List of Nicaraguans
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This is a list of Nicaraguans and people of Nicaraguan ethnicity:
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- Pedro Miguel ArcePedro Miguel ArcePedro Miguel Arce , sometimes credited as Pedro Arce, is a film and television actor. He is known for his roles in Land of the Dead and Get Rich or Die Tryin, as well as television appearances in CSI: Miami, and How I Met Your Mother.-Early life:Born and raised in Managua, Nicaragua, Pedro moved to...
(1976), actor, notable roles include Land of the DeadLand of the DeadFor the disambiguation page on anything else on this topic, come here to Land of the Dead .Land of the Dead is a 2005 horror film written and directed by George A...
and Get Rich or Die Tryin'Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005 film)Get Rich or Die Tryin' is a 2005 crime drama film starring 50 Cent. It was released on November 9, 2005, and was known as Locked and Loaded during production. Similar to the 2002 Eminem film 8 Mile, which it used as a template, the film is a loosely-based semi-autobiographical film account of 50...
. - Maurice BenardMaurice BenardMaurice Benard is an American actor. He is known primarily for his portrayal of romantic mobster Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Jr. on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital, a role he has portrayed since 1993.-Career:...
(1963), actor on American soap operas All My ChildrenAll My ChildrenAll My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
and General HospitalGeneral HospitalGeneral Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
. - Barbara CarreraBarbara CarreraBarbara Carrera is a Nicaraguan-born American film and television actress as well as a former model. She is best known for her roles as Bond girl Fatima Blush in Never Say Never Again and as Angelica Nero on the soap opera Dallas.-Early life:Barbara Kingsbury was born in San Carlos, Río San Juan,...
(1951), film, TV actress, former model. - Oswaldo CastilloOswaldo CastilloOswaldo Castillo is a Nicaraguan American gardener/construction worker-turned-actor.Castillo was born in Nicaragua and, in 1986, fled to the United States after being tortured by Somoza militants for suspected opposition activities. He settled in Los Angeles, California and worked in construction,...
, actor, most notable role includes the one in The HammerThe Hammer (film)The Hammer is a 2007 comedy film starring Adam Carolla and Heather Juergensen. It was directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld.-Plot:Jerry Ferro is pushing 40 years old and is not what you would call a success. He works part-time in construction as a carpenter and part-time as a boxing instructor at a...
. - Edward'OEdward'OEduardo José Caldera Cranshaw better known as Edward'O is an American astroanalyst and former co-host of Telemundo's dating show, 12 Corazones.-Early life:...
, notable astroanalystAstrologerAn astrologer practices one or more forms of astrology. Typically an astrologer draws a horoscope for the time of an event, such as a person's birth, and interprets celestial points and their placements at the time of the event to better understand someone, determine the auspiciousness of an...
and co-host of Telemundo's dating show, 12 Corazones12 Corazones12 Corazones is a Spanish-language dating game show produced in the United States for the television network Telemundo since 2004, based on its namesake Argentine TV show format The show is filmed in Los Angeles and revolves around the twelve Zodiac signs that identify each contestant...
. - Jade JaggerJade JaggerJade Sheena Jezebel Jagger is an English jewelry designer, socialite and former model.-Early life:Jagger was born in Paris, France. She is the only child of Bianca , a Nicaraguan-born actress and philanthropist, and Mick Jagger, an English musician and actor...
(1971), model - Mari RamosMari RamosMari Ramos is a Nicaraguan American weather anchor for CNN International in Atlanta, Georgia. She presents weather segments on World Report, World Business Today, International Desk, The Brief and Prism. Ramos also appears occasionally on CNN/US, Headline News and Airport Network...
, weather anchor for CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
. - Gabriel TraversariGabriel TraversariGabriel Traversari is a Nicaraguan American actor, director, writer, singer, songwriter, painter and photographer.-Early life:...
, actor, director, writer, singer, songwriter and painter. - Omar D'LeonOmar D'LeonOmar D'León is a well-known Nicaraguan painter and poet.D'León studied nine years at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Nicaragua under its director Rodrigo Penalba...
, Modern Painter
Beauty queens and models
- Xiomara BlandinoXiomara BlandinoXiomara Blandino is a Nicaraguan architecture student who held the title of Miss Nicaragua 2007.She participated in the Miss Universe 2007 contest representing Nicaragua and made it to the semifinals. She placed 10th overall where Miss Japan Riyo Mori went on to win the title.-References:...
(1984), Miss Nicaragua 2007, model - Cristiana FrixioneCristiana FrixioneCristiana Frixione is a Nicaraguan beauty queen. Frixione was crowned Miss Nicaragua 2006, which was held in the Rubén Darío National Theater in Managua. She also represented Nicaragua at the Miss Universe 2006 pageant, Frixione was also crowned World Miss University in 2006.-Personal...
(1984), Miss Nicaragua 2006, model - Iva Grijalva PashovaIva Grijalva PashovaIva Karlos Grijalva Pashova is a beauty pageant contestant and model from Managua, Nicaragua, her mother is a Bulgarian and father is Nicaraguan. In 2007 she was one of the 12 finalists of Super Model Centroamérica, a spin-off from America's Next Top Model. She was crowned Miss Earth Nicaragua...
- Thelma RodríguezThelma RodríguezThelma Guisselle Rodríguez Flores is a beauty queen from Chinandega, Nicaragua. Rodríguez was crowned Miss Nicaragua 2008, which was held in the Rubén Darío National Theater in Managua and was crowned by the former Miss Nicaragua, Xiomara Blandino. She represented Nicaragua at the Miss Universe...
, Miss Nicaragua 2008
Businesspeople
- José CardenalJosé Francisco CardenalJosé Francisco Cardenal was a Nicaraguan businessman who became known as one of the most pugnacious opponents of the Somoza and then the Sandinista regimes of Nicaragua, and played an important role in the early days of the Contra rebellion....
(1940), businessman - Michael CordúaMichael CordúaMichael Cordúa is a Nicaraguan-born American restaurateur, entrepreneur, owner of Cordúa Restaurants, and award winning self-taught chef. Cordúa is the owner and executive chef of 6 restaurants in the Houston, Texas area...
(1961), restaurateur, entrepreneur, businessman, award winning self-taught chefChefA chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
. - Carlos Reynaldo LacayoCarlos Reynaldo LacayoCarlos Reynaldo Lacayo Lacayo . Studied business administration at Harvard University. Member of the National Committee, INCAE. President or Director of various Nicaraguan and Central American companies including Grupo CALSA, OCAL, S.A. and other transnational corporations...
, businessman - Alfonso RobeloAlfonso RobeloLuis Alfonso Robelo Callejas , a Nicaraguan businessman, was the founder of the Nicaraguan Democratic Movement . He was one of the "moderates" on the five-members Junta of National Reconstruction that the Sandinistas claimed would rule Nicaragua following the overthrow of Anastasio Somoza Debayle...
(1939), businessman, politician, diplomat who served as ambassador to Costa Rica.
Music
- Lya BarriozLya BarriozLigia Barrios, better known as Lya Barrioz, is a Nicaraguan singer and actress. Barrioz took her first artistic steps in 1989 when she won 3rd place and "Most Applauded Song" in the Festival de la Canción Romántica Nicaragüense "Rafael Gastón Pérez"....
, singer and actress - Katia CardenalKatia CardenalKatia Cardenal is a Nicaraguan singer/songwriter, and a part of the nueva trova movement. Katia and her brother Salvador Cardenal form the Duo Guardabarranco, one of the leading proponents of nueva trova, known for classical songs like Guerrero del amor, Guardabosques, Casa Abierta and Colibri...
, singer/song writer from Duo GuardabarrancoDuo GuardabarrancoDuo Guardabarranco was a Nicaraguan duo consisting of siblings Katia Cardenal and Salvador Cardenal. The duo has been a significant worldwide ambassador for Nicaraguan and Latin-American folk music for the last three decades, and has gained a broad international audience with their poetical lyrics...
. - Dimension CosteñaDimension CosteñaDimensión Costeña is a Nicaraguan group that came together in the Caribbean coast of the country in Bluefields.-History:The group has been together for 27 years and in that time they have produced 17 LPs and 13 CDs. They have performed in many places through the world: from Managua to Los Angeles,...
, musicians - Luis EnriqueLuis Enrique (singer)Luis Enrique Mejía López, is a Nicaraguan singer and composer. He started his career in the late 1980s and achieved success in the 1990s earning the title "El Principe de la Salsa . He was one of the leading pioneers that led to the salsa romantica movement in the 1980s...
(1962), salsaSalsa musicSalsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...
singer and music composer. - Carlos Mejia GodoyCarlos Mejía GodoyCarlos Mejía Godoy is a Nicaraguan musician, composer and singer. He was born in Somoto, Madriz. Son of Carlos Mejía Fajardo and María Elsa Godoy, his brother Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy, three years younger than he is, is also an acclaimed and much-loved musician. Carlos and Luis Enrique were...
(1943), musician, composer, singer. - T-BoneT-Bone (rapper)T-Bone is a Christian rapper. His father is Nicaraguan and his mother is Salvadoran. His name came from being called 'Bones' as a youngster because he was very skinny...
, rapper. - Tony MelendezTony MelendezJosé Antonio Meléndez Rodríguez is a Nicaraguan American guitar player, composer and singer and songwriter who was born without arms. His mother took Thalidomide while pregnant, which caused his disability. Meléndez has learned to play the guitar with his feet.-Career:Meléndez began playing and...
(1962), guitar player, singer and Christian rock songwriter who was born without arms. - Maria MenaMaria MenaMaria Viktoria Mena is a Norwegian pop artist.- Biography :Maria Mena was born into an artistic family, her mother, a playwright and her father, a drummer. Both Maria and her brother, Tony, are named after characters from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story...
. Norwegian/Nicaraguan Pop Singer. - ToromboloToromboloCarlos Callejas better known as Torombolo is a reggaeton and hip hop singer with "Camillion Entertainment Latino".-Early life:...
(1985), reggaeton and hip hop singer. - J SmoothJ SmoothJorhel Aburto better known as J Smooth is a bilingual Hip Hop and Reggaeton singer of Nicaraguan ethnicity.-Career:In 2007, J Smooth was named "Artist of the Year" by reggaetonnica.com voters, for his musical contributions to the hip-hop and reggaeton genre and also for his many contributions to...
, bilingual Hip Hop and Reggaeton singer. - José AreasJosé AreasJosé Chepito Areas is a Nicaraguan percussionist. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 as a percussionist for Santana, which he was from 1969-1980. In 1997 he performed on the album Abraxas Pool with other former members of Santana.-References:...
, percussionist, former drummer for SantanaSantana (band)Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...
. - Erwin KrügerErwin KrügerErwin Krüger Urroz was a Nicaraguan folklore poet and singer.He was born in León, Nicaragua to a German father and Nicaraguan mother.-References:...
(1915–1973), singer and Nicaraguan folklore poet. - Donald VegaDonald VegaDonald Vega is a Nicaraguan-born American jazz pianist and music composer.-Early life:Vega was born in Masaya, Nicaragua, a town well known for its handicrafts. He was born with a severe cleft palate, for which he has had many surgeries to correct and save his hearing. He fled the country at the...
, jazz musician and composer. - Hernaldo ZúñigaHernaldo ZúñigaHernaldo Zúñiga is a Nicaraguan singer and music composer. He was born in Managua but lived his childhood and adolescence in Masaya.-Career:...
(1955), singer and music composer.
DJs
- DJ CrazeDJ CrazeDJ Craze , born Aristh Delgado, is a Nicaraguan American DJ who plays hip hop, Miami bass, breaks, Dubstep, drum n bass, and practices turntablism. He is the only solo DJ in history to claim the DMC World DJ Championships trophy three times consecutively .-Biography:DJ Craze was born in Managua,...
, only DJ in history to win 3 consecutive World DMC Champion titles.
Government, military and politics
- Jorge Salazar Argüello-(1939–1980), a Nicaraguan coffee grower and popular leader of UPANIC (Union of Agricultural Producers of Nicaragua – Unión de Productores Agropecuarios de Nicaragua), seemed poised to become the leader of the opposition to the Sandinista government, until his death at the hands of State Security forces.
- Reinaldo Aguado MontealegreReinaldo Aguado MontealegreReynaldo Aguado Montealegre is the President of the International Society for Human Rights in Nicaragua. . He is a former FSLN political prisoner incarcerated in the prison "Zona Franca" in 1986 after being found guilty of spying for the United States.-References:...
, President of the International Society for Human Rights in Nicaragua. - Arnoldo AlemánArnoldo AlemánJosé Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo was the 81st President of Nicaragua from 10 January 1997 to 10 January 2002.-Biography:Alemán was born in Managua and received his early education at the La Salle institute in Managua...
(1946), former President of Nicaragua from 1997–2002. Mr. Aleman has been one of the most corrupt Presidents Nicaragua ever had. He stole more than US $200,000,000 from the Nicaraguan Treasury - Leonardo Arguello BarretoLeonardo Arguello BarretoLeonardo Argüello Barreto was a Nicaraguan politician who, after several attempts, became the President of Nicaragua in 1947...
(1895–1947), former President of Nicaragua (1947) - Fernando AgüeroFernando AgüeroFernando Bernabé Agüero Rocha was a Nicaraguan politician and the founder and leader of the Social Conservative Party. In 1967 Agüero was chosen to represent the conservative 1966 National Opposition Union in the presidential election against the Somoza regime...
(1920), politician - Juan Bautista SacasaJuan Bautista SacasaJuan Bautista Sacasa Sacasa was the President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1933 to 9 June 1936. He was the eldest son of Roberto Sacasa, 44th and 46th President of Nicaragua, and wife and cousin Ángela Sacasa Cuadra...
(1874–1946) , former President of Nicaragua from 1933–1936 - Claudia BermúdezClaudia BermudezClaudia Bermúdez is a Nicaraguan-American politician and entrepreneur. She ran for the United States Congress as a Republican in California's 9th congressional district...
, Nicaragua-American politician and entrepreneur; first Nicaraguan American to be the nominee of a major party for a seat in the United States CongressUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
. - Enrique BermúdezEnrique BermúdezEnrique Bermúdez Varela was a Nicaraguan who founded and commanded the Nicaraguan Contras. In this capacity, he became a central global figure in one of the most prominent conflicts of the Cold War....
(1932–1991), military and political leader of the Nicaraguan contras from 1979–1991. - Enrique BolañosEnrique BolañosEnrique José Bolaños Geyer was the President of Nicaragua from 10 January 2002 to 10 January 2007. President Bolaños is of Spanish and German heritage and was born in Masaya ....
(1928), former President of Nicaragua from 2002 to 2007. Enrique Bolaños was a very ineffective President, he was not able to accomplish anything during his Presidency - Róger CaleroRóger CaleroRóger Calero is a Nicaraguan American journalist and one of the leaders of the Socialist Workers Party. He was SWP candidate for President of the United States in 2004 and 2008, and for the United States Senate in New York in 2006....
(1969), Nicaraguan American who ran for U.S. PresidentPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
in the 2004 elections. - Adolfo CaleroAdolfo CaleroAdolfo Calero Portocarrero was a Nicaraguan businessman, and leader of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, which was the largest contra rebel group opposing the Sandinista government. In the contra leadership, Calero was responsible for managing the bank accounts into which money was deposited and...
(1931), leader of the Contra-Revolutionary Movement - Emiliano Chamorro (1871–1966), former President of Nicaragua from 1917–1920 and part of 1926
- Fernando Chamorro AlfaroFernando Chamorro AlfaroFernando Chamorro Alfaro was a General and member of the governing junta of Nicaragua .Fernando Chamorro was a firm supporter of the Conservative Party, which was dominated during his youth by his half-brother and guardian, Fruto Chamorro...
(1824–1863), GeneralGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
and member of the governing junta of Nicaragua (1860–1863). - Fruto ChamorroFruto ChamorroFruto Chamorro Pérez was the 30th and 31st President of Nicaragua between 1 April 1853 and 30 April 1854 and between 30 April 1854 and 12 March 1855 now with the actual title of President, the first thirty being called Supreme Directors.Born in Guatemala City in 1804 to Bayardo Paez, he was...
(1804–1855), first President of Nicaragua 1854–1855 - Manuel Coronel KautzManuel Coronel KautzManuel Coronel Kautz is Nicaragua's current vice minister of foreign relations. He is the son of deceased poet and author José Coronel Urtecho.-References:...
, vice minister of foreign relationsForeign relations of NicaraguaNicaragua pursues an independent foreign policy. A participant of the Central American Security Commission , Nicaragua also has taken a leading role in pressing for regional demilitarization and peaceful settlement of disputes within states in the region....
. - Arturo CruzArturo CruzArturo José Cruz Porras , sometimes called Arturo Cruz, Sr. to distinguish him from his son, is a Nicaraguan banker and technocrat. He became prominent in politics during the Sandinista era...
(1923), politician and diplomat - Pedro Chamorro (1875–1879), former President of Nicaragua from 1875–1879.
- Violeta ChamorroVioleta ChamorroVioleta Barrios Torres de Chamorro is a Nicaraguan political leader, former president and publisher. She became president of Nicaragua on April 25, 1990, when she unseated Daniel Ortega...
(1929), first female president in Latin America, second in North America and 48th President of Nicaragua - Adolfo DíazAdolfo DíazAdolfo Díaz Recinos was the President of Nicaragua between 9 May 1911 and 1 January 1917 and between 14 November 1926 and 1 January 1929...
(1875–1964), President of Nicaragua in 1911–1917 and 1926–1929 - Aminta GraneraAminta GraneraAminta Granera was a Nicaraguan Sandinista who fought against the Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle in the 1970s. She was training to be a nun when she became a Sandinista....
, Sandinista and Police chief of Nicaragua - George William Albert HendyGeorge William Albert HendyGeorge William Albert Hendy, Hereditary Chief of the Miskito Nation was the grandson of H.M. George Frederic Augustus I, King of the Miskito Nation. He was elected by the Council of State to succeed after the death of his cousin William Henry Clarence on May 23, 1879. He died on November 8, 1888....
(1879–1888), Hereditary Chief of Miskito Nation. - Edmundo JarquínEdmundo JarquínEdmundo Jarquín is a Nicaraguan politician. He was the vice presidential running-mate of Herty Lewites, who was the presidential candidate for the MRS Sandinista Renovation Movement in the 2006 elections until his death on July 2, 2006. Edmundo Jarquín became the presidential candidate for the...
(1946), politician, candidate for president of Nicaragua in 2006. - Máximo JerezMáximo JerezMáximo Jerez Tellería was a politician, lawyer and military leader in 19th century Nicaragua.He is considered he the greatest Liberal political thinker in Nicaraguan history...
(1818), politician, lawyer, and military leader in 19th century Nicaragua. - Herty LewitesHerty LewitesHerty Lewites Rodríguez was a Nicaraguan politician of Jewish descent.Lewites was born in the San Felipe barrio of Jinotepe, the son of a Jewish immigrant from Poland. He joined the struggle against the Somoza dictatorship in 1958 and went into exile in Brazil in 1960...
(1939–2006), politician - Eduardo MontealegreEduardo MontealegreEduardo Montealegre is a Nicaraguan politician. He ran for president in the 2006 general election as the candidate of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance a spin-off of the Constitutional Liberal Party in alliance with other liberal parties and the Conservative Party...
(1955), politician, businessman - OldmanOldmanOldman , King of the Miskito Nation from c. 1650 until his death in 1687, was the son of a Miskito leader whose name is not recorded. This earlier king went to England, according to a memorial left in Jamaica by one of his descendants, during the reign of Charles I but during the time when the...
(?-1687), King of the Miskito Nation from 1625–1687 - Daniel OrtegaDaniel OrtegaJosé Daniel Ortega Saavedra is a Nicaraguan politician and revolutionary, currently serving as the 83rd President of Nicaragua, a position that he has held since 2007. He previously served as the 79th President, between 1985 and 1990, and for much of his life, has been a leader in the Sandinista...
(1945), current President of NicaraguaPresident of NicaraguaThe position of President of Nicaragua was created in the Constitution of 1854. From 1825 until the Constitution of 1838 the title of the position was known as Head of State and from 1838 to 1854 as Supreme Director .-Heads of State of Nicaragua within the Federal Republic of Central America...
, leader of the FSLN - Edén PastoraEdén PastoraEdén Atanacio Pastora Gómez is a Nicaraguan politician and former guerrilla who ran for president as the candidate of the Alternative for Change party in the 2006 general elections...
(1937), politician - Mariano PradoMariano PradoMariano Prado Baca was a Central American lawyer and a four-time, liberal chief of state of El Salvador, while it was a state in the Federal Republic of Central America ....
, lawyerLawyerA lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
and a four-time, liberal chief of state of El Salvador. - Sergio RamírezSergio RamírezSergio Ramírez Mercado is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as Vice President of the country 1985-1990 under the presidency of Daniel Ortega.Born in Masatepe in 1942, he published his first book, Cuentos, in 1963...
(1943), Vice President of Nicaragua during the JuntaJunta of National ReconstructionThe Junta of National Reconstruction officially ruled Nicaragua from July 1979 to January 1985, though effective power was in the hands of the Sandinista National Liberation Front's National Directorate....
, writer, intellectual - José Santos ZelayaJosé Santos ZelayaJosé Santos Zelaya López was the President of Nicaragua from 25 July 1893 to 21 December 1909.-Early life:He was a son of José María Zelaya Irigoyen, born in Nicaragua, and mistress Juana López Ramírez...
(1853–1919), former President of Nicaragua from 1893–1909 - Hilda SolisHilda SolisHilda Lucia Solis is the 25th United States Secretary of Labor, serving in the Obama administration. She is a member of the Democratic Party and served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009, representing the 31st and 32nd congressional districts of California that include...
, U.S. congresswoman. - Anastasio Somoza GarcíaAnastasio Somoza GarcíaAnastasio Somoza García was officially the President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1937 to 1 May 1947 and from 21 May 1950 to 29 September 1956, but ruled effectively as dictator from 1936 until his assassination.-Biography:Somoza was born in San Marcos, Carazo Department in Nicaragua, the son of...
(1896–1956), dictator, 34th and 39th President of Nicaragua - Anastasio Somoza DebayleAnastasio Somoza DebayleAnastasio Somoza Debayle was a Nicaraguan leader and officially the 73rd and 76th President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1967 to 1 May 1972 and from 1 December 1974 to 17 July 1979. As head of the National Guard, he was de facto ruler of the country from 1967 to 1979...
(1925–1980), 44th and 45th Dictator of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1972 and from 1974 to 1979. Member of the Somoza Dictatorial Family - Luis Somoza DebayleLuis Somoza DebayleLuis Anastasio Somoza Debayle was the President of Nicaragua from 29 September 1956 to 1 May 1963, but was effectively dictator of the country from 1956 until his death. He was born in León.Luis was educated at LSU...
(1922–1967), 40th President of Nicaragua from 1956–1963, but was effectively dictator from 1956 until his death. - Anastasio Somoza PortocarreroAnastasio Somoza PortocarreroAnastasio Somoza Portocarrero is a son of former Nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza Debayle and Hope Portocarrero de Somoza. Also known as El Chigüín—"daddy's kid"—Somoza Portocarrero had been the heir apparent to the Somoza dynasty prior to the ouster of his father by the...
(1951), former commander of the National GuardNational Guard (Nicaragua)In Nicaragua, the National Guard was a militia and a gendarmerie created during the occupation of that country by the United States from 1909 to 1933. It became notorious for human rights abuses and corruption under the regime of the Somoza family.-Creation:...
. His Dictatorial regime lasted many years, until he was executed for Crimes Against Humanity by Mr. Rigoberto Lopez Perez
Revolutionaries, Heroes and Martyrs
- Patrick ArgüelloPatrick ArgüelloPatricio José Argüello Ryan , known as Patrick Argüello, was a Nicaraguan American who was shot and killed while attempting to hijack El Al Flight 219 in September 1970 as part of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's Dawson's Field hijackings.-Youth:Argüello was born in San...
(1943–1970), considered a martyr of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine PFLPPopular Front for the Liberation of PalestineThe Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organisation founded in 1967. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization , the largest being Fatah... - Nora AstorgaNora AstorgaNora Astorga Gadea de Jenkins was a Nicaraguan guerrilla fighter in the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979, a lawyer, politician, judge and the Nicaraguan ambassador to the United Nations from 1986 to 1988....
(1948–1988), Sandinista revolutionary, lawyer, politician, judge and Nicaraguan ambassador to the UNUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace... - Antonio Cardenal Caldera (1951–1991), also known by the nom de guerre Jesus Rojas, major leader of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation FrontFarabundo Martí National Liberation FrontThe Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is, since 1992, a left-wing political party in El Salvador and formerly a coalition of five revolutionary guerrilla organizations...
. - Arturo Cruz, Jr.Arturo Cruz, Jr.Arturo José Cruz Sequeira is the son of Nicaraguan politician Arturo Cruz. He became involved in the exile politics of the Contra rebels opposing the Sandinista government in the 1980s, and more recently served as the Ambassador of Nicaragua to the United States for two years from 2007 to 2009...
(1954), revolutionary, writer, professor and diplomat - Rigoberto CruzRigoberto CruzRigoberto Cruz was a Nicaraguan and one of the founders of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1961. Cruz, who is better know by his pseudonym Pablo Ubeda, is one of the early martyrs of the Sandinista revolution. He was killed in San Carlos after the battle of Pancasán on August 1967 in...
, one of the founder of the FSLN - Ajax Delgado, martyr of the Sandinista revolution
- José Dolores EstradaJosé Dolores EstradaJosé Dolores Estrada Morales , in the wake of the turmoil following José Santos Zelaya's fall, briefly served as acting President of Nicaragua for a week from 20 to 27 August 1910, before handing power to his brother, Juan José Estrada. He died the following year....
(1792–1869), national hero, famed for his part in the battle Hacienda San Jacinto in 1856 - Idania FernandezIdania FernandezIdania de Los Angeles Fernandez, born July 23, 1952 in Managua, Nicaragua, assassinated in captivity in Leon, Nicaragua April 16, 1979. One of the most cherished martyrs of the Nicaraguan Revolution. Scholars in US universities have placed her name next to Camilo Torres Restrepo, Che Guevara, José...
(1952–1979), Martyr of the Sandinista Revolution. - Carlos FonsecaCarlos FonsecaFor the Brazilian boxer with the same name see Carlos Fonseca .Carlos Fonseca Amador was a Nicaraguan teacher and librarian who founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front...
(1936–1976), teacher, founder of FSLN - Augusto César SandinoAugusto César SandinoAugusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino was a Nicaraguan revolutionary and leader of a rebellion against the U.S. military occupation of Nicaragua between 1927 and 1933...
(1895–1934), revolutionary, symbol of the FSLN - Arlen SiuArlen SiuArlen Siu Bermúdez was a Chinese Nicaraguan who became one of the first female martyrs of the Sandinista revolution. She was born in Jinotepe, Nicaragua in 1952. Her father was Chinese and her mother was Nicaraguan....
(1952–1972), martyr of the Sandinista revolution - Dora María TéllezDora María TéllezDora María Téllez is a Nicaraguan historian most famous as an icon of the Sandinista Revolution, which deposed the Somoza regime in 1979...
(1947), Comandante during the Sandinista revolution, founded the MRSSandinista Renovation MovementThe Sandinista Renovation Movement is a Nicaraguan political party founded by dissidents of the Sandinista National Liberation Front on May 18, 1995, on Augusto César Sandino's 100th anniversary...
, historian
Political activists
- Bianca JaggerBianca JaggerBianca Jagger is a Nicaraguan-born social and human rights advocate and a former actress and model...
(1945), social and political activist, former wife of Mick JaggerMick JaggerSir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
Sports
- José AlfaroJosé AlfaroJosé Alfaro is a Nicaraguan boxer with a record of 20-3-0-1 who captured the vacant WBA lightweight title against Thai Prawet Singwancha in a split decision on December 29, 2007 in Bielefeld, Germany. He later lost that title on May 19, 2008 to Yusuke Kobori who knocked him out in only 3 rounds...
, boxer, world champion. - Rosendo AlvarezRosendo ÁlvarezRosendo José Álvarez Hernández is a flyweight boxer, and is well known for giving Mexican legend Ricardo Lopez two tough fights. He is the only person to hold the undefeated flyweight champion to a draw....
(1970), boxer, former world champion, only person to hold the undefeated flyweight champion to a draw. - Alexis ArgüelloAlexis ArgüelloAlexis Argüello , also known by the stage name El Flaco Explosivo , was a Nicaraguan professional boxer and politician...
(1952), boxer, former world champion. - Julio GamboaJulio GamboaJulio Gamboa is a Nicaraguan lightweight boxer. He currently resides in León, Nicaragua.Á- See also :*List of IBF world champions- External links :...
, lightweight boxer. - Eddie GazoEddie GazoEddie Gazo is a former professional boxer in the super welterweight division.-Pro career:...
, super welterweight boxer. - Ricardo MayorgaRicardo MayorgaRicardo Mayorga , is a Nicaraguan professional boxer. He is the former WBA/WBC Welterweight champion and the former WBC light middleweight champion. He holds a record of 29-8 with 23 knockouts and 1 draw 1 no contest. He was featured for the first time on the cover of Ring Magazine on the December...
(1973), boxer, former WBA/WBC Welterweight champion and WBC Junior Middleweight world champion. - David ObregonDavid ObregónJosé David Obregón is a Nicaragua professional boxer who fights out of Miami, Florida.-Professional career:...
(1978), professional boxer. - Juan PalaciosJuan Palacios (boxer)Juan Palacios is a boxer from Managua, Nicaragua, with a professional record of 24 wins and three losses. He is the former WBC Interim Minimumweight Champion, winning the vacant title against Omar Soto of Puerto Rico on August 2, 2008, in Ponce, Puerto Rico...
, professional boxer, reigning WBCWorld Boxing CouncilThe World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
Interim Minimumweight World Champion. - Luis Alberto PérezLuis Alberto PérezLuís Alberto Pérez is a lifelong resident of Managua, Nicaragua, where he was born. Luis is a southpaw professional boxer in the super bantamweight division. His record is 25-2 . He is a former IBF world super flyweight and bantamweight champion. His manager, also born & raised in Managua,...
(1978), boxer, current IBF world junior-bantamweight champion. - Adonis RivasAdonis RivasAdonis Antonio Rivas Ordóñez is a professional boxer in the super flyweight division.- Boxing career :Rivas turned professional in 1995 and captured the WBO super flyweight title with a decision win over Diego Morales in 1999. He defended the belt twice before losing it to Pedro Alcázar in 2001...
(1972), boxer, former world champion.
Baseball
- Porfi AltamiranoPorfi AltamiranoPorfirio Altamirano Ramírez , nicknamed "El Guajiro" is a former Major League Baseball right-handed middle relief pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs ....
(1952), former Major League Baseball player. - Marvin BenardMarvin BenardMarvin Larry Benard [buh-NARD] is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who batted and threw left-handed....
(1970), former Major League Baseball player. - Tony ChévezTony ChévezSilvio "Tony" Antonio Aguilera Chévez is a former Nicaraguan professional baseball player. He began his career in 1974 when he played for the Miami Orioles in the minors. In 1976, he signed with the Charlotte O's. In 1977, Chévez was signed by the Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles. During...
, Major League Baseball player. - David GreenDavid Green (baseball player)David Alejandro "Thanks, but No Thanks" Green Casaya is a former Major League Baseball player who played outfielder and first baseman....
(1960), former Major League Baseball player. - Devern HansackDevern HansackDevern Brandon Hansack is a Nicaraguan pitcher who is currently a free agent. He bats and throws right-handed.-Professional career:Hansack, born in Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua, Hansack is an Afro-Nicaraguan....
(1978), current Major League Baseball player. - Oswaldo MairenaOswaldo MairenaOswaldo Antonio Mairena is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and Florida Marlins....
, Major League Baseball player. - Dennis MartínezDennis MartínezJosé Dennis Martínez Emilia , nicknamed "El Presidente" , is a former Major League Baseball pitcher...
(1955), first Nicaraguan to play in Major League Baseball, pitched the 13th perfect game in major league history. - Vicente PadillaVicente PadillaVicente de la Cruz Padilla is a Major League Baseball pitcher, who is a free agent. Padilla previously pitched for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers...
(1977), current Major League Baseball player.
Football (Soccer)
- Armando ColladoArmando ColladoArmando José Collado Lanuza is a Salvadoran born Nicaraguan footballer who currently plays for Salvadoran side Alianza and internationally for Nicaragua.-External links:...
(1985), professional soccer player. - Denis EspinozaDenis EspinozaDenis Espinoza is a Peruvian Wushu . He is also a Web Consultor and developer working on Russia-External links:*...
(1983), professional soccer player. - Shawn Hasani MartinShawn Hasani MartinShawn Hasani Martin Henríquez is a Nicaragua-born, Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for C.D. Águila.-Biography:...
(1987), professional soccer player. - Lester MeléndezLester MeléndezLester Meléndez is a Nicaraguan football . He is also a member of Nicaragua national football team.On May 18, 2008, Melendez trained with the Estonian Meistriliiga club JK Tallinna Kalev...
(1981), professional soccer player for the University of MiamiUniversity of MiamiThe University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
. - Emilio PalaciosEmilio PalaciosEmilio Palacios is a Nicaraguan footballer, currently playing for the Nicaragua national football team and Salvadoran side Independiente Nacional 1906. He was the first Nicaraguan to score a hat-trick in an international competition, in February 2007, when Nicaragua won 4-2 against Belize, during...
, professional soccer player, Nicaraguan to score a hat-trick in an international competition. - Wilber SanchezWilber SánchezWilber Sánchez is a Nicaraguan footballer, currently playing for the Nicaragua national football team and Salvadoran champions San Salvador F.C.. After a stunishing performance in the IX Copa de Naciones UNCAF, played in San Salvador, Sanchez was called by representatives of San Salvador's most...
, professional soccer player. - Samuel WilsonSamuel Wilson (footballer)Samuel Israel Wilson is a Nicaraguan footballer who plays for Real Estelí in the Primera División de Nicaragua. He previously played for Atlético Olanchano in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras....
(1983), professional soccer player who currently plays for Atletico Olanchano.
Other
- Jessica AguileraJessica AguileraJessica Aguilera is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nicaragua.Aguilera represented Nicaragua at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed eighth in her heat without advancing to the second round. She ran the distance in...
(1985), a track and fieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
sprint athleteSprint (race)Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...
, competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. - Diana LópezDiana LópezDiana López is an American born Olympic Taekwondo competitor of Nicaraguan ethnicity. She represented the USA at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...
, Olympic bronze medalist in the sport of taekwondo. - Mark López, Olympic silver medalist in the sport of taekwondo.
- Steven LópezSteven LópezSteven López is a 2000 and 2004 Olympic Gold medalist and a 2008 Olympic Bronze medalist in taekwondo. In 2001, he won the Lightweight Taekwondo World Championship, and in 2003 he won the Welterweight Taekwondo World Championship which he has since won in 2005, 2007 and 2009 making him the first...
(1978), first official OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
gold medalist in the sport of taekwondoTaekwondoTaekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
. - Karla MorenoKarla MorenoKarla Moreno Rodríguez is a weightlifter from Nicaragua.At the 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships she won bronze in the 48 kg category, with a total of 143 kg....
(1988), weightlifter, competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. - Claudia PollClaudia PollClaudia Maria Poll Ahrens is an Olympic gold-medalist and National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. To date , she is Costa Rica's only gold-medalist, having won the country first gold Olympic medal at the 1996 Olympics in the 200 meter freestyle. Her sister, Silvia, won Costa Rica's first...
(1972), swimmer, won the Gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics1996 Summer OlympicsThe 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
. - Silvia Poll (1970), swimmer, won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics1988 Summer OlympicsThe 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
. - Eve TorresEve TorresEve Marie Torres is an American dancer, model, and professional wrestler. She is working for WWE on Raw brand. She is a two time WWE Divas Champion.Torres began her career as a model and dancer...
(1984), professional wrestler, dancer, model and actress.
Literature
- Claribel AlegríaClaribel AlegríaClara Isabel Alegría Vides is a Nicaraguan poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central America. She writes under the pseudonym Claribel Alegría.-Early life:...
(1924), poet, she received the Neustadt International Prize for LiteratureNeustadt International Prize for LiteratureThe Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a biennial award for literature sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and its international literary publication, World Literature Today. It is widely considered to be the most prestigious international literary prize after the Nobel Prize in...
in 2006. - Emilio Álvarez LejarzaEmilio Álvarez LejarzaEmilio was a Nicaraguan government official and jurist.-Biography:In 1884, Emilio Álvarez Lejarza was born on 25 October in Granada, Nicaragua Central America....
(1884–1969), writer - Emilio Álvarez MontalvánEmilio Álvarez MontalvánEmilio is a Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and a former Foreign Minister of Nicaragua.-Biography:In 1919, Emilio Álvarez Montalván was born on 31 July in Managua, Nicaragua. In 1946 , Álvarez received a Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery from the "School of Medicine, University of Chile", cum laude...
(1919), political writer - Eugenio Batres GarciaEugenio Batres GarciaVictor Eugenio Batres Garcia is a Nicaraguan journalist, political commentator, newscaster and writer...
(1941) noted newscaster and journalist, writer, author and poet. - Gioconda BelliGioconda BelliGioconda Belli is an author, novelist and renowned Nicaraguan poet.-Early life:Gioconda Belli, of Northern Italian descent, was an active participant in the Sandinista struggle against the Somoza dictatorship, and her work for the movement led to her being forced into exile in Mexico in 1975...
(1948), poet - Yolanda BlancoYolanda BlancoYolanda Blanco is a Nicaraguan poet. Nicaragua is well known for its world class poets. Before 1970, all of Nicaragua’s major poets had been men. Then an outstanding group of women started writing poetry...
(1954), poet and translator. - Tomás Borge (1930), writer, poet, and essayist.
- Omar CabezasOmar CabezasOmar Cabezas Lacayo is a Nicaraguan author, revolutionary and politician. He was a commander in the guerrilla war against Somoza, and prominent Sandinista party member...
(1950), writer - Ernesto CardenalErnesto CardenalReverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez is a Nicaraguan Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, a party he has since left. From 1979 to 1987 he served as Nicaragua's first culture minister. He is also famous as a poet...
(1925), poet - Blanca CastellónBlanca CastellonBlanca Castellon is a celebrated Nicaraguan poet. She is the author of Ama del espíritu , Flotaciones and Orilla opuesta . She is also the winner of Instituto de Estudios Modernistas of poetry in Valencia, Spain...
(1958), poet - Xavier Chamorro CardenalXavier Chamorro CardenalXzavier Chamorro Cardenal , a Nicaraguan, was editor of El Nuevo Diario, a Nicaraguan newspaper...
, co-founder, director and editor of El Nuevo DiarioEl Nuevo DiarioEl Nuevo Diario is a Nicaraguan newspaper, with offices in the capital Managua. El Nuevo Diario was founded in 1980 by a breakaway group of employees of La Prensa sympathetic to the Sandinista cause, that included 80 percent of the staff and the editor, Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, who opposed the new...
. - José Coronel UrtechoJosé Coronel UrtechoJosé Coronel Urtecho was a Nicaraguan poet, translator, essayist, critic, narrator, playwright, diplomat and historian. He has been described as "the most influential Nicaraguan thinker of the twentieth century"...
(1906–1994), poet, translator, essayist, critic, narrator, playwright and historian. - Alfonso CortésAlfonso CortésAlfonso Cortés was a Nicaraguan poet. He is often referred to as the most important poet after Rubén Darío. Before his death, he often said he was "less important than Darío, but more profound".-Early life:...
(1893–1969), poet - Arturo CruzArturo Cruz, Jr.Arturo José Cruz Sequeira is the son of Nicaraguan politician Arturo Cruz. He became involved in the exile politics of the Contra rebels opposing the Sandinista government in the 1980s, and more recently served as the Ambassador of Nicaragua to the United States for two years from 2007 to 2009...
(1954), writer - Pablo Antonio CuadraPablo Antonio CuadraPablo Antonio Cuadra was a Nicaraguan essayist, art and literary critic, playwright, graphic artist and one of the most famous poets of Nicaragua.-Early life and career:...
(1912–2002), poet - Rubén DaríoRubén DaríoFélix Rubén García Sarmiento , known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo that flourished at the end of the 19th century...
(1867–1916), poet, referred to as The Father of ModernismModernismoModernismo is Spanish for modernism, however the term Modernism also indicates a more specific art movement:* Modernismo refers to a Spanish-American literary movement, best exemplified by Rubén Darío... - Salomón Ibarra MayorgaSalomón Ibarra MayorgaSalomón Ibarra Mayorga was a Nicaraguan poet, political thinker, and the lyricist of "Salve a ti, Nicaragua", the Nicaraguan national anthem. His poetry is simple, expressive, musical in quality, and patriotic...
(1887–1985), poet and lyricist of "Salve a ti, Nicaragua", the Nicaraguan national anthem - Erwin KrügerErwin KrügerErwin Krüger Urroz was a Nicaraguan folklore poet and singer.He was born in León, Nicaragua to a German father and Nicaraguan mother.-References:...
(1915–1973), poet and composer. - Danilo LópezDanilo LópezDanilo Lopez Roman currently resides in Texas, USA.He is an architect, translator, cultural promoter, and poet. His work has appeared in many literary magazines in printed and electronic media, among others Linden Lane magazine, Hayden's Ferry Review, Loch Raven Review, La Prensa Literaria, El Pez...
(1954), poet - Rigoberto López PérezRigoberto López PérezRigoberto López Pérez was a Nicaraguan poet and music composer. He was the assassin of Anastasio Somoza García, the longtime dictator of Nicaragua....
(1929–1936), poet and writer - Francisco MayorgaFrancisco MayorgaFrancisco Mayorga is a Nicaraguan economist and writer who specializes in international finance and economic development....
(1949), writer - Christianne Meneses JacobsChristianne Meneses JacobsChristianne Meneses Jacobs is a Nicaraguan American writer, editor, and teacher. She is also publisher of Iguana, the United States' only Spanish-language magazine for children.-Nicaragua :...
(1971), writer, editor, and publisher - Rosario MurilloRosario MurilloRosario Murillo is a Nicaraguan poet and revolutionary who fought in the Sandinista revolution in 1979. She is also the wife of current President Daniel Ortega and is the First Lady of Nicaragua, a title she also held in 1985 when her husband became President 6 years after the Sandinista National...
(1951), poet - Daniel OrtegaDaniel OrtegaJosé Daniel Ortega Saavedra is a Nicaraguan politician and revolutionary, currently serving as the 83rd President of Nicaragua, a position that he has held since 2007. He previously served as the 79th President, between 1985 and 1990, and for much of his life, has been a leader in the Sandinista...
(1945), poet - Azarías H. PallaisAzarias PallaisAzarías de Jesús Pallais or Azarías H. Pallais is regarded as one of Nicaragua's greatest poets. He was born in León. Pallais's father was a medical doctor and his mother was a niece of liberal statesman Maximo Jerez...
(1884–1954), poet - Rafael PallaisRafael PallaisRaphael Pallais is a Franco-Nicaraguan poet, polemicist and fiction writer.-Biography:Raphael Pallais was born in León, Nicaragua from a Nicaraguan father and a French mother. His father, Henri Pallais Sacasa, was a journalist who died in a helicopter crash in 1965...
(1952), writer - Joaquín PasosJoaquín PasosJoaquín Pasos was a Nicaraguan poet, narrator, and essayist. He was one of the leading figures of the national Vanguardia literary movement...
(1914–1947), poet - Horacio PeñaHoracio Peña (Author)Horacio Peña is a professor, writer, and poet.Currently an instructor at Huston-Tillotson College and the Seminary of the Southwest—both in Austin, Texas, he is often recognized as the most important Nicaraguan American poet....
(1946), writer and poet - Sergio RamírezSergio RamírezSergio Ramírez Mercado is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as Vice President of the country 1985-1990 under the presidency of Daniel Ortega.Born in Masatepe in 1942, he published his first book, Cuentos, in 1963...
(1942), writer - Mariana Sansón ArgüelloMariana Sansón ArgüelloMariana Sansón Argüello was one of the first woman leaders in Nicaraguan poetry. She produced a personal and metaphysical poetry that is recognized as a type of Hispanic American surrealism...
(1918), poet - Arlen SiuArlen SiuArlen Siu Bermúdez was a Chinese Nicaraguan who became one of the first female martyrs of the Sandinista revolution. She was born in Jinotepe, Nicaragua in 1952. Her father was Chinese and her mother was Nicaraguan....
(?-1972), essayist - Julio Valle CastilloJulio Valle CastilloJulio Valle Castillo , was born in Masaya, Nicaragua. He is a poet, novelist, painter, essayist, and a critic of literature and art.-Early life and career:...
(1952), poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic and art critic - Daisy ZamoraDaisy ZamoraDaisy Zamora is one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Latin American poetry. Her work is known for its uncompromising voice and wide-ranging subject matter that dwells on the details of daily life while encompassing human rights, politics, revolution, feminist issues, art, history and...
(1950), poet
Arts
- Omar D'LeonOmar D'LeonOmar D'León is a well-known Nicaraguan painter and poet.D'León studied nine years at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Nicaragua under its director Rodrigo Penalba...
, a painter and poet. - Franck de Las MercedesFranck de Las MercedesFranck de Las Mercedes, is a Nicaraguan American Popstract Expressionist visual artist raised in New York City. With a self-obtained education, straight from the aisles of the NYC Public Library, de Las Mercedes has emerged as one of the country's most prolific visual artists in recent years.From...
, painter - Armando MoralesArmando MoralesArmando Morales , was an internationally renowned Nicaraguan painter. Morales is considered one of the most important painters in Nicaragua....
, painter - Hugo Palma-IbarraHugo Palma-Ibarra-Biography:Palma-Ibarra was born in Managua, Nicaragua in 1942. His father, Idelfonso Palma Martínez, a doctor, and his mother, Inés Ibarra de Palma, from Bluefields; he has 4 sisters and 2 brothers. His younger brother, Ricardo Palma, is a legendary guitarist and composer. He attended the "La...
, artist - Julio Valle CastilloJulio Valle CastilloJulio Valle Castillo , was born in Masaya, Nicaragua. He is a poet, novelist, painter, essayist, and a critic of literature and art.-Early life and career:...
, poet, novelist, painter, essayist, and a critic of literature and art. - Clara Maria Goldstein, painter
Religion
- Miguel D'EscotoMiguel d'EscotoMiguel d’Escoto Brockmann, born in Los Angeles on February 5, 1933, is a Nicaraguan diplomat, politician and former Catholic priest of the Maryknoll congregation of priests. He was recently nominated as Libyan Representative to the UN, a request which is currently pending...
, Roman Catholic priest, former foreign minister of Nicaragua, received the Lenin Peace PrizeLenin Peace PrizeThe International Lenin Peace Prize was the Soviet Union's equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize, named in honor of Vladimir Lenin. It was awarded by a panel appointed by the Soviet government, to notable individuals whom the panel indicated had "strengthened peace among peoples"...
, in 1985. - Uriel MolinaUriel MolinaFather Uriel Molina was one of the most prominent leaders of the liberation theology-oriented "popular church" in Sandinista-era Nicaragua. Tomás Borge was a childhood friend of his....
, ordained as a FranciscanFranciscanMost Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....
. - Pablo Antonio Vega MantillaPablo Antonio Vega MantillaPablo Antonio Vega Mantilla was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua, from April 30, 1991 until October 29, 1993. He then served as the Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Juigalpa until his death on November 14, 2007.-External links:*...
(1919–2007), Roman Catholic BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
and Bishop EmeritusEmeritusEmeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...
. - Maria Romero MenesesMaria Romero MenesesBlessed María Romero Meneses, was a Salesian Sisters, beatified by Pope John Paul II on the 14 April 2002.-Early life:...
(1902–1977), Roman Catholic nun. - Miguel Obando y BravoMiguel Obando y BravoMiguel Obando y Bravo is a Nicaraguan prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Managua from 1985 until his resignation on 12 March 2005. On 25 May 1985, he was selected by Pope John Paul II to be cardinal in Central America...
(1926) Former Cardinal of Central America and voted for popeship
Other categories
- Lila T. AbaunzaLila T. AbaunzaLila Teresita Abaunza Abaunza de Bolaños was the First Lady of Nicaragua from 2002 until 2007 and the wife of the former President of Nicaragua, Enrique Bolaños.She was well noted for her charitable work.-Biography:...
First Lady of Nicaragua (2002–2007). - Harry BrautigamHarry BrautigamHarry Brautigam was a Nicaraguan economist, banker and academic.Dr. Harry Emil Brautigam, son of Harry and Lucille Brautigam, was born and raised in Bluefields, Nicaragua. He received a Bachelors in Business Administration in Guadalajara, Mexico...
(1948), an economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, banker and academic. - Aubry Campbell IngramAubry Campbell IngramAubry Campbell Ingram was a native of Nicaragua, considered to have been the founder of the Asociación de Scouts de Nicaragua.-Scouting:...
, former Baseball player who helped found the Asociación de Scouts de NicaraguaAsociación de Scouts de NicaraguaThe Asociación de Scouts de Nicaragua is the national Scouting organization of Nicaragua. Scouting in Nicaragua started in 1917 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1946...
. - Ajax Delgado
- Joseph A. HarrisonJoseph A. HarrisonReverend Joseph Alexander Harrison was a Moravian pastor. He was born in San Juan de Nicaragua to Cornelius and Margaret Harrison.-Personal life:...
(1883–1964), Moravian PastorPastorThe word pastor usually refers to an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title, this role may be abbreviated to "Pr." or often "Ps"....
who helped him start the first scout troop in Nicaragua. - Jorge SalazarJorge SalazarJorge Salazar Argüello , a Nicaraguan coffee grower and popular leader of UPANIC , seemed poised to become the leader of the opposition to the Sandinista government, until his death at the hands of State Security forces.-History:Jorge Salazar was born on September 8, 1939, to Leopoldo Salazar...
, coffee grower and popular leader of UPANIC. - Aristides SánchezAristides SánchezJosé Aristides Sánchez Herdocia served as a key political figure among the Nicaraguan Contras. Early on, he joined Enrique Bermúdez in efforts to start a rebel opposition to the new Sandinista government...
, key figure among the ContrasContrasThe contras is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing Nicaragua's FSLN Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction government following the July 1979 overthrow of Anastasio Somoza Debayle's dictatorship...
. - Reinaldo Aguado MontealegreReinaldo Aguado MontealegreReynaldo Aguado Montealegre is the President of the International Society for Human Rights in Nicaragua. . He is a former FSLN political prisoner incarcerated in the prison "Zona Franca" in 1986 after being found guilty of spying for the United States.-References:...
, President of the International Society for Human Rights in Nicaragua. - Clodomiro Picado TwightClodomiro Picado TwightClodomiro Picado Twight , also known as "Clorito Picado", was a Nicaraguan-born scientist, citizen of Costa Rica, who was recognized for his research and discoveries. He was pioneer in the researching snakes and serpent venoms; his internationally recognized achievement was the development of...
(1887–1944), scientistScientistA scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word...