Lampião

Acting

Born: 1897-06-07 · Pernambuco, Brazil

"Captain" Virgulino Ferreira da Silva (June 7, 1897 – July 28, 1938), better known as Lampião (meaning "lantern" or "oil lamp"), was probably the most successful traditional Brazilian bandit leader of the 20th century. The banditry endemic to the Northeast of Brazil was called Cangaço. Cangaço had o…