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Elpidio Quirino

1890 - 1956

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Elpidio Rivera Quirino (Tagalog: [kiˈɾino]; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 6th President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953. A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered politics when he became a representative of Ilocos Sur's 1st district from 1919 to 1922. He was then elected as a senator from 1925 to 1935. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elpidio Quirino has received more than 1,513,552 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Elpidio Quirino is the 6,994th most popular politician (up from 10,130th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Philippines (up from 18th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Filipino Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Elpidio Quirino ranks 6,994 out of 19,576Before him are Ivan Maisky, Paolo Boi, Hussein Arnous, John Conyers, Li Cunxu, and Johannes Schober. After him are Suhayl ibn Amr, Zheng Zhilong, Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria, Alessandra Mussolini, Ashur-dan III, and Bretislav II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Elpidio Quirino ranks 75Before him are Grigory Kulik, Norman Bethune, Zeki Velidi Togan, Edwin Howard Armstrong, Bechara El Khoury, and Yoshio Nishina. After him are Seiichi Itō, He Yingqin, Victoria Ocampo, Walter Weiß, Sarah Aaronsohn, and Fawzi al-Qawuqji. Among people deceased in 1956, Elpidio Quirino ranks 61Before him are Drastamat Kanayan, Thomas J. Watson, Pío Baroja, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Michael Ventris, and Nikolaj Velimirović. After him are Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Miklós Nyiszli, Mir Jafar Baghirov, Alexander Korda, Erhard Raus, and Lev Rudnev.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Elpidio Quirino ranks 17 out of 155Before him are Paulino Alcántara (1896), Andrés Bonifacio (1863), Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947), Isabel Preysler (1951), Manuel L. Quezon (1878), and Marcelo H. del Pilar (1850). After him are Jose P. Laurel (1891), Manny Pacquiao (1978), Apolinario Mabini (1864), Manuel Roxas (1892), Gabriela Silang (1731), and Melchora Aquino (1812).

Among POLITICIANS In Philippines

Among politicians born in Philippines, Elpidio Quirino ranks 11Before him are Lapu-Lapu (1491), Diosdado Macapagal (1910), Emilio Aguinaldo (1869), Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947), and Manuel L. Quezon (1878). After him are Jose P. Laurel (1891), Apolinario Mabini (1864), Manuel Roxas (1892), Ramon Magsaysay (1907), Fidel Ramos (1928), and Benigno Aquino III (1960).