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Francisco Franco

1892 - 1975

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Francisco Franco Bahamonde (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975, assuming the title Caudillo. This period in Spanish history, from the Nationalist victory to Franco's death, is commonly known as Francoist Spain or as the Francoist dictatorship. Born in Ferrol, Galicia, into an upper-class military family, Franco served in the Spanish Army as a cadet in the Toledo Infantry Academy from 1907 to 1910. While serving in Morocco, he rose through the ranks to become a brigadier general in 1926 at age 33. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Franco is the 116th most popular politician (down from 79th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Spain (down from 8th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Politician.

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 POLITICIANS

Among politicians, 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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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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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Franco ranks 10 out of 3,355. Before him are Francisco Goya (1746), Diego Velázquez (1599), Antoni Gaudí (1852), Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), and Trajan (53). After him are Hernán Cortés (1485), Pope Alexander VI (1431), Philip II of Spain (1527), Hadrian (76), Ignatius of Loyola (1491), and Theodosius I (340).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Francisco Franco ranks 2. Before him are Trajan (53). After him are Philip II of Spain (1527), Hadrian (76), Theodosius I (340), Isabella I of Castile (1451), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Joanna of Castile (1479), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), Philip IV of Spain (1605), Philip III of Spain (1578), and Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886).

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