José Alencar

José Alencar Gomes da Silva was a Brazilian businessman, entrepreneur and politician who served as the 23rd vice president of Brazil from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2010. In business from a young age, Alencar became a self-made multimillionaire as the chief executive of Coteminas, a leading textile manufacturer. In the 1990s, Alencar groomed his son to succeed him at the company.

17 October 1931

Born on the same birth date (17 October 1931): Anatoly Pristavkin • Ernst Hinterberger

Born on the same birth day (17 October): Aimo Koivunen • C. C. van Asch van Wijck • Carlos Loret de Mola • Craig Murray • Drusilla Modjeska • Earl Thomas Conley • Graeme Le Saux • Harry Carpenter • Howard Alden • Irene di Spilimbergo • Jacques Cazotte • Kimi Räikkönen • Mitch Talbot • Norm Macdonald • Pablo de Rokha • Riki Miura • Roger Pontare • Sami Lepistö • Sergiy Gladyr • Shinichi Suzuki • Tom Poston

Born in the same month (October 1931): A. P. J. Abdul Kalam • Anwar Shamim • Cotton Fitzsimmons • Johnny Kitagawa • Ken Morrison • Raymond Kopa • Tony Booth (actor) • Vince Callahan