Diego de Landa

Diego de Landa

male, deceased (1579)
Bishop of Yucatán, Roman Catholic bishop, Izamal, Colonial Mexico, Franciscan, Guadalajara, Spain…Maya civilization, Mayapeoples, Maya language
Diego de Landa Calderón was Bishop of Yucatán. He left future generations with a mixed legacy in his writings which contain much valuable in...
Arthur Demarest

Arthur Demarest

male
American archaeological writer, Vanderbilt University faculty, Harvard University alumni, Anthropology writer, Archaeology educator, Society of Fellow…Mayapeoples, contemporary Maya, Maya civilization
Arthur Demarest is an anthropologist and archaeologist, known for his studies of the Maya civilization. He studied Mesoamerican anthropology and...
J. Eric S. Thompson

J. Eric S. Thompson

male, deceased (1975)
Archaeologist, belize, calendar, chichen itza, gregorian calendar, ethnology…maya, Maya civilization, Maya hieroglyphics, Maya calendar, Maya ceramics
Sir John Eric Sidney Thompson (31 December, 1898 - 9 September, 1975) was an English archeologist and Mayanist epigrapher, regarded as the...
Gonzalo Guerrero

Gonzalo Guerrero

male
spanish conquistador, Palos de la Frontera, Mestizo, Yucatán Peninsula, Mayapeoples, Spanish conquistadore…maya
Gonzalo Guerrero was a sailor from Palos, in Spain who shipwrecked along the Yucatan Peninsula and was taken as a slave by the local Maya. Earning...

Gerónimo de Aguilar

male
Nachan Kaan, Mexican state, Spanish Conquest of Mexico, conquest of mexico, quintana roo, Maya civilization…Yucatec Maya, Mayapeoples, maya
Gerónimo de Aguilar was a Franciscan friar born in Seville. Aguilar was later involved with the 1519 Spanish conquest of Mexico, and with the m...
Edward Herbert Thompson

Edward Herbert Thompson

male, deceased (1935)
Archaeologist, atlantis, Explorer of Central America, chichen itza, American, american antiquarian society…Maya civilization, Mayapeoples, Yucatec Maya language
Edward Herbert Thompson (28 September, 1857 - 11 May, 1935) was a United States born archaeologist and diplomat. Edward H. Thompson was born in...
Karl Sapper

Karl Sapper

male, deceased (1945)
linguistics, Mayapeoples, German, guatemala, central america, Geographer…Maya archaeological sites
Karl Theodor Sapper was a German traveller, explorer, antiquarian and linguist, who is known for his research into the natural history, cultures...

Humberto Ak'Ab'Al

male, 57 years old
poet, guatemala, spanish, spanish language, maya, universidad de san carlos de guatemala…Mayapeoples
Humberto Ak'ab'al also Ak'abal or Akabal is a K'iche' Maya poet from Guatemala. His poetry has been published in French, English, German, and...
Comandante Ramona

Comandante Ramona

female, deceased (2006)
Women in war in South America, Death from renal failure, death by tuberculosis, mayan, commander, ramona…maya, Mayapeoples, Indigenous peoples of Mexico
"Comandante" (Spanish: "Commander") Ramona (died January 6, 2006) was the nom de guerre of an officer of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation...
Juan Galindo

Juan Galindo

male, deceased (1839)
Irish-Spaniard, spanish conquistador, Irish-spaniards, nicaragua, ancient egypt, liberal…maya, Maya civilization, Mayapeoples
Juan Galindo (1802 - 1839) was a Central American explorer and army officer. He fought for Central American independence from Spain and led the...