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Simón Bolívar

1783 - 1830

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Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan statesman and military officer who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. He is known colloquially as El Libertador, or the Liberator of America. Simón Bolívar was born in Caracas in the Captaincy General of Venezuela into a wealthy family of American-born Spaniards (criollo) but lost both parents as a child. Bolívar was educated abroad and lived in Spain, as was common for men of upper-class families in his day. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simón Bolívar is the 191st most popular politician (down from 144th in 2019), the most popular biography from Venezuela and the most popular Venezuelan Politician.

Simón Bolívar is most famous for leading the fight for independence in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

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Among politicians, Simón Bolívar ranks 191 out of 19,576. Before him are Harry S. Truman, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Christina, Queen of Sweden, Murad I, Christian IX of Denmark, and Puyi. After him are Philip IV of France, Pepin the Short, Salman of Saudi Arabia, Napoleon II, Lee Kuan Yew, and Orhan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, Simón Bolívar ranks 2. Before him is Stendhal. After him are Hortense de Beauharnais, Washington Irving, Agustín de Iturbide, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Vasily Zhukovsky, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, Friedrich Sertürner, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, and Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Among people deceased in 1830, Simón Bolívar ranks 3. Before him are George IV of the United Kingdom, and Pope Pius VIII. After him are Joseph Fourier, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Benjamin Constant, Adam Weishaupt, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Antonio José de Sucre, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Thomas Lawrence.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Simón Bolívar ranks 1 out of 183. After him are Hugo Chávez (1954), Nicolás Maduro (1962), Carlos the Jackal (1949), Baruj Benacerraf (1920), Juan Vicente Pérez (1909), Antonio José de Sucre (1795), Francisco de Miranda (1750), Reynaldo Hahn (1874), Carolina Herrera (1939), Rafael Caldera (1916), and Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In Venezuela

Among politicians born in Venezuela, Simón Bolívar ranks 1. After him are Hugo Chávez (1954), Nicolás Maduro (1962), Antonio José de Sucre (1795), Carolina Herrera (1939), Rafael Caldera (1916), Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922), Rómulo Betancourt (1908), José Antonio Páez (1790), Juan Vicente Gómez (1857), Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914), and Andrés Bello (1781).

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