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Orlando Letelier

1932 - 1976

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Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar (13 April 1932 – 21 September 1976) was a Chilean economist, politician and diplomat during the presidency of Salvador Allende. A refugee from the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, Letelier accepted several academic positions in Washington, D.C. following his exile from Chile. In 1976, agents of Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA), the Pinochet regime's secret police, assassinated Letelier in Washington in a car bombing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Orlando Letelier has received more than 426,999 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Orlando Letelier is the 6,537th most popular politician (up from 7,192nd in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Chile (up from 34th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Chilean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Orlando Letelier ranks 6,537 out of 19,576. Before him are Eiríkr Hákonarson, Stanisław Wojciechowski, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Natan Sharansky, Artabanus of Persia, and Emperor Go-Kōgon. After him are Bernardino Rivadavia, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, Maharbal, Zuo Zongtang, and Wilhelm Zaisser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Orlando Letelier ranks 117. Before him are Aharon Appelfeld, Dieter Rams, Dušan Makavejev, Margit Korondi, Iskandar of Johor, and Christy Brown. After him are Ieng Thirith, Geraldine McEwan, Momoko Kōchi, Anna Moffo, Tavo Burat, and Halston. Among people deceased in 1976, Orlando Letelier ranks 68. Before him are Walter Warlimont, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Abdul Razak Hussein, Alexandros Panagoulis, Adolph Zukor, and Walter H. Schottky. After him are Gottfried von Cramm, Willi Hennig, Harry Nyquist, Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Hans Richter, and Gregor Piatigorsky.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Orlando Letelier ranks 29 out of 321. Before him are Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901), Luis Corvalán (1916), Roberto Matta (1911), Raúl Ruiz (1941), Jorge Alessandri (1896), and Alexis Sánchez (1988). After him are Francisco Varela (1946), Humberto Maturana (1928), Arturo Vidal (1987), Pedro Pascal (1975), Nicanor Parra (1914), and Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Chile

Among politicians born in Chile, Orlando Letelier ranks 12. Before him are Patricio Aylwin (1918), Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911), Ricardo Lagos (1938), Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1942), Luis Corvalán (1916), and Jorge Alessandri (1896). After him are Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877), Arturo Alessandri (1868), Lucía Hiriart (1923), Gabriel González Videla (1898), José Manuel Balmaceda (1840), and José Miguel Carrera (1785).

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