Rigoberta Menchú

Rigoberta Menchú

female, 50 years old
Rigoberta Menchú Tum (born in Chimel, Quiché department, January 9, 1959) is an indigenous Guatemalan, of the Quiché-Maya ethnic group. She was the...
Rafael Carrera

Rafael Carrera

male, deceased (1865)
José Rafael Carrera Turcios was the ruler of Guatemala from about 1839 until his death. He was the first President of Guatemala, representing the C...
Humberto Ak'Abal

Humberto Ak'Abal

male, 57 years old
Humberto Ak'abal is a Maya-Quiché poet from Guatemala. His family is from Momostenango. He is considered one of the most important living G...
Juan Carlos Plata

Juan Carlos Plata

male, 38 years old
Juan Carlos Plata (born January 1, 1971) is a Guatemalan football striker, the highest goalscorer in the history of the Guatemala national team. He...

Jesús Tecú Osorio

male, 38 years old
Jesús Tecú Osorio is a Guatemalan social activist, worker for human rights, and advocate for the Achi Maya. In 1982, much of the population of Rí...

Humberto Ak'Ab'Al

male, 57 years old
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...

Otilia Lux de Cotí

female
Otilia Lux de Cotí is a Guatemalan social leader and politician. She was a member of that country's Historical Clarification Commission, charged w...