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Omayra Sánchez

1972 - 1985

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Omayra Sánchez Garzón (August 28, 1972 – November 16, 1985) was a Colombian girl trapped and killed by a landslide when she was 13 years old. The landslide was caused by the 1985 eruption of the volcano Nevado del Ruiz in Armero, Tolima. Volcanic debris mixed with ice to form massive lahars (volcanically induced mudflows, landslides, and debris flows), which rushed into the river valleys below the mountain, killing about 25,000 people and destroying Armero and 13 other villages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Omayra Sánchez has received more than 7,051,617 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Omayra Sánchez is the 10,218th most popular politician (up from 11,785th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Colombia (up from 66th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Colombian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Omayra Sánchez ranks 10,218 out of 15,577. Before her are Qahhor Mahkamov, Václav Talich, Caspar Weinberger, Pietro III Candiano, Muse Bihi Abdi, and Lysandra. After her are Constantin Dăscălescu, Frances Cleveland, Horus Bird, George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Ladislav Adamec, and Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Omayra Sánchez ranks 63. Before her are Carmen Electra, Juanes, Sofia Helin, Toni Collette, Liam Gallagher, and Brian Molko. After her are Billie Joe Armstrong, Karel Poborský, Sarah Clarke, Chiara Mastroianni, Marlon Wayans, and Goran Višnjić. Among people deceased in 1985, Omayra Sánchez ranks 98. Before her are Géza Toldi, Iosif Shklovsky, Élias Sarkis, Susanne Langer, Márton Bukovi, and Paul Castellano. After her are Georgia Hale, Sergei Yutkevich, Manfred Winkelhock, Pavel Batov, Gaston Rébuffat, and Margaret Hamilton.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Omayra Sánchez ranks 42 out of 306. Before her are Juan Pablo Montoya (1975), Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795), Alfonso López Michelsen (1913), Juanes (1972), Laura Montoya (1874), and Alfonso López Trujillo (1935). After her are Iván Córdoba (1976), Andrés Pastrana Arango (1954), Alfonso Cano (1948), Iván Duque Márquez (1976), Rafael Núñez (1825), and Faustino Asprilla (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In Colombia

Among politicians born in Colombia, Omayra Sánchez ranks 17. Before her are Ernesto Samper (1950), Manuel Marulanda (1930), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900), and Alfonso López Michelsen (1913). After her are Andrés Pastrana Arango (1954), Iván Duque Márquez (1976), Rafael Núñez (1825), Laureano Gómez (1889), Misael Pastrana Borrero (1923), and Alberto Lleras Camargo (1906).

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