Ernesto "Che" Guevara (/tʃeɪ ɡəˈvɑːrə/ (CHAY gə-VAH-rə); Spanish: [ˈtʃe ɣeˈβaɾa] 14 June 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.