JOURNALIST

Marcelo H. del Pilar

1850 - 1896

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Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitán (Spanish: [maɾˈθelojˈlaɾjo ðel piˈlaɾ]; Tagalog: [maɾˈselo ɪˈlaɾjo del pɪˈlaɾ]; August 30, 1850 – July 4, 1896), commonly known as Marcelo H. del Pilar and also known by his nom de plume Pláridel, was a Filipino writer, lawyer, journalist, and freemason. Del Pilar, along with José Rizal and Graciano López Jaena, became known as the leaders of the Reform Movement in Spain.Del Pilar was born and brought up in Bulakan, Bulacan. He was suspended at the Universidad de Santo Tomás and imprisoned in 1869 after he and the parish priest quarreled over exorbitant baptismal fees. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcelo H. del Pilar has received more than 1,491,856 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcelo H. del Pilar is the 26th most popular journalist (up from 36th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Filipino Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Marcelo H. del Pilars by language

Over the past year Marcelo H. del Pilar has had the most page views in the with 209,317 views, followed by Tagalog (108,053), and Simple English (5,619). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (232.09%), Egyptian Arabic (87.01%), and Mirandese (84.08%)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Marcelo H. del Pilar ranks 26 out of 196. Before him are Aenne Burda, Gareth Jones, Jeremy Clarkson, Tucker Carlson, Jean-Marie Balestre, and Edgar Snow. After him are W. T. Stead, Charles Dow, Diana Nyad, Steve McCurry, Walker Evans, and Christopher Hitchens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Marcelo H. del Pilar ranks 37. Before him are Pat Garrett, Jack Daniel, Ebenezer Howard, Pavel Axelrod, Giuseppe Mercalli, and Zdeněk Fibich. After him are Hans Hartwig von Beseler, Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, Alexander von Linsingen, John Collier, David Schwarz, and Kate Chopin. Among people deceased in 1896, Marcelo H. del Pilar ranks 29. Before him are Prince Henry of Battenberg, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Frederic Leighton, Maurice de Hirsch, Ante Starčević, and Heinrich von Treitschke. After him are Ernst Engel, Luigi Federico Menabrea, Luis Ricardo Falero, Giuseppe Fiorelli, Ernst Curtius, and Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Marcelo H. del Pilar ranks 16 out of 155. Before him are Benigno Aquino Jr. (1932), Paulino Alcántara (1896), Andrés Bonifacio (1863), Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947), Isabel Preysler (1951), and Manuel L. Quezon (1878). After him are Elpidio Quirino (1890), Jose P. Laurel (1891), Manny Pacquiao (1978), Apolinario Mabini (1864), Manuel Roxas (1892), and Gabriela Silang (1731).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Philippines

Among journalists born in Philippines, Marcelo H. del Pilar ranks 1. After him are Maria Ressa (1963).

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