POLITICIAN

Rafael Franco

1896 - 1973

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Rafael de la Cruz Franco Ojeda (October 22, 1896 – September 16, 1973) was a Paraguayan military officer, politician and statesman who served as President of Paraguay after the February Revolution, from February 20, 1936, to August 13, 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Franco has received more than 124,026 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Rafael Franco is the 11,529th most popular politician (down from 11,440th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Paraguay (up from 21st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Paraguayan Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rafael Franco ranks 11,529 out of 19,576. Before him are Appius Claudius Pulcher, Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ervin Zádor, Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen, Valeriya Novodvorskaya, and Guru Har Rai. After him are Pedro Castillo, Tigran Sargsyan, Jean Duvieusart, Akhmed Zakayev, Ashur-bel-kala, and Konstantinos Demertzis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Rafael Franco ranks 143. Before him are Ira Gershwin, Hubert Lanz, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Aimo Lahti, Lester Germer, and Evgeny Schwartz. After him are Vasily Gordov, Alberto Demicheli, Nobuko Yoshiya, Carlos P. Garcia, Árpád Weisz, and Joseph Schildkraut. Among people deceased in 1973, Rafael Franco ranks 143. Before him are José Alfredo Jiménez, Aleksandr Ptushko, Carmine Gallone, Eleazar López Contreras, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, and Jeannette Rankin. After him are Nobuko Yoshiya, Paavo Talvela, Willy Fritsch, István Kertész, Gustaf Molander, and Mikhail Isakovsky.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Rafael Franco ranks 19 out of 203. Before him are José Félix Estigarribia (1888), Julio César Romero (1960), Manuel Fleitas Solich (1900), Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1938), Bernardino Caballero (1839), and Federico Chávez (1882). After him are Aurelio González (1905), Cirilo Antonio Rivarola (1836), Fulgencio Yegros (1780), Heriberto Herrera (1926), Cayetano Ré (1938), and Eulogio Martínez (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In Paraguay

Among politicians born in Paraguay, Rafael Franco ranks 13. Before him are Horacio Cartes (1956), Eusebio Ayala (1875), José Félix Estigarribia (1888), Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1938), Bernardino Caballero (1839), and Federico Chávez (1882). After him are Cirilo Antonio Rivarola (1836), Fulgencio Yegros (1780), Raúl Cubas Grau (1943), Luis Ángel González Macchi (1947), Federico Franco (1962), and Higinio Morínigo (1897).

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