MILITARY PERSONNEL

Pancho Villa

1878 - 1923

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Francisco "Pancho" Villa (UK: PAN-choh VEE-ə, US: PAHN-choh VEE-(y)ə, Spanish: [ˈpantʃo ˈβiʎa]; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary and prominent figure in the Mexican Revolution. He was a key figure in the revolutionary movement that forced out President and dictator Porfirio Díaz and brought Francisco I. Madero to power in 1911. When Madero was ousted by a coup led by General Victoriano Huerta in February 1913, Villa joined the anti-Huerta forces in the Constitutionalist Army led by Venustiano Carranza. After the defeat and exile of Huerta in July 1914, Villa broke with Carranza. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pancho Villa is the 157th most popular military personnel (down from 111th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Military Personnel.

Pancho Villa was a Mexican revolutionary who led a number of armed rebellions against the Mexican government in the early 1900s. He was most famous for leading the Mexican Revolution, which was a major event in Mexican history.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Pancho Villa ranks 157 out of 2,058. Before him are Perdiccas, John Hawkins, Pyotr Bagration, Zhang Fei, Hermann Fegelein, and Michael Wittmann. After him are Matilda of Tuscany, Joseph Joffre, Dragut, Dong Zhuo, Jean Lannes, and Alexander Selkirk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Pancho Villa ranks 10. Before him are John B. Watson, Reza Shah, Gustav Stresemann, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Werner von Blomberg, and Manuel L. Quezon. After him are André Citroën, Alfred Döblin, Robert Walser, Lucien Febvre, Pyotr Wrangel, and Ferenc Molnár. Among people deceased in 1923, Pancho Villa ranks 11. Before him are Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Jaroslav Hašek, Constantine I of Greece, John Venn, and Warren G. Harding. After him are Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Edward W. Morley, Joaquín Sorolla, Édouard Stephan, Julius Martov, and Dietrich Eckart.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Pancho Villa ranks 10 out of 729. Before him are Moctezuma II (1466), Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (1957), Emiliano Zapata (1879), Carlos Santana (1947), Carlos Slim (1940), and Octavio Paz (1914). After him are Cuauhtémoc (1495), Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), Porfirio Díaz (1830), Benito Juárez (1806), Claudia Sheinbaum (1962), and Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Mexico

Among military personnels born in Mexico, Pancho Villa ranks 1. After him are Ignacio Allende (1769), Juan Aldama (1774), Juan de Salcedo (1549), and Comandanta Ramona (1960).

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