MILITARY PERSONNEL

Cândido Rondon

1865 - 1958

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Marshal Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon (5 May 1865 – 19 January 1958) was a Brazilian military officer most famous for his telegraph commission and exploration of Mato Grosso and the western Amazon basin, as well as his lifelong support for Indigenous Brazilians. He was the first director of Brazil's Indian Protection Service or SPI (later FUNAI) and supported the creation of the Xingu National Park. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cândido Rondon has received more than 233,310 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Cândido Rondon is the 1,382nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,254th in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 275th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Military Personnel.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Cândido Rondon ranks 1,382 out of 2,058. Before him are Avraham Adan, Valentin Varennikov, Gennady Zhidko, Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, Sergei Khudyakov, and Georg von Derfflinger. After him are Magnia Urbica, Hossein Salami, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov, Mariya Oktyabrskaya, and Carl Johan Adlercreutz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Cândido Rondon ranks 103. Before him are Aaron Kosminski, Henri Lebasque, Winnaretta Singer, Emma Eckstein, Eduard Vilde, and Lily Braun. After him are Lubor Niederle, Edgar Aabye, Albéric Magnard, Wilson Bentley, Jehanne D'Alcy, and Robert W. Chambers. Among people deceased in 1958, Cândido Rondon ranks 87. Before him are Yutaka Taniyama, Ronald Colman, Vittorio Ambrosio, Douglas Mawson, Henry Kuttner, and Isidora Sekulić. After him are Evgeny Schwartz, Bart van der Leck, Max Jakob Friedländer, Francisco Olazar, Paul Reinecke, and Artur Rodziński.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Cândido Rondon ranks 298 out of 2,236. Before him are José de Alencar (1829), Alberto Cavalcanti (1897), Roberto Moreno (1959), Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues (1892), Dante (1983), and Ronald Golias (1929). After him are Roberto Firmino (1991), Gustavo Kuerten (1976), Susana Vieira (1942), Adhemar da Silva (1927), Carlos Luz (1894), and Marcos Valle (1943).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Brazil

Among military personnels born in Brazil, Cândido Rondon ranks 1. After him are Maria Quitéria (1792), Aurélio de Lira Tavares (1905), and Márcio Melo (1906).

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