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José Vasconcelos

1882 - 1959

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José Vasconcelos Calderón (28 February 1882 – 30 June 1959), called the "cultural caudillo" of the Mexican Revolution, was an important Mexican writer, philosopher, and politician. He is one of the most influential and controversial personalities in the development of modern Mexico. His philosophy of the "cosmic race" affected all aspects of Mexican sociocultural, political, and economic policies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Vasconcelos is the 11,081st most popular politician (down from 10,512th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 140th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Mexican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Vasconcelos ranks 11,081 out of 19,576. Before him are Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova, Lydia Wideman, Richard Hildebrandt, Adam Gottlob Moltke, Võ Chí Công, and Sadiq Khan. After him are Marcus Valerius Corvus, Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Fritz Hollings, Shoshenq V, Rainald of Dassel, and Jelle Zijlstra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, José Vasconcelos ranks 141. Before him are Joseph Marx, Giorgio Abetti, Subramania Bharati, Noah Beery, N. C. Wyeth, and Karl Rapp. After him are Sylvia Pankhurst, Oldřich Duras, Yakov Perelman, Arnold Rothstein, Karl Valentin, and Kazimierz Bartel. Among people deceased in 1959, José Vasconcelos ranks 89. Before him are Aleksandr Khinchin, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Jerry Unser Jr., Giovanni Pastrone, Eduard van Beinum, and Štefan Tiso. After him are Patrick O'Connell, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Johan Bojer, Charles Vidor, Vincent Richards, and Fernand Bouisson.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, José Vasconcelos ranks 149 out of 729. Before him are El Santo (1917), Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1926), Bernard Francis Law (1931), Ignacio Comonfort (1812), Francisco S. Carvajal (1870), and Carlos Aguiar Retes (1950). After him are Adolfo Suárez Rivera (1927), José José (1948), Joaquin Murrieta (1829), Susana Dosamantes (1948), Demián Bichir (1963), and José Joaquín de Herrera (1792).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, José Vasconcelos ranks 60. Before him are Manuel González Flores (1833), Francisco León de la Barra (1863), Juan Álvarez (1790), Huitzilihuitl (1379), Ignacio Comonfort (1812), and Francisco S. Carvajal (1870). After him are José Joaquín de Herrera (1792), José María Iglesias (1823), Manuel Gómez Pedraza (1789), Juan N. Méndez (1820), Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (1934), and Juan Almonte (1803).

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