# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-pedro-varela
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:52:26.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-pedro-varela"
name: "José Pedro Varela"
slug: "jose-pedro-varela"
description: "José Pedro Varela Berro was an Uruguayan sociologist, journalist, politician, and educator. He was born in Montevideo.\nUruguay adopted free, compulsory, and secular education in 1876, thanks to his efforts. It was because of Varela that Uruguay established the 1877 Law of Common Education, which continues to influence Uruguay. The José Pedro Varela National School is named after him."
tagline: "Uruguayan sociologist, journalist and politician (1845-1879)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9_Pedro_Varela2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1845-03-19"
deathDate: "1879-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.450184
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "José Pedro Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "خوسيه بيدرو فاريلا"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Pedro_Varela"
    title: "José Pedro Varela"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Pedro_Varela"
    title: "José Pedro Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Pedro_Varela"
    title: "José Pedro Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Pedro_Varela"
    title: "José Pedro Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Pedro_Varela"
    title: "José Pedro Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Pedro_Varela"
    title: "José Pedro Varela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Варела, Хосе Педро"
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  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Pedro_Varela"
    title: "José Pedro Varela"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1709567"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump