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Machado de Assis
1839 – 1908Wrote a novel narrated by a dead man in 1881; Brazil's greatest writer.
Brazil·Literature
Oswaldo Cruz
1872 – 1917Eradicated yellow fever from Rio and founded Brazilian public health.
Brazil·Medicine
Alberto Santos-Dumont
1873 – 1932Flew the first publicly witnessed powered aircraft in Europe.
Brazil·Engineering
Carlos Chagas
1879 – 1934Described a disease, its parasite and its vector single-handedly.
Brazil·Medicine · Biology