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José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco

1819 - 1880

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José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (16 March 1819 – 1 November 1880), was a Brazilian politician, monarchist, diplomat, teacher and journalist. Rio Branco was born in Salvador, in what was then the Captaincy of Bahia, to a wealthy family, but most of the fortune was lost after his parents' deaths early in his childhood. In 1871, Rio Branco became the president of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) for the first time. He would become the Council's longest-serving president, and his cabinet the second longest, in Brazilian history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco is the 14,687th most popular politician (up from 15,068th in 2019), the 554th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 626th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Brazilian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco ranks 14,687 out of 19,576. Before him are Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans, Hacı Pasha, Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster, Koto Matsudaira, Christian Lundeberg, and Pranas Dovydaitis. After him are Luis Durnwalder, Lucius Aemilius Barbula, Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito, Feliciano Viera, Eriba-Marduk, and Bahi Ladgham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco ranks 84. Before him are Klaus Groth, Ernst Falkbeer, Louise Otto-Peters, Julia Ward Howe, Jean-Augustin Barral, and James Spriggs Payne. After him are Charles Piazzi Smyth, Joseph Bazalgette, George Salmon, Ion Emanuel Florescu, Narcyza Żmichowska, and William Powell Frith. Among people deceased in 1880, José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco ranks 59. Before him are Sabin Berthelot, Martin Gropius, Karl von Holtei, Heinrich von Gagern, Christen Andreas Fonnesbech, and Thrasyvoulos Zaimis. After him are William Hallowes Miller, Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Daniel Bashiel Warner, Lydia Maria Child, Manolache Costache Epureanu, and José Ignacio de Márquez.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco ranks 554 out of 2,236. Before him are Pedro Diniz (1970), Tarcísio Meira (1935), Graciliano Ramos (1892), Zé Maria (1949), Edson Tavares (1956), and Luisão (1981). After him are Warwick Estevam Kerr (1922), Nélida Piñon (1937), Cacau (1981), Rildo da Costa Menezes (1942), Irmã Dulce (1914), and Tetsuo Okamoto (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco ranks 66. Before him are Leonel Brizola (1922), Ruy Barbosa (1849), José Serra (1942), José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco (1845), Paulo Maluf (1931), and Pedro Diniz (1970). After him are Celso Amorim (1942), João Pinheiro Chagas (1863), Joaquim Nabuco (1849), Cecília Meireles (1901), Fernando Haddad (1963), and Hamilton Mourão (1953).

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