Folk singer Silvio Rodriguez

Silvio Rodriguez

Living place: Cuba

Birthday: 29-11-1946 (78 years old)

Global rank: #87656

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Folk singer Silvio Rodriguez profile

Who is Folk singer Silvio Rodriguez?
Recognized as one of Cuba's finest folk singers, he is respected as the leader of the nueva trova movement. With nearly two dozen successful albums, many of his songs have become Latin American classics.
He is often referred to as the John Lennon of Cuba.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After the Cuban revolution when he was only thirteen years old, he was galvanized to get involved in politics, eventually working as a comic book designer for a magazine. That's when he started learning the guitar before joining the army.

Family life info

His father, Víctor Rodríguez Dagoberto Ortega, was a farmer and amateur poet and his mother, Argelia Domínguez León, was a housewife.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Folk singer Silvio Rodriguez?
He was denied a US visa multiple times, including in 2009 so he could attend Pete Seeger's 90th birthday celebration.

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Summary of Silvio Rodriguez profile

When was Folk singer Silvio Rodriguez born?
Silvio Rodriguez birthday 29-11-1946 (at the age of 78).
Where is Folk singer Silvio Rodriguez's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Silvio Rodriguez was born in . is a Folk singer, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Silvio Rodriguez's global rank is 87656 and whose rank is 331 in list of famous Folk singer.
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Events in 1946 and 29-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Silvio Rodriguez

  • First meeting of United Nations General Assembly opens in London (Jan. 10).
  • League of Nations dissolved (April).
  • Italy abolishes monarchy (June).
  • The Philippines gains independence from the United States (July 4).
  • 12 Nazi leaders (including 1 tried in absentia) are sentenced to hang, 7 imprisoned, and 3 acquitted in the Nuremberg trials (Oct. 1). Background: Defining Genocide
  • Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech warns of Soviet expansion. Background: The Cold War
  • Juan Perón becomes president of Argentina.

Birthday Silvio Rodriguez (29-11) in history

  • Day 29-11 year 1924: Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels before he could complete his opera "Turandot.'"
  • Day 29-11 year 1929: Commander Richard E. Byrd and a crew of three became the first to fly over the South Pole.
  • Day 29-11 year 1947: The United Nations voted to grant the Jewish people a homeland to be established in Palestine.
  • Day 29-11 year 1963: President Johnson named a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy.
  • Day 29-11 year 1986: Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa, at age 82.
  • Day 29-11 year 2001: Beatle George Harrison died of cancer.
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