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Francisco Balagtas

1788 - 1862

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Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz (April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862), commonly known as Francisco Balagtas and also as Francisco Baltazar, was a Filipino poet and litterateur of the Tagalog language during the Spanish rule of the Philippines. He is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino literary laureates for his impact on Filipino literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Balagtas has received more than 2,105,266 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Francisco Balagtas is the 3,041st most popular writer (up from 3,889th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Philippines (down from 29th in 2019) and the most popular Filipino Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Francisco Balagtas ranks 3,041 out of 7,302. Before him are Alan Sillitoe, August Šenoa, Lars Saabye Christensen, Julius Pomponius Laetus, Heo Nanseolheon, and Sergey Solovyov. After him are Vydūnas, Anyte of Tegea, Dmitry Pisarev, Theodor Kallifatides, Charles Blanc, and Yury Vlasov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Francisco Balagtas ranks 38. Before him are Rafael Urdaneta, Pavel Kiselyov, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Mohammed bin Thani, Franz Pforr, and Juraj Haulik. After him are Tomás de Zumalacárregui, Athanasios Diakos, Simon Sechter, Sarah Goodridge, Spyridon Trikoupis, and Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1862, Francisco Balagtas ranks 33. Before him are Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz, Justinus Kerner, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, Ignacio Zaragoza, Albert Sidney Johnston, and Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo. After him are Juana Azurduy de Padilla, Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Albrecht Adam, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov, and José María Bocanegra.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Francisco Balagtas ranks 31 out of 155. Before him are Fidel Ramos (1928), Benigno Aquino III (1960), Joseph Estrada (1937), Maria Ressa (1963), Antonio Luna (1866), and Juan Luna (1857). After him are Sergio Osmeña (1878), Florencio Campomanes (1927), Carlos P. Garcia (1896), Luis Eduardo Aute (1943), Brenda Marshall (1915), and Jaime Sin (1928).

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Among WRITERS In Philippines

Among writers born in Philippines, Francisco Balagtas ranks 1. After him are Lualhati Bautista (1945), José Burgos (1837), James Cooke Brown (1921), and F. Sionil José (1924).

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