Juan Modesto

Juan Modesto
Birth name	Juan Guilloto León
Nickname(s)	Modesto
Born	(1906-09-24)24 September 1906 El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Kingdom of Spain
Died	16 April 1969(1969-04-16) (aged 62) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Allegiance	Spanish Republic (1936–1939)  Soviet Union (1939–1945)
Service / branch	Spanish Army Spanish Republican Army Red Army
Years of service	1936–1945
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	Fifth Regiment (1936), Army of the North (1937), 5th Army Corps (1937–1938), Army of the Ebro (1938), Army of the Centre (March 1939)
Battles / wars	Spanish Civil War Siege of Madrid Second Battle of the Corunna Road Battle of Jarama Battle of Belchite Battle of Brunete Battle of Teruel Battle of Ebro Catalonia Offensive Second World War

Juan Guilloto León, usually referred to as Modesto or Juan Modesto (24 September 1906 – 16 April 1969), was a Republican army officer during the Spanish Civil War.