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Viracocha Inca

1310 - 1438

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Wiraqucha (Quechua, the name of a god) or Viracocha (in hispanicized spelling) (c. 1410 – 1438) was the eighth Sapa Inka of the Kingdom of Cuzco (beginning around 1410) and the third of the Hanan dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viracocha Inca has received more than 114,210 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Viracocha Inca is the 3,360th most popular politician (down from 3,316th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Peru and the 9th most popular Peruvian Politician.

Viracocha Inca is most famous for the introduction of the Quechua language to the people of Peru.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Viracocha Inca ranks 3,360 out of 19,576Before him are Natalya Naryshkina, Yolande of Aragon, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Guy III of Spoleto, Aimery of Cyprus, and Yasuo Fukuda. After him are Violeta Chamorro, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, Lekë Dukagjini, Maria Pia of Savoy, and Aelia Eudoxia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1310, Viracocha Inca ranks 4Before him are Pope Urban V, Casimir III the Great, and Laura de Noves. After him are Jeanne d'Évreux, Eleanor de Guzmán, Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen, Winrich von Kniprode, Berdi Beg, Andronikos III of Trebizond, Lorenzo Celsi, and Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz. Among people deceased in 1438, Viracocha Inca ranks 3Before him are Edward, King of Portugal, and Jacopo della Quercia. After him are James II, Count of La Marche, Ernest, Duke of Bavaria, Barsbay, and Richard, Count of Étampes.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Viracocha Inca ranks 19 out of 287Before him are Yma Sumac (1923), Manco Inca Yupanqui (1512), Martin de Porres (1579), Huáscar (1490), Topa Inca Yupanqui (1441), and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539). After him are Teófilo Cubillas (1949), Abimael Guzmán (1934), Hilda Gadea (1925), Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (1938), Túpac Huallpa (1510), and César Vallejo (1892).

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Among POLITICIANS In Peru

Among politicians born in Peru, Viracocha Inca ranks 9Before him are Alberto Fujimori (1938), Túpac Amaru (1545), Pachacuti (1380), Manco Inca Yupanqui (1512), Huáscar (1490), and Topa Inca Yupanqui (1441). After him are Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (1938), Túpac Huallpa (1510), Alan García (1949), Titu Cusi (1535), Inca Roca (1350), and Dina Boluarte (1962).