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Born c.1495 • Córdoba • Granada • Spain
Died February 16, 1579 • Viceroyalty of New Granada
Benalcázar, Sebastián de
Sebastián de Benalcázar
Spanish conqueror
Virgilio Barco Vargas
president of Colombia
César Gaviria Trujillo
president of Colombia
Juan Manuel Santos
president of Colombia
Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Álvaro Uribe
president of Colombia
Iván Duque
Iván Duque
president of Colombia
Gustavo Petro
Gustavo Petro
president of Colombia
Ernesto Samper
president of Colombia
Pastrana Arango, Andrés
Andrés Pastrana Arango
president of Colombia
Ingrid Betancourt
Ingrid Betancourt
Colombian politician
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
dictator of Colombia
Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento
Colombian lawyer and politician
Alfonso López Michelsen
president of Colombia
Julio César Turbay Ayala
president of Colombia
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco de Paula Santander
Colombian statesman and soldier
Rafael Reyes
president of Colombia
Germán Arciniegas
Colombian writer and diplomat
Rafael Núñez
Rafael Núñez
president of Colombia
Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
president of New Granada and Colombia
Eduardo Santos Montejo
president of Colombia