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Francisco Franco

1892 - 1975

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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

Among politicians, Francisco Franco ranks 85 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Francisco Franco ranks 3Before 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 1After 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.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Franco ranks 10 out of 2,932Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Francisco Franco ranks 2Before 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).