Olavo Bilac

Olavo Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac, known simply as Olavo Bilac, was a Brazilian Parnassian poet, journalist and translator. Alongside Alberto de Oliveira and Raimundo Correia, he was a member of the "Parnassian Triad". He was elected the "Prince of Brazilian Poets" in 1907 by the magazine Fon-Fon. He wrote the lyrics of the Brazilian Flag Anthem.

16 December 1865

Born on the same birth day (16 December): Alcides Escobar • Anna Sedokova • Antonio Vega (singer) • Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher • Hans Bol • Jyoti Amge • Kim Chwa-chin • Lesley Stahl • Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (gardener) • Paul McGinley • Simon Grayson • Steve Mattsson

Born in the same month (December 1865): Charles Sands • Edith Cavell • Elsie de Wolfe • Evangeline Booth • Félix Vallotton • Jacques Hadamard • Jean Sibelius • Minnie Maddern Fiske • Rudyard Kipling • Rüdiger von der Goltz • Szymon Askenazy