People & stories

18th century · 1680–1767

Bienville

Governor of French Louisiana, 'the Father of New Orleans'

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18th–19th century · c. 1758–1819

Kamehameha I

Founding monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi

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19th century · 1822–1903

Frederick Law Olmsted

Father of American landscape architecture

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20th century · 1882–1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd President of the United States

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24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830

Simón Bolívar, full name Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios

Early-19th-century South American independence leader, known as the "Liberator", first president of Bolivia (1825).

1829–1839

Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana

19th-century Andean soldier-politician, president of Bolivia (1829–1839) and Supreme Protector of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation (1836–1839).

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1861–1872

Benito Juárez, full name Benito Pablo Juárez García

19th-century Mexican president (1861–1872) and national hero, a Zapotec politician who led liberal reform and resistance to French intervention.

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6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954

Frida Kahlo, full name Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón

20th-century Mexican painter, known for intensely coloured self-portraits confronting the body and identity.

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2 December 1825 – 5 December 1891

Dom Pedro II, full name Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga

Second and last emperor of the Empire of Brazil, reigning 1831–1889, known as "the Magnanimous".

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21 June 1839 – 29 September 1908

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

19th-century Brazilian novelist, poet, and short-story writer, recognised as Brazil's greatest writer and first president of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

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7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957

Gabriela Mistral, originally Lucila Godoy Alcayaga

Chilean poet, educator, and diplomat of the first half of the 20th century, winner of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature and the first Latin American writer to receive the prize.

12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973

Pablo Neruda, originally Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto

20th-century Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician, winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.

17th century · 1574–1635

Samuel de Champlain

Founder of Quebec City, 'the Father of New France'

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1867–1873

John Alexander Macdonald, known as Sir John A. Macdonald

Canada's first prime minister (1867–1873, 1878–1891) and the central figure in creating the federation.

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25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850

José de San Martín, full name José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras

Early-19th-century South American independence commander, known as the "Liberator of Argentina, Chile, and Peru".

24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986

Jorge Luis Borges, full name Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges

20th-century Argentine poet, essayist, and short-story writer, a classic author of the Spanish-speaking literary world.

28 March 1936 – 13 April 2025

Mario Vargas Llosa, full name Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa

20th–21st-century Peruvian novelist, essayist, and political activist, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature and a central figure of the Latin American "Boom".

Inca Empire · 15th century

Pachacuti

Ninth Sapa Inca

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