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Zumbi

1655 - 1695

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Zumbi (c. 1655 – November 20, 1695), also known as Zumbi dos Palmares (Portuguese pronunciation: [zũˈbi dus pɐwˈmaɾis]), was a Brazilian quilombola leader and one of the pioneers of resistance to enslavement of Africans by the Portuguese in colonial Brazil. He was also the last of the kings of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a settlement of Afro-Brazilian people who liberated themselves from enslavement in the present-day state of Alagoas, Brazil. He is revered in Afro-Brazilian culture as a symbol of African freedom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zumbi is the 4,567th most popular politician (down from 4,199th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Brazil (down from 76th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Brazilian Politician.

Zumbi is most famous for being the leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a community of escaped slaves in Brazil.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zumbi ranks 4,567 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, Robert de Craon, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Taejodae of Goguryeo, and Prince Álmos. After him are Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Conrad II of Italy, Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, Sancho I of León, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, and Mengu-Timur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1655, Zumbi ranks 7. Before him are Pope Innocent XIII, Bartolomeo Cristofori, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, Charles XI of Sweden, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Christian Thomasius. After him are Rinaldo d'Este, Johann Christoph Denner, Jean-François Regnard, Ferdinand Kettler, Bernard de Montfaucon, and Caspar Bartholin the Younger. Among people deceased in 1695, Zumbi ranks 10. Before him are Henry Purcell, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Johann Ambrosius Bach, Pierre Mignard, Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg. After him are Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, Thomas Tew, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Paul Hermann, Pierre Nicole, and Georg von Derfflinger.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Zumbi ranks 81 out of 2,236. Before him are Hélder Câmara (1909), Xuxa (1963), Rubens Barrichello (1972), Leonardo Boff (1938), Jair da Costa (1940), and Careca (1960). After him are Marcelo (1988), Dida (1973), Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1905), Vicente Feola (1909), Adriano (1982), and José Sarney (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Zumbi ranks 17. Before him are João Goulart (1918), Deodoro da Fonseca (1827), Anita Garibaldi (1821), Tancredo Neves (1910), Ernesto Geisel (1907), and João Figueiredo (1918). After him are Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1905), José Sarney (1930), Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824), Fernando Collor de Mello (1949), Artur da Costa e Silva (1899), and Bernardino Machado (1851).

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