Browsing People by region: South America (20 records)
  • 1908 – 1973, Chilean

    President. He attempted to run Chile on socialist (some said Communist lines) and was killed during a military coup.

  • 1912 – 2001, Brazilian

    Novelist and committed Communist. His novels depicted the poverty and hopelessness of much of the rural population of his native Brazil.

  • 1890 – 1936, Argentinian

    Dancer. She helped establish the value of Spanish dance as an expression of passion and as an art form.

  • 1906 – 1988, Ecuadorian/English

    Dancer and choreographer. He helped develop the Vic Wells Ballet into the Royal Ballet and became its director after the retirement of the legendary Ninette de Valois.

  • 1931 – 2009, Brazilian
  • Born 1938, Brazilian
  • 1783 – 1830, Venezuelan

    Liberator. He was a central figure in South American wars of independence.

  • 1899 – 1986, Argentinian
  • 1909 – 1999, Brazilian
  • 1928 – 1967, Argentinian

    A romantic revolutionary and a leader of the Cuban Revolution. He was executed in the jungles of Bolivia.

  • Born 1928, Peruvian
  • 1579 – 1639, Peruvian
  • 1944 – 1988, Brazilian
  • 1778 – 1842, Chilean

    Revolutionary. He was the founding father of Chile.

  • 1919 – 1952, Argentinian
  • 1915 – 2006, Chilean

    General. His coup ended Allende's life as well as his Marxist government.

  • 1925 – 1996, Uraguayan
  • 1920 – 1961, Brazilian
  • 1916 – 2002, Brazilian
  • 1918 – 1998, Brazilian