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Porfirio Díaz

1830 - 1915

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José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (Spanish pronunciation: [poɾˈfiɾjo ˈði.as]; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), was a Mexican general and dictator who served on three separate occasions as President of Mexico, a total of over 30 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 December 1876, 17 February 1877 to 1 December 1880, and 1 December 1884 to 25 May 1911. The period from 1876 to 1911 is often referred to as the Porfiriato, and has been called a de facto dictatorship. Díaz was born to a Oaxacan family of modest means. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Porfirio Díaz has received more than 3,168,335 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Porfirio Díaz is the 1,466th most popular politician (up from 1,649th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 14th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Politician.

Porfirio Díaz is most famous for being the President of Mexico for over thirty years.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Porfirio Díaz ranks 1,466 out of 19,576. Before him are Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Christopher of Bavaria, Margaret Theresa of Spain, Yeonsangun of Joseon, Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, and Jiajing Emperor. After him are Masinissa, Charles III of Naples, Leo von Caprivi, Urho Kekkonen, Koxinga, and Uzziah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Porfirio Díaz ranks 10. Before him are Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Abdülaziz, Frédéric Mistral, Paul Heyse, Emily Dickinson, and Hector Malot. After him are Isma'il Pasha, Julius Lothar Meyer, Eadweard Muybridge, Hans von Bülow, Louise Michel, and Étienne-Jules Marey. Among people deceased in 1915, Porfirio Díaz ranks 5. Before him are Alois Alzheimer, Alexander Scriabin, Frederick Winslow Taylor, and Paul Ehrlich. After him are Henry Moseley, Ellen G. White, Jean-Henri Fabre, Sergei Witte, Clara Immerwahr, Leo Frank, and Wilhelm Windelband.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Porfirio Díaz ranks 9 out of 729. Before him are Diego Rivera (1886), Moctezuma II (1466), Emiliano Zapata (1879), Carlos Slim (1940), Pancho Villa (1878), and Octavio Paz (1914). After him are Carlos Santana (1947), Cuauhtémoc (1495), Salma Hayek (1966), Benito Juárez (1806), Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), and Agustín de Iturbide (1783).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Porfirio Díaz ranks 2. Before him are Moctezuma II (1466). After him are Cuauhtémoc (1495), Benito Juárez (1806), Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), La Malinche (1502), Moctezuma I (1398), Francisco I. Madero (1873), Vicente Fox (1942), and Lázaro Cárdenas (1895).

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