Che Guevara

You might have seen him millions of times but you still might not know that he is perhaps the most famous photograph of the entire 20th century. He is Ernesto "Che" Guevara and he was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary and was shot on 9th October 1967 (that also happens to be my Birthday, but the year being 1984). You can see him on many T-Shirts and even on Farhan Akhtar's T-Shirt in Rock On!! Now You Know Who he is!!

Here is the famous picture of him that shot him to fame even after years of his death.




Some view Che Guevara as a hero; for example, Nelson Mandela referred to him as "an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom" while Jean-Paul Sartre described him as "not only an intellectual but also the most complete human being of our age." Guevara remains a beloved national hero to many in Cuba, where his image adorns the $3 Cuban Peso and school children begin each morning by pledging "We will be like Che." In his native homeland of Argentina, where high schools bear his name, numerous Che museums dot the country, which in 2008 unveiled a 12 foot bronze statue of him in his birth city of Rosario. Additionally, Guevara has been sanctified by some Bolivian campesinos as "Saint Ernesto", to whom they pray for assistance.

By the way: I recently saw even a picture of his and a Quote " Che Guevara is dead, Leave him Alone"

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  1. Che Guevara = Worldwide hero

    Hasta la Victoria Siempre !

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