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Eduardo Santos

1888 - 1974

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Eduardo Santos Montejo (August 28, 1888 – March 27, 1974) was a leading Colombian publisher and politician, active in the Colombian Liberal Party. He purchased the prominent Bogotá newspaper El Tiempo in 1913; El Tiempo was founded by his brother-in-law Alfonso Villegas Restrepo in 1911. Members of the Santos family were the main shareholders of the paper until 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eduardo Santos has received more than 46,679 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Eduardo Santos is the 14,387th most popular politician (down from 13,439th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 75th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Colombian Politician.

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  • 47k

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  • 48.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eduardo Santos ranks 14,387 out of 19,576. Before him are Salvador Jovellanos, Purushottam Das Tandon, Luis Batlle Berres, Hywel Dda, José María Carreño, and Naplanum. After him are Martín Carrera, Maati Bouabid, Eugen Huber, Juan Crisóstomo Falcón, Walter Brack, and Hacı Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Eduardo Santos ranks 198. Before him are Marie Rambert, Gerhard Ritter, Henri Bosco, Vasyl Barvinsky, Kārlis Zāle, and Hans von Rosen. After him are Dora Gabe, Beulah Louise Henry, Paul Peter Ewald, Alfred Asikainen, Martin Benka, and José Eustasio Rivera. Among people deceased in 1974, Eduardo Santos ranks 179. Before him are Mikhail Tikhonravov, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, Edward Platt, George Van Biesbroeck, Fernand de Montigny, and Théodore Nouwens. After him are María Martínez Sierra, Nurul Amin, Betty Compson, Juan Antonio Ipiña, Kostas Varnalis, and Gunnar Olsson.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Eduardo Santos ranks 78 out of 356. Before him are Iván Duque Márquez (1976), Reinaldo Rueda (1957), Carlos Vives (1961), Piedad Córdoba (1955), Antanas Mockus (1952), and Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (1932). After him are José María Obando (1795), Rafael Reyes (1849), Rodrigo Valdez (1946), Fernando Vallejo (1942), Carlos Bacca (1986), and Rodrigo García (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In Colombia

Among politicians born in Colombia, Eduardo Santos ranks 35. Before him are Manuel Amador Guerrero (1833), Alfonso López Pumarejo (1886), Joaquín Mosquera (1787), Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera (1798), Iván Duque Márquez (1976), and Piedad Córdoba (1955). After him are José María Obando (1795), Rafael Reyes (1849), Timoleón Jiménez (1959), Miguel Antonio Caro (1843), Miguel Abadía Méndez (1867), and Enrique Olaya Herrera (1880).

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