João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque was born in Umbuzeiro, Paraíba, on 24 January 1878.

Severino Jordão Emerenciano was born in the Pernambuco municipality of Catende on 14 February 1919, to Afonso Elísio Emerenciano and Irene Jordão Emerenciano.

He was born inthe city of Goiana, Pernambuco, on 15 March 1910, to José Carlos Cavalcanti Borges and Candida Correia de Oliveira Cavalcanti Borges.

On 3 August 1922, at Engenho Jundiá in Vicência, Pernambuco, Manoel Correia de Oliveira Andrade was born. His parents were Joaquim Correia Xavier de Andrade (plantation master and cattle rancher) and Zulmira Azevedo Correia de Andrade.

One of the greatest Brazilian poets, Manuel Carneiro de Souza Bandeira Filho was born in Recife, Pernambuco on 19 April 1886 to Manuel Bandeira and Francelina Ribeiro de Souza. Besides being a poet, he was also a teacher, journalist, inspector, translator and literary critic.