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Washington Luís

1869 - 1957

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Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈwɔʃĩtõ luˈis peˈɾejɾɐ dʒi ˈsowzɐ]; 26 October 1869 – 4 August 1957) was a Brazilian politician who served as the 13th president of Brazil. Elected governor of São Paulo state in 1920 and president of Brazil in 1926, Washington Luís belonged to the Republican Party of São Paulo (PRP) and served as the last president of the First Brazilian Republic. Facing the crisis generated by the Great Depression in the United States, the president lost almost all his support. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Washington Luís has received more than 192,812 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Washington Luís is the 7,428th most popular politician (down from 7,007th in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 135th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Brazilian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 56.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Washington Luís ranks 7,428 out of 19,576. Before him are Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Sati Beg, Mir Jafar, Yamada Nagamasa, Mstislav of Chernigov, and Mindon Min. After him are Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg, Li Yu, José Antonio Páez, Jalal-ud-din Khalji, Mir Jafar Baghirov, and Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Washington Luís ranks 61. Before him are Valdemar Poulsen, Stanisław Wyspiański, Julius Dorpmüller, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia, Zinaida Gippius, and Yevno Azef. After him are Alfred Flatow, Hans Poelzig, Algernon Blackwood, Louise d'Orléans, Caterina Albert, and Philip de László. Among people deceased in 1957, Washington Luís ranks 77. Before him are Johann Rattenhuber, Carlos Castillo Armas, Malcolm Lowry, Kurt von Tippelskirch, Josef Hofmann, and Zhou Xuan. After him are Josef Lada, Eugenio Castellotti, Shūmei Ōkawa, Irving Baxter, Hasui Kawase, and Álvaro Gestido.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Washington Luís ranks 146 out of 2,236. Before him are Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883), Zózimo (1932), Dino Sani (1932), Lúcio (1978), Carlos Kaiser (1963), and Floriano Peixoto (1839). After him are Roberto Burle Marx (1909), Pierre Clostermann (1921), Dondinho (1917), Milton Nascimento (1942), Félix Miélli Venerando (1937), and Princess Januária of Brazil (1822).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Washington Luís ranks 29. Before him are Fernando Collor de Mello (1949), Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (1847), Artur da Costa e Silva (1899), Jânio Quadros (1917), Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883), and Floriano Peixoto (1839). After him are Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (1910), Charles, Duke of Guise (1571), Café Filho (1899), Venceslau Brás (1868), Raoni Metuktire (1940), and Afonso Pena (1847).

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