Black George, founder of the line, left his swineherd's hut to become the scourge of Serbia's Turkish masters.
A onetime swineherd, cruel Francisco Pizarro, conquered the Incas and in 1535 founded the city of Lima.
The man whose legions of fanatic peasants finally captured Morazn after 18 turbulent years of early federation was an illiterate swineherd named Rafael Carrera.