Father of the Nation
Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor (8 May 1753  – 30 July 1811), more commonly known as Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo (), was a Criollo (Spanish Mexican native) Catholic priest, a leader of the Mexican War of Independence, and recognized as the Father of the Nation.