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): Alfonso XI of Castile • Alona Bondarenko • Annie Oakley • Benjamin Stambouli • Charles Wells (brewer) • Dawnn Lewis • Herb Ritts • Johnny Mullagh • José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz • Kevin Plank • Mark Lemke • Mudcat Grant • Nico Assumpção • Pat Harrington Jr. • Rusty Gerhardt • Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet

Born in the same month (August 1926): Aaron Klug • Angus Scrimm • Anthony Sampson • Carol Karp • Clifford Geertz • Denis Atkinson • Donn Fendler • Frank Finlay • George Brecht • Gyula Hernádi • Jeri Southern • Jiang Zemin • Joe Jones (singer) • John Silber • Kristen Nygaard • Nobby Wirkowski • Perry Moss • René Depestre • René Goscinny • Sami Michael • Valerie Eliot