Emiliano Zapata

Emiliano Zapata

Emiliano Zapata Salazar (Spanish pronunciation: [emiˈljano saˈpata]; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) became 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 State, in an era when peasant communities came under increasing pressure from the small-landowning class who monopolized land and water resources for sugar-cane production with the support of dictator Porfirio Díaz (President 1877-1880 and 1884-1911). Zapata early on participated in political movements against Díaz and the landowning hacendados, and when the Revolution broke out in 1910 he was thus positioned as a central leader of the peasant revolt in Morelos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emiliano Zapata has received more than 2,468,500 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Emiliano Zapata is the 25th most popular social activist (down from 24th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Mexico 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.