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Miguel León-Portilla

1926 - 2019

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Miguel León-Portilla (22 February 1926 – 1 October 2019) was a Mexican anthropologist and historian, specializing in Aztec culture and literature of the pre-Columbian and colonial eras. Many of his works were translated to English and he was a well-recognized scholar internationally. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel León-Portilla has received more than 133,964 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel León-Portilla is the 458th most popular historian (down from 386th in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 263rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Historian.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Miguel León-Portilla ranks 458 out of 561. Before him are Eberhard Jäckel, Michelle Perrot, Herwig Wolfram, Lothrop Stoddard, René Rémond, and Donald Nicol. After him are Richard J. Evans, Simon Janashia, Ji Xianlin, Lidiya Ponomarenko, William Robertson, and Arthur Smith Woodward.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Miguel León-Portilla ranks 385. Before him are Kazuhiko Nishijima, Emmanuel Wamala, Günter de Bruyn, Garret FitzGerald, Li Han-hsiang, and Roberto Goyeneche. After him are Evelyn Lear, Sverre Stenersen, Bill Black, Angus Scrimm, Noor Jehan, and Vira Vovk. Among people deceased in 2019, Miguel León-Portilla ranks 368. Before him are Imre Varga, Norbert Eder, Francisco Toledo, Thomas Remengesau Sr., Kjell Bäckman, and Gianni De Michelis. After him are Ken Kavanagh, Stoyanka Mutafova, Artur Brauner, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Walter Lübcke, and Béla Zsitnik.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Miguel León-Portilla ranks 286 out of 729. Before him are Jaime Gómez (1929), Francisco Toledo (1940), Carlos Monsiváis (1938), Moisés Solana (1935), Héctor Rebaque (1956), and George W. Romney (1907). After him are Marcelo Ebrard (1959), Salvador Reyes Monteón (1936), Felipe Olivares (1910), Javier Valdivia (1941), Horacio Casarín (1918), and Juan Bautista de Anza (1736).

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Among HISTORIANS In Mexico

Among historians born in Mexico, Miguel León-Portilla ranks 2. Before him are Chimalpahin (1579).

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