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José María Castro Madriz

José María Castro Madriz was a Costa Rican lawyer and diplomat who proclaimed the republic in 1848 and served as president from 1847 to 1849 and again from 1866 to 1868.

José María Córdova International Airport

José María Córdova International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional José María Córdova) is Colombia's second largest airport, serving Medellín from Rionegro, Antioquia, and handling over 13.6 million passengers in 2025.

José María de Achá

José María de Achá was a Bolivian general and politician who led the 1861 coup against José María Linares and served as president of Bolivia until 1864.

José María de Pereda

José María de Pereda (1833 to 1906) was a Spanish novelist, journalist, and politician, a leading figure of nineteenth-century Realism known for the regional novels Sotileza and Peñas arriba.

José María España

José María España (c. 1761–1799) was a Venezuelan militia officer who, with Manuel Gual, led the 1797 conspiracy for a republic, the first independence attempt in Venezuela.

José María Heredia

José María Heredia (1803–1839) was a Cuban poet and exile, regarded as the initiator of Romanticism in Spanish America, best known for his odes to Niagara and Cholula.

José María Iglesias

José María Iglesias (1823–1891) was a Mexican jurist, journalist, and liberal politician who headed the Supreme Court and claimed the interim presidency in 1876 after voiding Lerdo's reelection.

José María Linares

José María Linares (1808–1861) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician, the country's first civilian president, who took power by the 1857 revolution and proclaimed himself dictator in 1858.

José María Luis Mora

José María Luis Mora (1794–1850) was a Mexican priest, journalist, and political writer, a leading liberal and theorist of the anticlerical reform laws carried out under Valentín Gómez Farías.

Oct 10, 2026

José María Maza Sancho

José María Maza Sancho, born in Valparaíso in 1948, is a Chilean astronomer and 1999 National Prize winner whose Calán-Tololo supernova calibration underpinned the discovery of the accelerating universe.

José María Moncada

José María Moncada Tapia was a Nicaraguan politician and general who served as President of Nicaragua from 1929 to 1932, winning the United States-supervised 1928 election.

José María Morelos

José María Morelos was a Mexican parish priest who led the second stage of the war of independence, 1811 to 1815, and wrote the Sentimientos de la Nación.

José María Olazábal

José María Olazábal (Chema), Spanish golfer born 1966 in Hondarribia, two-time Masters champion (1994, 1999), 23 European Tour wins, Ryder Cup stalwart with Seve Ballesteros and captain of Europe's 2012 Miracle at Medinah comeback.

José María Paz

José María Paz (1791–1854) was an Argentine general and Unitarian leader who fought in the independence and civil wars and led the Liga del Interior opposing Juan Manuel de Rosas.

Oct 10, 2026

José María Pemán

José María Pemán (1897–1981) was a Spanish poet, playwright, and essayist from Cádiz, a leading official voice of the Franco regime and director of the Real Academia Española.

José María Pino Suárez

José María Pino Suárez was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as Vice President of Mexico under Francisco I. Madero from 1911 until his assassination in 1913.

José María Plácido Caamaño

José María Plácido Caamaño was an Ecuadorian lawyer, diplomat, and cacao grower from Guayaquil who served as president of Ecuador from 1884 to 1888, the first Progresista president.

José María Reina Barrios

José María Reina Barrios was a Guatemalan military officer who served as President of Guatemala from 1892 until his assassination in 1898, after extending his term by decree.

Jose Maria Sison

Jose Maria Sison (Joma, Amado Guerrero), 1939–2022, Filipino revolutionary who founded the Communist Party of the Philippines in 1968 and the New People's Army in 1969, wrote Philippine Society and Revolution, was imprisoned under Marcos, and led NDFP peace talks from exile in Utrecht.

José María Urbina

José María Urbina (1808–1891) was an Ecuadorean general and politician, jefe supremo from 1851 and president from 1852 to 1856, who abolished slavery in Ecuador.

Oct 21, 2026

Jose Maria van der Ploeg

José María van der Ploeg (van der Ploeg García), Spanish sailor born 1958 in Barcelona, Finn-class Olympic gold medalist at Barcelona 1992 with 33.4 net points; later 7th at Atlanta 1996, 8th at Sydney 2000 in Star, and 2012 J80 world champion.

José María Vargas Vila

José María Vargas Vila (1860–1933) was a Colombian writer and diplomat, nicknamed El Divino, whose novels and polemical essays made him one of the most widely read Spanish American authors of his generation.

José María Velasco

José María Velasco, full name José María Velasco Gómez, was a Mexican landscape painter and naturalist whose views of the Valley of Mexico became images of national identity.

José María Velasco Ibarra

José María Velasco Ibarra (1893–1979), El Loco, five-time president of Ecuador (1934–35, 1944–47, 1952–56, 1960–61, 1968–72), classic populist orator; four times deposed, only his third term completed constitutionally.

José María Vigil

José María Vigil (1829–1909) was a Mexican liberal writer, journalist, and historian who directed the Biblioteca Nacional de México and led the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua from 1894.

José María Yazpik

José María Yazpik (José María Meza Yazpik, born 1970, Mexico City) is a Mexican actor, producer, and director known for Amado Carrillo Fuentes in Narcos and Narcos: Mexico, Almodóvar's I'm So Excited, and directing Polvo (2019).

Oct 10, 2026

José Mariano Beristain y Martin de Souza

José Mariano Beristain y Martin de Souza (1756–1817) was a Mexican priest and bibliographer, dean of the Metropolitan chapter of Mexico, best known for the Biblioteca Hispano-Americana Septentrional.

Oct 21, 2026

Jose Marin

Jose Marin (Josep Marin i Sospedra), born 1950, Spanish race walker; four Olympians 1980-1992, first Spanish World Championships medalist (1983 50km walk silver), 1982 European 20km champion, later coach and Ironman triathlete.

José Mármol

José Pedro Crisólogo Mármol (1817–1871) was an Argentine poet, novelist, journalist, and politician opposed to the dictator Rosas, whose novel Amalia (1855) is considered the first Argentine novel.