Juan Velasco Alvarado

Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado was a Peruvian general who served as the President of Peru after a successful coup d'état against Fernando Belaúnde's presidency in 1968. Under his presidency, nationalism, as well as left-leaning policies of state capitalism that addressed indigenous Peruvians, such as nationalization or agrarian reform were adopted. These policies were reversed after another coup d'état in 1975 led by his Prime Minister, Francisco Morales Bermúdez.

16 June 1910

Born on the same birth day (16 June): Arthur Arz von Straußenburg • Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall • Carole Ann Ford • Derek Sanderson • Diana DeGarmo • Eddie Cibrian • Francisco León de la Barra • Gustaf V • Iain Matthews • Irving Penn

Born in the same month (June 1910): Bill Naughton • Burgess Whitehead • David Rose (songwriter) • Dick Foran • Fernand Fonssagrives • John Hunt, Baron Hunt • Paul Flory • Sydney Allard • Til Kiwe