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Washington Luís

1869 - 1957

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Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (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 176,187 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Washington Luís is the 7,026th most popular politician (up from 7,163rd in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 145th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Brazilian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Washington Luís ranks 7,026 out of 15,577. Before him are Tokugawa Ieharu, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Ernesto Samper, Andronikos I of Trebizond, Tudor Vladimirescu, and Bai Chongxi. After him are Hrólfr Kraki, Dominique de Villepin, Benigno Aquino Jr., Luis Arce, Khaleda Zia, and Liu Penzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Washington Luís ranks 60. Before him are Hans Pfitzner, Stanisław Wyspiański, Louise d'Orléans, Hjalmar Söderberg, Ludwig von Reuter, and Yevno Azef. After him are Zinaida Gippius, Caterina Albert, Algernon Blackwood, Julius Dorpmüller, Hans Poelzig, and Stanisław Wojciechowski. Among people deceased in 1957, Washington Luís ranks 76. Before him are Carlos Castillo Armas, Ernst Gräfenberg, Prince Franz of Bavaria, Heinrich Bär, Josef Hofmann, and Dorothy L. Sayers. After him are Theodor Körner, Irving Baxter, Zhou Xuan, Rudolf Schmidt, Josef Lada, and Charles Pathé.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Washington Luís ranks 135 out of 2,067. Before him are Jânio Quadros (1917), Roberto Burle Marx (1909), Aldair (1965), Floriano Peixoto (1839), Felipe Massa (1981), and Princess Januária of Brazil (1822). After him are Pierre Clostermann (1921), Oscar (1954), Thiago Silva (1984), Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (1847), Maria Bueno (1939), and Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Washington Luís ranks 27. Before him are Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824), Bernardino Machado (1851), Artur da Costa e Silva (1899), Fernando Collor de Mello (1949), Jânio Quadros (1917), and Floriano Peixoto (1839). After him are Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (1847), Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883), Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain (1811), Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1848), Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (1910), and Prudente de Morais (1841).

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