Luiz Gonzaga

Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musician and poet and one of the most influential figures of Brazilian popular music in the twentieth century. He has been credited with having presented the rich universe of Northeastern musical genres to all of Brazil, having popularized the musical genre baião and has been called a "revolutionary" by Antônio Carlos Jobim. According to Caetano Veloso, he was the first significant cultural event with mass appeal in Brazil. Luiz Gonzaga received the Shell prize for Brazilian Popular Music in 1984 and was only the fourth artist to receive this prize after Pixinguinha, Antônio Carlos Jobim and Dorival Caymmi. The Luiz Gonzaga Dam was named in his honor.

13 December 1912

Born on the same birth day (13 December): Alvin York • Annie Dale Biddle Andrews • Archie Moore • Ben Bernanke • Bob Gainey • Dave Leduc • Dick Van Dyke • Emma Corrin • Hanna-Maria Seppälä • Heinrich Heine • Henry IV of France • James Kyson • Lucien Guitry • Marina Bassols Ribera • Martín de Azpilcueta • Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark • Scott Sattler • Svetozar Boroević

Born in the same month (December 1912): Anna J. Harrison • Benjamin O. Davis Jr. • Billy Raimondi • Carlo Ponti • Daniel Jones (composer) • Edward Short, Baron Glenamara • Henry Armstrong • Ilias Degiannis • John Frost (British Army officer) • Sonny Boy Williamson II • Tetsuji Takechi