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La Malinche

1502 - 1529

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Marina ([maˈɾina]) or Malintzin ([maˈlintsin]; c. 1500 – c. 1529), more popularly known as La Malinche ([la maˈlintʃe]), was a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, who became known for contributing to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521), by acting as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. She was one of 20 enslaved women given to the Spaniards in 1519 by the natives of Tabasco. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. La Malinche is the 3,045th most popular politician (down from 2,447th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 19th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Mexican Politician.

La Malinche is most famous for being the translator and mistress of Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, La Malinche ranks 3,045 out of 19,576. Before her are Gaius Julius Vindex, Antiochus VII Sidetes, Aleksandar Ranković, Aspar, Senusret II, and John Sparrow David Thompson. After her are Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Sargon I, Hyejong of Goryeo, Thomas Boni Yayi, Prabowo Subianto, and John Boland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1502, La Malinche ranks 5. Before her are Hurrem Sultan, Pope Gregory XIII, Atahualpa, and John III of Portugal. After her are Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Miguel López de Legazpi, Thomas Tallis, Pedro Nunes, Heinrich Aldegrever, and Otto Henry, Elector Palatine. Among people deceased in 1529, La Malinche ranks 3. Before her are Baldassare Castiglione, and Wang Yangming. After her are Andrea Sansovino, Jan Provoost, John Skelton, Juan del Encina, and Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, La Malinche ranks 23 out of 729. Before her are Salma Hayek (1966), Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (1946), Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), and Francisco I. Madero (1873). After her are Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603), Lázaro Cárdenas (1895), Vicente Fox (1942), Moctezuma I (1398), David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896), and Linda Christian (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, La Malinche ranks 10. Before her are Porfirio Díaz (1830), Benito Juárez (1806), Claudia Sheinbaum (1962), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), and Francisco I. Madero (1873). After her are Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603), Lázaro Cárdenas (1895), Vicente Fox (1942), Moctezuma I (1398), Cuitláhuac (1476), and Álvaro Obregón (1880).

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