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José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco

1845 - 1912

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José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior, Baron of Rio Branco (in Portuguese: Barão do Rio Branco) (20 April 1845 – 10 February 1912) was a Brazilian nobleman, diplomat, geographer, historian, politician and professor, considered to be the "Patron of Brazilian diplomacy". He was the son of statesman José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco. The Baron of Rio Branco was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, occupying its 34th chair from 1898 until his death in 1912. As a representative of Brazil, he managed to peacefully resolve all Brazil's border disputes with its South American neighbours and incorporate 900 thousand square kilometers (roughly 10% of Brazil's territory) through his diplomacy alone. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco is the 14,385th most popular politician (down from 13,584th in 2019), the 515th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 467th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Brazilian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco ranks 14,385 out of 19,576. Before him are Paula-Mae Weekes, Antonio Arenas, Sviatoslav III of Kiev, John W. Foster, Denis Pushilin, and Dmitry Polyansky. After him are Horacio Vásquez, Arcesilaus I of Cyrene, Ruth Williams Khama, Bainbridge Colby, Quentin Bryce, and William Martin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco ranks 88. Before him are Žemaitė, Antonio Maceo Grajales, Edward Douglass White, Zygmunt Gorazdowski, Ragna Nielsen, and Edmund Reitter. After him are Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Herbert Giles, Archibald Sayce, Hermann Bollé, Facundo Machaín, and George Kennan. Among people deceased in 1912, José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco ranks 101. Before him are Cesare Arzelà, James Allen, Francis Davis Millet, Daniel Burnham, Walter Clopton Wingfield, and Paul Gordan. After him are Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Émile Lemoine, Ferdinand Monoyer, Felix Dahn, Henri Bouckaert, and Patricio Escobar.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco ranks 515 out of 2,236. Before him are Glória Pires (1963), Francisco Rodrigues (1925), Ricardo Ferretti (1954), Lucas Moura (1992), Anderson Silva (1975), and Luiz Gustavo (1987). After him are Fred (1993), Beatriz Segall (1926), Charles William Miller (1874), Fausto dos Santos (1905), Oscarino Costa Silva (1907), and Abel Braga (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco ranks 63. Before him are Marina Silva (1958), Júlio Prestes (1882), Clodovil Hernandes (1937), Leonel Brizola (1922), Ruy Barbosa (1849), and José Serra (1942). After him are Paulo Maluf (1931), Pedro Diniz (1970), José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (1819), Celso Amorim (1942), João Pinheiro Chagas (1863), and Joaquim Nabuco (1849).

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