Jose Rizal

(1861-1896)

Filipino writer

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José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered a national hero (pambansang bayani) of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement, which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain.

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Born	Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y alonso Realonda 19 June 1861 Calamba, Laguna, Philippines
Died	30 December 1896 (aged 35) Bagumbayan, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire
Zodiac	Gemini
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