This is a list of the killed and politically disappeared people during the Brazilian military dictatorship. It brings together the political dead and disappeared in the Brazilian military dictatorship of 1964. The murders and disappearances of opponents of the military regime in Brazil were investigated by the National Truth Commission (CNV), by state truth commissions, by human rights entities and by victims' own relatives. In these various investigations, there is a discrepancy in the numbers of deaths and missing persons computed. The CNV, in its final report, recognized 434 political deaths and disappearances between 1946 and 1988, of which the majority occurred during the dictatorship. [1]
Included in the list are cases found by:
Image | Name | Born | Died | Occupation | Organisation | Ref. |
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Batista | date unknown | date unknown (After 30 April 1974) | no organisation | [69] | ||
Benedito Gonçalves | 20 August 1931 | 20 August 1979 | manual worker | not listed / unknown | [70] | |
Benedito Pereira Serra | 8 May 1913 | 16 May 1964 | trade unionist | União dos Lavradores e Trabalhadores Agrícolas do Pará | [71] | |
Bergson Gurjão Farias | 17 May 1947 | date unknown (After 8 May 1972) | student | Araguaia guerrilla | [72] | |
Bernardino Saraiva | date unknown | 14 April 1964 | military personnel | not listed / unknown | [73] | |
Boanerges de Souza Massa | 7 January 1938 | date unknown (After 21 December 1971) | physician | Movimento de Libertação Popular (Brazil) | [74] |
Image | Name | Born | Died | Occupation | Organisation | References |
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Daniel José de Carvalho | 13 October 1945 | 13 July 1974 | chauffeur / chauffeuse | Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária | [94] [95] [96] [97] | |
Daniel Ribeiro Callado | 16 October 1940 | 28 June 1974 | metallurgist | Communist Party of Brazil | [98] [99] [100] | |
Darcy José dos Santos Mariante | 29 November 1928 | 8 April 1966 | military personnel | Grupos dos Onze | [101] [102] | |
David Capistrano da Costa | 16 November 1913 | date unknown (After 19 March 1974) | politician | Brazilian Communist Party | [103] [104] [105] [106] | |
David de Souza Meira | 22 June 1943 | 1 April 1968 | clerk | not listed / unknown | [107] [108] [109] | |
David Eduardo Chab Tarab Baabour | 2 May 1954 | date unknown (After 10 June 1976) | student | no organisation | [110] | |
Dênis Casemiro | 9 December 1942 | 18 May 1971 | farmer | Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária | [111] [112] [113] [114] | |
Dermeval da Silva Pereira | 16 January 1945 | date unknown (After 28 March 1974) | lawyer | Communist Party of Brazil | [115] [116] [117] | |
Devanir José de Carvalho | 15 July 1943 | 7 April 1971 | manual worker | Movimento Revolucionário Tiradentes | [118] [119] [120] [121] | |
Dilermano Melo Nascimento | 9 February 1920 | 15 August 1964 | economist | not listed / unknown | [122] [123] [124] | |
Dimas Antônio Casemiro | 6 March 1946 | date unknown (Between 17 April 1971 and 19 April 1971) | typographer | Movimento Revolucionário Tiradentes | [125] [126] [127] [128] | |
Dinaelza Coqueiro | 22 March 1949 | 8 April 1974 | Communist Party of Brazil | [129] [130] [131] | ||
Dinalva Oliveira Teixeira | 16 May 1945 | date unknown (After 25 December 1973) | Communist Party of Brazil | [132] [133] [134] | ||
Divino Ferreira de Souza | 12 September 1942 | date unknown (Between 13 October 1973 and 14 October 1973) | merchant | Communist Party of Brazil | [135] [136] [137] | |
Divo Fernandes D’Oliveira | 3 January 1895 | date unknown (After 1 January 1964) | sailor | Brazilian Communist Party | [138] [139] [140] | |
Djalma Maranhão | 27 November 1915 | 30 July 1971 | politician | Partido Trabalhista Nacional | [141] [142] | |
Dorival Ferreira | 5 November 1931 | 3 April 1970 | mechanic | Ação Libertadora Nacional | [143] [144] [145] [146] | |
Durvalino de Souza | 23 October 1947 | date unknown (After 1 January 1973) | student | not listed / unknown | [147] [148] [149] |
Image | Name | Born | Died | Occupation | Organisation | References |
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Idalísio Soares Aranha Filho | 21 August 1947 | date unknown (After 13 June 1972) | student | Araguaia guerrilla | [358] [359] [360] | |
Ieda Santos Delgado | 9 July 1945 | date unknown (After 11 April 1974) | Ação Libertadora Nacional | [361] [362] [363] [364] | ||
Iguatemi Zuchi Teixeira | 6 February 1944 | 3 July 1968 | merchant | not listed / unknown | [365] [366] | |
Inocêncio Pereira Alves | 1 January 1900 | 18 March 1967 | tailor | Brazilian Communist Party | [367] [368] | |
Íris Amaral | date unknown (Between 1 January 1946 and 31 December 1947) | 1 February 1972 | not listed / unknown | [369] [370] [371] | ||
Ishiro Nagami | 1 January 1941 | 4 September 1969 | teacher | Ação Libertadora Nacional | [372] [373] [374] [375] | |
Ísis Dias de Oliveira | 29 August 1941 | 30 January 1972 | Ação Libertadora Nacional | [376] [377] [378] [379] | ||
Ismael Silva de Jesus | 12 August 1953 | 9 August 1972 | high school student | Communist Party of Brazil | [380] [381] [382] | |
Israel Tavares Roque | 3 January 1929 | date unknown (After 15 November 1964) | newspaper editor | Brazilian Communist Party | [383] [384] [385] | |
Issami Nakamura Okano | 25 November 1945 | date unknown (After 14 May 1974) | student | Ação Libertadora Nacional | [386] [387] [388] [389] | |
Itair José Veloso | 10 June 1930 | date unknown (After 25 May 1975) | manual worker | Brazilian Communist Party | [390] [391] [392] | |
Iuri Xavier Pereira | 2 August 1948 | 14 June 1972 | student | Ação Libertadora Nacional | [393] [394] [395] [396] | |
Ivan Mota Dias | 29 October 1942 | date unknown (After 15 May 1971) | student | Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária | [397] [398] [399] | |
Ivan Rocha Aguiar | 14 December 1941 | 1 April 1964 | high school student | Brazilian Communist Party | [400] [401] [402] |
Image | Name | Born | Died | Occupation | Organisation | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kleber Lemos da Silva | 21 May 1942 | date unknown (Between 29 June 1972 and 1 July 1972) | economist | Communist Party of Brazil | [645] [646] [647] |
Image | Name | Born | Died | Occupation | Organisation | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Telma Regina Cordeiro Corrêa | 23 July 1947 | 1 January 1974 | Communist Party of Brazil | [1118] [1119] [1120] | ||
Therezinha Viana de Assis | 22 July 1941 | 3 February 1978 | Ação Popular | [1121] [1122] | ||
Thomaz Antônio da Silva Meirelles Neto | 1 July 1937 | date unknown (After 7 May 1974) | journalist | Ação Libertadora Nacional | [1123] [1124] [1125] | |
Tobias Pereira Júnior | 26 November 1949 | date unknown (After 17 December 1973) | student | Communist Party of Brazil | [1126] [1127] [1128] | |
Túlio Roberto Cardoso Quintiliano | 6 September 1944 | date unknown (After 12 September 1973) | engineer | Partido Comunista Brasileiro Revolucionário | [1129] [1130] [1131] |
Image | Name | Born | Died | Occupation | Organisation | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uirassú de Assis Batista | 5 April 1952 | 29 April 1974 | high school student | Araguaia guerrilla | [1132] [1133] [1134] | |
Umberto Albuquerque Câmara Neto | 2 May 1947 | date unknown (After 8 October 1973) | student | Ação Popular | [1135] [1136] [1137] |
Image | Name | Born | Died | Occupation | Organisation | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Valdir Sales Saboya | 1 March 1950 | 29 December 1972 | police officer | Partido Comunista Brasileiro Revolucionário | [1138] [1139] [1140] | |
Vandick Reidner Pereira Coqueiro | 9 December 1949 | date unknown (After 17 January 1973) | teacher | Communist Party of Brazil | [1141] [1142] [1143] | |
Virgílio Gomes da Silva | 15 August 1933 | 29 September 1969 | politician | Ação Libertadora Nacional | [1144] [1145] [1146] [1147] | |
Vitor Carlos Ramos | 18 January 1944 | date unknown (After 11 July 1974) | sculptor | Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária | [1148] [1149] [1150] [1151] | |
Vítor Luíz Papandreu | date unknown | 1 January 1971 | military personnel | not listed / unknown | [1152] [1153] | |
Vitorino Alves Moitinho | 3 January 1949 | date unknown (After 27 October 1973) | manual worker | Partido Comunista Brasileiro Revolucionário | [1154] [1155] [1156] | |
Vladimir Herzog | 27 June 1937 | 25 October 1975 | politician | Communist Party of Brazil | [1157] [1158] [1159] [1160] |
Image | Name | Born | Died | Occupation | Organisation | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yara Yavelberg | 7 May 1944 | 20 August 1971 | Revolutionary Movement 8th October | [1188] [1189] [1190] [1191] | ||
Yoshitane Fujimori | 19 May 1944 | 5 December 1970 | electroelectronics technician | Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária | [1192] [1193] [1194] [1195] |
Image | Name | Born | Died | Occupation | Organisation | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zelmo Bosa | 26 July 1937 | date unknown (After 1 January 1976) | farmer | Grupos dos Onze | [1196] | |
Zoé Lucas de Brito Filho | 17 August 1944 | 28 June 1972 | teacher | Ação Libertadora Nacional | [1197] [1198] [1199] | |
Zuzu Angel | 5 June 1921 | 14 April 1976 | not listed / unknown | [1200] [1201] [1202] |
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