José Rizal in The Spanish-American War
José Rizal (1861–1896) was a Filipino intellectual who fought to reform, and ultimately to oust, the Spanish colonial government.
He's best known for his controversial novel, Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not), which, though fictional, alluded to the corruption of the Spanish colonial government and the Catholic Church. He was eventually executed by a firing squad for the part he played in the Philippine Revolution.
His gripping and controversial tale of Spanish colonial injustice awakened national consciousness among Filipinos and contributed to the rise of the Filipino independence movement. Rizal is still considered a revolutionary martyr in the Philippines.