Francisco Luis Urquizo Benavides (21 June 1891, San Pedro de las Colonias, Coahuila - 6 April 1969, Mexico City) was a Mexican soldier, revolutionary general, writer and historian. With Mariano Azuela, Mauricio Magdaleno, Martín Luis Guzmán and José Vasconcelos, he was one of the main authors of the so-called novela revolucionaria, which was a literary account of episodes in the Mexican armed struggle for independence. He was twice Secretary of National Defense.