1891 - 1961
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina (24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed El Jefe (Spanish: [el ˈxefe])), was a Dominican military commander and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He served as president from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952, ruling for the rest of his life as an unelected military strongman under figurehead presidents. His rule of 31 years, known to Dominicans as the Trujillo Era (Spanish: El Trujillato or La Era de Trujillo), was one of the longest for a non-royal leader in the world, and centered around a personality cult of the ruling family. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Trujillo has received more than 3,404,596 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael Trujillo is the 1,331st most popular politician (up from 1,519th in 2019), the most popular biography from Dominican Republic and the most popular Dominican Politician.
Rafael Trujillo was a Dominican dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961. He is most famous for his brutal rule.
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Among politicians, Rafael Trujillo ranks 1,331 out of 15,577. Before him are Christine Lagarde, Cheoljong of Joseon, Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, Shang Yang, Anna Jagiellon, and Giorgio Napolitano. After him are Injo of Joseon, Emperor Xian of Han, Karolos Papoulias, John V Palaiologos, Aristide Briand, and Horst Köhler.
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 1,325
1831 - 1864
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 1,326
1289 - 1306
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 1,327
390 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 1,328
1523 - 1596
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 1,329
1925 - 2023
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 1,330
1891 - 1961
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 1,331
1595 - 1649
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 1,332
181 - 234
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 1,333
1929 - 2021
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,334
1332 - 1391
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,335
1862 - 1932
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,336
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,337
Among people born in 1891, Rafael Trujillo ranks 17. Before him are Nelly Sachs, Henry Miller, Frederick Banting, Pär Lagerkvist, Walther Bothe, and Rudolf Carnap. After him are Otto Dix, Genrikh Yagoda, Helmuth Weidling, Ilya Ehrenburg, Fritz Todt, and Tadamichi Kuribayashi. Among people deceased in 1961, Rafael Trujillo ranks 12. Before him are Gary Cooper, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Emily Greene Balch, Jules Bordet, and Zog I of Albania. After him are Adnan Menderes, Frantz Fanon, Mohammed V of Morocco, Percy Williams Bridgman, Kurt Meyer, and Otto Loewi.
1891 - 1970
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 11
1891 - 1980
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 12
1891 - 1941
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 13
1891 - 1974
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 14
1891 - 1957
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 15
1891 - 1970
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 16
1891 - 1961
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 17
1891 - 1969
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 18
1891 - 1938
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 19
1891 - 1955
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 20
1891 - 1967
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 21
1891 - 1942
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 22
1891 - 1945
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 23
1901 - 1961
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 6
1894 - 1961
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 7
1908 - 1961
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 8
1867 - 1961
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 9
1870 - 1961
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 10
1895 - 1961
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 11
1891 - 1961
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 12
1899 - 1961
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 13
1925 - 1961
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 14
1909 - 1961
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 15
1882 - 1961
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 16
1910 - 1961
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 17
1873 - 1961
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 18
Among people born in Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo ranks 1 out of 47. After him are Oscar de la Renta (1932), Théodore Chassériau (1819), Hatuey (1478), Joaquín Balaguer (1906), Juan Pablo Duarte (1813), Juan Bosch (1909), Maria Montez (1912), Danilo Medina (1951), Leonel Fernández (1953), Máximo Gómez (1836), and Héctor Trujillo (1908).
1891 - 1961
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 1
1932 - 2014
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 2
1819 - 1856
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 3
1478 - Present
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 4
1906 - 2002
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 5
1813 - 1876
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 6
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 7
1912 - 1951
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 8
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 9
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 10
1836 - 1905
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 11
1908 - 2002
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo ranks 1. After him are Hatuey (1478), Joaquín Balaguer (1906), Juan Pablo Duarte (1813), Juan Bosch (1909), Danilo Medina (1951), Leonel Fernández (1953), Héctor Trujillo (1908), Luis Abinader (1967), Ulises Heureaux (1845), Salvador Jorge Blanco (1926), and Antonio Guzmán Fernández (1911).
1891 - 1961
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 1
1478 - Present
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 2
1906 - 2002
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 3
1813 - 1876
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 4
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 5
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 6
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 7
1908 - 2002
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 8
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 9
1845 - 1899
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 10
1926 - 2010
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 11
1911 - 1982
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 12