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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. He is the only Paraguayan president to have been killed in action. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Solano López has received more than 557,355 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Francisco Solano López is the 1,957th most popular politician (up from 2,170th 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 1,957 out of 19,576. Before him are Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, Britannicus, Sophia Palaiologina, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Cleopatra V of Egypt, and Claudia Octavia. After him are Gülnuş Sultan, Jean Jaurès, Anne Neville, Unas, Emperor Wen of Han, and Quintus Sertorius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Francisco Solano López ranks 4. Before him are Johanna Spyri, Arnold Böcklin, and Josef Strauss. After him are Ellen G. White, Joseph Lister, Heonjong of Joseon, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Deodoro da Fonseca, Marcellin Berthelot, William Holman Hunt, and Charles De Coster. Among people deceased in 1870, Francisco Solano López ranks 8. Before him are Charles Dickens, Prosper Mérimée, Robert E. Lee, Frédéric Bazille, Comte de Lautréamont, and Josef Strauss. After him are Alexander Herzen, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, and Ferdinand von Wrangel.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Francisco Solano López ranks 2 out of 203. Before him are Alfredo Stroessner (1912). After him are José Luis Chilavert (1965), José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766), Fernando Lugo (1951), Carlos Antonio López (1792), Agustín Barrios (1885), Augusto Roa Bastos (1917), Arsenio Erico (1915), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Horacio Cartes (1956), and Eusebio Ayala (1875).

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Among POLITICIANS In Paraguay

Among politicians born in Paraguay, Francisco Solano López ranks 2. Before him are Alfredo Stroessner (1912). After him are José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766), Fernando Lugo (1951), Carlos Antonio López (1792), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Horacio Cartes (1956), Eusebio Ayala (1875), José Félix Estigarribia (1888), Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1938), Bernardino Caballero (1839), and Federico Chávez (1882).

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