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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

1753 - 1811

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Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo (Spanish: [miˈɣel iˈðalɣo]), was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence, who is recognized as the Father of the Nation. A professor at the Colegio de San Nicolás Obispo in Valladolid, Hidalgo was influenced by Enlightenment ideas, which contributed to his ouster in 1792. He served in a church in Colima and then in Dolores. After his arrival, he was shocked by the rich soil he had found. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla is the 83rd most popular social activist (down from 81st in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 18th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Social Activist.

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a catholic priest and revolutionary who led the Mexican War of Independence. He was most famous for leading the Mexican War of Independence.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ranks 83 out of 840. Before him are Aleksandr Ulyanov, Anneliese Michel, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Martin Niemöller, Liu Xiaobo, and Jenny von Westphalen. After him are Buenaventura Durruti, Dragutin Dimitrijević, Axel Munthe, Lê Đức Thọ, Jimmy Hoffa, and Alexei Navalny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ranks 6. Before him are Lazare Carnot, Phillis Wheatley, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Joseph de Maistre, and Jean-Baptiste Kléber. After him are Benjamin Thompson, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, Utamaro, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, and Franz Karl Achard. Among people deceased in 1811, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ranks 4. Before him are Heinrich von Kleist, Peter Simon Pallas, and Louis Antoine de Bougainville. After him are Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Dositej Obradović, Jean Chalgrin, Nevil Maskelyne, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Eliza Poe, Thomas Percy, and Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ranks 19 out of 729. Before him are Porfirio Díaz (1830), Benito Juárez (1806), Claudia Sheinbaum (1962), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), Salma Hayek (1966), and Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (1946). After him are Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), Francisco I. Madero (1873), La Malinche (1502), Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603), and Lázaro Cárdenas (1895).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Mexico

Among social activists born in Mexico, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ranks 2. Before him are Emiliano Zapata (1879). After him are Subcomandante Marcos (1957), Ricardo Flores Magón (1874), Miriam Rodríguez Martínez (1967), Leona Vicario (1789), Elvia Carrillo Puerto (1878), Lydia Cacho (1963), Leydy Pech (1965), Xiye Bastida (2002), and Guadalupe Campanur Tapia (1986).

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