MILITARY PERSONNEL

Antonio Luna

1866 - 1899

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Antonio Narciso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta (Spanish: [anˈtonjo ˈluna]; October 29, 1866 – June 5, 1899) was a Filipino army general and a pharmacist who fought in the Philippine–American War before his assassination on June 5, 1899, at the age of 32. Regarded as one of the fiercest generals of his time, he succeeded Artemio Ricarte as the Commanding General of the Philippine Army. He sought to apply his background in military science to the fledgling army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio Luna has received more than 3,642,859 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Antonio Luna is the 1,262nd most popular military personnel (up from 1,398th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Philippines (up from 31st in 2019) and the most popular Filipino Military Personnel.

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  • 19

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  • 3.07

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Antonio Luna ranks 1,262 out of 2,058. Before him are Lucius D. Clay, Arleigh Burke, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, Ieronim Uborevich, Holland Smith, and Karl Decker. After him are Vitalian, Movses Silikyan, Illus, Claude Choules, Orde Wingate, and J. F. C. Fuller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Antonio Luna ranks 74. Before him are António José de Almeida, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera, Carlos Schwabe, Joel Hastings Metcalf, and Julian Marchlewski. After him are Andrey Lyapchev, Mario García Menocal, Robert Broom, George Minne, Paolo Troubetzkoy, and Tristan Bernard. Among people deceased in 1899, Antonio Luna ranks 33. Before him are Garret Hobart, Carl Millöcker, Numa Droz, Heinrich Kiepert, George Averoff, and Ottmar Mergenthaler. After him are Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, Juan Luna, Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Lucien Quélet, Mór Than, and José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Antonio Luna ranks 29 out of 155. Before him are Melchora Aquino (1812), Ramon Magsaysay (1907), Fidel Ramos (1928), Benigno Aquino III (1960), Joseph Estrada (1937), and Maria Ressa (1963). After him are Juan Luna (1857), Francisco Balagtas (1788), Sergio Osmeña (1878), Florencio Campomanes (1927), Carlos P. Garcia (1896), and Luis Eduardo Aute (1943).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Philippines

Among military personnels born in Philippines, Antonio Luna ranks 1. 

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