1931 - Today
Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (; American Spanish: [raˈul moˈðesto ˈkastɾo ˈrus]; born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban politician who is currently serving as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most senior position in the one-party communist state, succeeding his brother, Fidel Castro, in April 2011. Castro has also been a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba, the highest decision-making body, since 1975. He served as the Minister of the Armed Forces from 1959 to 2008. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raúl Castro has received more than 4,003,361 page views. His biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 87 in 2019). Raúl Castro is the 386th most popular politician (down from 282nd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Cuba and the 2nd most popular Cuban Politician.
Raúl Castro is most famous for being the President of Cuba from 2008 to 2018.
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Among politicians, Raúl Castro ranks 386 out of 15,710. Before him are Louis Bonaparte, Şehzade Mustafa, Artaxerxes I of Persia, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Vitellius, and Didius Julianus. After him are Mustafa II, José Mujica, Louis X of France, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Willy Brandt, and Tiberius Gracchus.
1778 - 1846
HPI: 80.45
Rank: 380
1515 - 1553
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 381
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 80.43
Rank: 382
1946 - Present
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 383
15 - 69
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 384
133 - 193
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 385
1931 - Present
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 386
1664 - 1703
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 387
1935 - Present
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 388
1289 - 1316
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 389
1920 - 2020
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 390
1913 - 1992
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 391
163 BC - 133 BC
HPI: 80.35
Rank: 392
Among people born in 1931, Raúl Castro ranks 7. Before him are Mikhail Gorbachev, Rajneesh, Boris Yeltsin, Toni Morrison, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, and James Dean. After him are Robert Duvall, Tomas Tranströmer, Alice Munro, Chun Doo-hwan, Philip Kotler, and Ian Holm.
1931 - Present
HPI: 89.08
Rank: 1
1931 - 1990
HPI: 85.85
Rank: 2
1931 - 2007
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 3
1931 - 2019
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 4
1931 - 2015
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 5
1931 - 1955
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 6
1931 - Present
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 7
1931 - Present
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 8
1931 - 2015
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 9
1931 - Present
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 10
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 11
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 12
1931 - 2020
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 13
Among people born in Cuba, Raúl Castro ranks 2 out of 202. Before him are Fidel Castro (1926). After him are Fulgencio Batista (1901), Italo Calvino (1923), José Raúl Capablanca (1888), Camilo Cienfuegos (1932), Paul Lafargue (1842), José Martí (1853), Alberto Korda (1928), Andy García (1956), Compay Segundo (1907), and Gloria Estefan (1957).
1926 - 2016
HPI: 87.77
Rank: 1
1931 - Present
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 2
1901 - 1973
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 3
1923 - 1985
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 4
1888 - 1942
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 5
1932 - 1959
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 6
1842 - 1911
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 7
1853 - 1895
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 8
1928 - 2001
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 9
1956 - Present
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 10
1907 - 2003
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 11
1957 - Present
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Cuba, Raúl Castro ranks 2. Before him are Fidel Castro (1926). After him are Fulgencio Batista (1901), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Emilio Mola (1887), Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), Gerardo Machado (1871), Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Aleida March (1936), and Ramón Grau (1881).
1926 - 2016
HPI: 87.77
Rank: 1
1931 - Present
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 2
1901 - 1973
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 3
1919 - 1983
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 4
1887 - 1937
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 5
1960 - Present
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 6
1956 - Present
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 7
1927 - 2009
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 8
1871 - 1939
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 9
1819 - 1874
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 10
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 11
1881 - 1969
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 12