Pancha Carrasco

Pancha Carrasco, born Francisca Carrasco Jiménez, was Costa Rica's first woman in the military. Carrasco is most famous for joining the defending forces at the Battle of Rivas in 1856 with a rifle and a pocketful of bullets. The strength and determination she showed there made her a symbol of national pride and she was later honored with a Costa Rican postage stamp, a Coast Guard vessel, and the creation of the "Pancha Carrasco Police Women's Excellence Award".

8 April 1826

Born on the same birth day (8 April): Carlos Deltour • Carlos Santana (baseball) • Dean Norris • Donita Sparks • Funda Arar • Gerd Andres • Margaret Ayer Barnes • Nayden Todorov • Tilly Armstrong

Born in the same month (April 1826): Cyrus K. Holliday • Dinah Craik • Gustave Moreau • Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet • Zénobe Gramme