1792 - 1840
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña (April 2, 1792 – May 6, 1840) was a Colombian military and political leader who served as Vice-President of Gran Colombia between 1819 and 1826, and was later elected by Congress as the President of the Republic of New Granada between 1832 and 1837. Santander played a pivotal role in the Colombian War of Independence being one of the main leaders of the Patriot forces and helped lead the Patriot Army alongside Simon Bolivar to victory. He's often credited with creating the legal foundations for democracy in Colombia, as well as creating the country's first system of public education. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco de Paula Santander has received more than 491,266 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Francisco de Paula Santander is the 5,613th most popular politician (down from 5,087th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 12th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Colombian Politician.
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Among politicians, Francisco de Paula Santander ranks 5,613 out of 15,577. Before him are Alparslan Türkeş, Moktar Ould Daddah, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Bardylis, Shimazu Yoshihiro, and Yukhym Zvyahilsky. After him are Kijūrō Shidehara, Vonones I, Mursili III, Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel, and Guidobaldo da Montefeltro.
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,607
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,608
1641 - 1691
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,609
448 BC - 358 BC
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,610
1535 - 1619
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,611
1933 - 2021
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 5,612
1792 - 1840
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 5,613
1872 - 1951
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 5,614
100 BC - 19
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 5,615
1400 BC - 1267 BC
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 5,616
1888 - 1940
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 5,617
1789 - 1867
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 5,618
1472 - 1508
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 5,619
Among people born in 1792, Francisco de Paula Santander ranks 22. Before him are William, Duke of Nassau, Johann Peter Eckermann, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Victor Cousin, Matteo Carcassi, and Joseph Mohr. After him are Carlos Antonio López, John Bowring, Francisco Morazán, Gustav Schwab, Mangas Coloradas, and Frederick Marryat. Among people deceased in 1840, Francisco de Paula Santander ranks 14. Before him are Jacques MacDonald, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Maria Beatrice of Savoy, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Louis de Bonald, and Pierre-Joseph Redouté. After him are Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Beau Brummell, Carl Ludvig Engel, and Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut.
1792 - 1839
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 16
1792 - 1854
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 17
1792 - 1878
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 18
1792 - 1867
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 19
1792 - 1853
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 20
1792 - 1848
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 21
1792 - 1840
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 22
1792 - 1862
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 23
1792 - 1872
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 24
1792 - 1842
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 25
1792 - 1850
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 26
1792 - 1863
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 27
1792 - 1848
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 28
1765 - 1840
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 8
1752 - 1840
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 9
1792 - 1840
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 10
1766 - 1840
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 11
1754 - 1840
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 12
1759 - 1840
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 13
1792 - 1840
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 14
1772 - 1840
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 15
1784 - 1840
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 16
1770 - 1840
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 17
1778 - 1840
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 18
1778 - 1840
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 19
1772 - 1840
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 20
Among people born in Colombia, Francisco de Paula Santander ranks 14 out of 306. Before him are Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela (1939), Carlos Valderrama (1961), Luis Carlos Galán (1943), Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913), Rodrigo Lara (1946), and Pedro López (1948). After him are Griselda Blanco (1943), Álvaro Uribe (1952), Sofía Vergara (1972), James Rodríguez (1991), Íngrid Betancourt (1961), and Belisario Betancur (1923).
1939 - 2022
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 8
1961 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 9
1943 - 1989
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 10
1913 - 1994
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 11
1946 - 1984
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 12
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 13
1792 - 1840
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 14
1943 - 2012
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 15
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 16
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 17
1991 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 18
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 19
1923 - 2018
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 20
Among politicians born in Colombia, Francisco de Paula Santander ranks 6. Before him are Juan Manuel Santos (1951), César Gaviria (1947), Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela (1939), Luis Carlos Galán (1943), and Rodrigo Lara (1946). After him are Álvaro Uribe (1952), Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Belisario Betancur (1923), Virgilio Barco Vargas (1921), Ernesto Samper (1950), and Manuel Marulanda (1930).
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 1
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 2
1939 - 2022
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 3
1943 - 1989
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 4
1946 - 1984
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 5
1792 - 1840
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 6
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 8
1923 - 2018
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 9
1921 - 1997
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 10
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 11
1930 - 2008
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 12