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Manuel Márquez Sterling

1872 - 1934

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Manuel Márquez Sterling (born Carlos Manuel Agustin Márquez Sterling y Loret de Mola on August 28, 1872 in Lima, Peru – December 9, 1934, Washington, DC, United States) was a Cuban diplomat and interim President of Cuba for 6 hours on January 18, 1934. In an article published by Bohemia in December, 1934 (as a result of his death) he is credited with saving the life of Mexican President Francisco I. Madero, when the latter was hiding from the authorities of then Mexican President Porfirio Diaz, during the initial states of the Mexican Revolution. He served in the Cuban War of Liberation and went to Washington in 1901 as member of the Cuban mission to protest the Platt Amendment. After a journalistic career he served in diplomatic service for many years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel Márquez Sterling is the 14,998th most popular politician (down from 14,639th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Peru (up from 103rd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Peruvian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Manuel Márquez Sterling ranks 14,998 out of 19,576. Before him are Eric Arturo Delvalle, Chuy García, Claudia Roth, Zac Goldsmith, Gerhard Louis De Geer, and Prince Frederick of Great Britain. After him are Harald Edelstam, Claudette Werleigh, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, and Nicolaas Pierson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Manuel Márquez Sterling ranks 162. Before him are Julio Acosta García, Henri Hubert, Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols, Wivi Lönn, Mehdi Frashëri, and Forest Ray Moulton. After him are Walter Wild, Adolphe Grisel, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, Anna von Mildenburg, Otto Bahr Halvorsen, and Alice Salomon. Among people deceased in 1934, Manuel Márquez Sterling ranks 132. Before him are Oskar von Miller, E. A. Wallis Budge, Toros Toramanian, Blind Blake, Orest Khvolson, and Eduard Bagritsky. After him are Mikhail Matyushin, Paul Henri Lecomte, Claudio Williman, Cecilia Grierson, Andrés Héctor Carvallo, and Davidson Black.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Manuel Márquez Sterling ranks 101 out of 287. Before him are Alberto Gallardo (1940), Ricardo Palma (1833), Mario de las Casas (1905), Víctor Benítez (1935), Manuel Merino (1961), and Jefferson Farfán (1984). After him are Micaela Bastidas (1744), Luis de Souza Ferreira (1908), Zenón Noriega Agüero (1900), José Rufino Echenique (1808), Edwin Vásquez (1922), and Orlando de la Torre (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In Peru

Among politicians born in Peru, Manuel Márquez Sterling ranks 54. Before him are Antonio Arenas (1808), Keiko Fujimori (1975), Nicolás Lindley López (1908), Manuel Candamo (1841), Manuel Scorza (1928), and Manuel Merino (1961). After him are Zenón Noriega Agüero (1900), José Rufino Echenique (1808), Serapio Calderón (1843), José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle (1779), Manuel Menéndez (1793), and Manuel Pardo (1834).

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