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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 338,942 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). José Gervasio Artigas is the 4,390th most popular politician (down from 4,252nd in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 13th 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 4,390 out of 15,577. Before him are Emperor Go-Mizunoo, Conrad, Duke of Lorraine, Jing Ke, Gaston Thorn, Theodelinda, and Andocides. After him are Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange, Imi Lichtenfeld, Rama II of Siam, Gitanas Nausėda, Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Baldwin II, Margrave of Flanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, José Gervasio Artigas ranks 6. Before him are Élisabeth of France, Ann Radcliffe, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, and Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno. After him are Alexander Mackenzie, Fletcher Christian, Sophie de Condorcet, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy, and Johann Gottfried Schadow. Among people deceased in 1850, José Gervasio Artigas ranks 17. Before him are Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Louise of Orléans, Robert Peel, Lin Zexu, Germain Henri Hess, and Jean-Pierre Boyer. After him are Vincent Pallotti, Nikolaus Lenau, Józef Bem, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, and William Sturgeon.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, José Gervasio Artigas ranks 14 out of 370. Before him are Héctor Scarone (1898), Juan Alberto Schiaffino (1925), José Leandro Andrade (1901), Héctor Castro (1904), Luis Suárez (1987), and Pedro Cea (1900). After him are Mario Benedetti (1920), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), Obdulio Varela (1917), Diego Forlán (1979), José Santamaría (1929), and Jules Laforgue (1860).

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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 Juan María Bordaberry (1928), Julio María Sanguinetti (1936), Luis Alberto Lacalle (1941), Jorge Batlle (1927), Fructuoso Rivera (1784), Gregorio Conrado Álvarez (1925), Venancio Flores (1808), José Batlle y Ordóñez (1856), and Manuel Oribe (1792).

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