Top Celebrity Names Starting With Joao

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   João Goulart

   1919 - 1976 Male
   

   Politician

   
   

   João Belchior Marques Goulart was a Brazilian politician and the 24th President of Brazil until a military coup d'état deposed him on April 1, 1964. He is considered to have been the last left-wing President of the country until Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in 2003.… read more

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   João Havelange

   Age 96 Male
   

   Politician, Lawyer, Golfer

   
   

   Jean-Marie Faustin Goedefroid de Havelange, more commonly known as João Havelange, was the 7th President of FIFA, serving from 1974 to 1998. He received the title of Honorary President when leaving office. He succeeded Sir Stanley Rous and was succeeded by Joseph Blatter. João Havelange served as a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1963 to 2011. He was the longest serving active member upon his resignation. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.… read more

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   João Bernardo Vieira

   1939 - 2009 Male
   

   Politician, End, Prime Minister

   
   

   João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira was the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2009. After seizing power in 1980, Vieira ruled for 19 years, and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994. He was ousted at the end of the 1998–1999 civil war and went into exile. He made a political comeback in 2005, winning that year's presidential election.… read more

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   João Donato

   Age 78 Male
   

   Pianist, Bandleader, Musician

   
   

   João Donato de Oliveira Neto is a Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist from Brazil, probably best known for his numerous albums as bandleader in the idiom. He first worked with Altamiro Carrilho, and went on to perform with other masters of the idiom such as Tom Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, as well as a host of others. João Donato de Oliveira Neto was born in Rio Branco, the capital of the state of Acre, Brazil, on August 17, 1934.… read more

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   João Gilberto

   Age 81 Male
   

   Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist

   
   

   João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira, known as João Gilberto, is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. His seminal recordings, including many songs by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, established the new musical genre of Bossa nova in the late 1950s.… read more

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   João Figueiredo

   1918 - 1999 Male
   

   Politician, General, Military Person

   
   

   João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo was a Brazilian military leader and politician. He was chief of the Secret Service (SNI) during the term of his predecessor Ernesto Geisel. Figueiredo was chosen to be president of Brazil by the former military leader, General Ernesto Geisel. He took the oath of office on March 15, 1979, serving until March 15, 1985. He continued the democratization that Geisel started and decreed amnesty.… read more