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José Rizal

Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)

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José Rizal was a Filipino writer, thinker, and nationalist who lived from 1861 to 1896 and used his talents across many fields to advocate for reform and independence. He matters because he became a central figure in the Philippine independence movement and remains a national hero whose ideas and writings shaped Filipino identity and the struggle against colonial rule.

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Born: 19 Jun 1861
Died: 30 Dec 1896
Works: 170

Top works

Noli me tangere
Lolo José
The social cancer
Huling pahimakas
Noli me tángere

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Listeners: 68
Total plays: 126

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Key dates

Born: 19 June 1861
Died: 30 December 1896

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José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda ( Spanish: [xoˈse riˈsal, -ˈθal], Tagalog: [hoˈse ɾiˈsal]; 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 of the Philippines, although no official proclamation formally declares him as such. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement in the 1880s, which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain.

By the early 1890s, amidst the Calamba land dispute, Rizal grew more separatist in his stance, conflicting with several colleagues in the Propaganda Movement. On July 6, 1892, a few days after establishing the secret society La Liga Filipina within Manila, Rizal was arrested by Spanish authorities for alleged possession of a seditious document, being banished to Dapitan in the island of Mindanao. During his exile, Rizal met Josephine Bracken, an Irish woman who later became his common-law wife.