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): Anna Lee Aldred • Deaf Smith • George St Lo • Hemmo Kallio • Iracema de Alencar • James Franco • John Horlock • Joseph Estrada • Julien Ries • Lise Klaveness • Ole Evinrude • Otto Georg Thierack • Rawya Ateya • Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet • Sol Kaplan • Tim Curry

Born in the same month (April 1882): Albert Coates (musician) • Holland Smith • Jessie R. Fauset • Natalia Sedova • Percy Williams Bridgman • Philippe Desranleau • Song Jiaoren