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Guillermo Fariñas

1962 - Today

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Guillermo Fariñas Hernández (born 3 January 1962) ("El Coco") is a Cuban doctor of psychology, independent journalist and political dissident in Cuba. He has conducted 23 hunger strikes over the years to protest various elements of the Cuban government and spent more than 11 years in prison. He vowed that he would die in the struggle against censorship in Cuba. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Guillermo Fariñas is the 17,014th most popular politician (down from 16,528th in 2024), the 153rd most popular biography from Cuba (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Cuban Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Guillermo Fariñas ranks 17,014 out of 19,576. Before him are Kenas Aroi, Tom Mulcair, Charles Colson, Ljubčo Georgievski, Thomas Fitzsimons, and Harold Nicolson. After him are Per Stig Møller, Serik Akhmetov, Nicola Sturgeon, Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, Elizaveta Mukasei, and Ma Kai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Guillermo Fariñas ranks 472. Before him are Viktor Sokolov, Jan Urban, Vincent Spano, Juan Atkins, Choi In-young, and Falko Götz. After him are Zlatko Portner, Taylor Dayne, Ivan Yaremchuk, Héctor Camacho, Dee Bradley Baker, and Seiji Maehara.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Guillermo Fariñas ranks 153 out of 300. Before him are María Caridad Colón (1958), Benny Paret (1937), Armando Peraza (1924), Raúl Rivero (1945), José Gómez Mustelier (1959), and Zoé Valdés (1959). After him are Alejandro Casañas (1954), Silvio Leonard (1955), Roberto Hernández (1967), Danay García (1984), Alejandro Mayorkas (1959), and Regla Torres (1975).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cuba

Among politicians born in Cuba, Guillermo Fariñas ranks 42. Before him are Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso (1861), Carlos Mendieta (1873), Carlos Manuel Piedra (1895), Miguel Mariano Gómez (1889), Carlos Hevia (1900), and Mireya Luis (1967). After him are Alejandro Mayorkas (1959), Carlos Gutierrez (1953), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (1952), John H. Sununu (1939), Orlando Zapata (1967), and Alexei Ramírez (1981).

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