President. He attempted to run Chile on socialist (some said Communist lines) and was killed during a military coup.
Novelist and committed Communist. His novels depicted the poverty and hopelessness of much of the rural population of his native Brazil.
Dancer. She helped establish the value of Spanish dance as an expression of passion and as an art form.
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.
Liberator. He was a central figure in South American wars of independence.
A romantic revolutionary and a leader of the Cuban Revolution. He was executed in the jungles of Bolivia.
Revolutionary. He was the founding father of Chile.
General. His coup ended Allende's life as well as his Marxist government.