SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

1753 - 1811

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Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel iˈðalɣo]), was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence and recognized as the Father of the Nation. A professor at the Colegio de San Nicolás Obispo in Valladolid, Hidalgo was influenced by Enlightenment ideas, which contributed to his ouster in 1792. He served in a church in Colima and then in Dolores. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla has received more than 1,654,122 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla is the 80th most popular social activist (up from 81st in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 21st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Social Activist.

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a catholic priest and revolutionary who led the Mexican War of Independence. He was most famous for leading the Mexican War of Independence.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

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  • 64.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla has had the most page views in the with 710,274 views, followed by English (179,987), and Russian (10,059). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (245.26%), Simple English (93.31%), and Haitian (84.86%)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ranks 80 out of 840. Before him are Sakamoto Ryōma, Widukind, Gerald Durrell, Axel Munthe, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, and Dragutin Dimitrijević. After him are Emilia Plater, Edmond James de Rothschild, Gabrielle d'Estrées, Errico Malatesta, Augusto César Sandino, and Fra Dolcino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ranks 7. Before him are Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Joseph de Maistre, Lazare Carnot, Jean-Baptiste Kléber, Utamaro, and Marie Joséphine of Savoy. After him are Benjamin Thompson, Phillis Wheatley, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, and Franz Karl Achard. Among people deceased in 1811, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ranks 4. Before him are Heinrich von Kleist, Peter Simon Pallas, and Louis Antoine de Bougainville. After him are Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Dositej Obradović, Jean Chalgrin, Eliza Poe, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Ignacio Allende, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and Nevil Maskelyne.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ranks 18 out of 729. Before him are Salma Hayek (1966), Benito Juárez (1806), Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), and Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648). After him are La Malinche (1502), Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (1946), Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (1957), Moctezuma I (1398), Francisco I. Madero (1873), and David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Mexico

Among social activists born in Mexico, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ranks 2. Before him are Emiliano Zapata (1879). After him are Subcomandante Marcos (1957), Ricardo Flores Magón (1874), Leona Vicario (1789), Miriam Rodríguez Martínez (1967), Elvia Carrillo Puerto (1878), Lydia Cacho (1963), Leydy Pech (1965), Xiye Bastida (2002), and Guadalupe Campanur Tapia (1986).

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