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Ruy Barbosa

1849 - 1923

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Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira (5 November 1849 – 1 March 1923), also known as Rui Barbosa, was a Brazilian polymath, diplomat, writer, jurist, and politician. He was a prominent defender of civil liberties who called for the abolition of slavery in Brazil, Barbosa represented Brazil in the second Hague convention, argued for Brazil's participation in World War I on the side of the Allies, and personally ordered the destruction of all government records pertaining to slavery while he was Minister of Finance. He was forced into exile during the presidency of Floriano Peixoto, as his economic policies while he was finance minister paved the way for a disaster in the Brazilian economy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruy Barbosa has received more than 99,789 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ruy Barbosa is the 10,668th most popular politician (down from 9,873rd in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Brazil (up from 265th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Brazilian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ruy Barbosa ranks 10,668 out of 15,577. Before him are Amadocus I, Alvise Contarini, Juan Orlando Hernández, Constantine III, King of Armenia, Achaeus, and Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano. After him are Phoenix, Lothar Bisky, Ota Šik, João do Canto e Castro, Ali Saibou, and Matei Basarab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Ruy Barbosa ranks 58. Before him are William Ernest Henley, Benjamin Godard, Fritz Mauthner, Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, Luther Burbank, and Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav. After him are Jean Richepin, Emma Lazarus, Oscar Hertwig, Albert Heim, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, and Charles F. Brush. Among people deceased in 1923, Ruy Barbosa ranks 60. Before him are Sayed Darwish, Louis Couperus, Semyon Alapin, Hermes da Fonseca, Takeo Arishima, and Stojan Protić. After him are Horace Parnell Tuttle, Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Alfred Edwards, Kadambini Ganguly, Krišjānis Barons, and Walther Kadow.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Ruy Barbosa ranks 261 out of 2,067. Before him are Carlos Luz (1894), Zilda Arns (1934), Walter Salles (1956), Bernardo Rezende (1959), Moacir Claudino Pinto (1936), and Evaristo de Macedo (1933). After him are Roberto Moreno (1959), Delfim Moreira (1868), Antônio Carlos Zago (1969), Tim (1915), Oswald de Andrade (1890), and Francisco Aramburu (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Ruy Barbosa ranks 49. Before him are Epitácio Pessoa (1865), Afonso Pena (1847), Raoni Metuktire (1940), Jaime Lerner (1937), Luís Carlos Prestes (1898), and Carlos Luz (1894). After him are Delfim Moreira (1868), Nereu Ramos (1888), José Alencar (1931), Alfredo Ovando Candía (1918), Hamilton Mourão (1953), and Clodovil Hernandes (1937).

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