1126-1198 - Averroes - Andalusian Muslim polymath. "Father of secularism." His school of philosophy is known as Averroism. 
1126-1198 - Averroes - Andalusian Muslim polymath. "Father of secularism." His school of philosophy is known as Averroism.
1271-1336 - Elizabeth of Portugal - Queen consort of Portugal. Repeatedly served as peacemaker. Venerated as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. 
c1484-1566 - Bartolome de las Casas - Historian, social reformer & Dominican friar. First officially appointed "Protector of the Indians." 
1493-1540 - Juan Luis Vives - First scholar to analyze the psyche directly. Supported children's education.
1500
1506-1552 - Francis Xavier - Jesuit missionary. Worked two years in Japan. Called "Apostle of the Indies" & "Apostle of Japan.” 
1511-1553 - Michael Servetus - Theologian, physician, cartographer & humanist. In Protestant Reformation. Nontrinitarian. Burned at the stake in Geneva. 
1600
1700
1746-1828 - Francisco Goya - Painter. Painted "The Disasters of War" after the 1808 Dos de Mayo Uprising. 
1793-1879 - Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara - General & politician. In radical/progressive wing of Spanish liberalism. Credited w/victory over Carlists in 1839. Styled El Pacificador de España.
1800
1863-1952 - George Santayama - Writer. Best known for "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
1881-1973 -
Pablo Picasso - Artist. Painted "Guernica" in 1937. It's now in Spain with a copy at UN Headquarters.
1885-1954 -
Aristides de Sousa Mendes - Consul General in Bordeaux (France). Defied Salazar dictatorship by issuing visas in 1940 to refugees fleeing from invading German forces.
1891-1950 - José Brocca - Pacifist & humanitarian. Sought non-violent ways to resist fascism during the Spanish Civil War. P
1895-1970 -
Lucía Sánchez Saornil - Poet, militant anarchist & feminist. A founder of Mujeres Libres in 1936. Partner of América Barroso. 
1900
1902-1968 -
Amparo Poch y Gascón - Anarchist, pacifist, doctor & activist leading up to & during Spanish Civil War. A founder of Mujeres Libres in 1936. P
1945-Alive - Concepcion Picciotto - Has lived in a peace camp opposite the White House since 1981. Longest protest in US history. 
