Ernesto (Che) Guevara
(1928­1967)
Argentine physician and revolutionary

Although he was weakened by asthma from infancy, Che Guevara fought in three revolutions, sometimes using his rifle as a crutch. During a skirmish in Bolivia, he suffered an asthma attack, was captured by government troops and executed shortly thereafter.

Courtesy Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

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