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Benigno Aquino Jr.

1932 - 1983

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Benigno Simeón "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., (, locally [bɛˌniːɡ.no ʔɐˈxiː.no]; November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983) was a Filipino politician who served as a senator of the Philippines (1967–1972) and governor of the province of Tarlac. Aquino was the husband of Corazon Aquino, who became the 11th president of the Philippines after his assassination, and father of Benigno Aquino III, who became the 15th president of the Philippines. Aquino, together with Gerardo Roxas and Jovito Salonga, helped form the leadership of the opposition toward then President Ferdinand Marcos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benigno Aquino Jr. has received more than 1,745,938 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Benigno Aquino Jr. is the 3,684th most popular politician (up from 7,010th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Philippines (up from 11th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Filipino Politician.

Benigno Aquino Jr. is most famous for being the first president of the Republic of the Philippines. He was assassinated in 1983.

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  • 4.45

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  • 4.20

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Benigno Aquino Jr. ranks 3,684 out of 19,576. Before him are Constantius Gallus, Than Shwe, Hans Oster, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Al-Adid, and Chandragupta II. After him are Władysław I Herman, Francisco Largo Caballero, Choummaly Sayasone, Bianca Cappello, Empress Genshō, and Susan Wojcicki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Benigno Aquino Jr. ranks 70. Before him are Robert Vaughn, Meir Kahane, David Scott, Nagisa Oshima, Gunter Sachs, and Hiroaki Sato. After him are Little Richard, Pier Angeli, Sonny Liston, Vladimir Ivashko, Abdul Halim Khaddam, and Jean-Jacques Sempé. Among people deceased in 1983, Benigno Aquino Jr. ranks 34. Before him are Luis Monti, Anna Seghers, Muddy Waters, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Maurice Ronet, and Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado. After him are Georges Auric, George Balanchine, Mercè Rodoreda, Alberto Ginastera, Jack Dempsey, and Rodolfo Gucci.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Benigno Aquino Jr. ranks 10 out of 155. Before him are Ferdinand Marcos (1917), José Rizal (1861), Lapu-Lapu (1491), Diosdado Macapagal (1910), Emilio Aguinaldo (1869), and Imelda Marcos (1929). After him are Paulino Alcántara (1896), Andrés Bonifacio (1863), Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947), Isabel Preysler (1951), Manuel L. Quezon (1878), and Marcelo H. del Pilar (1850).

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Among POLITICIANS In Philippines

Among politicians born in Philippines, Benigno Aquino Jr. ranks 8. Before him are Bongbong Marcos (1957), Corazon Aquino (1933), Ferdinand Marcos (1917), Lapu-Lapu (1491), Diosdado Macapagal (1910), and Emilio Aguinaldo (1869). After him are Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947), Manuel L. Quezon (1878), Elpidio Quirino (1890), Jose P. Laurel (1891), Apolinario Mabini (1864), and Manuel Roxas (1892).

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