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Andrés Bello

1781 - 1865

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Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈdɾes ˈβeʝo]; November 29, 1781 – October 15, 1865) was a Venezuelan humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an important part of Spanish American culture. Bello is featured on the old 2,000 Venezuelan bolívar and the 20,000 Chilean peso notes. In Caracas, where he was born, Andrés Bello was Simón Bolívar's teacher for a short period of time and participated in efforts that led to Venezuelan independence. As a diplomat for the new independent government that he helped establish, he went with Luis López Méndez and Simón Bolívar on their first diplomatic mission to London. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrés Bello is the 8,346th most popular politician (down from 7,622nd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Venezuela (down from 18th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Venezuelan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andrés Bello ranks 8,346 out of 19,576Before him are Konstantin Hierl, Henry of Speyer, Sitamun, Gertrude of Saxony, Margaret of Durazzo, and Giru of Baekje. After him are Stefan Radoslav, Željka Cvijanović, Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia, Thomas Remengesau Jr., Prince Gong, and Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1781, Andrés Bello ranks 25Before him are Johann Baptist von Spix, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este, Louis-Mathieu Molé, and François Habeneck. After him are Adolphe Marbot, Valentín Gómez Farías, Swaminarayan, Christian von Steven, George Dawe, and Henri Cassini. Among people deceased in 1865, Andrés Bello ranks 35Before him are James Barry, Fredrika Bremer, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, Shigechiyo Izumi, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, and Antoine Wiertz. After him are Sebastián Iradier, Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, Sengge Rinchen, Andrés de Santa Cruz, Evangelos Zappas, and Rafael Carrera.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Andrés Bello ranks 19 out of 183Before him are Rómulo Betancourt (1908), José Antonio Páez (1790), Juan José Flores (1800), Juan Vicente Gómez (1857), Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914), and Rómulo Gallegos (1884). After him are Arturo Sosa (1948), José Antonio Abreu (1939), Ramón José Velásquez (1916), Teresa Carreño (1853), José Gregorio Hernández (1864), and Rafael Urdaneta (1788).

Among POLITICIANS In Venezuela

Among politicians born in Venezuela, Andrés Bello ranks 12Before him are Rafael Caldera (1916), Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922), Rómulo Betancourt (1908), José Antonio Páez (1790), Juan Vicente Gómez (1857), and Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914). After him are Ramón José Velásquez (1916), Rafael Urdaneta (1788), Cipriano Castro (1858), Jaime Lusinchi (1924), Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1829), and Eleazar López Contreras (1883).