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4178735504Hernan Cortesa Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century0
4178735505Roberto Clementea Puerto Rican Major League Baseball right fielder1
4178735506Pablo Picassoa Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor who lived most of his adult life in France. He is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and worked in2
4178735507Salvador Dalia prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres3
4178735508Diego Riveraa prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo4
4178735509Fernando Boteroa Colombian figurative artist, self-titled "the most Colombian of Colombian artists" early on5
4178735510Pedro Almodovara Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.6
4178735511Oscar de la Rentaone of the world's leading fashion designers7
4178735512Simon Bolivara Venezuelan military and political leader. Together with José de San Martín, he played a key role in Hispanic America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire8
4178735513Placido Domingoa Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range9
4178735514Pablo Nerudawrote in a variety of styles such as erotically charged love poems as in his collection Twenty Poems of Love and a Song of Despair, surrealist poems, historical epics, and overtly political manifestos10
4178735515Frida Kahloa Mexican painter, born in Coyoacán, and perhaps best known for her self-portraits.11
4178735516Celia Cruza Havana, Cuba born salsa singer, and was one of the most successful Salsa performers of the 20th century, with twenty-three gold albums to her name12
4178735517Isabel Allendeamous for novels such as The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus) (1982) and City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias) (2002), which have been commercially successful13
4178735518Michelle Bacheleta moderate socialist politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010—the first woman president in the country's history14
4178735519Rigoberta Menchuan indigenous Guatemalan, of the K'iche' ethnic group. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the plight of Guatemala's indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960-1996), and to promoting indigenous rights in the country15
4178735520Sor Juana Ines de la Cruza self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school, and nun of New Spain16
4178735521Laura Esquivela Mexican author making a noted contribution to Latin-American literature17
4178735522Gabriela Mistrala Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 194518
4178735523Miguel Cervantesa Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus Don Quixote, considered the first modern novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written19
4178735524Dona Marina, La Malinchea Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, who played a role in the Spanish conquest of Mexico, acting as interpreter, advisor, lover and intermediary for Hernán Cortés "la llorona"20
4178735525Gabriel Garcia Marqueza Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America21
4178735526Sandra Cisnerosan American writer best known for her acclaimed first novel The House on Mango Street (1984) and her subsequent short story collection Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991)22
4178735527Fraile Junipero Serraa Franciscan friar, doctor of philosophy and theology , evangelist and founder of various missions of Alta California , including Los Angeles , San Francisco , Sacramento and San Diego23
4178735528Jose Maria Morelosa Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 181124
4178735529Eva Peronthe second wife of President Juan Perón (1895-1974) and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 195225
4178735530Benito Juarezfirst Mexican leader who did not have a military background, and also the first full-blooded indigenous national ever to serve as President of Mexico and to lead a country in the Western Hemisphere26
4178735531Dolores Huertathe co-founder and First Vice President Emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO (UFW), and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America27
4178735532Manco Capacthe legendary first Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco and a figure of Inca mythology28
4178735533Moctezumathe ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan, reigning from 1502 to 152029
4178735534Los Reyes Catolicosreunited spain30
4178735535Padre Miguel Hidalgo y Costillaa Mexican priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.31
4178735536Pancho Villaone of the most prominent Mexican Revolutionary generals32
4178735537Emiliano Zapataa leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz33
4178735538Cesar Chavezan American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW)34
4178735539Juan Diegoan indigenous Mexican who reported a Marian apparition, Our Lady of Guadalupe, in 153135
4178735540Jose Martia Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature.36
4178735541Che Guevaraan Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist37
4178735542Fidel Castroa Cuban political leader and former communist revolutionary38

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