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Túpac Amaru II

1738 - 1781

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Tupac Amaru II (born José Gabriel Condorcanqui Noguera, c. 1742 – 18 May 1781) was an Indigenous cacique who led a large Andean rebellion against the Spanish in Peru as self-proclaimed Sapa Inca of the new Inca Empire. He was later elevated to a mythical status in the Peruvian struggle for independence and indigenous rights movement, as well as an inspiration to myriad causes in Spanish America and beyond. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Túpac Amaru II is the 65th most popular social activist (down from 57th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Peru and the most popular Peruvian Social Activist.

Túpac Amaru II is most famous for leading a rebellion against the Spanish empire in 1780.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Túpac Amaru II ranks 65 out of 840. Before him are Dominique Pire, Syed Ahmad Khan, Kim Hyong-jik, Gerald Durrell, Carl von Ossietzky, and Ernesto Teodoro Moneta. After him are Angela Davis, Alexey Stakhanov, Jody Williams, Mustafa Barzani, José Rizal, and Emilia Plater.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Túpac Amaru II ranks 6. Before him are George III of the United Kingdom, William Herschel, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Cesare Beccaria, and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria. After him are Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Thomas Abbt, Ethan Allen, Arthur Phillip, and Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Among people deceased in 1781, Túpac Amaru II ranks 3. Before him are Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and Anne Robert Jacques Turgot. After him are Mariana Victoria of Spain, Josef Mysliveček, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Ablai Khan, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Faustina Bordoni, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, and John Needham.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Túpac Amaru II ranks 12 out of 287. Before him are Alberto Fujimori (1938), Carlos Castaneda (1925), Túpac Amaru (1545), Pachacuti (1380), Manco Cápac (1250), and Rose of Lima (1586). After him are Manco Inca Yupanqui (1512), Huáscar (1490), Yma Sumac (1923), Topa Inca Yupanqui (1441), Martin de Porres (1579), and Viracocha Inca (1310).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Peru

Among social activists born in Peru, Túpac Amaru II ranks 1. After him are Abimael Guzmán (1934), Hilda Gadea (1925), Micaela Bastidas (1744), María Elena Moyano (1958), and Máxima Acuña (1970).

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