Historical figures in Guatemala City
The atlas holds 8 people and 11 moments here, from 1877 to 1994. The most recorded lives are Miguel Ángel Asturias, José Martí and Rubén Darío. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Physicians, across the Interwar Period and the Cold War.
Notable people
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
in 1938
1 moment here
French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) pioneered airmail flying in Europe, Africa, and South America, wrote works including…
Che Guevara
in 1954
1 moment here
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1936
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
José Martí
in 1877
2 moments here
Cuban nationalist, writer, journalist, and organizer of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. Martí lived and worked across Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Guatemala,…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
from 1899 to 1908
2 moments here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Pablo Neruda
in 1941
1 moment here
Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…
Rubén Darío
from 1890 to 1891
2 moments here
Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat Félix Rubén García Sarmiento, known as Rubén Darío, was a central initiator of Spanish-language Modernismo.…
Selena
in 1994
1 moment here
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, known mononymously as Selena, was an American Tejano singer, songwriter, fashion designer, and business owner.…
Moments
- 1877 Residence in Ciudad Vieja José Martí
- 1877 Lecture at Teatro Colón José Martí
- 1890 Move to Guatemala Rubén Darío
- 1891 Church marriage in Guatemala Rubén Darío
- 1899 Birth in Guatemala City Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1908 Return to Guatemala City Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1936 Transfer to Guatemala Gabriela Mistral
- 1938 Crash at La Aurora Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- 1941 Travel to Guatemala Pablo Neruda
- 1954 Political activity in Guatemala City Che Guevara
- 1994 Guatemala City concert Selena