Birth Name: Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
Place of Birth: Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date of Birth: September 12, 1902
Place of Death: Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of Death: August 22, 1976
Ethnicity:
*87.5% Brazilian (Portuguese, possibly other)
*12.5% Bohemian/Czech
Juscelino Kubitschek was a Brazilian politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served as president of Brazil, from 31 January, 1956 to 31 January, 1961.
President Kubitschek was the son of Júlia (Kubitschek) and João César de Oliveira. His maternal great-grandfather was Bohemian (Czech). The remainder of President Kubitschek’s ancestry was Colonial Brazilian (Portuguese).
President Kubitschek’s paternal grandparents were Teófilo Gomes de Oliveira (the son of Emília Longuinha da Costa) and Eufrosina Leonardo Ribeiro (the daughter of Leonardo Ribeiro).
President Kubitschek’s maternal grandparents were Augusto Elias Kubitschek (the son of Jan Nepomuscky Kubitschek and Teresa Maria de Jesus de Aguilar) and Maria Joaquina Coelho. President Kubitschek’s great-grandfather Jan was born in South Bohemia, Czech Republic (sometimes cited as Třeboň), and immigrated to Diamantina, Minas Gerais, in 1823. He was nicknamed João Alemão, meaning “German John” in Portuguese.
There are claims that President Kubitschek’s great-grandfather, Jan Nepomuscky Kubitschek, was of Romani ancestry. It is not clear if this is accurate.
Sources: Genealogies of Juscelino Kubitschek – https://www.geni.com/
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Information about President Kubitschek’s great-grandfather, Jan Nepomuscky Kubitschek (in Czech) – http://www.mzv.cz/