This document provides information about two famous Mexican individuals: singer and songwriter Jose Alfredo Jimenez and painter Diego Rivera. It discusses their accomplishments, backgrounds, and reasons they are admired. Both made major contributions in their fields despite facing challenges. They shared common traits of initiative, determination, creative thinking, passion for their work, and willingness to take risks.

1. Great PeopleWhat do they have in common?By:AlejandraBaruc

2. Jose Alfredo Jimenez-January 19th 1926 -Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato-Hepatitis

3. -He was a composer.- He was a singer- He was “the people voice”

4. AccomplishmentsHe composed around 1,000 songs200 of that songs were famousHe composed music without the knowledge about music.

5. Other informationHe was a waiterHe composed a song about a car, but he transformed it to a horse story. He didn’t know how to play a guitar.

6. Reasons to admire himHe followed his dreams even when he didn’t have the “needed” knowledge He was a romantic manHe sang to the melancholy

7. DIEGO RIVERA

8. Place of birth: Guanajuato City, Gto., Mex.Date of birth:December 8, 1886.Date and cause of death: November 24, 1957 He died of heart failure.

9. Accomplishments:PAINTER AND MURALIST. HIS WALL WORKS IN FRESCO HELPED ESTABLISH THE MEXICAN MURAL RENAISSANCE.

10. HIS ORIGINAL PAINTING STYLE AND THE FORCE OF HIS IDEAS REMAIN MAJOR INFLUENCES ON AMERICAN PAINTING.Diego Rivera, Mural, Monumental Stairway in National Palace, Mexico City, D.F.Mexican artist Diego Rivera's 'Califa,' his first U.S. fresco.

11. Man at the Crossroads, destroyed by being chipped from the wall and smashed to powder, at Radio City in the Rockefeller Center, New York! Man, Controller of the Universe, Palacio de BellasArtes, Mexico City, 1934 .

12. Important information:His parents: Diego and Maria Barrientos Rivera.He was the elder of twin brothers, but his brother died at the age of two.He was married with Frida Kahlo, a famous Mexican painter.

13. Reasons to Admire himHe painted what he thought about his countryHe considerate middle class in his murals as a main work and economic force.The unique style on his paintings

14. Common CharacteristicsThey had great initiative They had string determination They were a creative thinkers They had great passion for workThey were a risk takers

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