Othon Lynch Bezerra de Mello was one of the leading industrials of Brazil. He was born on 9 February 1880 in the city of Limoeiro, in the State of Pernambuco, son of José Clemente Bezerra de Mello, a descendant of Bernardo Vieira de Mello, hero of the Mascate War, and Ama Lynch Bezerra de Mello.