Revolutionaries, Heroes and Martyrs
- Patrick Argüello (1943–1970), considered a martyr of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine PFLP
- Nora Astorga (1948–1988), Sandinista revolutionary, lawyer, politician, judge and Nicaraguan ambassador to the UN
- Antonio Cardenal Caldera (1951–1991), also known by the nom de guerre Jesus Rojas, major leader of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front.
- Arturo Cruz, Jr. (1954), revolutionary, writer, professor and diplomat
- Rigoberto Cruz, one of the founder of the FSLN
- Ajax Delgado, martyr of the Sandinista revolution
- José Dolores Estrada (1792–1869), national hero, famed for his part in the battle Hacienda San Jacinto in 1856
- Idania Fernandez (1952–1979), Martyr of the Sandinista Revolution.
- Carlos Fonseca (1936–1976), teacher, founder of FSLN
- Augusto César Sandino (1895–1934), revolutionary, symbol of the FSLN
- Arlen Siu (1952–1972), martyr of the Sandinista revolution
- Dora María Téllez (1947), Comandante during the Sandinista revolution, founded the MRS, historian
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