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Ramón Emeterio Betances

1827 - 1898

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Ramón Emeterio Betances y Alacán (April 8, 1827 – September 16, 1898) was a Puerto Rican independence advocate and medical doctor. He was the primary instigator of El Grito de Lares revolution and is considered to be the father of the Puerto Rican independence movement. Since the Grito galvanized a burgeoning nationalist movement among Puerto Ricans, Betances is also considered "El Padre de la Patria" (Father of the [Puerto Rican] Nation). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ramón Emeterio Betances has received more than 299,344 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ramón Emeterio Betances is the 13,413th most popular politician (down from 57th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Puerto Rico (down from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Puerto Rican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ramón Emeterio Betances ranks 13,413 out of 15,577. Before him are Rahm Emanuel, Adad-shuma-iddina, Irakli Garibashvili, Edith of Wessex, Victor Marijnen, and Sergey Kiriyenko. After him are Jo Cals, Tomás Villalba, Mamadou Dia, Ulisses Correia e Silva, Kadashman-harbe I, and Nnamdi Azikiwe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Ramón Emeterio Betances ranks 55. Before him are Frederick Abel, William Dwight Whitney, Kostandin Kristoforidhi, Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Charles John Andersson, and Mary Ward. After him are Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Barbara Bodichon, William Burges, Afzal-ud-Daulah, and Hiram Rhodes Revels. Among people deceased in 1898, Ramón Emeterio Betances ranks 61. Before him are Louis Buffet, Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Karl Knies, Johan Lange, and Ángel Ganivet. After him are Eli Lilly, Joaquín Crespo, John Hopkinson, Hieronymous Theodor Richter, Félix María Zuloaga, and James Hall.

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In Puerto Rico

Among people born in Puerto Rico, Ramón Emeterio Betances ranks 20 out of 70. Before him are Luis Fonsi (1978), David Zayas (1962), Luis Miguel (1970), Don Omar (1978), José Torres (1936), and Cheo Feliciano (1935). After him are Pedro Morales (1942), Míriam Colón (1936), Osvaldo Ríos (1960), Luis Muñoz Marín (1898), Eddie Gómez (1944), and Tego Calderón (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In Puerto Rico

Among politicians born in Puerto Rico, Ramón Emeterio Betances ranks 1. After him are Luis Muñoz Marín (1898), Sila María Calderón (1942), Pedro Pierluisi (1959), Luis Fortuño (1960), Wanda Vázquez Garced (1960), Alejandro García Padilla (1971), and Ricardo Rosselló (1979).

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