The Greatest Mexican Revolutionaries

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1 Pancho Villa

Famous As: General

Birthdate: June 5, 1878

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Durango

Died: July 20, 1923

Military leader Pancho Villa was a significant figure of the Mexican Revolution. He supported the ouster of dictator Porfirio Diaz and later fought to remove Victoriano Huerta from power. He also allied with Emiliano Zapata and fought against Venustiano Carranza. He remains immortalized in many films and novels.

2 Emiliano Zapata

Famous As: Mexican Political figure

Birthdate: August 8, 1879

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Anenecuilco, Mexico

Died: April 10, 1919

Emiliano Zapata was a key figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920 and led the agrarian movement known as Zapatismo. As the leader of the Liberation Army of the South, he contributed to the fall of Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz and later fought against Venustiano Carranza.

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3 Benito Juarez

Famous As: Lawyer, Politician

Birthdate: March 21, 1806

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: San Pablo Guelatao, Mexico

Died: July 18, 1872

Benito Juarez was a Mexican lawyer and politician. He served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 to 1872, becoming the first president of Mexico who was of indigenous origin. He died of a heart attack in 1872. To date, he is revered as "a preeminent symbol of Mexican nationalism and resistance to foreign intervention."

4 Ricardo Flores Magón

Famous As: Political figure

Birthdate: September 16, 1873

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, Mexico

Died: November 21, 1922

5 Pascual Orozco

Famous As: Revolutionary

Birthdate: January 28, 1882

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Guerrero Municipality, Mexico

Died: August 30, 1915

Initially a muleteer at various mining companies, Pascual Orozco grew up to be a famous guerrilla leader from Chihuahua who made a significant contribution to the Mexican Revolution. Though he initially helped Francisco I. Madero depose Porfirio Díaz, he later sided with Victoriano Huerta in a coup against Madero.