Cemitério São João Batista is a municipal cemetery in the neighborhood in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro. A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Botafogo is the name of a neighborhood (bairro) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... Ipanema beach Cristo Redentor A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. ...

Famous people buried

• Chacrinha - Brazilian entertainer
• Santos Dumont - Brazilian aviator
• Nelson Gonçalves - Brazilian singer
• Tom Jobim - Brasilian musician (composer of Girl From Ipanema)
• Carmen Miranda - Portuguese singer and actress
• Getúlio Vargas - President of the republic
• Heitor Villa-Lobos - Brazilian composer

Santos-Dumont in his trademark Panama hat. ... Nelson Gonçalves (June 21, 1919 - April 18, 1998) was a Brazilian was singer and songwriter. ... Antonio Carlos Jobim (born Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, January 25, 1927 - December 8, 1994), also called Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian composer, arranger, singer, pianist and one of the greatest legends of bossa nova. ... Carmen Miranda, circa 1940 Carmen Miranda (b. ... Getúlio Dornelles Vargas ( April 19, 1883 - August 24, 1954) was the president of Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and from 1950 to his suicide in 1954. ... Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 - November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer. ...