The doctor, educator and writer from Bahia Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, son of Francisco Afrânio Peixoto and Virgínia de Morais Peixoto, was born in the city of Lençois, state of Bahia, on December 17, 1876.

Better known as Chagas Batista, the popular poet, writer, and editor, Francisco das Chagas Batista, was born on May 5, 1882, at the Riacho Verde farm, Serra da Borborema, a town in Teixeira, Paraíba (Brazil), son of Luís de França Batista Ferreira and Cosma Felismina Batista.