Luis Muñoz Marín

male, deceased (1980)
poet, Puerto Rican, journalist, GovernorofPuertoRico, presidential medal of freedom, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient…From San Juan, Puerto Rico, Government of the United States
José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marín was a poet, journalist and politician. He was the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico and con...

Juan Ponce de León

male, deceased (1521)
death by poisoning, Fountain of Youth, spanish conquistador, Florida colonial, moorish, Age of Discovery…GovernorofPuertoRico
Juan Ponce de León (c. 1460 - July 1521) was a Spanish conquistador. He was born in Santervás de Campos (Valladolid). As a young man he joined th...

Luis Fortuño

male, 49 years old
Luis Guillermo Fortuño-Burset, GovernorofPuertoRico, Lucé Vela, Luis Guillermo Fortuño, Congressional Hispanic Conference, Resident Commissioner…Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, From puerto rico
Luis Guillermo Fortuño-Burset is a corporate lawyer and politician from Puerto Rico. He is the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the United S...

Rafael Hernández Colón

male, 73 years old
Johns Hopkins University alumni, Puerto Rican, GovernorofPuertoRico, Senator of Puerto Rico, politician, From Ponce, Puerto Rico…Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Rafael Hernández Colón is a Puerto Rican politician who was the fourth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for three non-consecutive te...

Luis A. Ferré

male, deceased (2003)
Political history of Puerto Rico, United States statehood campaigns, Death from respiratory failure, From Ponce, Puerto Rico, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Senator of Puerto Rico…Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GovernorofPuertoRico, Puerto Rican
Don Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. He was the third G...
Sila María Calderón

Sila María Calderón

female, 67 years old
Mayor of municipalities in Puerto Rico, heads of government, secretary of state, Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Government of Puerto Rico, woman head of government…From San Juan, Puerto Rico, GovernorofPuertoRico, former Governor of Puerto Rico employee
Sila María Calderón Serra was the seventh Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. She is the only woman ever elected to th...