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• Bidlack, Benjamin Alden  b. September 8, 1804  d. February 6, 1849
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1841 to 1845. He also served as a Member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1835, and as the United States Charge d'Affaires to New Grenada from 1845 until his death in 1849. (Bio by: K)
  English Cemetery, Bogota, Distrito Capital, Colombia
   
• Borrero, Misael Pastrana    b. November 14, 1923  d. August 21, 1997
  President of Columbia (1970-1974); Father of president of columbia.
  San Ignacio Church, Bogota, Distrito Capital, Colombia
   
• Duque, Aníbal Muñoz    b. October 3, 1908  d. January 15, 1987
  Roman Catholic Cardinal. A native of Santa Rosa de Osos, he studied at the Seminary of Santa Rosa de Osos, and he was ordained, on November 19, 1933, in his hometown. He worked as a Faculty member and prefect of the Minor Seminary of the Institute of Missions of Yarumal, from 1933 to 1937 and later was promoted and served as rector and vice-superior general of this same Institute from 1937 to 1950. On May 27, 1951, he was consecrated bishop of Socorro y San Gil. The next year, on December 18...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
  Santa Fe De Bogota Cathedral, Bogota, Distrito Capital, Colombia
  Plot: Nearby chapel of El Sagrario
   
• Jimenez de Quesada, Gonzalo    b. 1499  d. 1579
  Founder of Santa Fe De Bogota(now Bogota), the capital of Columbia.
  Catedral Primada, Bogota, Distrito Capital, Colombia
   
• Jimenez de Quesada, Gonzalo [cenotaph]    b. 1499  d. 1579
  Founder of Santa Fe De Bogota(now Bogota), the capital of Columbia.
  Bogata Central Cemetery, Bogota, Distrito Capital, Colombia
   
• Jimenez de Quesada, Gonzalo [original burial site]    b. 1499  d. 1579
  Founder of Santa Fe De Bogota(now Bogota), the capital of Columbia.
  Santa Lucia Ruins, Bogota, Distrito Capital, Colombia
   
• Moreno Durán, Rafael Humberto   b. November 7, 1946  d. November 21, 2005
  Author. He was born in Tunja, Bocayá, Colombia. He became well know for his trilogy "Femina Suite," that include "Juego de Damas," "Tique de Diana" and "Finale Capriccioso con Madonna." He also wrote "Mambrú Se Fue a la Guerra," the tales book "Cartas en el Asunto" and the essay "De la Barbarie a la Imaginación." He died of cancer in Bogotá, Colombia. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Jardines de la Paz, Bogota, Distrito Capital, Colombia
   
• Puyana, Rafael   b. October 14, 1931  d. March 1, 2013
  Musician. A harpsichordist, he is remembered as the late 20th century's premier exponent of his instrument. Born Rafael Antonio Lazara Puyana Michelsen, he manifested his talent early, began formal piano study at six, and at 13 made a well received recital debut at Bogata's Teatro Colon. At 16 he relocated to Boston for study at the New England Conservatory and while there developed an attraction to the then largely ignored harpsichord then after further education at Hartford, Connecticut's...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
  Cementerio Central, Bogota, Distrito Capital, Colombia
   
• Salavarrieta, Policarpa [cenotaph]    b. January 26, 1795  d. November 14, 1817
  Martyr of the Columbian revolution of 1817.
  Santa Fe De Bogota Cathedral, Bogota, Distrito Capital, Colombia
   

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