José de Diego

José de Diego y Martínez was a Puerto Rican statesman, journalist, poet, lawyer, and advocate for Puerto Rico's political autonomy in union with Spain and later of Puerto Rican independence from the United States who was referred to by his peers as "The Father of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement".

16 April 1866

Born on the same birth day (16 April): Bobby Vinton • Cameron Blades • Christijan Albers • Ellis Marsalis Sr. • Gina Carano • Jarbom Gamlin • John Bowe (racing driver) • Kandukuri Veeresalingam • Margreth Olin • Merce Cunningham • Natasha Zvereva • Nolan Arenado • Patrik Järbyn • Pedro Ramírez Vázquez • Petrus Apianus • Rüdiger Stenzel • Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys • Vince Hill • Wright brothers • Árpád Weisz

Born in the same month (April 1866): Anne Sullivan • Bernard O'Dowd • Butch Cassidy • Ernest Starling • Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau • Ferruccio Busoni • Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel • Maurice Raoul-Duval • William Blomfield • Ève Lavallière