Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar and Ponte Palacios y Blanco.
July 24, 1783 - December 17, 1830
Also colloquially known as: El Libertador, or Liberator of America.
He was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are now the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire.