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Emiliano Zapata

1879 - 1919

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Emiliano Zapata Salazar (Spanish pronunciation: [emiˈljano saˈpata]; August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo. Zapata was born in the rural village of Anenecuilco in Morelos, in an era when peasant communities came under increasing repression from the small-landowning class who monopolized land and water resources for sugarcane production with the support of dictator Porfirio Díaz (President from 1877 to 1880 and 1884 to 1911). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emiliano Zapata has received more than 4,115,968 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Emiliano Zapata is the 34th most popular social activist (down from 27th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Social Activist.

Emiliano Zapata is most famous for his role in the Mexican Revolution, which he led. He was a peasant farmer who fought for land reform and the redistribution of wealth.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Emiliano Zapata ranks 34 out of 840. Before him are Simon bar Kokhba, Omar Mukhtar, Emily Greene Balch, Hassan al-Banna, Élie Ducommun, and Sadako Sasaki. After him are Lady Godiva, Ferdinand Lassalle, Jan Palach, Sophie Scholl, Shirin Ebadi, and Simon Wiesenthal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Emiliano Zapata ranks 11. Before him are Kazimir Malevich, Emperor Taishō, Max von Laue, Otto Hahn, Franz von Papen, and Francis Picabia. After him are Alma Mahler, Owen Willans Richardson, Symon Petliura, Milutin Milanković, Hans Luther, and Rudolf von Laban. Among people deceased in 1919, Emiliano Zapata ranks 9. Before him are Theodore Roosevelt, Ernst Haeckel, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Gojong of Korea, Emil Fischer, and Karl Liebknecht. After him are Ruggero Leoncavallo, Carl Larsson, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Andrew Carnegie, Alfred Werner, and Yakov Sverdlov.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Emiliano Zapata ranks 5 out of 729. Before him are Frida Kahlo (1907), Anthony Quinn (1915), Diego Rivera (1886), and Moctezuma II (1466). After him are Carlos Slim (1940), Pancho Villa (1878), Octavio Paz (1914), Porfirio Díaz (1830), Carlos Santana (1947), Cuauhtémoc (1495), and Salma Hayek (1966).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Mexico

Among social activists born in Mexico, Emiliano Zapata ranks 1. After him are Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753), Subcomandante Marcos (1957), Ricardo Flores Magón (1874), Leona Vicario (1789), Miriam Rodríguez Martínez (1967), Elvia Carrillo Puerto (1878), Lydia Cacho (1963), Leydy Pech (1965), Xiye Bastida (2002), and Guadalupe Campanur Tapia (1986).

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