Juan Santamaría

male, deceased (1856)
filibuster, costa rican, Secular holidays, single mother, torch, central america
Juan Santamaría, is officially recognized as the national hero of the Republic of Costa Rica. A national holiday in Costa Rica, Juan Santamaría Da...
Philip Nolan

Philip Nolan

male, deceased (1801)
the man without a country, from Texas, filibuster, Indian, from Louisiana, belfast
Philip Nolan was a horse-trader and freebooter in Natchez, on the Mississippi River, and the Spanish province of Texas. He is not to be confused...
Juan Rafael Mora Porras

Juan Rafael Mora Porras

male, deceased (1860)
Anselmo Llorente, José María Castro, president, costa rica, President of Costa Rica, central america…filibuster
Juan Rafael Mora Porras was President of Costa Rica from 1849 to 1859. He first assumed the presidency following José María Castro's resignation an...

John Golding

male, deceased (1999)
London School of Economics, filibuster, Leader of British trade unions, labour party, member of parliament, Alumni of the London School of Economics
John Golding (9 March 1931 - 20 January 1999) was a Labour Party politician and Trade Union leader in the United Kingdom. He was educated at...
Peter Ellis Bean

Peter Ellis Bean

male, deceased (1846)
filibuster, revolutionary, American, veracruz, American military personnel
Peter Ellis Bean (June 8, 1783, Bean Station, Tennessee – October 3, 1846, Veracruz) was a United States filibuster in Texas and Mexico, and a Me...
Thomas Gore

Thomas Gore

male, deceased (1949)
Republican, filibuster, from Oklahoma, democratic, blind, United States Senator
Thomas Pryor Gore (born Governor Thomas Pryor Gore on December 10, 1870 - March 16, 1949) was a Democratic politician. Born in Webster County,...
Joseph Gillis Biggar

Joseph Gillis Biggar

male, deceased (1890)
filibuster, belfast, conservative party, conservative, liberal, member of the United Kingdom Parliament
Joseph Gillis Biggar commonly known as Joe Biggar or J. G. Biggar, was an Irish Nationalist politician from Belfast who served as the Home Rule...

Narcisco López

male
filibuster, Cuban, Soldier, Cuban-American relations, flag of Cuba
Narcisco López was a Cuban born soldier of fortune. He fled Cuba for New York City in 1848 after a failed attempt to create a revolt among Cuban p...
Gerald Regan

Gerald Regan

male, 81 years old
Nova Scotia lawyer, opposition, Canadian political scandal, Canadian of Irish descent, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Nova Scotia House of Assembly…filibuster
Gerald Augustine Regan, LLB, QC, PC (born February 13, 1928) is a Canadian politician. Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Gerald Regan graduated from...
Bill Meier

Bill Meier

male, 69 years old
from Texas, U.S. Senator, Worker's Compensation, Robert C. Byrd, attorney, texas lawyer…filibuster
William Carl "Bill" Meier (born 1940) is an attorney and a former member of the Texas State Senate from Hurst in Tarrant County, who holds the...