MILITARY PERSONNEL

Francisco de Miranda

1750 - 1816

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Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza (28 March 1750 – 14 July 1816), commonly known as Francisco de Miranda (Latin American Spanish: [fɾanˈsisko ðe miˈɾanda]), was a Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary who fought in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolution and the Spanish American wars of independence. He is regarded as a precursor of South America's liberation from the Spanish Empire, and remains known as the "First Universal Venezuelan" and the "Great Universal American". Born in Caracas in the Viceroyalty of New Granada into a wealthy family, Miranda left to pursue an education in Madrid in 1771 and subsequently enlisted in the Spanish army. In 1780, following Spain's entry into the American Revolutionary War, he was sent to Cuba and fought the British at Pensacola. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco de Miranda is the 404th most popular military personnel (down from 353rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Venezuela (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Venezuelan Military Personnel.

Francisco de Miranda was a Venezuelan general and politician who led the fight for independence in Venezuela and much of South America. He is most famous for being the first person to propose the idea of a union of Spanish American countries.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Francisco de Miranda ranks 404 out of 2,058. Before him are Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Bonifacius, Hans-Valentin Hube, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, and Jean II Le Maingre. After him are Xanthippus of Carthage, Honda Tadakatsu, Kirill Meretskov, Erich Kempka, Vladimir Gelfand, and Otto Kretschmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Francisco de Miranda ranks 10. Before him are Caroline Herschel, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Tipu Sultan, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Heshen. After him are Adam Afzelius, Murad Bey, Sheikh Mansur, Karl August von Hardenberg, Ami Argand, and Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider. Among people deceased in 1816, Francisco de Miranda ranks 7. Before him are Maria I of Portugal, Giovanni Paisiello, Pierre Augereau, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and Frederick I of Württemberg. After him are Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Gavrila Derzhavin, Adam Ferguson, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Roger Ducos, and François-André Vincent.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Francisco de Miranda ranks 8 out of 183. Before him are Hugo Chávez (1954), Nicolás Maduro (1962), Carlos the Jackal (1949), Baruj Benacerraf (1920), Juan Vicente Pérez (1909), and Antonio José de Sucre (1795). After him are Reynaldo Hahn (1874), Carolina Herrera (1939), Rafael Caldera (1916), Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922), Rómulo Betancourt (1908), and José Antonio Páez (1790).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Venezuela

Among military personnels born in Venezuela, Francisco de Miranda ranks 1. After him are Juan José Flores (1800).

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