Joaquim Maria Moreira Cardozo, structural engineer of many public palaces in Brasília and one of the greatest poets in Brazilian literature, was born on 26 August 1897 inRecife, to José Antônio Cardozo and Elvira Moreira Cardozo.

Caricaturist and cartoonist Péricles de Andrade Maranhão was born on 14 August 1924 in the Espinheiro neighbourhood, Recife.