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Simón Bolívar was born on July 24, 1783, in Caracas, Venezuela. Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco was a Venezuelan statesman and military officer who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire.

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Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan soldier and statesman who played a central role in the South American independence movement. Bolívar served as president of Gran Colombia (1819–30) and as dictator of Peru (1823–26).

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Bolívar himself led multiple expeditionary forces against the Spaniards, and between 1819 and 1822 he successfully liberated three territories—New Granada (Colombia and Panama), Venezuela, and Quito (Ecuador)—from Spanish rule

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He helped lead many Spanish colonies to freedom and inspired democracy. In fact, he had a country named after him. Although the new nation of Gran Colombia envisioned by Simon Bolivar did not last, he is still revered as a revolutionary leader.