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António de Spínola

1910 - 1996

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António Sebastião Ribeiro de Spínola GCTE ComA (generally referred to as António de Spínola, Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ ˈtɔniu ðɨ ˈspinulɐ]; 11 April 1910 – 13 August 1996) was a Portuguese military officer, author and conservative politician who was the first President of Portugal after the dissolution of the Estado Novo government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of António de Spínola has received more than 247,829 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. António de Spínola is the 3,300th most popular politician (up from 3,664th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 88th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Portuguese Politician.

António de Spínola was a Portuguese general who served as the last governor of Portugal's colonies in Africa. He is most famous for his role in the Carnation Revolution, which overthrew the dictatorship of António Salazar.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, António de Spínola ranks 3,300 out of 15,577. Before him are Yasuo Fukuda, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. After him are Leonidas II, Mark Felt, Muhammad I of Granada, Artavasdes II of Armenia, John I Albert, and Emmerson Mnangagwa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, António de Spínola ranks 40. Before him are Jean-Louis Barrault, Erich Kempka, Paul Flory, Robert van Gulik, Pierre Schaeffer, and Joseph Kasa-Vubu. After him are Michel Aflaq, Ne Win, Galina Ulanova, Meša Selimović, Edvard Kardelj, and Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Among people deceased in 1996, António de Spínola ranks 36. Before him are Timothy Leary, Andreas Papandreou, Odysseas Elytis, Nevill Francis Mott, Abdus Salam, and Masaki Kobayashi. After him are Ademir de Menezes, Claudette Colbert, Victor Ambartsumian, George Davis Snell, Helmut Schön, and Gladwyn Jebb.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, António de Spínola ranks 79 out of 555. Before him are John of God (1495), Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (1887), Fernando Santos (1954), Sancho II of Portugal (1209), Uriel da Costa (1585), and João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537). After him are Joan of Portugal (1439), Francisco de Almeida (1450), Diogo Dias (1450), Beatrice of Portugal (1373), Maria João Pires (1944), and Maria Isabel of Braganza (1797).

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Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, António de Spínola ranks 47. Before him are Peter III of Portugal (1717), Barbara of Portugal (1711), Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy (1397), Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (1887), Sancho II of Portugal (1209), and João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537). After him are Francisco de Almeida (1450), Beatrice of Portugal (1373), António Lobo Antunes (1942), Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080), António, Prior of Crato (1531), and Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510).

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