1783 - 1830
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. He is known colloquially as El Libertador, or the Liberator of America. Simón Bolívar was born in Caracas in the Captaincy General of Venezuela into a wealthy family of American-born Spaniards (criollo) but lost both parents as a child. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simón Bolívar has received more than 8,442,064 page views. His biography is available in 140 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 138 in 2019). Simón Bolívar is the 148th most popular politician (down from 138th in 2019), the most popular biography from Venezuela and the most popular Venezuelan Politician.
Simón Bolívar is most famous for leading the fight for independence in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
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Among politicians, Simón Bolívar ranks 148 out of 15,577. Before him are Osman II, Vespasian, Joseph Goebbels, John Major, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Oliver Cromwell. After him are Cardinal Richelieu, Lech Wałęsa, Maximilien Robespierre, Paul von Hindenburg, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, and Alfred the Great.
1604 - 1622
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 142
9 - 79
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 143
1897 - 1945
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 144
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 145
1503 - 1564
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 146
1599 - 1658
HPI: 78.88
Rank: 147
1783 - 1830
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 148
1585 - 1642
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 149
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 150
1758 - 1794
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 151
1847 - 1934
HPI: 78.75
Rank: 152
1594 - 1632
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 153
849 - 899
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 154
Among people born in 1783, Simón Bolívar ranks 2. Before him is Stendhal. After him are Hortense de Beauharnais, Washington Irving, Agustín de Iturbide, Hugh Glass, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Vasily Zhukovsky, and Friedrich Sertürner. Among people deceased in 1830, Simón Bolívar ranks 1. After him are Joseph Fourier, Pope Pius VIII, George IV of the United Kingdom, Adam Weishaupt, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Benjamin Constant, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Antonio José de Sucre, Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Louis Henri, Prince of Condé.
1783 - 1842
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 1
1783 - 1830
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 2
1783 - 1837
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 3
1783 - 1859
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 4
1783 - 1824
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 5
1783 - 1833
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 6
1783 - 1850
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 7
1783 - 1801
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 8
1783 - 1872
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 9
1783 - 1853
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 10
1783 - 1852
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 11
1783 - 1841
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 12
1783 - 1830
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 1
1768 - 1830
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 2
1761 - 1830
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 3
1762 - 1830
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 4
1748 - 1830
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 5
1777 - 1830
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 6
1767 - 1830
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 7
1775 - 1830
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 8
1764 - 1830
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 9
1795 - 1830
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 10
1753 - 1830
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 11
1756 - 1830
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 12
Among people born in Venezuela, Simón Bolívar ranks 1 out of 155. After him are Hugo Chávez (1954), Carlos the Jackal (1949), Nicolás Maduro (1962), Francisco de Miranda (1750), Antonio José de Sucre (1795), Baruj Benacerraf (1920), Carolina Herrera (1939), Reynaldo Hahn (1874), Rafael Caldera (1916), Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922), and Rómulo Betancourt (1908).
1783 - 1830
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 1
1954 - 2013
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 2
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 3
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 4
1750 - 1816
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 5
1795 - 1830
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 6
1920 - 2011
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 7
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 8
1874 - 1947
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 9
1916 - 2009
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 10
1922 - 2010
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 11
1908 - 1981
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Venezuela, Simón Bolívar ranks 1. After him are Hugo Chávez (1954), Nicolás Maduro (1962), Antonio José de Sucre (1795), Carolina Herrera (1939), Rafael Caldera (1916), Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922), Rómulo Betancourt (1908), José Antonio Páez (1790), Andrés Bello (1781), Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914), and Juan Vicente Gómez (1857).
1783 - 1830
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 1
1954 - 2013
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 2
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 3
1795 - 1830
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 4
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 5
1916 - 2009
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 6
1922 - 2010
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 7
1908 - 1981
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 8
1790 - 1873
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 9
1781 - 1865
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 10
1914 - 2001
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 11
1857 - 1935
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 12