diff --git a/lib/ext/person.rb b/lib/ext/person.rb
index baef80b..8a3e7b6 100644
--- a/lib/ext/person.rb
+++ b/lib/ext/person.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
 require_dependency 'person'
 
 class Person
@@ -58,17 +60,19 @@ class Person
   end
 
   def validate_full_name
-    reg_firsts_char = /(^|\s)([a-z]|[0-9])/
-    reg_special_char = /[^\w\*\s]/
+    full_validation = /([^\w\*\s*])|(^|\s)([a-z]|[0-9])/
+    partial_validation = /[^\w\*\s]/
     invalid = false
 
     return false if self.name.blank?
 
-    self.name.split(" ").each do |value|
+    validation_name = replace_some_special_chars(self.name)
+
+    validation_name.split(" ").each do |value|
       invalid = if value.length > 3
-        reg_firsts_char.match(value) || reg_special_char.match(value)
+        full_validation.match(value)
       else
-        reg_special_char.match(value)
+        partial_validation.match(value)
       end
     end
 
@@ -82,4 +86,24 @@ class Person
   def software?
     false
   end
+
+  private
+
+  def replace_some_special_chars text
+    text.gsub(/([áàâãéèêíïóôõöú])/) do |value|
+      if( ["á","à","â","ã"].include?(value) )
+        "a"
+      elsif( ["é","è","ê"].include?(value) )
+        "e"
+      elsif( ["í","ï"].include?(value) )
+        "i"
+      elsif ( ["ó","ô","õ","ö"].include?(value) )
+        "o"
+      elsif( ["ú"].indexOf(value) )
+        "u"
+      else
+        value
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/public/mpog-user-validations.js b/public/mpog-user-validations.js
index b0ed485..0c596a3 100644
--- a/public/mpog-user-validations.js
+++ b/public/mpog-user-validations.js
@@ -148,17 +148,37 @@
   }
 
   function set_full_name_validation() {
+    // Sorry, I know its ugly. But I cant get ([^\w\*\s*])|(^|\s)([a-z]|[0-9])
+    // to ignore Brazilian not so much special chars in names
+    function replace_some_special_chars(text) {
+      return text.replace(/([áàâãéèêíïóôõöú])/g, function(value){
+        if( ["á","à","â","ã"].indexOf(value) != -1 )
+          return "a";
+        else if( ["é","è","ê"].indexOf(value) != -1 )
+          return "e";
+        else if( ["í","ï"].indexOf(value) != -1 )
+          return "i";
+        else if ( ["ó","ô","õ","ö"].indexOf(value) != -1 )
+          return "o";
+        else if( ["ú"].indexOf(value) != -1 )
+          return "u";
+        else
+          return value;
+      });
+    }
+
     function is_invalid_formated(text) {
-      var reg_firsts_char = /(^|\s)([a-z]|[0-9])/g;
-      var reg_special_char = /[^\w\*\s*]/g;
-      var invalid = false;
+      var full_validation = /([^\w\*\s*])|(^|\s)([a-z]|[0-9])/; // no special chars and do not initialize with no capital latter
+      var partial_validation = /[^\w\*\s*]/; // no special chars
+      text = replace_some_special_chars(text);
       var slices = text.split(" ");
+      var invalid = false;
 
       for(var i = 0; i < slices.length; i++) {
         if( slices[i].length > 3 ) {
-          invalid = reg_firsts_char.test(slices[i]) || reg_special_char.test(slices[i]);
+          invalid = full_validation.test(slices[i]);
         } else {
-          invalid = reg_special_char.test(slices[i]);
+          invalid = partial_validation.test(slices[i]);
         }
 
         if(invalid) break;
diff --git a/test/unit/mpog_person_test.rb b/test/unit/mpog_person_test.rb
index 04892d1..1a619bf 100644
--- a/test/unit/mpog_person_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/mpog_person_test.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../../test/test_helper'
 
 class MpogSoftwarePluginPersonTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
@@ -8,6 +10,13 @@ class MpogSoftwarePluginPersonTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal true, p.save
   end
 
+  should 'save person with a valid full name with accents' do
+    p = Person::new :name=>'Jônatàs dâ Sîlvã Jösé', :identifier=>"jonatas-jose-da-silva"
+    p.user = fast_create(:user)
+
+    assert_equal true, p.save
+  end
+
   should 'not save person whose name has not capital letter' do
     p = Person::new :name=>"simple name"
     assert !p.save, _("Name Should begin with a capital letter and no special characters")
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