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Antonio López de Santa Anna

1794 - 1876

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Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón, usually known as Antonio López de Santa Anna (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtonjo ˈlopes ðe sanˈtana]; 21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876), or just Santa Anna, was a Mexican soldier, politician, and caudillo who served as the 8th president of Mexico multiple times between 1833 and 1855. He also served as Vice President of Mexico from 1837 to 1839. He was a controversial and pivotal figure in Mexican politics during the 19th century, to the point that he has been called an "uncrowned monarch", and historians often refer to the three decades after Mexican independence as the "Age of Santa Anna".Santa Anna was in charge of the garrison at Veracruz at the time Mexico won independence in 1821. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio López de Santa Anna has received more than 4,510,551 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Antonio López de Santa Anna is the 2,057th most popular politician (down from 1,666th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 14th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Mexican Politician.

Antonio López de Santa Anna is most famous for being the president of Mexico three times. He was president from 1833-1835, 1837-1840, and 1841-1844.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Antonio López de Santa Anna ranks 2,057 out of 15,577Before him are François Darlan, Euric, Konstantin Päts, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Toghrul, and Carlos Menem. After him are Ivan I of Moscow, Amasis II, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, Tiu, and Benito Juárez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Antonio López de Santa Anna ranks 1After him are Matthew C. Perry, Elias Magnus Fries, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Theobald Boehm, Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz, Ignaz Moscheles, William Whewell, Wilhelm Müller, Józef Bem, Aimable Pélissier, and Ami Boué. Among people deceased in 1876, Antonio López de Santa Anna ranks 8Before him are George Sand, Abdülaziz, Josephine of Leuchtenberg, George Armstrong Custer, Karl Ernst von Baer, and Catherine Labouré. After him are Truganini, Marie d'Agoult, Ildefons Cerdà, Antoine Jérôme Balard, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, and Francesco Maria Piave.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Antonio López de Santa Anna ranks 18 out of 585Before him are Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (1946), Cuauhtémoc (1495), Porfirio Díaz (1830), Salma Hayek (1966), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), and Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (1957). After him are Benito Juárez (1806), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Moctezuma I (1398), and Vicente Fernández (1940).

Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Antonio López de Santa Anna ranks 7Before him are Moctezuma II (1466), Geronimo (1829), La Malinche (1502), Cuauhtémoc (1495), Porfirio Díaz (1830), and Agustín de Iturbide (1783). After him are Benito Juárez (1806), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Moctezuma I (1398), Vicente Fox (1942), Francisco I. Madero (1873), and Lázaro Cárdenas (1895).