Famous People with Name Ovidio

Ovidio Lagos            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Ovidio Lagos: was an Argentine journalist, businessman and politician.Lagos was born in Buenos Aires in a country torn apart by internal strife. Federalists, who supported the view of Argentina as a confederation of self-ruled provincial states, fought Unitarians, who wanted a national government centralized in and controlled from Buenos Aires.Lagos worked as a clerk and then as a typographist in a state printing press, under dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas. Though nominally federalist, Rosas worked mainly to secure power for himself (and by extension, for Buenos Aires). Lagos, a supporter of the federalist cause, got into trouble and was forced to flee to Paraná, Entre Ríos. Rosas was ousted by a former ally, Justo José de Urquiza, in 1852.

Ovídio De Sousa Martins            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Ovídio De Sousa Martins: was a famous Cape Verdean poet and journalist. He lived in exile in the Netherlands due to his pro-independence activities in his native land.