Find A Grave - Venezuela

Angel, Jimmie (James Crawford) b. August 1, 1899 d. December 8, 1956
Aviator. Best known for discovering and naming Angel Falls in the Venezuelan jungle. Rising 3,212 feet above the jungle floor, it is the worlds tallest waterfall. A pilot with James Lindberg's Flying Circus, he flew to Venezuelan Guayana with James McCracken in search of a river filled with gold.
Cause of death: Internal injuries from a plane accident
Angel Falls Waterfall, Angel Falls, Bolivar, Venezuela
Plot: His ashes were spread over the waterfall
GPS coordinates: 33.0000000, 44.0000000 (hddd.dddd)
Bendayán, Amador b. November 11, 1920 d. August 4, 1989
Entertainer. In the 1950´s he gained popularity for his radio comedies "El Bachiller y Bartolo" and "La Bodega de la Esquina." He participated in several movies at Venezuela and Mexico. After his actor career Bendayán was the most popular Venezuelan television. figure thanks to the show "Sábado Sensacional" (1972 to 1989). (Bio by: 380W)
Cementerio del Este, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Betancourt, Rómulo b. February 22, 1908 d. September 28, 1981
Venezuelan Political Leader, two times President of Venezuela (1945-48 and 1959-64.) Following a stormy career as leader of radical student groups, he founded in 1935 the ORVE, which later became the party Acción Democrática. In 1945 placed in power by a military coup, declared the universal suffrage, instituted social reforms, and secured for his country the 50% of the profits of petroleum explotation. Forced into exile in 1948, he came back ten years later and was elected president. In 1973...[Read More] (Bio by: 380W)
Cementerio del Este, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Plot: M-17-I-B
Blanco, Andrés Eloy b. August 6, 1897 d. May 21, 1955
Poet, Lawyer and Politician. Co-founder of the Acción Democrática party. Among his poems are: "A un Año de tu Luz," "Canto a España," "Poda," "Abigaìl," "Las Uvas del Tiempo" and many others. (Bio by: 380W)
National Pantheon, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Blanco Fombona, Rufino b. June 17, 1874 d. October 16, 1944
Venezuelan poet, essayist and novelist, one of the leaders of Modernismo. Active in Venezuelan political affairs, he lived exiliated many years in Europe and contributed to spread the knowledge of Spanish American literature abroad. His poems, as the collection "Cantos de la Prisión y del Destierro" are better than his novels. Among his novels are "El Hombre de Hierro" and "El Hombre de Oro." Also a politician, during the II Spanish Republic, he was Governator of the Provinces of Almería (...[Read More] (Bio by: 380W)
National Pantheon, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Bolivar, Simon b. July 24, 1783 d. December 17, 1830
Venezuelan born General. He was known as "El Libertador" (The Liberator) of northern South America, gaining the independence of Spanish colonies that became the countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. He has also been called the "George Washington of South America." Born Simon Jose Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolivar in Caracas, New Spain, in what is now Venezuela, he was the son of Don Juan Vicente Bolivar y Ponte, and Doña Maria de la Concepcion Palacios y...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
National Pantheon, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Caldera, Rafael b. January 24, 1916 d. December 24, 2009
President of Venezuela. Orphaned at an early age, he was adopted by wealthy Catholic relatives, through whom he was able to study at a Jesuitical school in Caracas and later at the university. There he obtained a doctorate in laws and political sciences. While still a student he became involved in politics, and in 1946 he was a co-founder of the Christian-Democratic party (COPEI). He was unsuccessful as the party's candidate in the 1947, 1958 and 1963 presidential elections, but eventually...[Read More] (Bio by: 380W)
Cementerio del Este, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Carrasquel, Alfonso b. January 23, 1928 d. May 26, 2005
Major League Baseball Player. Best known as shortstop-playing "Chico" Carrasquel. He was the first Latin-American All Star in major league history (1951). He became the third Venezuelan to play in the majors. In 1951 he broke an American League record by taking 297 chances (in 53 games played) without an error. In a 10-season career he was a .258 hitter with 55 home runs and 474 RBI in 1325 games. (Bio by: 380W)
Cementerio del Este, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Carreño, Teresa b. December 22, 1853 d. June 12, 1917
Celebrated Venezuelan pianist conductor, singer and composer. She was a musician of great power and spirit, known to her public as the "Walkyrie of the piano." Her career was especially successful in Germany where she lived and taught for more than thirty years. She wrote many compositions for piano and one String Quartet in B Minor. (Bio by: 380W)
National Pantheon, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Carrero, Hilda b. December 26, 1951 d. February 28, 2002
Actress. She began her career participating in Miss Venezuela 1973, finishing as 3rd finalist. Well known in Latin America and USA for her main roles in soap operas like "Angélica," "Emilia," "Las Amazonas," "El Sol Sale para Todos" and many others. (Bio by: 380W)
Cause of death: Cancer
Cementerio del Este, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Plot: 27-640-IV-A
Chávez, Hugo b. July 28, 1954 d. March 5, 2013
52nd president of Venezuela. Chavez attended the Venezuelan military academy and served as an army officer before participating in an effort to overthrow the government of Carlos Andres Perez in 1992, along with other disenchanted members of the military. The coup failed and Chávez spent two years in prison before being pardoned. He eventually became president of Venezuela in 1999. Early into his presidency, he created a new constitution for the country, which included changing its name to the...[Read More] (Bio by: Louis Mata)
El Museo Histórico Militar de Caracas, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Chimaras, Yanis b. August 1, 1955 d. April 24, 2007
Actor. Born Juan Andrés Yanis Chimaras Maury, he was one of the most popular Venezuelan actors of the 1980s and 1990s, and well known in all Latin America for his roles in television soap operas. He appeared in more than 20 soap operas, including "Luisana Mía", "Elizabeth", "La Salvaje", "Piel", "Amantes de Luna Llena", and "Ciudad Bendita", among others. He also participated in nine movies like "Cangrejo", "Colt Comando 5.57", "Retén de Catia", "Amaneció de Golpe" and others. Death...[Read More] (Bio by: 380W)
Cementerio del Este, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Cruz, Juan Eduardo b. June 17, 1928 d. May 16, 1975
Horse Racing Jockey. Born in Chile, won in his country near 400 races and the 1947-48 statistics. Arrived at Venezuela in 1948 won 1,655 races and four statistics. (Bio by: 380W)
Cause of death: Horse racing accident
Cementerio del Este, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
De Miranda, Gen. Francisco [memorial] b. March 28, 1750 d. July 14, 1816
Military Figure. He is considered "the forerunner of the American Emancipation" against the Spanish Empire. Known as "The First Universal Venezuelan" and "The most universal American", was a participant of the Independence of the United States, the French Revolution and later of Independence of Venezuela, being the leader of the "Patriotic Side" and Head of the First Republic of Venezuela, as Plenipotentiary Dictator and Supreme Chief of States of Venezuela. He fought on three continents: as...[Read More] (Bio by: Errete)
National Pantheon, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Plot: Monument for General Francisco de Miranda
Delgado Chalbaud, Carlos b. January 20, 1909 d. November 13, 1950
Venezuelan Statesman. He served as President of Venezuela from 1948 to 1950. Born in Caracas into a military family, he was raised in Paris from age four while his father, General Ramon Delgado Chalbaud, spent 14 years in prison for opposing the dictatorship of Juan Vicente Gomez. In 1929 he joined his father and an army of Venezuelan exiles in attempting to seize the port city of Cumana, the first step of a planned overthrow of the Gomez regime; the invasion failed and the General was killed...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cementerio General del Sur, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Ducós, Zoe b. March 6, 1928 d. November 11, 2002
Cinema, stage, radio and TV actress. Born in Argentina, she participated in 14 movies. She is especially remembered for her participation in the movie "Dios se lo Pague" (1948). In the 1950s she moved to Venezuela where she developed a successful career in cinema, TV, radio and stage. In the 1980s and 1990s she was acclaimed again through soap operas like "Pobre Diabla," "Topacio," and "Cristal." (Bio by: 380W)
Cementerio General del Sur, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Frómeta, Billo b. November 15, 1915 d. May 5, 1988
Musician, Orchestra Leader. Born Luis María Frómeta Pereira in Dominican Republic, arrived at Venezuela in 1937, and in the mid-1940s founded the Billo´s Caracas Boys, which became the most popular orchestra in Venezuela and part of the Caribbean. (Bio by: 380W)
Cementerio del Este, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Gallegos, Romulo b. August 2, 1884 d. April 4, 1969
Venezuelan statesman and author. Gallegos, was the first popularly elected President of Venezuela. He held the post from February 1948 to October 1948. That same year he was ousted during a military coup perpetrated by General Marcos Perez Jimenez and he went into exile. In 1958 Gallegos returned to Venezuela and was voted life membership in the senate. He was also the author of the books, "El Ultimo Solar" (1920), "Dona Barbara" (1931), "El Forastero" (1942) and "Sobre La Misma Tierra" (1943).
Cementerio General del Sur, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Garmendia, Salvador b. June 11, 1928 d. May 13, 2001
Writer. One of Venezuela´s most interesting narrators he wrote "Los Pequeños Seres," "Los Habitantes," "Día de Ceniza," "La Mala Vida" and many others. He also wrote "Fiebre," "Juan Topocho" and "La Gata Borracha." (Bio by: 380W)
Cementerio del Este, Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
Gómez, Juan Vicente b. July 24, 1857 d. December 17, 1935
Venesuela President. He was President of Venezuela from 1908 to 1935. Bborn on a farm in western Venezuela close to the Colombian frontier, when his father died in 1883 he became head of the family and lived by running the farm and raising cattle. An armed revolution against the country's president, Ignacio Andrade, forced Gómez to abandon his lands in 1899. He supported the new president, Cipriano Castro, leading his guerilla henchmen against Castro's enemies and was rewarded by being made...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Cementerio General de Maracay, Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
Plot: Panteón de Gral. Gómez

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