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Tomás Estrada Palma

1835 - 1908

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Tomás Estrada Palma (c. July 9, 1835 – November 4, 1908) was a Cuban politician, the president of The Republic of Cuba in Arms during the Ten Years' War, and the first President of Cuba, between May 20, 1902, and September 28, 1906. His collateral career as a New York City area educator and writer enabled Estrada Palma to create pro-Cuban literature aimed at gaining sympathy, assistance and publicity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomás Estrada Palma has received more than 219,698 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Tomás Estrada Palma is the 6,976th most popular politician (up from 6,979th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Cuban Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tomás Estrada Palma ranks 6,976 out of 19,576Before him are Carlos Castillo Armas, Jean Chrétien, Zoltán of Hungary, Richilde of Provence, Rhadamistus, and Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay. After him are Ivan Vyhovsky, Chōsokabe Motochika, Michel Rocard, Sergei Ivanov, John VII of Constantinople, and Victor Stănculescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Tomás Estrada Palma ranks 36Before him are Alexander Agassiz, Simon Newcomb, Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, Matsukata Masayoshi, Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Alexandrine Tinné. After him are Christian Otto Mohr, Eugenio Beltrami, Raffi, John Hughlings Jackson, Grigory Potanin, and Émile Combes. Among people deceased in 1908, Tomás Estrada Palma ranks 31Before him are Jonas Lie, Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, Khudiram Bose, John of Kronstadt, Dersu Uzala, and Eduard Zeller. After him are Antoine Béchamp, Doppo Kunikida, Qasim Amin, Sundance Kid, Joseph Freinademetz, and Andrew Graham.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Tomás Estrada Palma ranks 34 out of 300Before him are Aleida March (1936), Wifredo Lam (1902), Vilma Espín (1930), Omara Portuondo (1930), Ramón Grau (1881), and Pérez Prado (1916). After him are Huber Matos (1918), Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Nicolás Guillén (1902), Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (1942), Ana de Armas (1988), and Carlos Puebla (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cuba

Among politicians born in Cuba, Tomás Estrada Palma ranks 15Before him are Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), Gerardo Machado (1871), Juanita Castro (1933), Aleida March (1936), Vilma Espín (1930), and Ramón Grau (1881). After him are Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901), Dámaso Berenguer (1873), Arnaldo Ochoa (1930), José Ramón Machado Ventura (1930), and Ramón Castro Ruz (1924).