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Policarpa Salavarrieta

1795 - 1817

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Policarpa Salavarrieta Ríos (c. 26 January 1795 – 14 November 1817), also known by her nickname of La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high treason. The Day of the Colombian Woman is commemorated on the anniversary of her death. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Policarpa Salavarrieta is the 295th most popular social activist (down from 289th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Colombia and the 2nd most popular Colombian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Policarpa Salavarrieta ranks 295 out of 840. Before her are Amelia Bloomer, Rattanbai Jinnah, Abdallah ibn Yasin, Gustave Moynier, Zhang Guotao, and Mary Dyer. After her are Hector Hodler, Cassivellaunus, Yuri Levitan, Efua Dorkenoo, Naziha al-Dulaimi, and Harilal Gandhi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Policarpa Salavarrieta ranks 33. Before her are Augustin Thierry, Peter Andreas Hansen, Antoine-Louis Barye, Maria Schicklgruber, Carl Anton von Meyer, and Karl Eichwald. After her are Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Anton Schindler, Heinrich Rose, Kondraty Ryleyev, Karl Ludwig Sand, and Ghazi Muhammad. Among people deceased in 1817, Policarpa Salavarrieta ranks 27. Before her are Usman dan Fodio, Étienne Méhul, Andrea Appiani, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, Giacomo Quarenghi, and Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau. After her are Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Jean-Sifrein Maury, and William Gregor.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Policarpa Salavarrieta ranks 38 out of 356. Before her are Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929), James Rodríguez (1991), Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900), Alfonso López Trujillo (1935), and Samael Aun Weor (1917). After her are José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez (1919), Juan Pablo Montoya (1975), Alfonso López Michelsen (1913), Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), Juanes (1972), and Catalina Sandino Moreno (1981).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Colombia

Among social activists born in Colombia, Policarpa Salavarrieta ranks 2. Before her are Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929). After her are Xiomara Acevedo (null).

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