Arthur Bernardes

Artur da Silva Bernardes was a Brazilian politician who served as 12th president of Brazil during the First Brazilian Republic. Born in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, he was elected Governor of Minas Gerais in 1918. In 1922, he was elected President of Brazil and served until 1926. Facing a military rebellion, Bernardes ruled under a state of siege during most of the course of his term.

8 August 1875

Born on the same birth day (8 August): Alexander Watson (diplomat) • Axel Merckx • Bill Voce • Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore • Conrad Lycosthenes • Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck • Daniel House (musician) • Danilo Gallinari • Denisse Guerrero • Emperor Horikawa • Esther Hobart Morris • Joely Collins • Lindsay Sloane • Margaret Urban Walker • Michael Roe (racing driver) • Michael Urie • Nick Holtam • Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist • Svetlana Savitskaya • Terry Burnham • Varghese Payyappilly

Born in the same month (August 1875): Agnes Mowinckel • Albert Ketèlbey • Eugene Lanceray • John Buchan • Katharine McCormick • Leonardo De Lorenzo • Mstislav Dobuzhinsky • Rosa Lemberg • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor • William Eccles (physicist)