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Hernando Franco, Spanish composer; James Franco, Dave Franco, and Tom Franco, American actors; Jesús Franco and Ricardo Franco, Spanish directors and brothers; José Franco (poet), Panamanian poet; Larry J. Franco, American film producer; Pippo Franco, Italian actor, comedian, television presenter and singer; Tony DeFranco, Canadian musician
Francisco Franco Bahamonde [f] [g] (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 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 ...
Franco (General Hospital), a fictional character on the American soap opera General Hospital; Franco, the Luccan franc, a 19th-century currency of Lucca, Italy; Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera, a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Amendola; Franco, ese hombre, a 1964 documentary film by Spanish director José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
Some Basque names without a definable meaning in Spanish are unique to the Basque language, for instance, Eneko, Garikoitz, Urtzi. After Franco's death and the restoration of democracy in Spain, many Basque adults changed their Spanish names to their Basque equivalents, e.g. from Miguel to Mikel.
The Imperial Order of the Yoke and Arrows was established on 1 October 1937 by Francisco Franco during the second year of the Spanish Civil War. [2] The symbol of the yoke and arrows, known in Spanish as the yugo and flechas, was a symbol of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain during the late 15th and early 16th century, but was also used as a symbol of Falangism. [1]
The first Francoism (1939–1959) was the first stage in the history of General Francisco Franco's dictatorship, between the end of the Spanish Civil War and the abandonment of the autarkic economic policy with the application of the Stabilization Plan of 1959, which gave way to the developmentalist Francoism or second Francoism, which lasted until the death of the Generalissimo.
The Movimiento Nacional (English: National Movement) was a governing institution of Spain established by General Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. During Francoist rule in Spain, it purported to be the only channel of participation in Spanish public life. [1]
The military career of Francisco Franco Bahamonde began on 29 August 1907, when he took the oath as a cadet at the Spanish Toledo Infantry Academy. On 13 July 1910 he graduated from Infantry Academy and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Spanish Army , in the same promotion as Juan Yagüe , Emilio Esteban Infantes , Camilo Alonso ...