Caetano Veloso

Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo, which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship that took power in 1964. He has remained a constant creative influence and best-selling performing artist and composer ever since. Veloso has won nine Latin Grammy Awards and two Grammy Awards. On 14 November, 2012, Veloso was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year.

7 August 1942

Born on the same birth date (7 August 1942): B. J. Thomas • Carlos Monzón • Garrison Keillor • Richard Sykes (microbiologist)

Born on the same birth day (7 August): Alonso de Ercilla • Altaír Jarabo • B. J. Thomas • Carsten Busch • Daire Brehan • Elizabeth Báthory • Elizabeth of Rhuddlan • George Van Eps • Koenraad Elst • Marquise Hill • Melody Oliveria • Mike Trout • Raul Malo • Robert Dudley (explorer) • Thomas Lupo the elder • Uwe Nettelbeck

Born in the same month (August 1942): B. J. Thomas • Brian Peckford • Cleon Jones • Daryl Dragon • Dennis Turner • Fred Norman • Garrison Keillor • Giancarlo Giannini • Gottfried John • Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt • Henry G. Sanders • James Glennon • James J. Blanchard • Jerry Garcia • Jimmy Soul • John Gustafson (musician) • Karen Uhlenbeck • Lesley Turner Bowrey • Michael Pepper • Nell Irvin Painter • Otis Taylor (American football) • Richard Sykes (microbiologist) • Sterling Morrison • Vardo Rumessen • Wendy Davies