Nicaragua
Historical figures born in Nicaragua
241 notable historical figures were born in Nicaragua. These are the most notable:
Nicaragua ranks #131 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Namibia, Burkina Faso and Somalia.
By occupation
- Politician: 21
- Head of State/President: 13
- Writer/Author: 10
- Journalist: 8
- Poet: 7
- Revolutionary: 5
- Songwriter: 5
- Singer/Musician: 5
- Daniel Ortega (born 1945, Politics)
- Rosario Murillo (born 1951, Politics)
- Violeta Chamorro (1929 to 2025, Politics)
- Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925 to 1980, Politics)
- Rubén Darío (1867 to 1916, Literature)
- Anastasio Somoza García (1896 to 1956, Politics)
- Enrique Bolaños (1928 to 2021, Politics)
- Ernesto Cardenal (1925 to 2020, Religion)
- Luis Somoza Debayle (1922 to 1967, Politics)
- Luis Enrique (singer) (born 1962, Arts & Music)
- Gioconda Belli (born 1948, Literature)
- Sergio Ramírez (born 1942, Literature)
- Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874 to 1946, Politics)
- José Santos Zelaya (1853 to 1919, Politics)
- Humberto Ortega (1947 to 2024, Military)
- Cristiana Chamorro Barrios (born 1954, Literature)
- Zoilamérica Ortega Murillo (born 1967, Politics)
- Dora María Téllez (born 1955, Politics)
- Rigoberto López Pérez (1929 to 1956, Literature)
- Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier (born 1949, Politics)
- Tony Meléndez (born 1962, Arts & Music)
- Claribel Alegría (1924 to 2018, Literature)
- René Schick (1909 to 1966, Politics)
- Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871 to 1966, Politics)
- Arlen Siu (1955 to 1975, Arts & Music)
- Carlos Mejía Godoy (born 1943, Arts & Music)
- Everth Cabrera (born 1986, Sports)
- José María Moncada (1870 to 1945, Politics)
- Hernaldo Zúñiga (born 1955, Arts & Music)
- Benjamín Zeledón (1879 to 1912, Politics)
- Hugo Torres Jiménez (1948 to 2022, Military)
- Clodomiro Picado Twight (1887 to 1944, Science)
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