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Background: Spain

21 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Francisco Largo Caballero Francisco Largo Caballero The UGT worker-leader they called the Spanish Lenin, a prime minister broken between revolution and war Government and administration · Spanish Republic 1869–1946
Julián Besteiro Julián Besteiro PSOE right-wing leader, Speaker of the Cortes; joined Casado's coup, refused exile, and died in Franco's prison Political and party leadership · Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 1870–1940
Manuel Azaña Manuel Azaña The last president of the Republic who embodied the republican cause but crossed into France and resigned when Catalonia fell Government and administration · Spanish Republic 1880–1940
Cipriano de Rivas Cherif Cipriano de Rivas Cherif Theatre director active in Republican diplomacy Literature and arts 1891–1967
Andreu Nin Andreu Nin The Marxist who linked the Russian and Spanish revolutions, founder of the POUM Political and party leadership · Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) 1892–1937
Juan Negrín Juan Negrín The physiologist trained in Leipzig who sent the Republic's gold to Moscow and chose to fight to the end as its last prime minister Government and administration · Spanish Republic 1892–1956
Francisco Franco Francisco Franco The general who turned the rising into victory and ruled Spain for thirty-six years as Caudillo Military command · Spain state institutions 1892–1975
Segismundo Casado Segismundo Casado The Republican general who overthrew Negrín to negotiate peace with Franco, and got only unconditional surrender Military command · Spanish Republic 1893–1968
Vicente Rojo Vicente Rojo Lluch The Catholic general who defended the Republic Military command · Spanish Republic 1894–1966
José Díaz José Díaz From baker to General Secretary: the leader who steered Spanish communism through the Popular Front and Civil War Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 1895–1942
Dolores Ibárruri Dolores Ibárruri “¡No pasarán!”: the voice of anti-fascism that refused to let Franco's armies pass Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 1895–1989
Buenaventura Durruti Buenaventura Durruti The anarchist metalworker who broke the rising in Barcelona and led the column that carried his name Social movements and organizing · Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) 1896–1936
Joaquín Juliá Maurín Joaquín Maurín A revolutionary who pursued workers' unity across communist divisions Political and party leadership · Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) 1896–1973
Cipriano Mera Cipriano Mera Sanz The anarchist IV Army Corps commander who saved Casado's Madrid coup from Communist counter-attack Military command · Spanish Republic 1897–1975
Federica Montseny Federica Montseny Spanish anarchist who served in the Republican government Government and administration · Spanish Republic 1905–1994
Juan Modesto Juan Guilloto León A field commander of the defeated Republic Military command · Spanish Republic 1906–1969
Juan Pujol García Juan Pujol García The double agent who made fiction a strategic weapon Security, intelligence and policing · United Kingdom state institutions 1914–1988
Santiago Carrillo Santiago Carrillo The Eurocommunist architect who lit a cigarette at gunpoint Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 1915–2012
José Ramón Álvarez Fernández José Ramón Fernández Álvarez Cuban revolutionary commander credited with defeating the 1961 Bay of Pigs landing (Brigade 2506) Government and administration · Cuba 1923–2019
Ángel Viñas Ángel Viñas The Spanish Civil War historian who demolished Francoist myths with archival evidence Scholarship and theory 1941–
Pío Moa Pío Moa Former Maoist urban guerrilla turned Francoist revisionist historian who reignited Spain's Civil War debates Scholarship and theory 1948–