MILITARY PERSONNEL

Maria Quitéria

1792 - 1853

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Maria Quitéria de Jesus (27 July 1792 – 21 August 1853) was a Brazilian lieutenant and national heroine. She served in the Brazilian War of Independence in 1822–23 dressed as a man. She was promoted to cadet and Lieutenant and decorated with the Imperial order. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Quitéria has received more than 71,377 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Maria Quitéria is the 1,473rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,389th in 2019), the 331st most popular biography from Brazil (up from 366th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Military Personnel.

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  • 71k

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  • 51.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Maria Quitéria ranks 1,473 out of 2,058. Before her are Sidney Smith, Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy, Vetranio, Thomas C. Kinkaid, Alexander Svechin, and Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus. After her are Segismundo Casado, James M. Gavin, François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, Karl Koller, Søren Kam, and Zhang Zongchang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, Maria Quitéria ranks 46. Before her are Nodira, José Joaquín de Herrera, George Cruikshank, Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Johann Georg Hiedler, and Martin Ohm. After her are Peter von Hess, Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg, Charles Grandison Finney, Christian Albrecht Jensen, and Pyotr Vyazemsky. Among people deceased in 1853, Maria Quitéria ranks 37. Before her are George Onslow, Hyacinth, Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Sarah Goodridge. After her are Louis Visconti, Augustin Saint-Hilaire, Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, Cesare Balbo, William R. King, and Lucas Alamán.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Maria Quitéria ranks 331 out of 2,236. Before her are Éder Aleixo de Assis (1957), Oswald de Andrade (1890), Serginho Chulapa (1953), Roberto Miranda (1944), Naná Vasconcelos (1944), and Neco (1895). After her are Fred (1983), Bertha Lutz (1894), Walter Salles (1956), Sonny Anderson (1970), Morena Baccarin (1979), and Antony (2000).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Brazil

Among military personnels born in Brazil, Maria Quitéria ranks 2. Before her are Cândido Rondon (1865). After her are Aurélio de Lira Tavares (1905), and Márcio Melo (1906).

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