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José Antonio Aguirre

1904 - 1960

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José Antonio Aguirre y Lecube (6 March 1904 – 22 March 1960) was a Basque politician and activist in the Basque Nationalist Party. He was the first president of the Provisional Government of the Basque Country and the executive defense advisor during the Spanish Civil War. Under his mandate, the Provisional Government formed the Basque Army and fought for the Second Spanish Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Antonio Aguirre is the 6,925th most popular politician (up from 7,461st in 2019), the 594th most popular biography from Spain (up from 673rd in 2019) and the 213th most popular Spanish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Antonio Aguirre ranks 6,925 out of 19,576Before him are Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard, Chung Hong-won, Tullia Minor, Lugalbanda, and Ragnvald Knaphövde. After him are Jean-Antoine Marbot, Sergius I of Constantinople, Ramón Grau, Otto I, Duke of Carinthia, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Warren Hastings.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, José Antonio Aguirre ranks 82Before him are Isamu Noguchi, Count Basie, Arshile Gorky, Ralph Bellamy, Lyudmila Rudenko, and Charles "Buddy" Rogers. After him are Edmund Veesenmayer, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Emilio Fernández, Greer Garson, Hans Hartung, and Shunryū Suzuki. Among people deceased in 1960, José Antonio Aguirre ranks 58Before him are Aly Khan, Vicki Baum, Jussi Björling, Yan Xishan, Eddie Cochran, and Maurice de Broglie. After him are Abram Ioffe, Pierre Reverdy, Alexandre Benois, Edwin Fischer, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Bruno Loerzer.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Antonio Aguirre ranks 594 out of 3,355Before him are Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily (1103), Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867), Cesc Fàbregas (1987), George Meade (1815), Juan Sánchez Cotán (1560), and Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1475). After him are Caterina Albert (1869), Javier Clemente (1950), Fernán González of Castile (910), Josep Pla (1897), Víctor Valdés (1982), and Adelina Patti (1843).

Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, José Antonio Aguirre ranks 213Before him are Chintila (606), Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón (1727), Agustín Muñoz Grandes (1896), García Sánchez III of Pamplona (1012), Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile (1358), and Muhammad II of Córdoba (980). After him are Diego, Prince of Asturias (1575), Infanta Eulalia of Spain (1864), Antonio de Mendoza (1494), García Íñiguez of Pamplona (810), Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828), and Muhammad IV of Granada (1315).