Oswaldo Batista
Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1914 - São Paulo, Brazil, 1979
Acrobat, trapezist, globist, lion tamer. He is the son of Augusto Teodoro Batista and Regina Cortês Batista. He is part of the third generation of the Batista family from western Europe (Theodorwich). After performing at Tchais he owned African Circus in 1957. He retired after working at the São Paulo Zoo. Oswaldo married the equilibrist Lourdes Hosana Ramalho Batista.