José Armando Bermúdez
José Armando Bermúdez Rochet was a Dominican businessman and the founder of J. Armando Bermúdez & Co., C. por A.. The José Armando Bermúdez National Park is named in his honour.
He was born on 28 April 1871 to Erasmo Bermúdez Jiménez, a Venezuelan immigrant, and Petronila Rochet Gómez, the daughter of a French immigrant of Belgian Walloon and French descent.
In 1899 he married Ana Luisa Ramos de Peña and begat six children, all males: José Ignacio, Aquiles, Domingo Octavio, Luis Francisco "Frank", Víctor Manuel "Tontón" and Fernando Arturo.
Bermúdez died on 4 October 1941.
