Despacho Sports The city is home to Athletic Club (1909), an association football team that plays in the First Division of Campeonato Mineiro, along with Cruzeiro, Atlético and América. Notable people Folk Tiradentes, national hero Sports Thiago Galhardo, association football professional player Entrepreneur Nadir Dias de Figueiredo, glass industrialist Writers Otto Lara Resende, writer (chronicler) Bárbara Heliodora, writer and thinker from Inconfidência Mineira Music Chico Lobo, composer of viola caipira Politicians Tancredo Neves, former president of Brazil Manuel Jacinto Nogueira da Gama, Imperial senator Catholic Church Blessed Francisca de Paula de Jesus, Afro-Brazilian Catholic laywoman Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, Archbishop of Fortaleza, Servant of God Lucas Moreira Neves, Catholic cardinal Miguel Afonso de Andrade Leite, Catholic priest, Servant of God José Maria Xavier, sacred music composer and Catholic priest Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas São João del-Rei was an important station on the Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas, a narrow gauge railway characterised by woodburning steam locomotives, and the location of a major roundhouse. The station and surrounding facilities have been turned into Brazil's largest railway museum, and a tourist railway operates from the station to the well preserved colonial town of Tiradentes. References External links Guia Turistico e Histórico de São João Del Rei Municipal website Guia del Rei Municipalities in Minas Gerais