1901 - 1973
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar ( (listen) fuul-HEN-see-oh bə-TEE-stə, Spanish: [fulˈxensjo βaˈtista i salˈdiβaɾ]; born Rubén Zaldívar; January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as its U.S.-backed military dictator from 1952 to 1959, until he was overthrown in the Cuban Revolution. Batista initially rose to power as part of the 1933 Revolt of the Sergeants, which overthrew the provisional government of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada. Batista then appointed himself chief of the armed forces, with the rank of colonel, and effectively controlled the five-member "pentarchy" that functioned as the collective head of state. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fulgencio Batista has received more than 4,774,222 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Fulgencio Batista is the 514th most popular politician (up from 518th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Cuba and the 3rd most popular Cuban Politician.
Fulgencio Batista was the dictator of Cuba from 1952 to 1959. He was overthrown by Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution.
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Among politicians, Fulgencio Batista ranks 514 out of 15,577. Before him are Moctezuma II, Syngman Rhee, Didius Julianus, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Aurelian, and Constantine II of Greece. After him are Zhou Enlai, Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Dmitry Medvedev, Giuseppe Mazzini, François Hollande, and Georgy Malenkov.
1466 - 1520
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 508
1875 - 1965
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 509
133 - 193
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 510
1845 - 1886
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 511
214 - 275
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 512
1940 - 2023
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 513
1901 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 514
1898 - 1976
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 515
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 516
1965 - Present
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 517
1805 - 1872
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 518
1954 - Present
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 519
1902 - 1988
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 520
Among people born in 1901, Fulgencio Batista ranks 13. Before him are Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Jacques Lacan, Linus Pauling, Clark Gable, Rudolf Höss, and Sukarno. After him are Leopold III of Belgium, Ngo Dinh Diem, Magda Goebbels, Gary Cooper, Alberto Giacometti, and Paul of Greece. Among people deceased in 1973, Fulgencio Batista ranks 10. Before him are Pablo Neruda, Salvador Allende, David Ben-Gurion, Erich von Manstein, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden. After him are Pearl S. Buck, Ivan Konev, Hans Kelsen, İsmet İnönü, Walter Ulbricht, and Ludwig von Mises.
1901 - 1918
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 7
1901 - 1981
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 8
1901 - 1994
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 9
1901 - 1960
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 10
1901 - 1947
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 11
1901 - 1970
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 12
1901 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 13
1901 - 1983
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 14
1901 - 1963
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 15
1901 - 1945
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 16
1901 - 1961
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 17
1901 - 1966
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 18
1901 - 1964
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 19
1904 - 1973
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 4
1908 - 1973
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 5
1886 - 1973
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 6
1887 - 1973
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 7
1908 - 1973
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 8
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 9
1901 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 10
1892 - 1973
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 11
1897 - 1973
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 12
1881 - 1973
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 13
1884 - 1973
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 14
1893 - 1973
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 15
1881 - 1973
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 16
Among people born in Cuba, Fulgencio Batista ranks 3 out of 248. Before him are Fidel Castro (1926) and Raúl Castro (1931). After him are José Raúl Capablanca (1888), Italo Calvino (1923), Camilo Cienfuegos (1932), José Martí (1853), Paul Lafargue (1842), Andy García (1956), Alberto Korda (1928), Compay Segundo (1907), and Gloria Estefan (1957).
1926 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 1
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 2
1901 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 3
1888 - 1942
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 4
1923 - 1985
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 5
1932 - 1959
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 6
1853 - 1895
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 7
1842 - 1911
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 9
1928 - 2001
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 10
1907 - 2003
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 11
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Cuba, Fulgencio Batista ranks 3. Before him are Fidel Castro (1926) and Raúl Castro (1931). After him are Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), Emilio Mola (1887), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), Sergio Oliva (1941), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), Aleida March (1936), Vilma Espín (1930), and Gerardo Machado (1871).
1926 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 1
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 2
1901 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 3
1927 - 2009
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 4
1887 - 1937
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 5
1919 - 1983
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 6
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 7
1941 - 2012
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 9
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 10
1930 - 2007
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 11
1871 - 1939
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 12