Famous People with Name Lima

Lima Azimi            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Lima Azimi: an Afghan athlete.Azimi attracted international attention by representing her country at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris.[1] [2] She was the first woman to represent Afghanistan at an international sports event, following the fall of the Taliban.[3] [4] [5]She competed in the 100 metre sprint, running "in a grey T-shirt and a pair of navy-blue tracksuit bottoms".[6] She reportedly had no idea how to use the starting blocks, never having had the opportunity to train with them. Azimi finished last in her heat, with a time of 18.37 seconds - a national record, since she was the first Afghan to run such a race.[7]

Lima Barreto            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Lima Barreto: was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He directed six films between 1940 and 1961.

Mário Barreto Corrêa Lima            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Mário Barreto Corrêa Lima: is a Brazilian generalist doctor, professor and one of the founders of UNIMED in Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil's most renowned medical groups who own more than 3500 hospitals all over Brazil.

Henrique Da Rocha Lima            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Henrique Da Rocha Lima: was a Brazilian physician, pathologist and infectologist. Working in Germany, he discovered Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus. Rickettsia prowazekii was named after German zoologist Stanislaus von Prowazek.Henrique da Rocha Lima received his M.D. degree from the Medical School of Rio de Janeiro in 1905. He was one of the founders of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, where he worked with other famous Brazilian researchers, such as Oswaldo Cruz himself, Adolfo Lutz and Carlos Chagas (the discoverer of Chagas disease) in the areas of microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases. Rocha Lima developed an international career in medical research, successively in the chair of pathological anatomy of the University of Munich, and in the Tropical Diseases Institute of Hamburg, both in Germany. In Brazil, he was a great scientific and educational leader, having participated in the foundation of the Paulista School of Medicine, and of the University of São Paulo. Rocha Lima was also a president of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science. He received many awards and distinctions, such as the Iron Cross of the German Empire, the Benemerence Medal by Pope Pius XI, the Nocht Medal for distinguished researchers on Tropical Diseases, and the effective membership of the German Academy of Natural Sciences. His name has been given to the Student Union (Centro Acadêmico) of the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

Antônio Augusto De Lima            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Antônio Augusto De Lima: was a Brazilian journalist, poet, musician, magistrate, jurist, professor and politician.De Lima was governor of the state of Minas Gerais, and idealized the transfer of the state's capital from Ouro Preto to Belo Horizonte (then "Curral Del Rey"). In 1903, he became a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and was elected its president in 1928.In 1906, Augusto de Lima was elected deputado federal (house representative) and moved to Rio de Janeiro, the federal district. There, he married Vera Monteiro de Barros de Suckow, granddaughter of Hans Wilhelm von Suckow, Major of the Prussian Army (who foughtNapoleon's army in the Battle of Waterloo) and patron of Brazil’s horse racing — the first breeder of race horses in Brazil.

Pedro De Araújo Lima            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Pedro De Araújo Lima: was a statesman and monarchist during the period of the Empire of Brazil (1822-1889). His long political carrer expanded through the reigns of João VI, Pedro I and Pedro II.

Carlos Cirne Lima            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Carlos Cirne Lima: is a Brazilian philosopher. He obtained his doctor-degree in 1958 at the Austria. Was a full professor at the universities UFRGS (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), PUCRS (Pontífica Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul) in Porto Alegre, and UNISINOS in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul.