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Benito Juárez

1806 - 1872

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Benito Pablo Juárez García (Spanish: [beˈnito ˈpaβlo ˈxwaɾes ɣaɾˈsi.a] ; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. A Zapotec, he was the first Indigenous president of Mexico and the first democratically elected Indigenous president in the postcolonial Americas. A member of the Liberal Party, he previously held a number of offices, including the governorship of Oaxaca and the presidency of the Supreme Court. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benito Juárez has received more than 3,317,311 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Benito Juárez is the 1,862nd most popular politician (up from 2,056th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 19th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Mexican Politician.

Benito Juárez was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as president of Mexico from 1858 to 1872. He is most famous for his efforts to establish a democracy in Mexico, which was ruled by military dictatorships for much of the 19th century.

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  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Benito Juárez ranks 1,862 out of 19,576. Before him are Ernest, Duke of Austria, Theuderic IV, Jeroboam II, Seqenenre Tao, Josef Kramer, and Nadezhda Alliluyeva. After him are Carloman of Bavaria, Ibrahim Rugova, Dangun, Sweyn II of Denmark, Menelik I, and Maroboduus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Benito Juárez ranks 4. Before him are John Stuart Mill, Max Stirner, and Augustus De Morgan. After him are Catherine Labouré, Emilia Plater, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, Omar Pasha, William Webb Ellis, and Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov. Among people deceased in 1872, Benito Juárez ranks 7. Before him are Ludwig Feuerbach, Samuel Morse, Giuseppe Mazzini, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Charles XV of Sweden, and Théophile Gautier. After him are Franz Grillparzer, N. F. S. Grundtvig, William Webb Ellis, Stanisław Moniuszko, William John Macquorn Rankine, and Ljudevit Gaj.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Benito Juárez ranks 13 out of 729. Before him are Pancho Villa (1878), Octavio Paz (1914), Porfirio Díaz (1830), Carlos Santana (1947), Cuauhtémoc (1495), and Salma Hayek (1966). After him are Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753), and La Malinche (1502).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Benito Juárez ranks 4. Before him are Moctezuma II (1466), Porfirio Díaz (1830), and Cuauhtémoc (1495). After him are Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), La Malinche (1502), Moctezuma I (1398), Francisco I. Madero (1873), Vicente Fox (1942), and Lázaro Cárdenas (1895).

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