POLITICIAN

Manuel Marulanda

1930 - 2008

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Pedro Antonio Marín Marín (13 May 1930 [disputed] – 26 March 2008), known by his "nom de guerre" Manuel Marulanda Vélez, was the founder and main leader of the Marxist–Leninist FARC-EP ("Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manuel Marulanda has received more than 244,569 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Manuel Marulanda is the 7,835th most popular politician (down from 7,337th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 24th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Colombian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Manuel Marulanda ranks 7,835 out of 19,576Before him are François Certain de Canrobert, Abu Inan Faris, Robert Gates, Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi, Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg, and Zu Jia. After him are Senjūrō Hayashi, Zu Yi, Petronilla of Aquitaine, Bu Bing, Neferkahor, and Herman II, Duke of Swabia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Manuel Marulanda ranks 151Before him are Stephen Sondheim, Philippe Leroy, Stephen Smale, Tony Lip, Tom Wolfe, and Choe Thae-bok. After him are Viktor Tikhonov, José Águas, Anthony Steffen, Ilon Wikland, Giuliano Montaldo, and Jo Bonnier. Among people deceased in 2008, Manuel Marulanda ranks 88Before him are Eva Dahlbeck, Gerard Damiano, Cyd Charisse, Joseph M. Juran, Tommy Lapid, and Henri Salvador. After him are Nouhak Phoumsavanh, Kon Ichikawa, Dan Shomron, Boris Shakhlin, Paul Scofield, and Jean Delannoy.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Manuel Marulanda ranks 29 out of 356Before him are Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Andrés Escobar (1967), Belisario Betancur (1923), Francisco de Paula Santander (1792), Ernesto Samper (1950), and Rafael Orozco Maestre (1954). After him are Radamel Falcao (1986), Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Álvaro Mutis (1923), Laura Montoya (1874), and Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929).

Among POLITICIANS In Colombia

Among politicians born in Colombia, Manuel Marulanda ranks 14Before him are Álvaro Uribe (1952), Virgilio Barco Vargas (1921), Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Belisario Betancur (1923), Francisco de Paula Santander (1792), and Ernesto Samper (1950). After him are Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900), Alfonso López Michelsen (1913), Omayra Sánchez (1972), and Andrés Pastrana Arango (1954).