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Francisco de Paula Santander

1792 - 1840

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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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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In Colombia

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).

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Among POLITICIANS In Colombia

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).

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