MILITARY PERSONNEL

José de San Martín

1778 - 1850

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José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ðe sam maɾˈtin] ; 25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850), nicknamed "the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru", was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and central parts of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire who served as the Protector of Peru. Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes, in modern-day Argentina, he left the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata at the early age of seven to study in Málaga, Spain. In 1808, after taking part in the Peninsular War against France, San Martín contacted South American supporters of independence from Spain in London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José de San Martín has received more than 1,901,772 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). José de San Martín is the 145th most popular military personnel (up from 161st in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Argentinean Military Personnel.

José de San Martín is most famous for leading the independence movement in Argentina and Chile, and for being the first president of Argentina.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 78

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, José de San Martín ranks 145 out of 2,058. Before him are August von Mackensen, Chester W. Nimitz, Ubba, Hamilcar Barca, Zhou Yu, and Pyotr Bagration. After him are Draža Mihailović, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Ludwig Beck, Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, and Chūichi Nagumo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, José de San Martín ranks 6. Before him are Marie Thérèse of France, Louis Bonaparte, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Humphry Davy, and Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. After him are Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Bernardo O'Higgins, Fernando Sor, and Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Among people deceased in 1850, José de San Martín ranks 8. Before him are Louis Philippe I, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, William Wordsworth, Zachary Taylor, Daoguang Emperor, and Báb. After him are Marie Tussaud, Frédéric Bastiat, Louise of Orléans, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Lin Zexu, and Germain Henri Hess.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, José de San Martín ranks 16 out of 1,154. Before him are Lionel Messi (1987), Isabel Martínez de Perón (1931), Jorge Rafael Videla (1925), Martha Argerich (1941), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953), and Daniel Barenboim (1942). After him are Omar Sívori (1935), Mario Kempes (1954), Carlos Menem (1930), Leopoldo Galtieri (1926), Héctor Cúper (1955), and Gabriel Batistuta (1969).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Argentina

Among military personnels born in Argentina, José de San Martín ranks 1. After him are Tamara Bunke (1937), Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (1903), Emilio Eduardo Massera (1925), and Alfredo Astiz (1951).

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