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Benito Juárez

26th president of Mexico

1806 - 1872

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His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia. Benito Juárez is the 1,808th most popular politician (up from 1,858th in 2024), the 14th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 13th in 2019) and the 5th 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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Benito Juárez ranks #14 among 921 people in Pantheon born in Mexico, inside the top 2% of that group.

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Benito Juárez's biography appears in 72 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 96% of all Politicians.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Benito Juárez ranks 1,807 out of 20,022. Before him are Maymunah bint al-Harith, Necho II, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, José Manuel Barroso, Shivaji, and Katerina Sakellaropoulou. After him are Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Masoud Pezeshkian, Yejong of Joseon, Cyaxares, and Sancho I of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Benito Juárez ranks 4. Before him are John Stuart Mill, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Max Stirner. After him are Augustus De Morgan, Emilia Plater, Catherine Labouré, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Charles Gleyre, and Omar Pasha. Among people deceased in 1872, Benito Juárez ranks 8. Before him are Ludwig Feuerbach, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Charles XV of Sweden, Giuseppe Mazzini, William John Macquorn Rankine, and Théophile Gautier. After him are Stanisław Moniuszko, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Franz Grillparzer, George Robert Gray, Aleksis Kivi, and William Webb Ellis.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Benito Juárez ranks 14 out of 921. Before him are Carlos Slim (1940), Octavio Paz (1914), Pancho Villa (1878), Cuauhtémoc (1495), Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), and Porfirio Díaz (1830). After him are Claudia Sheinbaum (1962), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), Salma Hayek (1966), Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (1946), Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753), and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953).

Among Politicians In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Benito Juárez ranks 5. Before him are Moctezuma II (1466), Cuauhtémoc (1495), Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), and Porfirio Díaz (1830). After him are Claudia Sheinbaum (1962), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), Francisco I. Madero (1873), La Malinche (1502), Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603), and Lázaro Cárdenas (1895).

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