Lampião
Deceased Person
1897 – 1938
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Who was Lampião?
"Captain" Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, better known as Lampião, was the most famous bandit leader of the Cangaço. Cangaço was a form of banditry endemic to the Brazilian Northeast in the 1920s and 1930s. Lampião's exploits turned him into a 'folk hero', the Brazilian equivalent of Jesse James.
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- Born
- Jun 7, 1897
Pernambuco - Also known as
- Lampiao
- Parents
- Spouses
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Died
- Jul 28, 1938
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on July 23, 2013
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