- Term
Pancho Villa
- Alternate Term
Villa, Pancho
Francisco Villa
- Occupation/Role
Mexican Revolutionary
- Nationality/Ethnicity
Mexican
- Date
1878-1923
- Remarks
Pancho Villa was born in 1878, as José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, to poor peasants Agustín Arango and Micaela Arambula at the Rancho de la Coyotada, which was located in San Juan del Río and was one of the largest haciendas in the state of Durango, Mexico. Villa was a prominent figure in the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) and helped overthrow Mexico’s dictatorial President Porfirio Dìaz in 1911. As the revolution raged on and a power struggle ensued, Villa commanded the División del Norte (Division of the North), the most feared and powerful army in Mexico. Villa and his troops faced off against various enemies, and they even went so far as to make a cross-border attack against the United States. Villa ultimately agreed to lay down his arms but was assassinated in 1923.