Omar Torrijos
Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera was a Panamanian dictator, as well as the Commander of the Panamanian National Guard and military leader of Panama from 1968 to his death in 1981. Torrijos was never officially the president of Panama, but instead held self-imposed and all-encompassing titles including "Maximum Leader of the Panamanian Revolution". Torrijos took power in a coup d'état and instituted a number of social reforms.
13 February 1929
Born on the same birth day (13 February): Aung Khin • Ed Gagliardi • Georges-Kévin Nkoudou • Paul Lazarsfeld • Sarojini Naidu • Sigmar Polke • Thomas Robert Malthus • Valentin Naboth
Born in the same month (February 1929): André Mathieu • Chaim Potok • Chespirito • Clement Meadmore • Frank Gehry • Graham Hill • Hayden Fry • James R. Schlesinger • Jerry Adler • Jim Langley • Jim Whittaker • John Henry Holland • John Montague (poet) • Len Deighton • Luc Ferrari • Paul Burlison • Valentin Yanin