José Antonio Echeverría, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Antonio Echeverría

Cuban revolutionary

Date of Birth: 16-Jul-1932

Place of Birth: Cárdenas, Matanzas Province, Cuba

Date of Death: 13-Mar-1957

Profession: politician

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

José Antonio Echeverría (July 16, 1932 in Cárdenas, Matanzas – March 13, 1957 in Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban revolutionary and student leader.
The President of the Federation of University Students (Federación Estudiantil Universitaria - FEU), he was a founding member of the Directorio Revolucionario Estudantil (DRE), a militant organization that played an important role in the Cuban Revolution to oust President Fulgencio Batista.
He had the nickname "Manzanita", meaning "Little Apple". Born to a middle-class family in Cárdenas, Echeverría enrolled at the University of Havana in order to study architecture.