# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/evaristo-da-veiga
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:33:52.872Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/evaristo-da-veiga"
name: "Evaristo da Veiga"
slug: "evaristo-da-veiga"
description: "Evaristo Ferreira da Veiga e Barros was a Brazilian poet, journalist, politician, and bookseller. Veiga founded one of the first Brazilian newspapers, A Aurora Fluminense, in 1827, during the reign of Emperor Pedro I. He was also deputy and senator for Minas Gerais. Veiga composed poems, including the lyrics for the Hino da Independência and is the patron of the tenth seat of the Brazilian Academy of Letters."
tagline: "Brazilian journalist and politician (1799-1837)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Evaristo_Ferreira_da_Veiga_-_Litografia_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1799-10-08"
deathDate: "1837-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.146257333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "ايڤاريستو دا ڤيجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaristo_da_Veiga"
    title: "Evaristo da Veiga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaristo_da_Veiga"
    title: "Evaristo da Veiga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaristo_da_Veiga"
    title: "Evaristo da Veiga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaristo_da_Veiga"
    title: "Evaristo da Veiga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaristo_da_Veiga"
    title: "Evaristo da Veiga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1790976"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump