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Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco

1897 - 1967

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Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (Portuguese pronunciation: [ũˈbɛʁtu dʒi alẽˈkaʁ kasˈtɛlu ˈbɾɐ̃ku]) (September 20, 1897 – July 18, 1967) was a Brazilian military leader and dictator. He served as the first president of the Brazilian military dictatorship after the 1964 military coup d'etat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco has received more than 301,263 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is the 4,088th most popular politician (down from 3,455th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 64th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Brazilian Politician.

Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco was a Brazilian writer who is most famous for his novel "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands."

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco ranks 4,088 out of 15,577Before him are Dong Biwu, Claudia Acte, Emperor Go-Nara, Louis III of Anjou, Arbogast, and Mithridates I of Pontus. After him are Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Francisco Largo Caballero, Doquz Khatun, Pithana, Radagaisus, and Istämi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco ranks 55Before him are Dmitry Pavlov, Georg Wittig, Jiroemon Kimura, John Cockcroft, Patrick Blackett, and Virginia Henderson. After him are Ye Jianying, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Hans Baur, Zakir Husain, Douglas Sirk, and Vito Genovese. Among people deceased in 1967, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco ranks 45Before him are Harald Quandt, Brian Epstein, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Joseph Pilates, Anthony Mann, and John Cockcroft. After him are Lorenzo Bandini, Tamara Bunke, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, Gus Grissom, and Forough Farrokhzad.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco ranks 70 out of 2,067Before him are Hélder Câmara (1909), Nelson Freire (1944), Gérson (1941), Astrud Gilberto (1940), Hebe Camargo (1929), and Carlos Ghosn (1954). After him are Careca (1960), João Goulart (1918), Pepe (1935), Ernesto Geisel (1907), Leonardo Araújo (1969), and Fernanda Montenegro (1929).

Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco ranks 12Before him are Getúlio Vargas (1882), Maria II of Portugal (1819), Juscelino Kubitschek (1902), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), Zumbi (1655), and Deodoro da Fonseca (1827). After him are João Goulart (1918), Ernesto Geisel (1907), Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948), Anita Garibaldi (1821), Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1905), and José Sarney (1930).