Tony Santiago, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tony Santiago

United States Marine veteran, writer, and military historian

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1950

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: historian, journalist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Antonio Santiago Rodríguez (born March 9, 1950) — better known as Tony the Marine or as Tony Santiago — is a United States Marine veteran, writer, and military historian from New York City, New York, focused mostly on the military history of Puerto Rico and its service members.For his work, Santiago was recognized by the 23rd Senate of Puerto Rico for being "one of the main contributors of content related to Puerto Rico in the open online encyclopedia known as Wikipedia".
The Senate also recognized him as one of the main writers on subjects which relate to Puerto Rico, and an important historian of the Puerto Rican military experience.
According to Phoebe Ayers, member of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, this may be the first time that the English Wikipedia has been mentioned in a parliamentary or congressional resolution of this type.
She also stated that it's probably the first time that contributions to English Wikipedia have been cited in a formal governmental award, too.