1889 - 1970
António de Oliveira Salazar (, US also , Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈtɔni.u ð(ɨ) ɔliˈvɐjɾɐ sɐlɐˈzaɾ]; 28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese statesman and economist who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He was responsible for the Estado Novo ("New State"), the corporatist authoritarian government that ruled Portugal until 1974. A trained economist, Salazar entered public life as finance minister with the support of President Óscar Carmona after the Portuguese coup d'état of 28 May 1926. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of António de Oliveira Salazar has received more than 1,933,228 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). António de Oliveira Salazar is the 272nd most popular politician (down from 241st in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Politician.
António de Oliveira Salazar was a Portuguese politician who is most famous for being the dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968.
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Among politicians, António de Oliveira Salazar ranks 272 out of 15,710. Before him are George IV of the United Kingdom, Philippe Pétain, Babur, Louis XVII of France, Matthias Corvinus, and Clara Zetkin. After him are Edward V of England, Pompey, Elagabalus, Wu Zetian, Julian, and Golda Meir.
1762 - 1830
HPI: 81.99
Rank: 266
1856 - 1951
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 267
1483 - 1530
HPI: 81.94
Rank: 268
1785 - 1795
HPI: 81.94
Rank: 269
1443 - 1490
HPI: 81.90
Rank: 270
1857 - 1933
HPI: 81.87
Rank: 271
1889 - 1970
HPI: 81.87
Rank: 272
1470 - 1483
HPI: 81.83
Rank: 273
106 BC - 48 BC
HPI: 81.82
Rank: 274
203 - 222
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 275
624 - 705
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 276
331 - 363
HPI: 81.77
Rank: 277
1898 - 1978
HPI: 81.68
Rank: 278
Among people born in 1889, António de Oliveira Salazar ranks 5. Before him are Adolf Hitler, Charlie Chaplin, Martin Heidegger, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. After him are Jean Cocteau, Edwin Hubble, Jawaharlal Nehru, Ante Pavelić, Anna Akhmatova, Arnold J. Toynbee, and Vaslav Nijinsky. Among people deceased in 1970, António de Oliveira Salazar ranks 8. Before him are Bertrand Russell, Janis Joplin, Abraham Maslow, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Erich Maria Remarque, and Jimi Hendrix. After him are Sukarno, Yukio Mishima, Max Born, Hjalmar Schacht, Alexander Kerensky, and Mark Rothko.
1889 - 1945
HPI: 95.49
Rank: 1
1889 - 1977
HPI: 90.72
Rank: 2
1889 - 1976
HPI: 86.01
Rank: 3
1889 - 1951
HPI: 84.82
Rank: 4
1889 - 1970
HPI: 81.87
Rank: 5
1889 - 1963
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 6
1889 - 1953
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 7
1889 - 1964
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 8
1889 - 1959
HPI: 78.83
Rank: 9
1889 - 1966
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 10
1889 - 1975
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 11
1889 - 1950
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 12
1872 - 1970
HPI: 84.90
Rank: 2
1943 - 1970
HPI: 84.52
Rank: 3
1908 - 1970
HPI: 83.65
Rank: 4
1918 - 1970
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 5
1898 - 1970
HPI: 82.62
Rank: 6
1942 - 1970
HPI: 81.89
Rank: 7
1889 - 1970
HPI: 81.87
Rank: 8
1901 - 1970
HPI: 80.11
Rank: 9
1925 - 1970
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 10
1882 - 1970
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 11
1877 - 1970
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 12
1881 - 1970
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 13
1903 - 1970
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 14
Among people born in Portugal, António de Oliveira Salazar ranks 7 out of 479. Before him are Ferdinand Magellan (1480), Vasco da Gama (1460), Bartolomeu Dias (1450), Anthony of Padua (1195), José Saramago (1922), and Prince Henry the Navigator (1394). After him are Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), Fernando Pessoa (1888), António Guterres (1949), Manuel I of Portugal (1469), Afonso I of Portugal (1109), and Pope Damasus I (305).
1480 - 1521
HPI: 93.48
Rank: 1
1460 - 1524
HPI: 92.45
Rank: 2
1450 - 1500
HPI: 87.21
Rank: 3
1195 - 1231
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 4
1922 - 2010
HPI: 82.83
Rank: 5
1394 - 1460
HPI: 82.18
Rank: 6
1889 - 1970
HPI: 81.87
Rank: 7
1467 - 1520
HPI: 80.28
Rank: 8
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 10
1469 - 1521
HPI: 78.35
Rank: 11
1109 - 1185
HPI: 77.90
Rank: 12
305 - 384
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 13
Among politicians born in Portugal, António de Oliveira Salazar ranks 1. After him are António Guterres (1949), Manuel I of Portugal (1469), Afonso I of Portugal (1109), John II of Portugal (1455), John I of Portugal (1358), Sebastian of Portugal (1554), Afonso V of Portugal (1432), John III of Portugal (1502), Pedro I of Brazil (1798), Peter I of Portugal (1320), and Manuel II of Portugal (1889).
1889 - 1970
HPI: 81.87
Rank: 1
1949 - Present
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 2
1469 - 1521
HPI: 78.35
Rank: 3
1109 - 1185
HPI: 77.90
Rank: 4
1455 - 1495
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 5
1358 - 1433
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 6
1554 - 1578
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 7
1432 - 1481
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 8
1502 - 1557
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 9
1798 - 1834
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 10
1320 - 1367
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 11
1889 - 1932
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 12