Famous Nicaraguan Men
Nicaragua enjoys somewhat of a cult status when it comes to tourism. And why not? With its awe-inspiring natural beauty, myriad lakes and volcanoes, and food, it makes every sense for the world to tout it as a tourist’s paradise. However, not very long ago, there was a time when the very mention of the country evoked a grainy footage of camouflage-clad guerrillas, punctuated by gunfire and a 1980s soundtrack. However, all that has change now and how? Nicaragua has come a long way from its warring past now. All thanks to the unrelenting efforts of the Nicaraos who have toiled hard to drive their country to its current standing. Once cornered as a warring tribal country, today Nicaragua stands shoulder to shoulder with other countries lauded for their avant-garde inventions and progressive philosophies. Without wasting any time, let us get exploring the biographies of some great and famous Nicaraguans whose contribution to the upliftment of their land and the world at large has been colossal. Rest assured, their timeline, trivia, and other facts would worth your time.
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1
Alexis Arguello
(Nicaraguan Three-weight World Champion Boxer)
Birthdate: April 19, 1952
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Died: July 1, 2009
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
2
Ricardo Mayorga(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer and Former Mixed Martial Artist Known for His Trash-Talks Before the Fight)
Birthdate: October 3, 1973
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Masaya, Nicaragua
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
3
Rubén Darío(Nicaraguan Poet Who Initiated the Spanish-Language Literary Movement Known as "Modernismo")
Birthdate: January 18, 1867
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ciudad Darío, Nicaragua
Died: February 6, 1916
4
Augusto César Sandino(Nicaraguan Revolutionary Who Fought Against the United States Occupation of Nicaragua)
Birthdate: May 18, 1895
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Niquinohomo, Nicaragua
Died: February 21, 1934
5
Román González
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Birthdate: June 16, 1987
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
Birthdate: February 1, 1896
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: San Marcos, Nicaragua
Died: September 29, 1956
Birthdate: September 28, 1962
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Somoto, Nicaragua
8
Dennis Martínez
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: May 14, 1955
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Granada, Nicaragua
9
Jonathan Loáisiga
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: November 2, 1994
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
10
Ernesto Cardenal(Nicaraguan Catholic Priest and Poet; Founder of the 'Primitivist' Art Community in the Solentiname Islands)
Birthdate: January 20, 1925
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Granada, Nicaragua
Died: March 1, 2020
11
Felix Alvarado
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Birthdate: February 15, 1989
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
Birthdate: June 17, 1976
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: November 11, 1945
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: La Libertad, Nicaragua
14
José Santos Zelaya
(President of Nicaragua (1893 - 1909))
Birthdate: November 1, 1853
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Died: May 17, 1919
15
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro Cardenal
(Journalist)
Birthdate: September 23, 1924
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Granada, Nicaragua
Died: January 10, 1978
Birthdate: July 26, 1949
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: San Kamphaeng District, Thailand
17
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
(President of Nicaragua (1967 - 1972, 1974 - 1979))
Birthdate: December 5, 1925
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: León
Died: September 17, 1980
18
Rigoberto López Pérez
(Nicaraguan Poet and Assassin of Longtime Dictator of Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza García)
Birthdate: May 13, 1929
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: León, Nicaragua León, Nicaragua
Died: September 21, 1956
19
Tony Meléndez
(Guitar player)
Birthdate: January 9, 1962
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rivas, Nicaragua
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Juan Bautista Sacasa
(President of Nicaragua (1933 to 1936))
Birthdate: December 21, 1874
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: León, Nicaragua
Died: April 17, 1946
21
Francisco Fonseca
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Birthdate: March 24, 1994
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: El Rama, Nicaragua
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
22
Rene Alvarado
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Birthdate: February 15, 1989
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
23
Tomás Borge
(Nicaraguan Statesman, Writer and Co-founder of the 'Sandinista National Liberation Front')
Birthdate: August 13, 1930
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Died: April 30, 2012
Birthdate: January 23, 1946
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Managua
25
Hernaldo Zúñiga
(Singer-songwriter)
Birthdate: June 2, 1955
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Masaya, Nicaragua
26
Rosendo Álvarez
(Nicaraguan Retired Professional Boxer)
Birthdate: May 6, 1970
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
27
Cristofer Rosales
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Birthdate: October 6, 1994
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: May 13, 1928
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Masaya, Nicaragua
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Luis Somoza Debayle
(26th President of Nicaragua (1956 - 1963))
Birthdate: November 18, 1922
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: León, Nicaragua
Died: April 13, 1967
30
Arturo Cruz Jr.
(Diplomat)
Birthdate: August 13, 1953
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
31
Camilo Mejia
(United States Army)
Birthdate: August 28, 1975
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
32
Sergio Ramírez
(Vice President of Nicaragua (1985 - 1990))
Birthdate: August 5, 1942
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Masatepe, Nicaragua
33
Oswaldo Castillo
(Nicaraguan American Actor)
Birthplace: Nicaragua
Died: March 19, 2021
34
Byron Rojas
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Birthdate: June 23, 1990
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Matagalpa, Nicaragua
35
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas
(Former President of Nicaragua (1917 - 1921, 1926))
Birthdate: May 11, 1871
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Acoyapa, Nicaragua
Died: February 26, 1966
36
Fernando Cardenal
(Theologian)
Birthdate: January 26, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Granada, Nicaragua
Died: February 20, 2016
37
Humberto Ortega
(Nicaraguan Military Leader and Revolutionary)
Birthdate: January 10, 1947
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
38
Adolfo Calero
(Nicaraguan Businessman and Leader of the 'Nicaraguan Democratic Force')
Birthdate: December 22, 1931
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Died: June 2, 2012
39
Eddie Gazo
(Nicaraguan Former Professional Boxer)
Birthdate: September 12, 1950
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: San Lorenzo, Nicaragua
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
40
Fabio Gadea Mantilla
(Nicaraguan Radio Journalist, Owner and Co-founder of Radio News Station 'Radio Corporación')
Birthdate: November 9, 1931
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nicaragua
41
Yader Cardoza
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Birthdate: February 22, 1989
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua
42
Miguel Larreynaga
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: April 29, 1771
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nicaragua
Died: April 28, 1847
43
Román y Reyes, Víctor Manuel
(23rd President of Nicaragua (1947 - 1950))
Birthdate: October 13, 1872
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Carazo, Nicaragua
Died: May 6, 1950
44
Alfonso Cortes
(Referred to as the Second-Most-Important Nicaraguan Poet)
Birthdate: December 9, 1893
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Nicaragua
Died: February 3, 1969
45
Pablo Antonio Cuadra
(One of the Most Popular Poets of Nicaragua)
Birthdate: November 4, 1912
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Died: January 2, 2002
46
Otto de la Rocha
(Singer-songwriter)
Birthdate: August 23, 1933
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Jinotega, Nicaragua
Died: May 25, 2020
47
Roberto Solis
(Nicaraguan Criminal & Convicted Murderer)
Birthdate: 1945 AD
Birthplace: Nicaragua
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Jose Coronel Urtecho
(The Most Influential Nicaraguan Thinker of the Twentieth Century)
Birthdate: February 28, 1906
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Granada, Nicaragua
Died: March 19, 1994
49
Carlos Buitrago
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Birthdate: December 16, 1991
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
50
Salomon de la Selva
(Nicaraguan Poet and Diplomat)
Birthdate: March 20, 1893
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: León, Nicaragua
Died: February 5, 1959