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Floriano Peixoto

1839 - 1895

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Floriano Vieira Peixoto (Brazilian Portuguese: [floɾiˈɐ̃nu viˈe(j)ɾɐ pe(j)ˈʃotu]; 30 April 1839 – 29 June 1895) was a Brazilian military officer and politician. A veteran of the Paraguayan War and several other conflicts in Brazil, he served as the second president of Brazil from 1891 to 1894, and previously as vice president in 1891. Born in Ipioca (a district in the city of Maceió in the state of Alagoas) and nicknamed the Iron Marshal (Portuguese: Marechal de Ferro), he was the first vice president of Brazil to have succeeded the president mid-term. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Floriano Peixoto is the 6,830th most popular politician (up from 7,357th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Brazil (up from 145th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Brazilian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Floriano Peixoto ranks 6,830 out of 19,576. Before him are Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, Yen Chia-kan, Qapaghan Qaghan, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, Dhyan Chand, and Marien Ngouabi. After him are Iziaslav II of Kiev, Princess Feodora of Leiningen, Vittoria della Rovere, Dervan, Bettino Ricasoli, and Vasily Chapayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Floriano Peixoto ranks 23. Before him are Princess Cecilie of Baden, Nikolay Bobrikov, Josef Rheinberger, Machado de Assis, Ali Rıza Efendi, and Konstantin Makovsky. After him are August Kundt, Yoshitoshi, Karl Alfred von Zittel, George Mary Searle, Henry George, and Harry Seeley. Among people deceased in 1895, Floriano Peixoto ranks 30. Before him are Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Carl Ludwig, Lord Randolph Churchill, Francesco Filippini, Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, and Franz Ernst Neumann. After him are Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Gustav Freytag, Karl Vogt, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, Ányos Jedlik, and Sophie Adlersparre.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Floriano Peixoto ranks 132 out of 2,236. Before him are Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948), Gal Costa (1945), Raphinha (1996), Júlio César (1979), Roberto Dinamite (1954), and Émerson Leão (1949). After him are Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1952), Edu Coimbra (1947), Chico Xavier (1910), Alessandra Ambrosio (1981), Jânio Quadros (1917), and Alisson (1992).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Floriano Peixoto ranks 25. Before him are José Sarney (1930), Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824), Fernando Collor de Mello (1949), Artur da Costa e Silva (1899), Bernardino Machado (1851), and Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948). After him are Jânio Quadros (1917), Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (1847), Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883), Washington Luís (1869), Venceslau Brás (1868), and Afonso Pena (1847).

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