CELEBRITY

María Capovilla

1889 - 2006

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María Esther Heredia Lecaro de Capovilla, known internationally as María Capovilla (14 September 1889 – 27 August 2006), was an Ecuadorian supercentenarian, and, at the time of her death at age 116 years, 347 days, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of María Capovilla has received more than 236,359 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. María Capovilla is the 51st most popular celebrity (down from 48th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Ecuador and the most popular Ecuadorean Celebrity.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of María Capovillas by language

Over the past year María Capovilla has had the most page views in the with 16,864 views, followed by Spanish (6,107), and Italian (4,880). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (75.91%), Estonian (60.90%), and Croatian (35.34%)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, María Capovilla ranks 51 out of 265Before her are Armi Kuusela, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Stańczyk, Isabel Preysler, Kim Peek, and Elizabeth Stride. After her are Joseph Meister, Emilie Louise Flöge, Alice Keppel, Titus van Rijn, Jean-Marie Loret, and Paris Hilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, María Capovilla ranks 66Before her are Zoltán Tildy, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Pierre Reverdy, Takeo Kurita, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, and R. G. Collingwood. After her are Alma Karlin, Khudiram Bose, Philippe Thys, Harry Nyquist, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, and Pavel Dybenko. Among people deceased in 2006, María Capovilla ranks 84Before her are Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Milan Babić, Lillian Asplund, Billy Preston, John Money, and Tina Aumont. After her are Pietro Rava, Jack Warden, Anna Moffo, Paul Marcinkus, Ryutaro Hashimoto, and Lee Jong-wook.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, María Capovilla ranks 6 out of 147Before her are Guillermo Lasso (1955), Huayna Capac (1476), Rafael Correa (1963), Lenín Moreno (1953), and Manuela Sáenz (1797). After her are Alberto Spencer (1937), Gabriel García Moreno (1821), Alfredo Palacio (1939), José María Velasco Ibarra (1893), Gustavo Noboa (1937), and Eloy Alfaro (1842).

Among CELEBRITIES In Ecuador

Among celebrities born in Ecuador, María Capovilla ranks 1After her are Andrea Aguilera (2001).