1803 - 1880
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (pronounced [kaˈʃi.ɐs]; 25 August 1803 – 7 May 1880), nicknamed "the Peacemaker" and "the Iron Duke", was an army officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. Like his father and uncles, Caxias pursued a military career. In 1823 he fought as a young officer in the Brazilian War for Independence against Portugal, then spent three years in Brazil's southernmost province, Cisplatina, as the government unsuccessfully resisted that province's secession in the Cisplatine War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias has received more than 195,829 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias is the 9,911th most popular politician (down from 9,606th in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 246th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Brazilian Politician.
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Among politicians, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias ranks 9,911 out of 15,577. Before him are Lucius Licinius Lucullus, Paul van Zeeland, Jacques Poos, Paolo Boselli, Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, and Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Didier Burkhalter, Constans II, Anote Tong, Fyodor Rostopchin, Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus, and Carlos Agostinho do Rosário.
150 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 9,905
1893 - 1973
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 9,906
1935 - 2022
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 9,907
1838 - 1932
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 9,908
1944 - 2020
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 9,909
1686 - 1752
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 9,910
1803 - 1880
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 9,911
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 9,912
400 - 411
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 9,913
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 9,914
1763 - 1826
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 9,915
300 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 9,916
1954 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 9,917
Among people born in 1803, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias ranks 39. Before him are Karl Gützlaff, Edgar Quinet, Alexander von Nordmann, Franz Lachner, Ludwig Richter, and Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps. After him are Peter Chanel, Joseph Whitworth, Eugène Isabey, Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Albert Sidney Johnston, and Gustaaf Wappers. Among people deceased in 1880, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias ranks 30. Before him are Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Jules Favre, Raden Saleh, Robert Fortune, Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, and Jules Antoine Lissajous. After him are Arthur Morin, Alphonse Pénaud, Karl Friedrich Lessing, Peter Wilhelm Lund, August Karl von Goeben, and Lucretia Mott.
1803 - 1851
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 33
1803 - 1875
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 34
1803 - 1866
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 35
1803 - 1890
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 36
1803 - 1884
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 37
1803 - 1860
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 38
1803 - 1880
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 39
1803 - 1841
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 40
1803 - 1887
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 41
1803 - 1886
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 42
1803 - 1862
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 43
1803 - 1862
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 44
1803 - 1874
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 45
1796 - 1880
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 24
1809 - 1880
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 25
1811 - 1880
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 26
1812 - 1880
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 27
1816 - 1880
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 28
1822 - 1880
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 29
1803 - 1880
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 30
1795 - 1880
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 31
1850 - 1880
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 32
1808 - 1880
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 33
1801 - 1880
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 34
1816 - 1880
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 35
1793 - 1880
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 36
Among people born in Brazil, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias ranks 225 out of 2,067. Before him are Thiago Motta (1982), Zequinha de Abreu (1880), Ronald Golias (1929), Cláudio Hummes (1934), José Bonifácio de Andrada (1763), and Philippe Coutinho (1992). After him are Antônio Fagundes (1949), Arthur Bernardes (1875), Hermes da Fonseca (1855), Epitácio Pessoa (1865), Mazinho (1966), and Hermeto Pascoal (1936).
1982 - Present
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 219
1880 - 1935
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 220
1929 - 2005
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 221
1934 - 2022
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 222
1763 - 1838
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 223
1992 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 224
1803 - 1880
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 225
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 226
1875 - 1955
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 227
1855 - 1923
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 228
1865 - 1942
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 229
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 230
1936 - Present
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 231
Among politicians born in Brazil, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias ranks 40. Before him are Venceslau Brás (1868), Café Filho (1899), Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (1841), Nilo Peçanha (1867), José Linhares (1886), and José Bonifácio de Andrada (1763). After him are Arthur Bernardes (1875), Hermes da Fonseca (1855), Epitácio Pessoa (1865), Afonso Pena (1847), Raoni Metuktire (1940), and Jaime Lerner (1937).
1868 - 1966
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 34
1899 - 1970
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 35
1841 - 1913
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 36
1867 - 1924
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 37
1886 - 1957
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 38
1763 - 1838
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 39
1803 - 1880
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 40
1875 - 1955
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 41
1855 - 1923
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 42
1865 - 1942
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 43
1847 - 1909
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 44
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 45
1937 - 2021
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 46