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Francisco Solano López

1827 - 1870

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Francisco Solano López Carrillo (24 July 1827 or 1826 – 1 March 1870) was a Paraguayan military officer, politician and statesman who served as President of Paraguay between 1862 and 1870, of which he served mostly during the Paraguayan War (1864–1870). He succeeded his father Carlos Antonio López as the second president of Paraguay. Solano López is the only Paraguayan ruler to have been killed in action. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Solano López has received more than 504,481 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Solano López is the 2,177th most popular politician (down from 2,126th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Paraguay and the 2nd most popular Paraguayan Politician.

Francisco Solano López was the president of Paraguay from 1862-1870. He is most famous for his involvement in the War of the Triple Alliance, which was a war between Paraguay and its neighbors, Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francisco Solano López ranks 2,177 out of 15,577Before him are Lugal-zage-si, Moshe Katsav, Ajax the Lesser, Sigismund of Burgundy, Bahadur Shah Zafar, and Leopold V, Duke of Austria. After him are Radu cel Frumos, Pedro V of Portugal, Empress Go-Sakuramachi, Jang Song-thaek, Jürgen Stroop, and Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Francisco Solano López ranks 7Before him are Johanna Spyri, Arnold Böcklin, Josef Strauss, Ellen G. White, Joseph Lister, and Heonjong of Joseon. After him are Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Marcellin Berthelot, Deodoro da Fonseca, Jyotirao Phule, John Hanning Speke, and Mangal Pandey. Among people deceased in 1870, Francisco Solano López ranks 9Before him are Robert E. Lee, Prosper Mérimée, Josef Strauss, Comte de Lautréamont, Frédéric Bazille, and Alexander Herzen. After him are Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, and Princess Louise of Prussia.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Francisco Solano López ranks 2 out of 167Before him are Alfredo Stroessner (1912). After him are José Luis Chilavert (1965), José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766), Agustín Barrios (1885), Carlos Antonio López (1792), Fernando Lugo (1951), Augusto Roa Bastos (1917), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Arsenio Erico (1915), Horacio Cartes (1956), and José Félix Estigarribia (1888).

Among POLITICIANS In Paraguay

Among politicians born in Paraguay, Francisco Solano López ranks 2Before him are Alfredo Stroessner (1912). After him are José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766), Carlos Antonio López (1792), Fernando Lugo (1951), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Horacio Cartes (1956), José Félix Estigarribia (1888), Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1938), Federico Chávez (1882), Cirilo Antonio Rivarola (1836), and Bernardino Caballero (1839).