Ángel Leónidas Araújo Chiriboga (1900-1993) was an Ecuadorian composer, poet, tax collector and hotelier, best known for his contributions to the pasillo genre. He was born in Quito, one of the ten children of Colonel Don Ángel Felipe Araújo y Ordóñez of Riobamba, and his wife Obdulia Elisa Chiriboga y Gonzáles. As an infant, he returned to Riobamba with his parents and siblings. He studied at the San Felipe and Maldonado schools in the city. He composed his first song at the age of thirteen. In 1918, with the poet and , he founded the magazine Acuarela (Watercolor). In 1919, El Telégrafo newspaper of Guayaquil awarded him an Honorable Mention for his poem Muerta. Additionally, his poems were published in the newspaper Los Andes de Riobamba, and in the magazines Ensayos, Savia, and Semana