Famous People with Name Neto

Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto: He became part of a group of bohemians that included figures such as Olavo Bilac, Louis Murat, Guimarães Passos and Francisco de Paula Ney. The history of this generation appears later in his novels A Conquista and Fogo Fátuo, dedicated to his friend Francisco de Paula Ney, a brilliant orator and journalist known for his bohemian life style and his famous anecdotes. He joined the newspaper Gazeta da Tarde, later moving to the sheet Cidade do Rio, where he held the position of secretary. From this period date his first published volumes.

João Simões Lopes Neto            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

João Simões Lopes Neto: After some unsuccessful business ventures he married at 27. He only wrote four works of note, but nevertheless had a strong importance to Brazilian regionalist writing. He died of a perforated ulcer on June 14, 1916.

Alvaro Alfonso De Miranda Neto            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Alvaro Alfonso De Miranda Neto: is an Olympic-class Brazilian show jumping rider. He is married to Athina Onassis Roussel. He is president of the organizing committee behind the Athina Onassis International Horse Show, which debuted in 2007 as the fifth stage of the Global Champions Tou

Franco Jos? Vieira Neto            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Franco Jos? Vieira Neto: is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada, partnering Roberto Lopes. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,

General Antônio Neto            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

General Antônio Neto: was a Tatter Revolutionary leader. On September 20, 1836, Neto declared the independence of the Piratini Republic.He was a famous abolitionist and fought for the release of the slaves who had fought during the revolution.