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José Sanjurjo

1872 - 1936

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José Sanjurjo y Sacanell (Spanish: [saŋˈxuɾxo]; 28 March 1872 – 20 July 1936) was a Spanish military officer who was one of the military leaders who plotted the July 1936 coup d'état that started the Spanish Civil War. He was endowed the nobiliary title of "Marquis of the Rif" in 1927. A monarchist opponent of the Second Spanish Republic proclaimed in 1931, he led a coup d'état known as la Sanjurjada in August 1932. The authorities easily suppressed the coup and initially condemned Sanjurjo to death, then later commuted his sentence to life imprisonment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Sanjurjo is the 449th most popular military personnel (up from 456th in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 358th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Spanish Military Personnel.

José Sanjurjo was a general in the Spanish army who led the coup that overthrew the government of the Second Spanish Republic.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, José Sanjurjo ranks 449 out of 2,058. Before him are Karl Mack von Leiberich, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Günther Rall, Horatius Cocles, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, and Sergei Skripal. After him are François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Lucius Artorius Castus, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Alfred Redl, Arthur III, Duke of Brittany, and Friedrich Dollmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, José Sanjurjo ranks 33. Before him are Helena Rubinstein, Georgy Chicherin, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Dionysios Kasdaglis, Gotse Delchev, and Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark. After him are Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Habibullah Khan, Julius Fučík, Princess Clémentine of Belgium, Édouard Herriot, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Among people deceased in 1936, José Sanjurjo ranks 48. Before him are Karl Pearson, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Julius Schreck, Wilhelm Gustloff, Max Schreck, and Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh. After him are Bertha Pappenheim, Robert Michels, Duan Qirui, Anna Boch, Marcel Grossmann, and Kikunae Ikeda.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Sanjurjo ranks 362 out of 3,355. Before him are Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643), Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951), Antonio Soler (1729), Miguel López de Legazpi (1502), Charles, Prince of Viana (1421), and Jorge Semprún (1923). After him are Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844), Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (-100), Chindasuinth (563), Fernando Hierro (1968), Manolete (1917), and Rosalía de Castro (1837).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Spain

Among military personnels born in Spain, José Sanjurjo ranks 5. Before him are Roland (736), Pedro de Valdivia (1497), Juan Pujol García (1912), and Pedro de Alvarado (1485). After him are Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), John of Austria the Younger (1629), Serena (365), Antonio Tejero (1932), Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1550), George Meade (1815), and Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1475).

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