Person    | Male  Born 24/7/1783  Died 17/12/1830

Simon Bolivar

"El libertador". Born Caracas. Latin American statesman and patriot who worked to liberated Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru & Venezuela from Spanish rule. In London briefly in 1810. Died in Santa Marta, Colombia while preparing to return to Europe. Fitzrovia News carries an article about Bolivar's time in Fitzrovia.
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Simon Bolivar

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Fitzrovia local mural

Cynthia Williams was added in 2000.

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Francisco de Miranda stone plaque

Francisco de Miranda 1750 - 1816 lived in this house between 1803 and 1810....

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Simon Bolivar - blue plaque

English Heritage Simon Bolivar, 1783 - 1830, liberator of Latin America, lod...

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Simon Bolivar statue

Statue unveiled by James Callaghan when he was foreign secretary.

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Simon Bolivar - stone plaque

Simon Bolivar el libertador. The great Latin American statesman and patriot w...

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Mujibur Rahman

Mujibur Rahman

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Person, Nationalism, Tragedy, Bengal, Indian Sub-continent

1 memorial
Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian politician, instrumental in India's independence. Born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi at Porbunder in Gujarat. Assassinated in Delhi on the way to prayers. There is another statue of Gandhi i...

Person, Nationalism, Peace, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, India

10 memorials
Andreas Kalvos

Andreas Kalvos

Poet. Born on the island of Zakynthos (then part of the Venetian Republic). In 1802 his father took him and his brother to a Greek community in Livorno, Italy and he never saw his mother again. He ...

Person, Nationalism, Poetry, Greece, Italy

1 memorial
Gyorgy Krasso

Gyorgy Krasso

Hungarian patriot. New York Times obituary.  Krasso's widow, Agnes Hay, has kindly allowed us to use this photograph.

Person, Nationalism, Hungary

1 memorial
Joe Slovo

Joe Slovo

South African freedom fighter. Born Lithuania. His family emigrated to South Africa when he was 8. Married First in 1949. died at home in Johannesburg, as a member of Nelson Mandela's government.

Person, Nationalism, Race Issues, Lithuania, South Africa

1 memorial