As with what happened in other Brazilian states, football in Pernambuco was also introduced by a Brazilian who had studied in Europe, in this case Guilherme de Aquino Fonseca, a Pernambuco native.

The professional corporations of the last century, remnants of the first centuries of Brazil’s colonization, started the Frevo or Carnival Clubs.

The Indians from the Fulni-ô tribe live in the municipality of Águas Belas, in Pernambuco, in a village of 11,500 hectares, located 500 metres from the centre of the town. Its population is approximately 3,600 Indians.

Initiated as the Grupo de Jaboatão, this literary movement known as Geração 65 was created in the city of Jaboatão dos Guararapes, in Pernambuco.

On 26 June 1765, Gervásio Pires Ferreira was born in the parish of São Frei Pedro Gonçalves, located in the province of Recife (now the city of Recife). Son of Portuguese parents, he was taken by them before turning twelve to study at Mafra College in Portugal.