Calixto Bravo Villaso (born 1790 in Chilpancingo, Guerrero - died April 5, 1878 in Mexico City) was a Mexican colonel, he was a cousin of Nicolás Bravo. Bravo served in the Mexican Army during the Mexican War of Independence and in the Mexican–American War. He heroically defended the city of Laredo against the United States Army (led by Zachary Taylor), with a small company of only 48 men. His remains were buried at the Panteón de Dolores in Mexico City, in the Rotunda of Illustrious Persons, on April 7, 1878.[1]