Ramón Emeterio Betances

Ramón Emeterio Betances y Alacán was a Puerto Rican independence advocate and medical doctor. He was the primary instigator of the Grito de Lares revolt and designer of the Grito de Lares flag. Since the Grito galvanized a burgeoning nationalist movement among Puerto Ricans, Betances is also considered to be the father of the Puerto Rican independence movement and the El Padre de la Patria . His charitable deeds for people in need, earned him the moniker of El Padre de los Pobres .

8 April 1827

Born on the same birth day (8 April): Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone • Catfish Hunter • Chris Kyle • Daigo (musician) • Henry N. Cobb • Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney • John Madden (director) • John Thomas Campbell • Manolis Angelopoulos • Manuel Díaz (fencer) • Mark Blundell • Odd Nerdrum • Raoul Jobin • Tom Petranoff • William Joseph Chaminade

Born in the same month (April 1827): Augustus Pitt Rivers • Joseph Lister • Jyotirao Phule • Lew Wallace • Octave Crémazie • William Hall (VC) • William Holman Hunt