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José Gervasio Artigas

1764 - 1850

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José Gervasio Artigas Arnal (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse xeɾˈβa.sjo aɾˈti.ɣas aɾˈnal]; June 19, 1764 – September 23, 1850) was a soldier and statesman who is regarded as a national hero in Uruguay and the father of Uruguayan nationhood. Born in Montevideo, Artigas enlisted in the Spanish military in 1797 and fought the British in the Anglo-Spanish War. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American wars of independence, Artigas supported the Primera Junta in Buenos Aires against Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Gervasio Artigas has received more than 374,330 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). José Gervasio Artigas is the 3,756th most popular politician (up from 4,379th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Uruguayan Politician.

José Gervasio Artigas is most famous for his role in the formation of Uruguay.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Gervasio Artigas ranks 3,756 out of 19,576. Before him are Andreas Palaiologos, George Papandreou, Osroes I, Baldwin II, Latin Emperor, Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse, and Tughlugh Timur. After him are Sun Hao, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Wallia, David Dacko, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, and Ruud Lubbers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, José Gervasio Artigas ranks 5. Before him are Élisabeth of France, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, and Ann Radcliffe. After him are Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, John Goodricke, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Fletcher Christian, Johann Gottfried Schadow, Nikolai Rezanov, and Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy. Among people deceased in 1850, José Gervasio Artigas ranks 15. Before him are Marie Tussaud, Frédéric Bastiat, Louise of Orléans, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Lin Zexu, and Germain Henri Hess. After him are Robert Peel, Nikolaus Lenau, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Józef Bem, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, and Adam Oehlenschläger.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, José Gervasio Artigas ranks 16 out of 444. Before him are Héctor Scarone (1898), Luis Suárez (1987), Héctor Castro (1904), Óscar Tabárez (1947), Enzo Francescoli (1961), and Enrique Ballestrero (1905). After him are Diego Forlán (1979), José Santamaría (1929), Pedro Rocha (1942), Alberto Suppici (1898), Obdulio Varela (1917), and Mario Benedetti (1920).

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Among POLITICIANS In Uruguay

Among politicians born in Uruguay, José Gervasio Artigas ranks 3. Before him are José Mujica (1935), and Tabaré Vázquez (1940). After him are Julio María Sanguinetti (1936), Jorge Batlle (1927), Juan María Bordaberry (1928), Bernardo Arévalo (1958), Fructuoso Rivera (1784), Luis Alberto Lacalle (1941), Manuel Oribe (1792), Venancio Flores (1808), and José Batlle y Ordóñez (1856).

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