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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Alexis Arguello
(Nicaraguan Three-weight World Champion Boxer)
Alexis Arguello
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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)
Ricardo Mayorga
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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")
Rubén Darío
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Birthdate: January 18, 1867
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ciudad Darío, Nicaragua
Died: February 6, 1916
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 4 
Augusto César Sandino
(Nicaraguan Revolutionary Who Fought Against the United States Occupation of Nicaragua)
Augusto César Sandino
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Birthdate: May 18, 1895
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Niquinohomo, Nicaragua
Died: February 21, 1934
 5 
Román González
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Román González
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Birthdate: June 16, 1987
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 6 
Anastasio Somoza García
(President of Nicaragua from 1937 to 1947 and from 1950 to 1956)
Anastasio Somoza García
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Birthdate: February 1, 1896
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: San Marcos, Nicaragua
Died: September 29, 1956
 7 
Luis Enrique
(Singer)
Luis Enrique
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Birthdate: September 28, 1962
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Somoto, Nicaragua
 8 
Dennis Martínez
(Baseball player)
Dennis Martínez
3
Birthdate: May 14, 1955
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Granada, Nicaragua
 9 
Jonathan Loáisiga
(Baseball player)
Jonathan Loáisiga
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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)
Ernesto Cardenal
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Birthdate: January 20, 1925
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Granada, Nicaragua
Died: March 1, 2020
 11 
Felix Alvarado
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Felix Alvarado
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Birthdate: February 15, 1989
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 12 
Pedro Miguel Arce
(Actor)
Pedro Miguel Arce
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Birthdate: June 17, 1976
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 13 
Daniel Ortega
(President of Nicaragua)
Daniel Ortega
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Birthdate: November 11, 1945
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: La Libertad, Nicaragua
 14 
José Santos Zelaya
(President of Nicaragua (1893 - 1909))
José Santos Zelaya
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Birthdate: November 1, 1853
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Died: May 17, 1919
 15 
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro Cardenal
(Journalist)
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro Cardenal
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Birthdate: September 23, 1924
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Granada, Nicaragua
Died: January 10, 1978
 16 
Thaksin Shinawatra
(23rd Prime Minister of Thailand)
Thaksin Shinawatra
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Birthdate: July 26, 1949
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: San Kamphaeng District, Thailand
 17 
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
(President of Nicaragua (1967 - 1972, 1974 - 1979))
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
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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)
Rigoberto López Pérez
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Birthdate: May 13, 1929
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: León, Nicaragua León, Nicaragua
Died: September 21, 1956
 19 
Tony Meléndez
(Guitar player)
Tony Meléndez
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Birthdate: January 9, 1962
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rivas, Nicaragua
 20 
Juan Bautista Sacasa
(President of Nicaragua (1933 to 1936))
Juan Bautista Sacasa
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Birthdate: December 21, 1874
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: León, Nicaragua
Died: April 17, 1946
 21 
Francisco Fonseca
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Francisco Fonseca
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Birthdate: March 24, 1994
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: El Rama, Nicaragua
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 22 
Rene Alvarado
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Rene Alvarado
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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')
Tomás Borge
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Birthdate: August 13, 1930
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Died: April 30, 2012
 24 
Arnoldo Alemán
(President of Nicaragua)
Arnoldo Alemán
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Birthdate: January 23, 1946
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Managua
 25 
Hernaldo Zúñiga
(Singer-songwriter)
Hernaldo Zúñiga
1
Birthdate: June 2, 1955
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Masaya, Nicaragua
 26 
Rosendo Álvarez
(Nicaraguan Retired Professional Boxer)
Rosendo Álvarez
1
Birthdate: May 6, 1970
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 27 
Cristofer Rosales
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Cristofer Rosales
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Birthdate: October 6, 1994
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 28 
Enrique Bolaños
(Former President of Nicaragua)
Enrique Bolaños
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Birthdate: May 13, 1928
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Masaya, Nicaragua
 29 
Luis Somoza Debayle
(26th President of Nicaragua (1956 - 1963))
Luis Somoza Debayle
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Birthdate: November 18, 1922
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: León, Nicaragua
Died: April 13, 1967
 30 
Arturo Cruz Jr.
(Diplomat)
Arturo Cruz Jr.
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Birthdate: August 13, 1953
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
 31 
Camilo Mejia
(United States Army)
Camilo Mejia
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Birthdate: August 28, 1975
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
 32 
Sergio Ramírez
(Vice President of Nicaragua (1985 - 1990))
Sergio Ramírez
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Birthdate: August 5, 1942
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Masatepe, Nicaragua
 33 
Oswaldo Castillo
(Nicaraguan American Actor)
Oswaldo Castillo
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Birthplace: Nicaragua
Died: March 19, 2021
 34 
Byron Rojas
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Byron Rojas
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Birthdate: June 23, 1990
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Matagalpa, Nicaragua
 35 
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas
(Former President of Nicaragua (1917 - 1921, 1926))
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas
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Birthdate: May 11, 1871
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Acoyapa, Nicaragua
Died: February 26, 1966
 36 
Fernando Cardenal
(Theologian)
Fernando Cardenal
1
Birthdate: January 26, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Granada, Nicaragua
Died: February 20, 2016
 37 
Humberto Ortega
(Nicaraguan Military Leader and Revolutionary)
Humberto Ortega
3
Birthdate: January 10, 1947
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
 38 
Adolfo Calero
(Nicaraguan Businessman and Leader of the 'Nicaraguan Democratic Force')
Adolfo Calero
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Birthdate: December 22, 1931
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Died: June 2, 2012
 39 
Eddie Gazo
(Nicaraguan Former Professional Boxer)
Eddie Gazo
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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')
Fabio Gadea Mantilla
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Birthdate: November 9, 1931
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nicaragua
 41 
Yader Cardoza
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Yader Cardoza
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Birthdate: February 22, 1989
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua
 42 
Miguel Larreynaga
(Philosopher)
Miguel Larreynaga
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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))
Román y Reyes, Víctor Manuel
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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)
Alfonso Cortes
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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)
Pablo Antonio Cuadra
1
Birthdate: November 4, 1912
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Died: January 2, 2002
 46 
Otto de la Rocha
(Singer-songwriter)
Otto de la Rocha
1
Birthdate: August 23, 1933
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Jinotega, Nicaragua
Died: May 25, 2020
 47 
Roberto Solis
(Nicaraguan Criminal & Convicted Murderer)
Roberto Solis
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Birthdate: 1945 AD
Birthplace: Nicaragua
 48 
Jose Coronel Urtecho
(The Most Influential Nicaraguan Thinker of the Twentieth Century)
Jose Coronel Urtecho
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Birthdate: February 28, 1906
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Granada, Nicaragua
Died: March 19, 1994
 49 
Carlos Buitrago
(Nicaraguan Professional Boxer)
Carlos Buitrago
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Birthdate: December 16, 1991
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 50 
Salomon de la Selva
(Nicaraguan Poet and Diplomat)
Salomon de la Selva
1
Birthdate: March 20, 1893
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: León, Nicaragua
Died: February 5, 1959