Politician

Francisco Franco

Spanish general and dictator

1892 - 1975

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Francisco Franco

His biography is available in 117 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 113 in 2024). Francisco Franco is the 114th most popular politician (down from 78th in 2024), the 10th most popular biography from Spain (down from 8th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Politician.

Francisco Franco was a Spanish general and dictator who ruled Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. He is most famous for the 36-year period of authoritarian rule during which he suppressed any opposition to his rule.

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Francisco Franco is the most memorable of the 11 notable people born in Ferrol, Spain, Spain, ahead of Ramón Franco, Concepción Arenal, and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester.

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Francisco Franco's biography appears in 117 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 99% of all Politicians.

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Francisco Franco shares a December 4 birthday with Wassily Kandinsky, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Albert Bandura.

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Francisco Franco's Wikipedia page drew 4.0M views over the past year — 24× the average among Politicians.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Francisco Franco ranks 114 out of 19,576. Before him are Edward V of England, Fidel Castro, Trajan, Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Selim II, and Frederick the Great. After him are Justinian I, Angela Merkel, Nikita Khrushchev, Muammar Gaddafi, Harald V, and Leonid Brezhnev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Francisco Franco ranks 4. Before him are J. R. R. Tolkien, Haile Selassie, and Josip Broz Tito. After him are Edward Victor Appleton, Louis de Broglie, Mary Pickford, Ivo Andrić, Walter Benjamin, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Pearl S. Buck, and Manfred von Richthofen. Among people deceased in 1975, Francisco Franco ranks 3. Before him are Haile Selassie, and Chiang Kai-shek. After him are Hannah Arendt, Dmitri Shostakovich, Ivo Andrić, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Umm Kulthum, Aristotle Onassis, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Robert Robinson, and Otto Skorzeny.

Others Born in 1892

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J. R. R. Tolkien
WRITER
1892 - 1973
HPI: 90.69
Rank: 1
Haile Selassie
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1975
HPI: 86.85
Rank: 2
Josip Broz Tito
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1980
HPI: 86.53
Rank: 3
Francisco Franco
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1975
HPI: 85.72
Rank: 4
Edward Victor Appleton
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1965
HPI: 83.64
Rank: 5
Louis de Broglie
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1987
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 6
Mary Pickford
ACTOR
1892 - 1979
HPI: 81.55
Rank: 7
Ivo Andrić
WRITER
1892 - 1975
HPI: 80.64
Rank: 8
Walter Benjamin
PHILOSOPHER
1892 - 1940
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 9
Zita of Bourbon-Parma
COMPANION
1892 - 1989
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 10
Pearl S. Buck
WRITER
1892 - 1973
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 11
Manfred von Richthofen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1918
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 12