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Juana Azurduy de Padilla

1780 - 1862

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Juana Azurduy de Padilla (July 12, 1780 – May 25, 1862) was a guerrilla military leader from Chuquisaca, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (now Sucre, Bolivia). She fought for Bolivian and Argentine independence alongside her husband, Manuel Ascencio Padilla, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. She was noted for her strong support for and military leadership of the indigenous people of Upper Peru. Today, she is regarded as an independence hero in both Bolivia and Argentina. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juana Azurduy de Padilla is the 1,403rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,348th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Bolivia (down from 14th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bolivian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Juana Azurduy de Padilla ranks 1,403 out of 2,058. Before her are Walther von Hünersdorff, Movses Silikyan, Lengvenis, John Paul Jones, Silvestras Žukauskas, and Hans Jordan. After her are Henry Tandey, Saad el-Shazly, Kurt von der Chevallerie, Dmitry Lelyushenko, Herman Kahn, and August von Werder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Juana Azurduy de Padilla ranks 37. Before her are August Leopold Crelle, Reşid Mehmed Pasha, Johannes van den Bosch, Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, Léon Jean Marie Dufour, and Johann Friedrich Naumann. After her are Alexey Venetsianov, Henri Braconnot, Fulgencio Yegros, Karoline von Günderrode, José Joaquín de Olmedo, and Matvei Gedenshtrom. Among people deceased in 1862, Juana Azurduy de Padilla ranks 38. Before her are Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz, Justinus Kerner, Francisco Balagtas, Albrecht Adam, Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Albert Sidney Johnston. After her are Carlos Anaya, Sofia Adlersparre, Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov, José María Bocanegra, Barbu Catargiu, and Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning.

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In Bolivia

Among people born in Bolivia, Juana Azurduy de Padilla ranks 17 out of 105. Before her are Túpac Katari (1750), Hernán Siles Zuazo (1914), Juan José Torres (1920), Carlos Mesa (1953), Jeanine Áñez (1967), and Toribio Ticona Porco (1937). After her are Jaime Paz Zamora (1939), Germán Busch (1903), Enrique Peñaranda (1893), Gualberto Villarroel (1908), Julio Terrazas Sandoval (1936), and Mariano Melgarejo (1820).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Bolivia

Among military personnels born in Bolivia, Juana Azurduy de Padilla ranks 2. Before her are Mario Terán (1942). After her are Bartolina Sisa (1753), and Alberto Natusch (1933).

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