People on Haiti-and-domrep's street signs

Juan Pablo Duarte

52 Juan Pablo Duarte y Díez was a Dominican military leader, writer, activist, and nationalist politician who was the foremost of the Founding Fathers of the Dominican Republic and bears the title of...

Matías Ramón Mella

21 Ramón Matías Mella Castillo, known as Ramón Mella, was a Dominican revolutionary, politician, and military general who also led in the Dominican War of Independence. He is regarded as one of the...

María Trinidad Sánchez

19 María Trinidad Sánchez also known by her nickname, Mother Founder, was a Dominican freedom fighter and a heroine of the Dominican War of Independence. She participated on the rebel side as a courier....

Mirabal sisters

12 The Mirabal sisters were four sisters from the Dominican Republic, three of whom opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo and were involved in activities against his regime. The three sisters were...

Antonio Guzmán Fernández

10 Sylvestre Antonio Guzmán Fernández, best known as Antonio Guzmán, was a Dominican businessman and a politician who served as the 46th president of the Dominican Republic from 1978 until his death in...

Toussaint Louverture

7 François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda, was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. During his life,...

Sténio Vincent

6 Sténio Joseph Vincent was President of Haiti from November 18, 1930 to May 15, 1941.               

Manolo Tavárez Justo

6 Manuel Aurelio "Manolo" Tavárez Justo fue un abogado, dirigente político, revolucionario y guerrillero dominicano

Máximo Gómez

6 Máximo Gómez y Báez was a Dominican-Cuban general. After first getting military experience while fighting for his motherland in the Dominican War of Independence, he later fought against his former...

Christopher Columbus

6 Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening...

Gregorio Luperón

5 Gregorio Luperón was a Dominican revolutionary, military general, businessman, liberal politician, freemason, and statesman who was one of the leaders in the Dominican Restoration War.

Abraham Lincoln

4 Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederate...

Charles de Gaulle

4 Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of...

José Núñez de Cáceres

4 José Núñez de Cáceres y Albor was a Dominican revolutionary and writer. Known for being the leader of the first Dominican independence movement against Spain in 1821, his actions preceded the...

Antonio Imbert Barrera

4 Major General Antonio Cosme Imbert Barrera was a Dominican military officer and the 44th President of the Dominican Republic from May to August 1965.

Juan Bosch (politician)

4 Juan Emilio Bosch y Gaviño, also known as El Profesor, was a Dominican politician, historian, writer, essayist, educator, and the first democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic for...

Saint Anne

4 According to Christian tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary, the wife of Joachim and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the Bible's canonical gospels. In...

Simón Bolívar

4 Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco was a Venezuelan military officer and statesman who led what are currently the countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador,...

Fabre Geffrard

3 Guillaume Fabre Nicolas Geffrard, known as the "Redeemer of the Republic", was a mulatto general in the Haitian army and President of Haiti from 1859 until his deposition in 1867.

Charlemagne Péralte

3 François Borgia Charlemagne Péralte was a Haitian nationalist leader who led armed resistance against the United States occupation of Haiti from 1917 to 1919. He led Cacos guerrilla fighters against...

Juan Sánchez Ramírez

3 Juan Sánchez Ramírez was a Dominican general who was the primary leader of the War of Reconquista. He is known for leading the troops in the Battle of Palo Hincado. The decisive Spanish victory...

Rebellion of the Pilots

3 The Rebellion of the Pilots was a military uprising carried out by six members of the Dominican Military Aviation on November 19, 1961, that put a definitive end to the rule of 31 years of the...

Horacio Vásquez

3 Felipe Horacio Vásquez Lajara was a Dominican Republic military general and political figure who was President of the Dominican Republic from 1924 to 1930.

Concepción Bona

3 Maria de la Concepción Bona Hernández, Mother Founder was a nursery school teacher and a campaigner for the independence of the Dominican Republic. Together with María Trinidad Sánchez, Isabel Sosa...

Orlando Martínez

3 Orlando Martínez Romero was a Cuban bantamweight boxer, who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Three years later he captured the gold at the 1975 Pan American Games. Orlando was awarded...

Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly

3 Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly Fondeur was a Dominican politician, lawyer, scholar, diplomat who served as the 42nd president of the Dominican Republic from 1962 until 1963. Previously, he was the 25th...

Pedro Mir

3 Pedro Julio Mir Valentín was a Dominican poet and writer, named Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic by Congress in 1984, and a member of the generation of "Independent poets of the 1940s" in...

Winston Churchill

2 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from...

Oswald Durand

2 Oswald Durand was a Haitian poet and politician, said to be "to Haiti what Shakespeare is to England, and Dante to Italy." He was also a Haitian writer and poet of French and Creole expression,...

Paul Magloire

2 Paul Eugène Magloire, nicknamed Kanson Fè, was the Haitian president from 1950 to 1956.             

Bartholomew Columbus

2 Bartholomew Columbus was a Genoese explorer and the younger brother of Christopher Columbus.       

Vincent de Paul

2 Vincent de Paul, CM was an Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor.

Francisco Gregorio Billini

2 Francisco Gregorio Billini y Aristi was a Dominican writer, teacher and politician. Supported by the former president Ulises Heureaux, he won the national elections in 1884, and served as the 23rd...

José de San Martín

2 José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras, nicknamed "the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru", was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and central parts of South America's...

Agustín Lara

2 Ángel Agustín María Carlos Fausto Mariano Alfonso del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Lara y Aguirre del Pino, known as Agustín Lara, was a Mexican composer and performer of songs and boleros. He is...

José Martí

2 José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the...

Pedro Álvares Cabral

2 Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. He was the first human in history to ever be on four...

Emilio Prud'Homme

2 Emilio Prud'Homme y Maduro was a Dominican lawyer, writer, and educator. Prud'Homme is known for having authored the lyrics of the Dominican national anthem. He is also attributed with helping...

Fernando Arturo de Meriño

2 Father Fernando Arturo de Meriño y Ramírez was a Dominican priest and politician. He served as President of the Dominican Republic from September 1, 1880, until September 1, 1882. He served as the...

Francisco Villaespesa

2 Francisco Villaespesa Martín was a Spanish writer. He was born in Láujar de Andarax, Province of Almería, which marked him all his life. He is probably the most notable writer of the province, thus,...

Felipe Alfau

2 Felipe Alfau was a Spanish-born American novelist and poet. Most of his works were written in English.

André Rigaud

2 Benoit Joseph André Rigaud was the leading mulatto military leader during the Haitian Revolution. Among his protégés were Alexandre Pétion and Jean-Pierre Boyer, both future presidents of Haïti.

Gaspar Polanco

2 Gaspar Polanco Borbón was a Dominican politician and military commander. A leader of the Dominican Restoration War, he is regarded as one of the most notable military figures in the history of the...

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

2 Jean-Baptiste de La Salle was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and the patron saint...

Benito Juárez

2 Benito Pablo Juárez García was a Mexican politician, military officer, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in 1872. A Zapotec, he was the first Indigenous...

Euclides Morillo

2 Ramón Euclides Morillo Martínez fue un revolucionario y guerrillero dominicano.                     

Ramón Cáceres

2 Ramón Arturo Cáceres Vasquez, nicknamed Mon Cáceres, was a Dominican Republic politician and minister of the Armed Forces. He was the 31st president of the Dominican Republic (1906–1911). He served...

Luis Alberti

2 Luis Alberti may refer to:Luis Alberti (musician) Luis Alberti (actor)                              

José Francisco Peña Gómez

2 José Francisco Peña Gómez was a politician from the Dominican Republic. He was the leader of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), a three-time candidate for president of the Dominican Republic...

Charles Sumner

2 Charles Sumner was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874. Before and during the American Civil War, he was a...

Rafael Vidal

2 Rafael Antonio Vidal Castro was a Venezuelan competition swimmer, Olympic medalist and sports commentator.

Luis Amiama Tió

2 Luis Amiama Tió fue uno de los partícipes en la muerte de Rafael Trujillo, dictador de la República Dominicana.

Pedro Santana

2 Pedro Santana y Familias, 1st Marquess of Las Carreras was a Dominican soldier and politician who served three times as the president of the First Dominican Republic (1844–1861) and was the first...

Manuela Díez Jiménez

2 Manuela Díez Jiménez was a key female figure in the forming of the independence of the Dominican Republic. She was the mother of Juan Pablo Duarte, the founder of the Dominican Republic, or the...

Louis of Toulouse

2 Saint Louis of Toulouse, also known as Louis of Anjou, was a Neapolitan prince of the Capetian House of Anjou and a Catholic bishop.

Juan Isidro Pérez

2 Juan Isidro Pérez de la Paz fue un militar filorio dominicano, miembro y cofundador de la sociedad secreta La Trinitaria. Prócer de la independencia de la República Dominicana.

Pedro Alejandro Pina

2 Pedro Alejandrino Pina García fue un político y militar dominicano considerado como uno de los próceres de la independencia dominicana. Fue el cofundador de la Sociedad Secreta La Trinitaria y primo...

Federico García Lorca

2 Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of...

Anthony of Padua

2 Anthony of Padua, OFM, or Anthony of Lisbon; born Fernando Martins de Bulhões was a Portuguese Catholic priest and member of the Order of Friars Minor.

Francis of Assisi

2 Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, known as Francis of Assisi, was an Italian mystic, poet and Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the Franciscans. Inspired to lead a Christian life of...

Rosa Duarte

2 Rosa Protomártir Duarte y Díez was a Dominican revolutionary dedicated to the patriotic cause towards Dominican independence. Her contributions to the Dominican Republic are considered by the...

Manuel Simó Marín

2 Manuel Simó Marín (1868-1936) was a Spanish right-wing politician. Until 1919 for some 30 years he remained engaged in Carlism; in 1909-1917 he was heading the regional Valencian branch of the...

Mercedes Laura Aguiar

2 Mercedes Laura Aguiar was an educator and feminist from the Dominican Republic. As a journalist and poet, she wrote works to promote equality of men and women and Dominican sovereignty, writing in...

Jacobo Majluta

2 Jacobo Majluta Azar was 47th president of the Dominican Republic for a month in 1982. He was previously the 32nd vice president under President Antonio Guzmán Fernández from 1978 until his accession...

Jesús Galíndez

2 Jesús (de) Galíndez Suárez was a Basque Spanish politician, writer and Columbia University international law professor of Basque nationalist ideology who disappeared in New York City. He was...

Julio Genaro Campillo Pérez

2 Julio Genaro Campillo Pérez fue un historiador, abogado, periodista, educador y genealogista dominicano. Se destacó por sus estudios históricos, jurídicos y genealógicos, así como por su...

Manuel del Cabral

2 Manuel del Cabral was a Dominican poet, writer, and diplomat. The son of Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez, an influential senator during the "Era of Trujillo", he served at the Embassy of the Dominican...