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Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves

1848 - 1919

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Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, PC (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsisku dʒi ˈpawlɐ ʁoˈdɾiɡiz ˈawvis]; 7 July 1848 – 16 January 1919) was a Brazilian politician who first served as president of the Province of São Paulo in 1887, then as Treasury minister in the 1890s. Rodrigues Alves was elected the fifth president of Brazil in 1902 and served until 1906. During this term he remodeled the then Brazilian capital, Rio de Janeiro, an effort punctuated by the 1904 "Vaccine Revolt". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves has received more than 141,853 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves is the 9,528th most popular politician (down from 7,514th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 149th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Brazilian Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves ranks 9,528 out of 19,576. Before him are Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Dub, King of Scotland, Edward Ochab, Rolandas Paksas, John A. Macdonald, and Xiang of Xia. After him are Gustavo Noboa, Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, An-Nasir Hasan, Cleomenes of Naucratis, Joyce Banda, and Ercole, Lord of Monaco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves ranks 59. Before him are Georges Ohnet, Viktor Meyer, Benjamin Baillaud, Boris Stürmer, Hans Delbrück, and Édouard Detaille. After him are Albert Robida, Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Nazım Pasha, Lilli Lehmann, Fritz von Uhde, and Adolf Albin. Among people deceased in 1919, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves ranks 79. Before him are Adelina Patti, Max Heindel, Wilfrid Laurier, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Francisco Moreno, and László Mednyánszky. After him are Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Daniel Peter, Michel Théato, Alexander Izvolsky, Szymon Winawer, and André Prévost.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves ranks 237 out of 2,236. Before him are Giovane Élber (1972), Bauer (1925), Branco (1964), Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior (1959), José Bonifácio de Andrada (1763), and Paulo Cézar Caju (1949). After him are Friaça (1924), Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil (1845), Carlos Chagas (1879), Jorge Ben (1942), Silvio Santos (1930), and Altair Gomes de Figueiredo (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves ranks 42. Before him are Prudente de Morais (1841), Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain (1811), Geraldo Alckmin (1952), Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (1841), Hermes da Fonseca (1855), and José Bonifácio de Andrada (1763). After him are Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (1803), Nilo Peçanha (1867), José Linhares (1886), Epitácio Pessoa (1865), Arthur Bernardes (1875), and Ruy Barbosa (1849).

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