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Antonio López de Santa Anna

1794 - 1876

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Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876), often known as Santa Anna, was a Mexican general, politician, and caudillo who served as the 8th president of Mexico on multiple occasions between 1833 and 1855. He also served as vice president of Mexico from 1837 to 1839. He was a controversial and pivotal figure in Mexican politics during the 19th century, to the point that he has been called an "uncrowned monarch", and historians often refer to the three decades after Mexican independence as the "Age of Santa Anna". Santa Anna was in charge of the garrison at Veracruz at the time Mexico won independence in 1821. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio López de Santa Anna is the 1,706th most popular politician (up from 2,106th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Mexican Politician.

Antonio López de Santa Anna is most famous for being the president of Mexico three times. He was president from 1833-1835, 1837-1840, and 1841-1844.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Antonio López de Santa Anna ranks 1,706 out of 19,576. Before him are Musaylimah, Léon Blum, Thaksin Shinawatra, Peter of Castile, Josiah, and Juho Kusti Paasikivi. After him are Zoran Đinđić, Vasili III of Russia, Béla III of Hungary, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France, Charles III of Naples, and Şah Sultan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Antonio López de Santa Anna ranks 1. After him are René Lesson, Elias Magnus Fries, Matthew C. Perry, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz, Theobald Boehm, Wilhelm Müller, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Józef Bem, Ignaz Moscheles, and William Whewell. Among people deceased in 1876, Antonio López de Santa Anna ranks 5. Before him are Mikhail Bakunin, Abdülaziz, George Sand, and Wild Bill Hickok. After him are Karl Ernst von Baer, George Armstrong Custer, Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Truganini, Catherine Labouré, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, and Ildefons Cerdà.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Antonio López de Santa Anna ranks 12 out of 729. Before him are Emiliano Zapata (1879), Carlos Santana (1947), Carlos Slim (1940), Octavio Paz (1914), Pancho Villa (1878), and Cuauhtémoc (1495). After him are Porfirio Díaz (1830), Benito Juárez (1806), Claudia Sheinbaum (1962), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), Salma Hayek (1966), and Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Antonio López de Santa Anna ranks 3. Before him are Moctezuma II (1466), and Cuauhtémoc (1495). After him are Porfirio Díaz (1830), Benito Juárez (1806), Claudia Sheinbaum (1962), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), Francisco I. Madero (1873), La Malinche (1502), Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603), and Lázaro Cárdenas (1895).

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