officer and politician. Passarinho began his political career when he was appointed Governor of Pará. He served as head of several government ministries during both the Brazilian military government (1964–1985) and the transition to democracy. His government portfolio's included Minister of Labor (1967–1969), Minister of Education (1969–1974), Minister of Social Security (1983–1985), and Minister of Justice (1990–1992). Passarinho was also a member of the Federal Senate, representing Pará for two tenures during military rule and the return to democracy, including a period as President of the Federal Senate from 1981 to 1983.
WEnzo Martins Peri is a Brazilian Army general who was the commander of the Brazilian Army from 2007 to 2015.
WArmy General José Elito Carvalho Siqueira is a Brazilian Army general, former Chief-Minister of the Institutional Security Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic.
WCarlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra was a Brazilian army officer and politician who served as a colonel in the Brazilian Army.
WAndré Vidal de Negreiros was a Portuguese colonial governor and military man born in the then colony of Brazil, known mainly for being one of the leaders of the Pernambucan Insurrection, also known has the War of Divine Light, against Dutch colonization in Brazil (1624–1654).