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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 331,436 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia is the 4,552nd most popular politician (up from 5,474th 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 4,552 out of 15,577. Before him are Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Agrippa Postumus, Marie Anne de Mailly, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Edward Gierek. After him are Choe Ryong-hae, Victorinus, Margaret of Bavaria, Al-Muqanna, Taejodae of Goguryeo, and Munmu of Silla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia ranks 14. Before him are Nikolay Karamzin, Maine de Biran, Dominique Jean Larrey, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Charlotte, Princess Royal, and William Hyde Wollaston. After him are Johanna Schopenhauer, Robert Darwin, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, Charles Macintosh, François-Xavier Fabre, and Slimane of Morocco. Among people deceased in 1840, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia ranks 11. Before him are Lucien Bonaparte, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Siméon Denis Poisson, Jacques MacDonald, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, and Maria Beatrice of Savoy. After him are Louis de Bonald, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Francisco de Paula Santander, Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia ranks 4 out of 167. Before him are Alfredo Stroessner (1912), Francisco Solano López (1827), and José Luis Chilavert (1965). After him are Agustín Barrios (1885), Carlos Antonio López (1792), Fernando Lugo (1951), Augusto Roa Bastos (1917), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Arsenio Erico (1915), Horacio Cartes (1956), and José Félix Estigarribia (1888).

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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 Carlos Antonio López (1792), Fernando Lugo (1951), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Horacio Cartes (1956), José Félix Estigarribia (1888), Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1938), Federico Chávez (1882), Cirilo Antonio Rivarola (1836), and Bernardino Caballero (1839).

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