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Pachacuti

1380 - 1460

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Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, also called Pachacútec (Quechua: Pachakutiy Inka Yupanki, pronounced [ˈpatʃa ˈkuti ˈiŋka juˈpaŋki]), was the ninth Sapa Inca of the Chiefdom of Cusco, which he transformed into the Inca Empire (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu). Most archaeologists now believe that the famous Inca site of Machu Picchu was built as an estate for Pachacuti. In Quechua, the cosmogonical concept of pachakutiy means "the turn of the world" and yupanki could mean "honorable lord". During his reign, Cusco grew from a hamlet into an empire that could compete with, and eventually overtake, the Chimú empire on the northern coast. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pachacuti is the 1,617th most popular politician (down from 1,531st in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Peru (up from 11th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Peruvian Politician.

Pachacuti is most famous for his military conquests, which led to the expansion of the Inca Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pachacuti ranks 1,617 out of 19,576. Before him are Túpac Amaru, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Babrak Karmal, Lothair of France, Pauline Bonaparte, and Liz Truss. After him are Charles XI of Sweden, Yang Guifei, Francis, Duke of Guise, Dionysius I of Syracuse, Reuven Rivlin, and Pepin the Hunchback.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1380, Pachacuti ranks 2. Before him is Thomas à Kempis. After him are Bernardino of Siena, Ferdinand I of Aragon, Poggio Bracciolini, Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Prokop the Great, Lidwina, İsa Çelebi, Itzcoatl, Anna of Cilli, and Yawar Waqaq. Among people deceased in 1460, Pachacuti ranks 2. Before him is Prince Henry the Navigator. After him are Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, Gilles Binchois, James II of Scotland, John IV of Trebizond, Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, Guarino da Verona, Ma Huan, Michael Szilágyi, Petr Chelčický, and Niccolò Antonio Colantonio.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Pachacuti ranks 9 out of 287. Before him are Lina Medina (1933), Isabel Allende (1942), Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920), Alberto Fujimori (1938), Carlos Castaneda (1925), and Túpac Amaru (1545). After him are Manco Cápac (1250), Rose of Lima (1586), Túpac Amaru II (1738), Manco Inca Yupanqui (1512), Huáscar (1490), and Yma Sumac (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In Peru

Among politicians born in Peru, Pachacuti ranks 5. Before him are Atahualpa (1502), Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920), Alberto Fujimori (1938), and Túpac Amaru (1545). After him are Manco Inca Yupanqui (1512), Huáscar (1490), Topa Inca Yupanqui (1441), Viracocha Inca (1310), Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (1938), Alan García (1949), and Túpac Huallpa (1510).

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