Born on 8 January 1927, in Joinville, SC, son of Theóphilo Sant'Anna de Oliveira and Arminda Alves da Maia. He married Anair Fausto on 11 February 1953 in Joinville. They divorced on 20 May 1969. They had one son: Claudionor Sant'Anna de Oliveira, in 1951.