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Also Known As Apostle of California
Born November 24, 1713 • Spain
Died August 28, 1784 (aged 70) • Carmel • California
Founder Mission Santa Barbara • San Diego de Alcalá

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Juan Padilla
Spanish missionary
José de Acosta
Spanish theologian
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Mexican leader
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
José María Morelos
Mexican priest and revolutionary
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar and Hernán Cortés
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
Spanish conquistador
Vasco de Quiroga
Mexican religious educator
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Mexican military officer
The founder of Morena, Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
president of Mexico
Enrique Peña Nieto
Enrique Peña Nieto
president of Mexico
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
president of Mexico
Lázaro Cárdenas.
Lázaro Cárdenas
president of Mexico
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Mexican revolutionary
Prescott, William H
William H. Prescott
American historian
Marcos, Subcomandante
Subcomandante Marcos
Mexican leader
Edward Burnett Tylor
Sir Edward Burnett Tylor
British anthropologist
Francisco Madero
Francisco Madero
president of Mexico
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz
president of Mexico