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José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia

1766 - 1840

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José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ɣasˈpaɾ roˈðɾiɣes ðe ˈfɾansia]) (6 January 1766 – 20 September 1840) was a Paraguayan lawyer and politician, and the first dictator (1814–1840) of Paraguay following its 1811 independence from the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia has received more than 369,439 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia is the 4,206th most popular politician (up from 4,541st in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Paraguay and the 3rd most popular Paraguayan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia ranks 4,206 out of 19,576. Before him are Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Tonyukuk, Ajatashatru, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Peter II of Sicily, and Ladislaus Hunyadi. After him are Yoav Galant, Ny-Hor, Masahito, Prince Hitachi, Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Katō Kiyomasa, and 12th Dalai Lama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia ranks 10. Before him are Germaine de Staël, Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, Nikolay Karamzin, Johanna Schopenhauer, and Charlotte, Princess Royal. After him are Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Maine de Biran, Dominique Jean Larrey, William Hyde Wollaston, and Slimane of Morocco. Among people deceased in 1840, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia ranks 9. Before him are Frederick William III of Prussia, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Lucien Bonaparte, Emperor Kōkaku, Siméon Denis Poisson, and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. After him are Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Jacques MacDonald, Louis de Bonald, Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, Maria Beatrice of Savoy, and Pierre-Joseph Redouté.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia ranks 4 out of 203. Before him are Alfredo Stroessner (1912), Francisco Solano López (1827), and José Luis Chilavert (1965). After him are Fernando Lugo (1951), Carlos Antonio López (1792), Agustín Barrios (1885), Augusto Roa Bastos (1917), Arsenio Erico (1915), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Horacio Cartes (1956), and Eusebio Ayala (1875).

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Among POLITICIANS In Paraguay

Among politicians born in Paraguay, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia ranks 3. Before him are Alfredo Stroessner (1912), and Francisco Solano López (1827). After him are Fernando Lugo (1951), Carlos Antonio López (1792), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Horacio Cartes (1956), Eusebio Ayala (1875), José Félix Estigarribia (1888), Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1938), Bernardino Caballero (1839), and Federico Chávez (1882).

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