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José de San Martin
Date died: August 17, 1850 He was an Argentine soldier, statesman, and national hero José de San Martín helped lead the revolutions against Spanish rule in Argentina, Chile and Peru. -
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Date died: September 11, 1888 He overthrew Juan Manuel de Rosas, and went to power. -
Hipolito Irigoyen
Date died: July 3, 1933 He was active in social reforms for the poor and working class, including improving factory conditions, regulating work hours, and pushing for pensions. -
Juan Perón
Date died: July 1, 1974
Juan Perón was a military officer and politician who was elected president of Argentina three times. His administration charted a mass new economic path for the country. Preaching industrialization and government intervention, Perón promoted a "Third Way" that was neither capitalism nor communist. He also severely restricted existing constitutional liberties and rewrote the law to allow his reelection in 1951. -
Eva Perón
Date died: July 26, 1952 She was the third wife of Juan Perón. Once her husband died, she took power and used her position to fight for women's suffrage and improving the lives of the poor. -
Che Guevara
Date died: Oct 9, 1967 He helped overthrow the Cuban government with the 26th of July Movement in 1959. -
Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis)
He has been to many countries to speak, and he is the first Pope from the Americas. -
Juan Carlos Romero
He was a Argentine Senator in 2007. -
Manu Ginobili
He's an NBA shooting guard who won his fourth NBA Championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2014 and also led Argentina to a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. -
Lionel Messi
Lionel is a soccer player. He has won the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2009 which is really amazing.