Pelé in the sport. Pelé was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento on 23 October 1940, in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil, the son of Fluminense footballer Dondinho (born João Ramos do Nascimento) and Celeste Arantes. He was the elder of two siblings. He was named after the American inventor Thomas Edison. His parents decided to remove the "i" and call him "Edson", but there was a mistake on the birth certificate, leading many documents to show his name as "Edison", not "Edson", as he is called. He was originally nicknamed "Dico" by his family. He received the nickname "Pelé" during his
Francisco Manoel de Nascimento useful edition of his collected works is that in 22 vols., Lisbon, 1836-1840. See "Innocencio da Silva, Diccionario bibliographico Portuguez", ii. 446-457 and ix. 332-336; also "Filinto Elysio e a sua Epoca", by Pereira da Silva (Rio, 1891); and "Filinto Elysio", by Dr Teófilo Braga (Porto, 1891). Francisco Manoel de Nascimento Francisco Manoel de Nascimento (December 21, 1734 – February 25, 1819), Portuguese poet, better known by the literary name of Filinto Elísio (in the old orthography "Filinto Elysio"), bestowed on him by the Marquise of Alorna, was the reputed son of a Lisbon boat-owner. In his early years he