His birth year on his birth certificate and baptismal record state he was born on 23 January 1903. His daughter Gloria confirms this date. However, other documents such as his passport, "cédula" (Colombian identification), and his diploma of the Royal University of Rome mark the date of his birth as 23 January 1898.Enrique, Santos Molano. "El día en que mataron a Gaitán | banrepcultural.org". www.banrepcultural.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
His birth year on his birth certificate and baptismal record state he was born on 23 January 1903. His daughter Gloria confirms this date. However, other documents such as his passport, "cédula" (Colombian identification), and his diploma of the Royal University of Rome mark the date of his birth as 23 January 1898.Enrique, Santos Molano. "El día en que mataron a Gaitán | banrepcultural.org". www.banrepcultural.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
