Lampião
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"Captain" Virgulino Ferreira da Silva (; 7 June 1897 – 28 July 1938), better known as Lampião (older spelling: Lampeão, , meaning "lantern" or "oil lamp"), was probably the twentieth century's most successful traditional bandit leader. The banditry endemic to the Northeast of Brazil was called Cangaço. Cangaço had origins in the late 19th century but was particularly prevalent in the 1920s and 1930s. Lampião led a band of up to 100 cangaceiros, who occasionally took over small towns and who fought a number of successful actions against paramilitary police when heavily outnumbered. Lampião's ex
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 62 inbound references to Lampião, and connects out to Maria Bonita, Cangaço and Rio de Janeiro.
It is catalogued under topics including 1897 births, 1938 deaths and 1938 in Brazil.
Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1897
- Died
- 1938
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Lampeáo por ele mesmo
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 39
- Total plays
- 160
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lampi%C3%A3o">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Person.name
- Lampião
- Person.image
- Virgulino Ferreira da Silva (Lampião) 01.jpg
- Person.caption
- Lampião, photographed in 1926
- Person.birth_name
- Virgulino Ferreira da Silva
- Person.birth_place
- Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brazil
- Person.death_place
- Angicos farm, Poço Redondo, Sergipe, Brazil
- Person.death_cause
- Shot by paramilitary police
- Person.known_for
- Banditry, Murder, Robbery, Extortion, Kidnap
- Person.occupation
- Cangaceiro
- Person.spouse
- Maria Déia (Maria Bonita)
- Person.children
- Expedita Ferreira
- Person.parents
- José Ferreira da Silva, Maria Lopes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Serra Talhada
- Spouse
- Maria Bonita
- Occupation
- Cangaço
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Image
- Virgulino Ferreira da Silva (Lampião) 01.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1890-00-00
- date of death
- 1938-07-28
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- Commons category
- Lampião
- social classification
- outlaw
- nickname
- Lampião
- birth name
- Virgolino Ferreira da Silva
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~18 min read
Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life
- Bandit leader
- Death
- The end of ''Cangaço''
- Notable band members
- Legacy as a folk hero
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
- ''Mulher Rendeira'' – The song of Lampião's bandits
- See also
"Captain" Virgulino Ferreira da Silva (; 7 June 1897 – 28 July 1938), better known as Lampião (older spelling: Lampeão, , meaning "lantern" or "oil lamp"), was probably the twentieth century's most successful traditional bandit leader. The banditry endemic to the Northeast of Brazil was called Cangaço. Cangaço had origins in the late 19th century but was particularly prevalent in the 1920s and 1930s. Lampião led a band of up to 100 cangaceiros, who occasionally took over small towns and who fought a number of successful actions against paramilitary police when heavily outnumbered. Lampião's exploits and reputation turned him into a folk hero, the Brazilian equivalent of Jesse James or Pancho Villa. His image, as well as that of his partner Maria Bonita, can be seen across the entirety of the Northeast of Brazil.
==Biography==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lampião” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.