Which historical figure does Brazil consider to be their national hero?

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cisne n.egro

We have several, as it was said previously Dom Pedro I, however Tiradentes has one day especially consecrated him. April 21. it is national holiday, other great Brazilian hero is Zumbi of Palmares, he also has one day consecrated to him however the holiday in his homage is not national only 15 states in the republic decree holiday in on November 20. on that day it is celebrated as a day of black consciousness. Zumbi was killed on November 20, 1695. Marechal Deodoro daFonseca the First Brazilian president, Duque de Caxias, a general that wined many battles in the period of the Brazilian Empire, but one exists in speciall that has a statue in his homage in Central Park in New York, USA, José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva. That man is denominated the Patriarch of the Brazilian Independence.

Dom Pedro I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_I_of_Brazil

Tiradentes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiradentes
Zumbi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumbi
José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Bonif%C3%A1cio_de_Andrade_e_Silva
Duque de Caxias
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Alves_de_Lima_e_Silva
Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Deodoro_da_Fonseca

Carolina F Ѽ

all those people .... Dom Pedro I.... Do João VI....Tiradentes.....
but for me... is Santos Dumont.... many americans 're gonna sAy that is a lie... but is true... Santos Dumont invent the airplane.... in the whole word only brazilians and frenchs belive in that....
FOR ME he 's the national hero.
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Tupinambá

Pedro I of Brazil:

Pedro I (pronounced [ˈpedɾu] in Portuguese; English: Peter of Alcantara Francis Anthony John Charles Xavier of Paula Michael Raphael Joaquim Joseph Gonzaga Pascal Cyprian Seraphim of Braganza and Bourbon) (full name: Pedro de Alcântara Francisco Antônio João Carlos Xavier de Paula Miguel Rafael Joaquim José Gonzaga Pascoal Cipriano Serafim de Bragança e Bourbon), known as "Dom Pedro Primeiro" (October 12, 1798 – September 24, 1834), proclaimed Brazil independent from Portugal and became Brazil's first Emperor. He also held the Portuguese throne briefly as Pedro IV of Portugal, the Soldier-King (Port. o Rei-Soldado), 28th (or 29th according to some historians) king of Portugal and the Algarves. He was also a Freemason.

Brazilian Independence:
When King João VI finally returned to Portugal, in the early 1820s, most of the privileges that had been accorded to Brazil were rescinded, sparking the ire of local nationalists. Pedro, who had remained in the country as regent, sided with the nationalist element and even supported the Portuguese Constitutionalist movement that led to the revolt in Porto in 1820. When pressed by the Portuguese court to return, he refused. For that, he was demoted from regent to a mere representative of the Lisbon court in Brazil. This news reached him on September 7, 1822, when he had just arrived in São Paulo, from a visit to the port of Santos. On the banks of the Ipiranga River, he unsheathed his sword, removed the blue and white Portuguese shield from his coat, and declared "Independence or death!" This later became his famous speech "O grito do Ipiranga" (The Cry of Ipiranga). He was proclaimed Emperor of Brazil on October 12, his 24th birthday, and crowned on December 1.

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Tiradentes.

Zadrii

I live in the US and George Washington isn't a national hero to lots of people!

zezinho ATEU

I think Lula itself will be considered a national hero in the future... He´s maintaining 70% of approval until today...

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