Jota Messias
José Messias de Oliveira
Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil, 1918 - Ji-Paraná, Rondônia, Brazil, 1994
Acrobat, trapezist, clown and actor. When he was eight years old he left home and started selling candy at Circo Teatro Benjamim de Oliveira, where he remained until youth. There, he was given the nickname Jota Messias.