Euclides Francisco Amâncio, plastic artist, cartoonist, signwriter, poster artist, painter, universally recognized as Bajado, was born on December 9, 1912, in the municipality of Maraial, in the state of Pernambuco.

José do Carmo Souza, better known as Zé do Carmo, was born on December 19, 1933, in Goiana, Pernambuco, to artisan Joana Izabel de Assunção and Manuel de Souza dos Santos, baker and artisan of masks of papier-mâché.