Find A Grave - Nicaragua

Arguello, Alexis b. April 19, 1952 d. July 1, 2009
Professional Boxer. He held world titles in the Featherweight, Super Featherweight and Lightweight Divisions. In 1974, he won his first world championship title when he defeated Mexico's Ruben Olivares for the WBA Featherweight crown. In 1978, he won the WBC Super Featherweight belt after he was victorious over Puerto Rico's Alfredo Escalera. In 1981, he would capture his third title with a points victory over Scotland's Jim Watt for the WBC Lightweight crown. It was perhaps a 14th round...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Cementerio Jardines del Recuerdo, Managua, Managua, Nicaragua
Darío, Rubén b. January 18, 1867 d. February 6, 1916
Poet. Born in Nicaragua, he is the highest figure of the Modernism Movement. Among his best remembered books are "Prosas Profanas," "Cantos de Vida y Esperanza," "Epístolas y Poemas," "Azul," and "Los Raros." His real name was Félix Rubén García Sarmiento. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cathedral de León, Managua, Managua, Nicaragua
Fonseca, Carlos b. June 23, 1936 d. November 8, 1976
Also known as Carlos Fonseca Amador. Inspired by the story of Augusto Cesar Sandino, he helped found the Nicaraguan Sandinista movement. He was killed fighting Nicaraguan National Guard forces loyal to dictatorial president Anastasio Somoza Debayle. He was first buried near his place of death in the Zinica forest. After the Sandinista revolution, he was reinterred in a tomb at the Plaza of the Revolution in Managua.
Carlos Fonseca burial site, Managua, Managua, Nicaragua
Gamble, William b. January 1, 1818 d. December 20, 1866
Civil War Union Brigadier General.
Cause of death: Cholera
Virgin Grove Cemetery, Virgin Bay, Rivas, Nicaragua
Somoza Debayle, Luis b. November 18, 1922 d. April 13, 1967
Nicaraguan President. The oldest son of dictator Anastasio Somoza, he was educated in the United States. Returning to Nicaragua after he graduated, Somoza entered congress in 1950 and was president of the chamber of deputies when he became first acting president, then president upon his father's assassination in 1956. He liberalized his father's regime somewhat, instituted social reforms, and improved the economy, chiefly through diversification and foreign loans. Somoza was a blunt...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye)
Cementerio Occidental, Managua, Managua, Nicaragua
Plot: Cripto de Oficiales de la Guardia Nacional
Somoza Garcia, Anastasio b. February 1, 1896 d. September 29, 1956
Nicaraguan President, Military Leader. After the end of United States military intervention in Nicaragua in 1933, he rose to power as head of the national guard. Though himself a member of the Liberal party, Somoza, in 1936, engineered a successful coup against the incumbent Liberal regime of Juan Bautista Sacasa, who he believed was a weak leader. In 1937, he formally assumed the presidency. Somoza resigned in 1947, but before a month had elapsed, he ousted his successor Leonardo...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye)
Cementerio Occidental, Managua, Managua, Nicaragua
Plot: Cripto de Oficiales de la Guardia Nacional
White, Joseph Livingston d. January 12, 1861
US Congressman, Business Executive. Born circa 1812, he was an attorney in Madison, Indiana in 1840 when he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Whig and served one term, 1841 to 1843. He did not run for reelection and moved to New York City. In 1848 he advocated against the Whig nomination of slaveholder Zachary Taylor for President, and was a Delegate to the convention of "Free Soil" Democrats and "Conscience" Whigs that nominated Martin Van Buren. In the 1850s White was...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Corinto City Cemetery, Corinto, Chinandega, Nicaragua

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