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Tomás Estrada Palma

1835 - 1908

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Tomás Estrada Palma (Spanish: [toˈmas esˈtɾaða ˈpalma]; c. July 9, 1835 – November 4, 1908) was a Cuban politician, the president of the Republic of Cuba in Arms during the Ten Years' War, and the first President of Cuba, between May 20, 1902, and September 28, 1906. His collateral career as a New York City area educator and writer enabled Estrada Palma to create pro-Cuban literature aimed at gaining sympathy, assistance and publicity. He was eventually successful in garnering the attention of influential Americans. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomás Estrada Palma is the 6,810th most popular politician (up from 6,975th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 34th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Cuban Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tomás Estrada Palma ranks 6,810 out of 19,576. Before him are Sati Beg, William Wirt, Miklós Németh, Al-Musta'in, Ram Khamhaeng, and Arnulf III, Count of Flanders. After him are Pleistoanax, Mobon of Goguryeo, Alexander II Zabinas, Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg, Gregor Gysi, and Simko Shikak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Tomás Estrada Palma ranks 35. Before him are Mendele Mocher Sforim, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Alexandrine Tinné, Shoqan Walikhanov, Simon Newcomb, and Iwasaki Yatarō. After him are Eugenio Beltrami, Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Matsukata Masayoshi, Émile Combes, Paul Du Chaillu, and Germanus V of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1908, Tomás Estrada Palma ranks 28. Before him are Pat Garrett, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, John of Kronstadt, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, and Joseph Freinademetz. After him are Sundance Kid, François Coppée, Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Enomoto Takeaki, Herman Snellen, and Henry Bird.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Tomás Estrada Palma ranks 28 out of 300. Before him are Rita Marley (1946), Javier Sotomayor (1967), Gerardo Machado (1871), Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Vilma Espín (1930), and Aleida March (1936). After him are Ramón Grau (1881), Manuel Marrero Cruz (1963), Wifredo Lam (1902), Sergio Oliva (1941), Mel Martínez (1946), and Nicolás Guillén (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cuba

Among politicians born in Cuba, Tomás Estrada Palma ranks 13. Before him are Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), Gerardo Machado (1871), Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Vilma Espín (1930), and Aleida March (1936). After him are Ramón Grau (1881), Manuel Marrero Cruz (1963), Sergio Oliva (1941), Mel Martínez (1946), Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901), and Juanita Castro (1933).

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