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José Padilla

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 4, 2024
Entity authorityQ408596 ↗
Source-derived summary

José Padilla is the name of:

José Gualberto Padilla (1829–1896), Puerto Rican poet, politician and advocate of Puerto Rican independence

José Prudencio Padilla (1784–1828), Colombian military leader

José Trinidad Padilla (born 1957), Mexican IRP politician

José Padilla (composer) (1889–1960), "Maestro Padilla", Spanish composer

José Padilla Sr. (1888–1945), Filipino politician and actor

José Padilla Jr. (1911–1978), Filipino actor & boxer

José Padilla (born 1950), U.S.-resident Honduran in the Padilla v.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1829, 1896, 1784, 1828—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where José, Padilla and Wikimedia can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “José Padilla” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.