Birthdate: February 7, 1913
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain
Died: October 18, 1978
Ramón Mercader was a Spanish NKVD agent and communist who killed Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky with an ice axe in August 1940. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and was honored with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union post his release in 1961. Over the years, Ramón Mercader has been the subject of many documentaries.
