Getúlio Vargas

Getúlio Dornelles Vargas was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil, from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Due to his long and controversial tenure as Brazil's provisional, constitutional, dictatorial and democratic leader, he is considered by historians as the most influential Brazilian politician of the 20th century.

19 April 1882

Born on the same birth day (19 April): Alice Salomon • Anna Lee Aldred • Anne Glover (biologist) • Christoph Bach (musician) • James Heckman • Justin Rigali • Karl Tarvas • Vasily Tatishchev • Wilfried Martens • William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk

Born in the same month (April 1882): Fred McLeod (golfer) • Frederick Francis IV • Jessie R. Fauset • Leopold Stokowski • Moritz Schlick • Natalia Sedova • Percy Williams Bridgman • Philippe Desranleau • Song Jiaoren