Político

Francisco Franco

1892 - 1975

Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco Bahamonde (Ferrol, La Coruña, 4 de diciembre de 1892-Madrid, 20 de noviembre de 1975) fue un militar y dictador español, integrante de la cúpula militar que dio el golpe de Estado de 1936 contra el Gobierno democrático de la Segunda República, dando lugar a la guerra civil española. Fue investido como jefe supremo del bando sublevado el 1 de octubre de 1936, aclamado como caudillo por los suyos, y ejerció como jefe del Estado desde el término del conflicto hasta su fallecimiento en 1975, y como presidente del Gobierno entre 1938 y 1973. En abril de 1937, se autoproclamó jefe nacional de la Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (FET y de las JONS), partido único resultado de la fusión de la Falange Española de las JONS y de la Comunión Tradicionalista. Leer más en Wikipedia

His biography is available in 117 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 113 in 2024). Francisco Franco is the 116th most popular político (down from 79th in 2024), the 10th most popular biography from Spain (down from 8th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Político.

Francisco Franco was a Spanish general and dictator who ruled Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. He is most famous for the 36-year period of authoritarian rule during which he suppressed any opposition to his rule.

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Among Políticos

Among políticos, Francisco Franco ranks 116 out of 19,576. Before him are Edward V of England, Fidel Castro, Trajan, Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Selim II, and Frederick the Great. After him are Justinian I, Angela Merkel, Nikita Khrushchev, Muammar Gaddafi, Harald V of Norway, and Leonid Brezhnev.

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HPI: 85.88
Rank: 110
Fidel Castro
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HPI: 85.86
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Trajan
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HPI: 85.85
Rank: 112
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Selim II
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HPI: 85.83
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HPI: 85.80
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Francisco Franco
1892 - 1975
HPI: 85.72
Rank: 116
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HPI: 85.69
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Angela Merkel
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HPI: 85.63
Rank: 118
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HPI: 85.59
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HPI: 85.50
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HPI: 85.45
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HPI: 85.38
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Francisco Franco ranks 4. Before him are J. R. R. Tolkien, Haile Selassie, and Josip Broz Tito. After him are Edward Victor Appleton, Louis de Broglie, Mary Pickford, Ivo Andrić, Walter Benjamin, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Pearl S. Buck, and Manfred von Richthofen. Among people deceased in 1975, Francisco Franco ranks 3. Before him are Haile Selassie, and Chiang Kai-shek. After him are Hannah Arendt, Dmitri Shostakovich, Ivo Andrić, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Umm Kulthum, Aristotle Onassis, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Robert Robinson, and Otto Skorzeny.

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J. R. R. Tolkien
WRITER
1892 - 1973
HPI: 90.69
Rank: 1
Haile Selassie
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1975
HPI: 86.85
Rank: 2
Josip Broz Tito
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1980
HPI: 86.53
Rank: 3
Francisco Franco
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1975
HPI: 85.72
Rank: 4
Edward Victor Appleton
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1965
HPI: 83.64
Rank: 5
Louis de Broglie
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1987
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 6
Mary Pickford
ACTOR
1892 - 1979
HPI: 81.55
Rank: 7
Ivo Andrić
WRITER
1892 - 1975
HPI: 80.64
Rank: 8
Walter Benjamin
PHILOSOPHER
1892 - 1940
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 9
Zita of Bourbon-Parma
COMPANION
1892 - 1989
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 10
Pearl S. Buck
WRITER
1892 - 1973
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 11
Manfred von Richthofen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1918
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 12