SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Tiradentes

1746 - 1792

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Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒoa'kĩ ʒo'zɛ da 'siwvɐ ʃavi'ɛɾ]; 12 November 1746 – 21 April 1792), known as Tiradentes (pronounced [tʃiɾɐˈdẽtʃis]), was a leading member of the colonial Brazilian revolutionary movement known as the Inconfidência Mineira, whose aim was full independence from Portuguese rule and the creation of a republic. When the conspirators plot was uncovered by authorities, Tiradentes was arrested, tried and publicly hanged. Since the advent of the Brazilian Republic, Tiradentes has been considered a national hero of Brazil and patron of the Military Police. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tiradentes is the 201st most popular social activist (up from 205th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 124th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Tiradentes ranks 201 out of 840. Before him are Vladimir Bukovsky, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Andrés Bonifacio, Subcomandante Marcos, Tawakkol Karman, and Sojourner Truth. After him are Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Aliya Moldagulova, Hrant Dink, David Sassoon, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, and Mangal Pandey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1746, Tiradentes ranks 18. Before him are Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Giovanni Battista Venturi, George XII of Georgia, Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, and Infanta Benedita of Portugal. After him are Izabela Czartoryska, Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, François-André Vincent, Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1792, Tiradentes ranks 14. Before him are Richard Arkwright, Johann van Beethoven, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. After him are Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Joseph Martin Kraus, Denis Fonvizin, Robert Adam, Jacques Cazotte, and Nguyễn Huệ.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Tiradentes ranks 118 out of 2,236. Before him are Bernardino Machado (1851), Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (1921), Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório (1943), Juninho Pernambucano (1975), Osvaldo Moles (1913), and Robinho (1984). After him are Everaldo (1944), Diego Costa (1988), Loalwa Braz (1953), Walter Salles (1956), Zé Roberto (1974), and Bauer (1925).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Brazil

Among social activists born in Brazil, Tiradentes ranks 2. Before him are Chico Mendes (1944). After him are Lampião (1897), and Josué de Castro (1908).

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