Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão

Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão (Macaíba, 11 de January 1864 — Paris, 12 May 1902) was a politician, journalist, inventor and Brazilian aeronaut.
On May 12, 1902, Augusto Severo and his French mechanic, Georges Saché, died when they were flying over Paris at the airship called Pax. A marble plaque at number 81 of the Avenue du Maine in Paris, celebrates the location of Augusto Severo accident. The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax" is a 1902 short silent film recreation of the catastrophe, directed by Georges Méliès.