João Gilberto

  • Known for: Actor
  • Date of birth: 1931. June 10.
  • Place of birth: Juazeiro, Bahia, Brasil

João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira, known as João Gilberto (June 10, 1931), is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His recordings, including many songs by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, established the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Bossa nova ("new...

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