HISTORIAN

Miguel León-Portilla

1926 - 2019

Miguel León-Portilla

Miguel León-Portilla (22 February 1926 – 1 October 2019) was a Mexican anthropologist and historian, specializing in Aztec culture and literature of the pre-Columbian and colonial eras. Many of his works were translated to English and he was a well-recognized scholar internationally. In 2013, the Library of Congress of the United States bestowed on him the Living Legend Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel León-Portilla is the 471st most popular historian (down from 458th in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 286th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Miguel León-Portilla ranks 471 out of 561. Before him are Herwig Wolfram, Irina Antonova, Stanley Morison, René Rémond, Richard J. Evans, and Sara Ashurbeyli. After him are Ji Xianlin, Benjamin Mazar, Artur Hazelius, David Abulafia, Craterus, and Niall Ferguson.

Most Popular Historians in Wikipedia

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Herwig Wolfram
1934 - Present
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 465
Irina Antonova
1922 - 2020
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 466
Stanley Morison
1889 - 1967
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 467
René Rémond
1918 - 2007
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 468
Richard J. Evans
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 469
Sara Ashurbeyli
1906 - 2001
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 470
Miguel León-Portilla
1926 - 2019
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 471
Ji Xianlin
1911 - 2009
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 472
Benjamin Mazar
1906 - 1995
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 473
Artur Hazelius
1833 - 1901
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 474
David Abulafia
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 475
Craterus
320 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 476
Niall Ferguson
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 477

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Miguel León-Portilla ranks 394. Before him are Helen Gallagher, David Malet Armstrong, Alfonso Sastre, Mustafa Ertan, Gu Chaohao, and Gottfried Diener. After him are Klaus Schütz, Wolfgang Seidel, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Frank O'Hara, Giovanni Invernizzi, and Tapio Mäkelä. Among people deceased in 2019, Miguel León-Portilla ranks 405. Before him are Ayşen Gruda, Ken Kavanagh, Artur Brauner, Carolee Schneemann, Frans Andriessen, and Carlo Maria Abate. After him are Anatoly Krutikov, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, Ivan Vutsov, Michael D. Coe, Walter Lübcke, and Pino Caruso.

Others Born in 1926

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Helen Gallagher
ACTOR
1926 - 2024
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 388
David Malet Armstrong
PHILOSOPHER
1926 - 2014
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 389
Alfonso Sastre
WRITER
1926 - 2021
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 390
Mustafa Ertan
SOCCER PLAYER
1926 - 2005
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 391
Gu Chaohao
MATHEMATICIAN
1926 - 2012
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 392
Gottfried Diener
ATHLETE
1926 - 2015
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 393
Miguel León-Portilla
HISTORIAN
1926 - 2019
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 394
Klaus Schütz
POLITICIAN
1926 - 2012
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 395
Wolfgang Seidel
RACING DRIVER
1926 - 1987
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 396
Herschell Gordon Lewis
FILM DIRECTOR
1926 - 2016
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 397
Frank O'Hara
WRITER
1926 - 1966
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 398
Giovanni Invernizzi
ATHLETE
1926 - 1986
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 399
Tapio Mäkelä
SKIER
1926 - 2016
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 400

Others Deceased in 2019

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Ayşen Gruda
ACTOR
1944 - 2019
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 399
Ken Kavanagh
RACING DRIVER
1923 - 2019
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 400
Artur Brauner
PRODUCER
1918 - 2019
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 401
Carolee Schneemann
ARTIST
1939 - 2019
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 402
Frans Andriessen
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2019
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 403
Carlo Maria Abate
RACING DRIVER
1932 - 2019
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 404
Miguel León-Portilla
HISTORIAN
1926 - 2019
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 405
Anatoly Krutikov
SOCCER PLAYER
1933 - 2019
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 406
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa
ATHLETE
1936 - 2019
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 407
Ivan Vutsov
SOCCER PLAYER
1939 - 2019
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 408
Michael D. Coe
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1929 - 2019
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 409
Walter Lübcke
POLITICIAN
1953 - 2019
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 410
Pino Caruso
ACTOR
1934 - 2019
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 411

In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Miguel León-Portilla ranks 298 out of 729. Before him are Efraín Amézcua (1907), Jaime Torres Bodet (1902), José Ángel Gurría (1950), Héctor Rebaque (1956), Felipe Rosas (1910), and Francisco Garza Gutiérrez (1904). After him are Patricia Reyes Spíndola (1953), Enrique Borja (1945), María Guadalupe García Zavala (1878), Antonio Roldán (1946), Horacio Casarín (1918), and Javier Fragoso (1942).

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Efraín Amézcua
SOCCER PLAYER
1907 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 292
Jaime Torres Bodet
POLITICIAN
1902 - 1974
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 293
José Ángel Gurría
ECONOMIST
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 294
Héctor Rebaque
RACING DRIVER
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 295
Felipe Rosas
SOCCER PLAYER
1910 - 1986
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 296
Francisco Garza Gutiérrez
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1965
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 297
Miguel León-Portilla
HISTORIAN
1926 - 2019
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 298
Patricia Reyes Spíndola
ACTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 299
Enrique Borja
SOCCER PLAYER
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 300
María Guadalupe García Zavala
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1878 - 1963
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 301
Antonio Roldán
BOXER
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 302
Horacio Casarín
SOCCER PLAYER
1918 - 2005
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 303
Javier Fragoso
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 2014
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 304