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Also Known As Joaquín Murieta
Baptized 1830 • Mexico?
Died 1853 • California?
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Mexican military officer
Gilbert Roland
American actor
Sofia Huerta
Sofia Huerta
American soccer player
Anthony Quinn (left) and Alan Bates in Zorba the Greek (1964).
Anthony Quinn
Mexican American actor
Ramos, Jorge
Jorge Ramos
Mexican-American journalist and author
Walter Knott
American entrepreneur
Elizabeth Catlett
Elizabeth Catlett
American-born Mexican artist
Memo Gracida
Mexican athlete
John Bidwell
American politician
Mario Molina
Mario Molina
American chemist
José Limón
José Limón
Mexican-born American dancer
Jim Bowie, portrait by an unknown artist; in the Capitol Building, Austin, Texas
James Bowie
American soldier
Ali Paşa Tepelenë
Ali Paşa Tepelenë
Ottoman leader
Rob Roy
Rob Roy
Scottish outlaw
Geórgios Karaïskákis
Greek rebel
Fra Diavolo
Italian guerrilla leader
Hans Kohlhase
German brigand
Clark Howell
American journalist
Vitaly Komar
American artist
William F. Friedman
American cryptologist