MILITARY PERSONNEL

Francisco de Miranda

1750 - 1816

Photo of Francisco de Miranda

Icon of person Francisco de Miranda

Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza (28 March 1750 – 14 July 1816), commonly known as Francisco de Miranda (Latin American Spanish: [fɾanˈsisko ðe miˈɾanda]), was a Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary who fought in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolution and the Spanish American wars of independence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco de Miranda has received more than 881,919 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco de Miranda is the 353rd most popular military personnel (up from 356th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Venezuela and the most popular Venezuelan Military Personnel.

Francisco de Miranda was a Venezuelan general and politician who led the fight for independence in Venezuela and much of South America. He is most famous for being the first person to propose the idea of a union of Spanish American countries.

Memorability Metrics

  • 880k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Francisco de Miranda ranks 353 out of 2,058. Before him are Hans-Valentin Hube, Rudolf Abel, James Paul Moody, Henri Giraud, Hugo Sperrle, and Huang Zhong. After him are Günther Prien, Maximilian von Spee, Ivan Paskevich, Jozef Gabčík, Omar Pasha, and Pierre-Charles Villeneuve.

Most Popular Military Personnels in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Francisco de Miranda ranks 9. Before him are Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Tipu Sultan, Caroline Herschel, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, and Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After him are Heshen, Murad Bey, Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa, Ami Argand, Karl August von Hardenberg, and Adam Afzelius. Among people deceased in 1816, Francisco de Miranda ranks 4. Before him are Maria I of Portugal, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, and Giovanni Paisiello. After him are Frederick I of Württemberg, Pierre Augereau, Adam Ferguson, Roger Ducos, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Gavrila Derzhavin, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, and Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg.

Others Born in 1750

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1816

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Francisco de Miranda ranks 5 out of 183. Before him are Simón Bolívar (1783), Hugo Chávez (1954), Carlos the Jackal (1949), and Nicolás Maduro (1962). After him are Antonio José de Sucre (1795), Baruj Benacerraf (1920), Carolina Herrera (1939), Rafael Caldera (1916), Reynaldo Hahn (1874), Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922), and Rómulo Betancourt (1908).

Others born in Venezuela

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Venezuela

Among military personnels born in Venezuela, Francisco de Miranda ranks 1. After him are Juan José Flores (1800).

Venezuelan born Military Personnels

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous