# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-maria-guerrero
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:42:40.923Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-maria-guerrero"
name: "León María Guerrero"
slug: "leon-maria-guerrero"
description: "León María Guerrero y Leogardo was a Filipino writer, revolutionary leader, politician, the first licensed pharmacist in the Philippines, and one of the most eminent botanists in the country during the late Spanish colonial period. He is considered to be the \"Father of Philippine Pharmacy\" due to his extensive studies on local medicinal plants. He is also dubbed as the \"Father of Philippine Botany\" by Filipino historian Gregorio F. Zaide."
tagline: "Filipino botanist and politician (1853–1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bust_of_Le%C3%B3n_Mar%C3%ADa_Guerrero_inside_the_National_Museum_of_Natural_History_Manila_-_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1853-01-21"
deathDate: "1935-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.2
  momentum:             0.3733333333333334
  historical:           6.147337333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Maria_Guerrero"
    title: "Leon Maria Guerrero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "ليون ماريا غيريرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "ليون ماريا جيريرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Mar%C3%ADa_Guerrero_(botanist)"
    title: "León María Guerrero (botanist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Mar%C3%ADa_Guerrero_y_Leogardo"
    title: "León María Guerrero y Leogardo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Mar%C3%ADa_Guerrero"
    title: "León María Guerrero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Maria_Guerrero"
    title: "Leon Maria Guerrero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3549074"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump