Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão
Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão was a Brazilian politician, journalist, inventor and aeronaut.
Severo was born in Macaíba. On 12 May 1902, together with his French mechanic, Georges Saché, died when they were flying over Paris in an airship called Pax. A marble plaque at number 81 of the Avenue du Maine in Paris, celebrates the location of Augusto Severo accident. The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax" is a 1902 short silent film recreation of the wreck.
