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Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia

1900 - 1970

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Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (March 8, 1900 – June 9, 1970) was a Costa Rican medical doctor and politician, who served as President from 1940 to 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia has received more than 119,268 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia is the 14,285th most popular politician (down from 13,332nd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Costa Rica (down from 14th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Costa Rican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia ranks 14,285 out of 19,576Before him are Femke Halsema, Théo Lefèvre, Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas, Arthur Meighen, Josep Irla, and Juan Campisteguy. After him are Enrique Peralta Azurdia, Dmitry Polyansky, Giovanni Battaglin, Ylli Bufi, David Dinkins, and Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia ranks 219Before him are Pedro Ochoa, César Espinoza, Ivan Kozlovsky, Charles Jewtraw, Mikhail Tikhonravov, and Irene Guest. After him are Mikhail Lavrentyev, Alan Helffrich, Ludovico Bidoglio, Zinaida Aksentyeva, Hélène Prévost, and Józef Kowalski. Among people deceased in 1970, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia ranks 190Before him are Lee Barnes, Jaipal Singh Munda, Parashqevi Qiriazi, Hans Walzhofer, Irene Guest, and Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch. After him are Janko Alexy, Hélène Sparrow, Ludovico Bidoglio, Vano Muradeli, István Fekete, and Shoichi Sakata.

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In Costa Rica

Among people born in Costa Rica, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia ranks 19 out of 134Before him are Franklin Chang Díaz (1950), Rodrigo Carazo Odio (1926), José María Castro Madriz (1818), Otilio Ulate Blanco (1891), Federico Tinoco Granados (1868), and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1940). After him are Mario Echandi Jiménez (1915), Luis Alberto Monge (1925), Roberto Gayón (1905), José Joaquín Trejos Fernández (1916), Daniel Oduber Quirós (1921), and Paulo Wanchope (1976).

Among POLITICIANS In Costa Rica

Among politicians born in Costa Rica, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia ranks 13Before him are Teodoro Picado Michalski (1900), Rodrigo Carazo Odio (1926), José María Castro Madriz (1818), Otilio Ulate Blanco (1891), Federico Tinoco Granados (1868), and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1940). After him are Mario Echandi Jiménez (1915), Luis Alberto Monge (1925), José Joaquín Trejos Fernández (1916), Daniel Oduber Quirós (1921), Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814), and José María Figueres (1954).