1892 - 1975
Francisco Franco Bahamonde (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko ˈfɾaŋko βa.aˈmonde]; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish military general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming the title Caudillo. This period in Spanish history, from the Nationalist victory to Franco's death, is commonly known as Francoist Spain or as the Francoist dictatorship. Born in Ferrol, Galicia, into an upper-class military family, Franco served in the Spanish Army as a cadet in the Toledo Infantry Academy from 1907 to 1910. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Franco has received more than 12,537,277 page views. His biography is available in 106 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 100 in 2019). Francisco Franco is the 85th most popular politician (down from 67th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Spain (down from 9th 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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Among politicians, Francisco Franco ranks 85 out of 15,577. Before him are Ashoka, Hirohito, Selim I, Trajan, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and Kösem Sultan. After him are Philip II of Spain, George Washington, Heinrich Himmler, Leonid Brezhnev, Louis XV of France, and Giuseppe Garibaldi.
304 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 82.44
Rank: 79
1901 - 1989
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 80
1470 - 1520
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 81
53 - 117
HPI: 82.38
Rank: 82
1918 - 1989
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 83
1590 - 1651
HPI: 82.27
Rank: 84
1892 - 1975
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 85
1527 - 1598
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 86
1732 - 1799
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 87
1900 - 1945
HPI: 81.82
Rank: 88
1906 - 1982
HPI: 81.78
Rank: 89
1710 - 1774
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 90
1807 - 1882
HPI: 81.74
Rank: 91
Among people born in 1892, Francisco Franco ranks 3. Before him are J. R. R. Tolkien and Josip Broz Tito. After him are Haile Selassie, Walter Benjamin, Louis de Broglie, Manfred von Richthofen, Ivo Andrić, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Pearl S. Buck, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and Martin Niemöller. Among people deceased in 1975, Francisco Franco ranks 1. After him are Hannah Arendt, Dmitri Shostakovich, Chiang Kai-shek, Haile Selassie, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ivo Andrić, Josephine Baker, Aristotle Onassis, Otto Skorzeny, Umm Kulthum, and Arnold J. Toynbee.
1892 - 1973
HPI: 88.02
Rank: 1
1892 - 1980
HPI: 83.57
Rank: 2
1892 - 1975
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 3
1892 - 1975
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 4
1892 - 1940
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 5
1892 - 1987
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 6
1892 - 1918
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 7
1892 - 1975
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 8
1892 - 1989
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 9
1892 - 1973
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 10
1892 - 1946
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 11
1892 - 1984
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 12
1892 - 1975
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 1
1906 - 1975
HPI: 79.24
Rank: 2
1906 - 1975
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 3
1887 - 1975
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 4
1892 - 1975
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 5
1922 - 1975
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 6
1892 - 1975
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 7
1906 - 1975
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 8
1906 - 1975
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 9
1908 - 1975
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 10
1898 - 1975
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 11
1889 - 1975
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 12
Among people born in Spain, Francisco Franco ranks 10 out of 2,932. Before him are Francisco Goya (1746), Antoni Gaudí (1852), Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), Diego Velázquez (1599), and Trajan (53). After him are Philip II of Spain (1527), Hernán Cortés (1485), Theodosius I (340), Hadrian (76), Isabella I of Castile (1451), and Catherine of Aragon (1485).
1746 - 1828
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 4
1852 - 1926
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 5
4 BC - 65
HPI: 83.70
Rank: 6
1126 - 1198
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 7
1599 - 1660
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 8
53 - 117
HPI: 82.38
Rank: 9
1892 - 1975
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 10
1527 - 1598
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 11
1485 - 1547
HPI: 81.70
Rank: 12
340 - 395
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 13
76 - 138
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 14
1451 - 1504
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 15
1485 - 1536
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 16
Among politicians born in Spain, Francisco Franco ranks 2. Before him are Trajan (53). After him are Philip II of Spain (1527), Theodosius I (340), Hadrian (76), Isabella I of Castile (1451), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Joanna of Castile (1479), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), Philip IV of Spain (1605), Charles II of Spain (1661), and Philip III of Spain (1578).
53 - 117
HPI: 82.38
Rank: 1
1892 - 1975
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 2
1527 - 1598
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 3
340 - 395
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 4
76 - 138
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 5
1451 - 1504
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 6
1503 - 1564
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 7
1479 - 1555
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 8
1452 - 1516
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 9
1605 - 1665
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 10
1661 - 1700
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 11
1578 - 1621
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 12