 Ernesto " Che " Guevara ( Spanish pronunciation : [ <unk> <unk> ] ; June 14 , 1928 – October 9 , 1967 ) , commonly known as El Che or simply Che , 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 . 
