RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Manco Cápac

1250 - 1169

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Manco Cápac (before c. 1200 – c. 1230; Quechua: Manqu Qhapaq, "the royal founder"), also known as Manco Inca and Ayar Manco, was, according to some historians, the first governor and founder of the Inca civilization in Cusco, possibly in the early 13th century. He is also a main figure of Inca mythology, being the protagonist of the two best known legends about the origin of the Inca, both of them connecting him to the foundation of Cusco. His main wife was his older sister, Mama Uqllu, also the mother of his son and successor Sinchi Ruq'a. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manco Cápac has received more than 360,846 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Manco Cápac is the 454th most popular religious figure (up from 466th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Peru and the most popular Peruvian Religious Figure.

Manco Cápac is most famous for being the founder of the Inca Empire.

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  • 68.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Manco Cápac ranks 454 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Hilarius, Pope Callixtus I, Pope Stephen IV, Ammar ibn Yasir, Abdullah ibn Umar, and Pope Stephen III. After him are Pope Sabinian, Longinus, Bahira, Thomas à Kempis, Pope-elect Stephen, and Pope Anterus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1250, Manco Cápac ranks 2. Before him is Alaeddin Pasha. After him are Arghun, Halime Hatun, Kitbuqa, John IV Laskaris, Fra Dolcino, Marguerite Porete, Robert II, Count of Artois, Al-Muazzam Turanshah, John Tristan, Count of Valois, and Oghul Qaimish. Among people deceased in 1169, Manco Cápac ranks 1. After him are Shirkuh, Bertrand de Blanchefort, and Shawar.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Manco Cápac ranks 9 out of 287. Before him are Mario Vargas Llosa (1936), Isabel Allende (1942), Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920), Carlos Castaneda (1925), Alberto Fujimori (1938), and Túpac Amaru (1545). After him are Rose of Lima (1586), Pachacuti (1380), Túpac Amaru II (1738), Yma Sumac (1923), Manco Inca Yupanqui (1512), and Martin de Porres (1579).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Peru

Among religious figures born in Peru, Manco Cápac ranks 1. After him are Rose of Lima (1586), Martin de Porres (1579), Sinchi Roca (1230), Mayta Cápac (1290), Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (1943), Pedro Barreto (1944), and Juan Guevara (1882).

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