POLITICIAN

La Malinche

1502 - 1529

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Marina [maˈɾina] or Malintzin [maˈlintsin] (c. 1500 – c. 1529), more popularly known as La Malinche [la maˈlintʃe], a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, became known for contributing to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521), by acting as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of La Malinche has received more than 2,531,399 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). La Malinche is the 2,447th most popular politician (down from 1,413th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 10th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Mexican Politician.

La Malinche is most famous for being the translator and mistress of Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, La Malinche ranks 2,447 out of 19,576. Before her are Stanley Baldwin, Bilgä Qaǧan, Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, Henry II, Count of Champagne, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and François Grimaldi. After her are Francesco Cossiga, Michael V Kalaphates, Andronikos V Palaiologos, Ottokar I of Bohemia, Lennart Meri, and Antiochus VII Sidetes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1502, La Malinche ranks 5. Before her are Hurrem Sultan, Pope Gregory XIII, Atahualpa, and John III of Portugal. After her are Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Miguel López de Legazpi, Pedro Nunes, Thomas Tallis, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, and Heinrich Aldegrever. Among people deceased in 1529, La Malinche ranks 2. Before her is Baldassare Castiglione. After her are Wang Yangming, Andrea Sansovino, Jan Provoost, Juan del Encina, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, and John Skelton.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, La Malinche ranks 19 out of 729. Before her are Benito Juárez (1806), Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), and Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753). After her are Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (1946), Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (1957), Moctezuma I (1398), Francisco I. Madero (1873), David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896), and Hugo Sánchez (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, La Malinche ranks 8. Before her are Porfirio Díaz (1830), Cuauhtémoc (1495), Benito Juárez (1806), Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953). After her are Moctezuma I (1398), Francisco I. Madero (1873), Vicente Fox (1942), Lázaro Cárdenas (1895), Álvaro Obregón (1880), and Plutarco Elías Calles (1877).

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