Juan Pando Despierto (born in Madrid, 1943) is a Spanish historian.
Juan Pando was born within a family of military background. He is the son of the photographer Juan Pando Barrero. He received a triple formation, not only historical and military but a professional photographer. His thesis El mundo militar a través de la fotografía: España y el hecho internacional 1861-1921: Valores estéticos, sociológicos y políticos, enabled him to obtain his doctorate.
He is also an author in the field of photography. The Pando Files are preserved today at the Spanish Institute of Historical Inheritance.
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Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Spanish-language Wikipedia article, accessed April 11, 2006.