Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.

13 August 1926

Born on the same birth day (13 August): Ben Hogan • Charles Wells (brewer) • Corey Patterson • Dave Carter • David Feherty • Feargal Sharkey • Geno Carlisle • Janet Yellen • John Logie Baird • Neil Mallender • Niko Kranjčar • Paul Greengrass • Randy Shughart

Born in the same month (August 1926): Anthony Sampson • Can Yücel • Daryl Gates • Douglas Croft • Eddie Little Sky • Frank Finlay • George Hauptfuhrer • Gordon Scott • Jeri Southern • János Rózsás • Perry Moss • René Depestre • René Goscinny • Robert Vickrey • Tony Bennett