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Corazon Aquino

1933 - 2009

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María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (Tagalog: [kɔɾaˈsɔn kɔˈhwaŋkɔ aˈkino]; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which ended the two-decade rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and led to the establishment of the current democratic Fifth Philippine Republic. Aquino was married to Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., who was one of the most prominent critics of President Marcos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Corazon Aquino has received more than 4,587,544 page views. Her biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 95 in 2019). Corazon Aquino is the 1,074th most popular politician (up from 3,183rd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Philippines (up from 6th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Filipino Politician.

Corazon Aquino is most famous for being the first female president of the Philippines. She became president after the assassination of her husband, President Benigno Aquino, Jr. She was president from 1986-1992.

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  • 73.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 96

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Corazon Aquino ranks 1,074 out of 19,576. Before her are Dagobert I, False Dmitry I, Lysimachus, Valdemar IV of Denmark, Park Geun-hye, and Ariq Böke. After her are John II Casimir Vasa, Alaeddin Pasha, Pierre Laval, Itō Hirobumi, Władysław III of Poland, and Magnus Maximus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Corazon Aquino ranks 16. Before her are Michael Caine, Tinto Brass, Claudio Abbado, Jalal Talabani, James Brown, and Just Fontaine. After her are Nina Simone, Amartya Sen, Heinrich Rohrer, Philip Roth, Susan Sontag, and Mako. Among people deceased in 2009, Corazon Aquino ranks 6. Before her are Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Kim Dae-jung, and Millvina Dean. After her are Paul Samuelson, Roh Moo-hyun, Aage Bohr, Omar Bongo, Pina Bausch, and Maurice Jarre.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Corazon Aquino ranks 3 out of 155. Before her are Rodrigo Duterte (1945), and Bongbong Marcos (1957). After her are Ferdinand Marcos (1917), José Rizal (1861), Lapu-Lapu (1491), Diosdado Macapagal (1910), Emilio Aguinaldo (1869), Imelda Marcos (1929), Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), Paulino Alcántara (1896), and Andrés Bonifacio (1863).

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Among POLITICIANS In Philippines

Among politicians born in Philippines, Corazon Aquino ranks 3. Before her are Rodrigo Duterte (1945), and Bongbong Marcos (1957). After her are Ferdinand Marcos (1917), Lapu-Lapu (1491), Diosdado Macapagal (1910), Emilio Aguinaldo (1869), Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947), Manuel L. Quezon (1878), Elpidio Quirino (1890), and Jose P. Laurel (1891).

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