Birthdate: September 12, 1902

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Diamantina, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Died: August 22, 1976

Former president of Brazil, Juscelino Kubitschek, popularly known as JK, is remembered as the primary force behind the construction of Brazil’s new capital, Brasilia. A physician, he worked in military hospitals, before he stepped into politics with the Social Democratic Party. He died in a car crash in Rio de Janeiro.