- Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Cuban revolutionary and political leader: prime minister 1959–76 and president 1976–2008.
- Cuban revolutionary and political leader: minister of defense 1959–2008 and president 2008–2018.
- Fidel (fɪˈdɛl; Spanish fiˈðɛl). full name Fidel Castro Ruz. born 1927, Cuban revolutionary and statesman: led the communist overthrow of the Batista dictatorship in 1959; prime minister (1959–76), president (1976–2008)
