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Born November 26, 1897 • Montevideo • Uruguay
Died July 15, 1964 (aged 66) • Montevideo • Uruguay
Title / Office head of state (1953-1954), Uruguay • president (1947-1951), Uruguay
Founder “Acción”
Tabaré Vázquez
Tabaré Vázquez
president of Uruguay
José Mujica
José Mujica
president of Uruguay
José Batlle y Ordóñez
José Batlle y Ordóñez
president of Uruguay
Juan María Bordaberry Arocena
president of Uruguay
Manuel Ceferino Oribe
Manuel Ceferino Oribe
Uruguayan politician
Raúl Sendic
Uruguayan rebel
José Gervasio Artigas
José Gervasio Artigas
Uruguayan revolutionary
Aparicio Méndez
president of Uruguay
Brum
Baltasar Brum
Uruguayan statesman
Afrânio Coutinho
Brazilian writer and literary critic
Herb Caen
American journalist
Yosef Lapid
Israeli journalist and politician
Tony Snow
American journalist and White House press secretary
Emerson Hough
American author and journalist
Daniel Schorr
American journalist
Jim McKay
American sportscaster and journalist
H. V. Kaltenborn
American journalist and radio pioneer
Harry Reasoner
American broadcast journalist
Rowland Evans
American journalist
Pierre Salinger
American journalist and political figure