Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (March 24,1829 – September 8, 1862) was a general in the Mexican army, best known for defeating invading French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 (now celebrated in Mexico as the Cinco de Mayo).
Shortly after his famous victory, Zaragoza contracted typhoid fever, of which he died at the age of thirty-three.