Ismael Silva, born Mílton de Oliveira Ismael Silva on September 14, 1905, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was a pioneering samba composer and a central figure in the development of samba in Rio de Janeiro in the late 1920s and 1930s. He helped found the influential group Deixa Falar in 1928, which played a key role in shaping modern samba rhythm. Among his most notable compositions are "Se Você Jurar" and "Antonico", all of which became standards of the genre. Throughout his career, he collaborated with leading artists such as Nilton Bastos and Noel Rosa and contributed extensively to the samba repertoire. He died on November 17, 1978.