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Manuel L. Quezon

1878 - 1944

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Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (UK: , US: , Tagalog: [maˈnwel luˈis ˈkɛson], Spanish: [maˈnwel ˈlwis ˈkeson]; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the entire Philippines and is considered the second president of the Philippines after Emilio Aguinaldo (1899–1901), whom Quezon defeated in the 1935 presidential election. He is often regarded as the greatest President of The Philippines, and the quintessential Filipino statesman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manuel L. Quezon has received more than 3,435,140 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Manuel L. Quezon is the 6,334th most popular politician (up from 7,091st in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 12th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Filipino Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Manuel L. Quezon ranks 6,334 out of 19,576. Before him are Boran, Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Mahmud Pasha Angelović, Alain Juppé, Ramón Grau, and Silo of Asturias. After him are Sidónio Pais, Elijah Muhammad, Tokugawa Ienobu, Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Hayato Ikeda, and Tokugawa Ieshige.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Manuel L. Quezon ranks 52. Before him are James Oliver Curwood, Angelica Balabanoff, Franz Schreker, Eino Leino, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, and Boris Kustodiev. After him are Paul Pelliot, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, Upton Sinclair, Hans Ledwinka, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Anton Hansen Tammsaare. Among people deceased in 1944, Manuel L. Quezon ranks 94. Before him are Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Felix Nussbaum, Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff, Robert E. Park, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Peter Deunov. After him are Aliya Moldagulova, Hannah Szenes, Agustín Barrios, Artur Phleps, Kurt Gerron, and Nikolai Polikarpov.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Manuel L. Quezon ranks 15 out of 155. Before him are Imelda Marcos (1929), Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), Paulino Alcántara (1896), Andrés Bonifacio (1863), Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947), and Isabel Preysler (1951). After him are Marcelo H. del Pilar (1850), Elpidio Quirino (1890), Jose P. Laurel (1891), Manny Pacquiao (1978), Apolinario Mabini (1864), and Manuel Roxas (1892).

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Among POLITICIANS In Philippines

Among politicians born in Philippines, Manuel L. Quezon ranks 10. Before him are Ferdinand Marcos (1917), Lapu-Lapu (1491), Diosdado Macapagal (1910), Emilio Aguinaldo (1869), Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947). After him are Elpidio Quirino (1890), Jose P. Laurel (1891), Apolinario Mabini (1864), Manuel Roxas (1892), Ramon Magsaysay (1907), and Fidel Ramos (1928).

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