1919 - 1969
René Barrientos Ortuño (30 May 1919 – 27 April 1969) was a Bolivian military officer and politician who served as the 47th president of Bolivia twice nonconsecutively from 1964 to 1966 and from 1966 to 1969. During much of his first term, he shared power as co-president with Alfredo Ovando from 1965 to 1966 and prior to that served as the 30th vice president of Bolivia in 1964.General Barrientos came to power after the 1964 Bolivian coup d'état which overthrew the government of President Victor Paz Estenssoro. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Barrientos has received more than 260,394 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). René Barrientos is the 5,129th most popular politician (up from 5,742nd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Bolivia (up from 3rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bolivian Politician.
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Among politicians, René Barrientos ranks 5,129 out of 15,577. Before him are Shigechiyo Izumi, Ri Chun-hee, Dino Grandi, Bahadur Shah I, Bermudo II of León, and Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi. After him are Cus D'Amato, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Emperor Fushimi, Pierre Mauroy, Ivan Maisky, and Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern.
1865 - 1865
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 5,123
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 5,124
1895 - 1988
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 5,125
1643 - 1712
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 5,126
953 - 999
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 5,127
1506 - 1543
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 5,128
1919 - 1969
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 5,129
1908 - 1985
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 5,130
1642 - 1701
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 5,131
1265 - 1317
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 5,132
1928 - 2013
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 5,133
1884 - 1975
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 5,134
1890 - 1966
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 5,135
Among people born in 1919, René Barrientos ranks 61. Before him are Ian Smith, Mohamed Boudiaf, Glafcos Clerides, Gillo Pontecorvo, Mieczysław Weinberg, and Ashraf Pahlavi. After him are Ernst Barkmann, Bob Paisley, Valentino Mazzola, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Kiichi Miyazawa, and Peter Abrahams. Among people deceased in 1969, René Barrientos ranks 50. Before him are Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Vito Genovese, Li Zongren, Prince Konrad of Bavaria, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, and Enrique Ballestrero. After him are Erika Mann, Joseph Kosma, Leo McCarey, Ernest Ansermet, Dragiša Cvetković, and Wilhelm Backhaus.
1919 - 2007
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 55
1919 - 1992
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 56
1919 - 2013
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 57
1919 - 2006
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 58
1919 - 1996
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 59
1919 - 2016
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 60
1919 - 1969
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 61
1919 - 2009
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 62
1919 - 1996
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 63
1919 - 1949
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 64
1919 - 2010
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 65
1919 - 2007
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 66
1919 - 2017
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 67
1906 - 1969
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 44
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 45
1890 - 1969
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 46
1883 - 1969
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 47
1891 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 48
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 49
1919 - 1969
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 50
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 51
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 52
1898 - 1969
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 53
1883 - 1969
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 54
1893 - 1969
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 55
1884 - 1969
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 56
Among people born in Bolivia, René Barrientos ranks 2 out of 78. Before him are Evo Morales (1959). After him are Hugo Banzer (1926), Luis Arce (1963), Mario Terán (1942), Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930), Luis García Meza (1929), Lidia Gueiler Tejada (1921), Jeanine Áñez (1967), Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907), Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792), and Túpac Katari (1750).
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 1
1919 - 1969
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 2
1926 - 2002
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 3
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 4
1942 - 2022
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 5
1930 - Present
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 6
1929 - 2018
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 7
1921 - 2011
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 8
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 9
1907 - 2001
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 10
1792 - 1865
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 11
1750 - 1781
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Bolivia, René Barrientos ranks 2. Before him are Evo Morales (1959). After him are Hugo Banzer (1926), Luis Arce (1963), Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930), Luis García Meza (1929), Lidia Gueiler Tejada (1921), Jeanine Áñez (1967), Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907), Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792), Hernán Siles Zuazo (1914), and Juan José Torres (1920).
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 1
1919 - 1969
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 2
1926 - 2002
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 3
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 4
1930 - Present
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 5
1929 - 2018
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 6
1921 - 2011
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 7
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 8
1907 - 2001
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 9
1792 - 1865
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 10
1914 - 1996
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 11
1920 - 1976
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 12