Soldier and revolutionary leader José Gervasio Artigas is regarded as the father of Uruguayan independence, which occurred years after his exile.
1764-1850
Jose Canseco is best known for his record-breaking Major League Baseball career.
1964-
1888-1942
Opera singer José Carreras is a leading tenor who has performed around the world. He helped popularize opera by performing as part of The Three Tenors.
1946-
1778-1850
1906-1990
1912-1992
1893-1979
1908-1972
A poet and a journalist, José Martí spent his short life fighting for Cuban independence. He died in 1895 during a failed attempt to win freedom for Cuba.
1853-1895
1765-1815
José Clemente Orozco was a painter who helped lead the revival of Mexican mural painting in the 1920s. His works are complex and often tragic.
1883-1949
1851-1913
Panamanian-born U.S. theatrical director José Quintero was a founder of the Off-Broadway theatre Circle in the Square, where he directed regularly from 1950.
1924-1999
1949-
1861-1896
José Saramago was a Portuguese novelist and man of letters who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998.
1922-2010
1817-1893