Find A Grave - Puerto Rico

Albizu-Campos, Pedro b. September, 1891 d. April 21, 1965
Puerto Rican Nationalist. He was the most prominent of all Puerto Rican leaders who advocated independence for the island of Puerto Rico from the United States, and struggled against colonialism. He spent over 25 years in and out of United States prisons for nationalist uprisings and attempts to overthrown the Puerto Rican government.
Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazziz Cemetery, San Juan, San Juan Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Aponte Martinez, Luis Cardinal b. August 4, 1922 d. April 10, 2012
Roman Catholic Cardinal. The second Puerto Rican Bishop and the first Cardinal, he shall be remembered as the longtime Archbishop of San Juan. Raised in the coastal village of his birth, he was involved in his Church from early childhood, serving as an altar boy for many years. After study at the Seminary of San Juan he completed his education at the St. John Seminary in Boston and was ordained a Priest in the Diocese of Ponce on April 10, 1950. Over the next decade Aponte Martinez was a curate...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cathedral of San Juan Bautista, San Juan, San Juan Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Barbosa, Dr. José Celso b. July 27, 1857 d. September 21, 1921
Dr. José Celso Barbosa was born on July 27th, 1857, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. He was a medical doctor, sociologist, political leader, and was also the first black to attend Puerto Rico's prestigious Jesuit Seminary. Barbosa is known as the "Father of the Statehood for Puerto Rico" movement. He founded the Puerto Rican Republican Party in 1899 aftermath the Spanish-American War in which Puerto Rico became a territory of the U.S. In 1893, Barbosa founded the first Puerto Rican cooperative "El...[Read More] (Bio by: Jose Ruiz-Alvarez)
Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazziz Cemetery, San Juan, San Juan Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Barceló, Antonio R. b. April 15, 1868 d. October 15, 1938
Lawyer and statesman, was the first President of the Senate of Puerto Rico. Received a Doctorate Honoris Causae from Columbia University in 1928. Fought for social justice in Puerto Rico. (Bio by: Jose Ruiz-Alvarez)
Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazziz Cemetery, San Juan, San Juan Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Benitez, Jaime b. October 29, 1908 d. May 30, 2001
Puerto Rican Statesman, Educator. He received law degrees from Georgetown University in 1930 and 1931, and successfully passed the District of Columbia bar exam. Benitez earned a Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1938. He was a Professor at the University of Puerto Rico from 1931 to 1942 and university Chancellor from 1942 to 1966. He was a member of the US Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from 1948 to 1954. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazziz Cemetery, San Juan, San Juan Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Bithorn, Hiram Gabriel b. March 18, 1916 d. December 30, 1951
Major League Baseball Player. He was the first Puerto Rican born Major League Baseball player. Bithorn played for the Chicago Cubs and later the Chicago White Sox, during which he suffered a career-ending injury. His MLB career stats included a 34-31 record with 185 strikeouts, a 3.16 ERA, 30 complete games, eight shutouts, five saves, and 509 innings pitched in 105 games (53 as a starter). He tried to make a comeback in the Mexican winter league. While in Mexico, he was gunned down by a...[Read More] (Bio by: RipkenFan86)
Cementerio Buxeda Memorial Park, Carolina Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Burgos, Julia de b. February 17, 1914 d. July 6, 1953
Author. Arguably Puerto Rico's greatest poet, she combined a Romantic sensibility with keen political insight. Much of her verse is addressed to an alter ego, also named Julia de Burgos, in a restless search for identity within society and nature. With her lyrical directness and feminist concerns she is regarded as a forerunner of such poets as Adrienne Rich and Sylvia Plath. Her most famous poems include the much-anthologized "Rio Grande de Loiza", "To Julia de Burgos", and "Farewell from...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cementerio Municipal de Carolina, Carolina, Carolina Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Candal, Norma b. April 10, 1928 d. February 5, 2006
Actress. She was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. She is remembered for her work on stage in plays such as "Los Árboles Mueren de Pie," "El Oso" and "La Casa sin Reloj." Also on stage, she directed "La Chica del Gato" and "El Diario de Ana Frank." On televison, she played as 'Petunia' in "La Criada Malcriada" and "La Pensión de Doña Tere." She died in Santurce, Puerto Rico. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazziz Cemetery, San Juan, San Juan Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Cortes, Mapy b. March 3, 1910 d. August 3, 1998
Puerto Rican-born actress of the Mexican cinema.
Cementerio Buxeda Memorial Park, Carolina Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
De Gautier, Felisa Rincon b. January 9, 1897 d. September 16, 1994
Politian. Always enthusiastic in here idea that women should get the right to vote is how she became involved in politics. In 1938 she helped found the Partido Popular Democratico, one of the main parties today in Puerto Rico. In 1946 she became the first woman to be mayor of a capital city in America, by being elected mayor of San Juan. In 1954 she was awarded the Woman of the Americas merit. She retired in 1968 and died in 1994. She is buried in the Cementerio de la Capital in San Juan...[Read More] (Bio by: Maru Gines)
Cementerio Metropolitano de la Capital Rio Piedras, San Francisco (San Juan Municipality), San Juan Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Diego, José De b. April 16, 1866 d. October 17, 1918
Puerto Rican poet, speaker, teacher, legislator and patriot. De Diego started his political life in the Assembly of the Autonomist Party in Mayaguez in 1891. He desired the fusion of the Party with the National Autonomist Party. Under the Autonomic government of 1897 he was sub-secretary of Justice. Under the Foraker Law he was elected to the Chamber of Delegates and from 1907 was its president. With the institution of the first House of Representatives in 1917, De Diego was its first president. (Bio by: Jose Ruiz-Alvarez)
Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazziz Cemetery, San Juan, San Juan Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Dipiní, Carmen Delia b. November 18, 1927 d. August 4, 1998
Singer, Entertainer. Born in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, Carmen Delia Dipiní began to sing when she was 7 years oldShe made her professional debut with Don Rafael Quiñones Vidal on WNAM Radio. Helped by her friend, singer Ruth Hernandez, she relocated to New York at 20 years, where she pursued her career as singer. She was contracted to record with Johnny Abino and the San Juan Trio. She worked with Mario de Jesus, accompanied by the Orchestra of René Touzet, recorded in Cuba with the Sonora...[Read More] (Bio by: Jose Ruiz-Alvarez)
Cementerio Municipal Braulio Dueño Colón, Bayamon, Bayamon Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Dueño-Colón, Braulio b. March 26, 1854 d. April 4, 1934
Compsoer. His father was a musician who encouraged the musical aspirations of his son. Between the ages of 14 and 23 he dedicated to his time to the creation of danceable music and regional pieces. He won First prize in a literary-musical contest in 1877. The most important contribution of Braulio Dueño-Colón to Puerto Rican culture were the collections of scholastic songs that wrote specifically for the schools of the country, with texts by the poets Virgilio Dávila and Manuel Fernandez Juncos...[Read More] (Bio by: Jose Ruiz-Alvarez)
Cementerio Municipal Braulio Dueño Colón, Bayamon, Bayamon Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Fernández, Ruth b. May 23, 1919 d. January 9, 2012
Singer, Political Figure. Called "The Soul of Puerto Rico made song", she was perhaps her country's most popular and respected vocalist. Born Ruth Naomi Fernandez Cortada, she was raised by her grandmother following her mother's early death, learned to play the piano at a young age, and by 14 was singing professionally on the radio. Spotted by bandleader Mingo around 1940 she began establishing a following in nightclubs and casinos and soon made her first tour which took her to Latin America...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cementerio Municipal De Ponce, Ponce Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Fernós Isern, Dr. Antonio b. May 10, 1895 d. January 19, 1974
US Congressman. He served as a representative of Puerto Rico in the United States Congress from 1946 to 1965. Before his service in Congress, he was the island’s commissioner of health from 1931 to 1933 and from 1942 to 1946, as well as Puerto Rico’s acting governor from 1943 to 1946. When not involved in public serivce, he kept his medical practice active. He was Puerto Rico's first cardiologist. (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Cementerio Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis, San Juan, San Juan Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Ferre, Luis Alberto b. February 17, 1904 d. October 21, 2003
Puerto Rico Governor. Ferre served as the Governor of Puerto Rico from 1969 to 1973. Ferre also served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Puerto Rico in 1964. In 1967 he founded the Pro-Statehood New Progressive Party, and also served as Puerto Rico's Senate President from 1977 to 1980. (Bio by: K)
Cementerio Las Mercedes, Ponce Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Ferrer, Jose b. January 8, 1909 d. January 26, 1992
Actor, Director. Born Jose Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintron, he was raised in the US since his childhood, initially intending to become an architect, he developed an interest in acting and studied Drama at Princeton. Ferrer's career in entertainment was initiated more than a decade before launching his Hollywood career, as he began on the Broadway stage with the comedy "A Slight Case of Murder" (1935). During the next thirteen years, he performed in more than a dozen plays including what is...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Cause of death: heart failure
Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazziz Cemetery, San Juan, San Juan Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Plot: Plot 89-255
Flores, Pedro b. March 9, 1897 d. July 13, 1979
Composers of ballads and boleros. After graduating as a teacher from the University of Puerto Rico when he was only 16 years old, he spent the next five years teaching in various rural towns in the southeastern corner of the island. He was called to military duty in 1918 with the United States Army, where he served in a clerical position. After moving to New York City, he met Puerto Rican composer Rafael Hernandez, who introduced him to his many friends, mostly musicians, who provided an outlet...[Read More] (Bio by: Jose Ruiz-Alvarez)
Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazziz Cemetery, San Juan, San Juan Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Foley, Alexander Joseph b. February 19, 1866
China Boxer Rebellion Medal of Honor Recipient. Foley served as a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. He was awarded his medal for service during the China Boxer Rebellion. His citation reads-In the presence of the enemy in the battle near Tientsin, China, 13 July 1900, Foley distinguished himself by meritorious conduct. (Bio by: K)
Culebra Naval Station Cemetery, Culebra, Culebra Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA
Garcia, Fernando Luis b. October 14, 1929 d. September 5, 1952
Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Garcia served as a Private First Class, United States Marine Corps, Company I, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). He was awarded his medal posthumously for service in Korea, on September 5, 1952. His citation reads-For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a member of Company I, in action against enemy aggressor forces. While participating in the...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Bayamon, Bayamon Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA

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