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Túpac Amaru

1545 - 1572

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Túpac Amaru or Thupa Amaru (14 April 1545 – 24 September 1572) (first name also spelled Túpac, Tupac, Topa, Tupaq, Thupaq, Thupa, last name also spelled Amaro instead of Amaru) was the last Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State, the final remaining independent part of the Inca Empire. He was executed by the Spanish following a months-long pursuit after the fall of the Neo-Inca State.: 11  His name is derived from the Quechua words thupaq, meaning "royal" or "shining" and amaru, which can either mean "snake" or refer to the snake-like being from Andean mythology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Túpac Amaru is the 1,611th most popular politician (down from 1,095th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Peru and the 4th most popular Peruvian Politician.

Túpac Amaru was a leader of a native revolt in 1780 in Peru. He and his wife, Micaela Bastidas, were captured and executed by the Spanish.

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Among politicians, Túpac Amaru ranks 1,611 out of 19,576. Before him are Barbara of Cilli, Emperor Wen of Sui, Berenice, Frederick II of Denmark, Al-Kamil, and Marwan II. After him are Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Babrak Karmal, Lothair of France, Pauline Bonaparte, Liz Truss, and Pachacuti.

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Among people born in 1545, Túpac Amaru ranks 6. Before him are Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Yi Sun-sin, Carlos, Prince of Asturias, Elisabeth of Valois, and Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma. After him are Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Powhatan, Anna of Sweden, Azai Nagamasa, and Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha. Among people deceased in 1572, Túpac Amaru ranks 5. Before him are Pope Pius V, Bronzino, Sigismund II Augustus, and Jeanne d'Albret. After him are Şah Sultan, Gaspard II de Coligny, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, John Knox, Longqing Emperor, François Clouet, and Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Túpac Amaru ranks 8 out of 287. Before him are Atahualpa (1502), Lina Medina (1933), Isabel Allende (1942), Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920), Alberto Fujimori (1938), and Carlos Castaneda (1925). After him are Pachacuti (1380), Manco Cápac (1250), Rose of Lima (1586), Túpac Amaru II (1738), Manco Inca Yupanqui (1512), and Huáscar (1490).

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Among POLITICIANS In Peru

Among politicians born in Peru, Túpac Amaru ranks 4. Before him are Atahualpa (1502), Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920), and Alberto Fujimori (1938). After him are Pachacuti (1380), 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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