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Dona Maria II (4 April 1819 – 15 November 1853) "the Educator" (Portuguese: "a Educadora") or "the Good Mother" (Portuguese: "a Boa Mãe"), was Queen of...

The origins of feminism in Brazil trace back to the 19th century. During the Empire of Brazil, some jurists attempted to legalize women's suffrage, with...

Doña Carlota Joaquina Teresa Cayetana of Spain (25 April 1775 – 7 January 1830) was Queen of Portugal and Brazil as the wife of King Dom John VI. She was...

Lygia Bojunga (born 26 August 1932, in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian writer of children's books under the name Lygia Bojunga Nunes. She is...

Tatiana Belinky (18 March 1919 – 15 June 2013) was a Russian-born Brazilian children's writer. She wrote over 250 books for children. Born in Petrograd...

Princess Januária of Brazil (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒɐnuˈaɾiɐ mɐˈɾiɐ]; Januária Maria Joana Carlota Leopoldina Cândida Francisca Xavier de Paula Micaela...

Luisa María Francisca de Guzmán y Sandoval (Portuguese: Luísa Maria Francisca de Gusmão; 13 October 1613 – 27 February 1666) was Queen of Portugal as the...

Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾiɐ ðasũˈsɐ̃w]; English: Mary of the Assumption); Queluz, 25 June 1805 – Santarém...

Elizeth Moreira Cardoso (sometimes listed as Elisete Cardoso) (July 16, 1920 – May 7, 1990), was a singer and actress of great renown in Brazil. Cardoso...

Ivanilton de Souza Lima (born March 9, 1950, in Recife, Brazil), known by his stage name Michael Sullivan, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist and...

Michèle Allard is a former French figure skater who competed in ladies' singles and pairs with Alain Giletti. She is the 1956 French champion in both categories...

Léa Lucas Garcia de Aguiar (11 March 1933 – 15 August 2023) was a Brazilian actress. She was known for her numerous television and film roles. Her breakout...

Ana de Castro Osório (18 June 1872 – 23 March 1935) was a Portuguese feminist, active in the field of children's literature and political Republicanism...

Julião Manuel Tavares Sena Sarmento (4 November 1948 – 4 May 2021) was a Portuguese multimedia artist and painter. Born in Lisbon in 1948, Sarmento studied...

Duda Yankovich (Serbian: Душица Јанковић, romanized: Dušica Janković, born September 27, 1976) is a Serbian-born former boxer and mixed martial arts fighter...

Clarice Franco de Abreu Falcão is a Brazilian actress, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and comedian. Falcão was born in Recife, Pernambuco on 23 October...

Gonçalo Manuel de Albuquerque Tavares, known professionally as Gonçalo M. Tavares, was born in August, 1970 in Luanda, Angola and is a Portuguese writer...

Laura Soveral (23 March 1933 in Benguela, Angola – 12 July 2018) was a Portuguese actress. She performed in more than seventy films from 1966. SAPO. "Faleceu...

Marie Josefina Mathilde Durocher (6 January 1809 – 25 December 1893) was a Brazilian obstetrician, midwife and physician. She was the first female doctor...

Teolinda Gersão (born 1940) is a Portuguese writer. Born in Coimbra, she studied at the universities of Coimbra, Tübingen and Berlin. She also taught at...