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Artur London

1915 - 1986

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Artur London (1 February 1915 – 8 November 1986) was a Czechoslovak communist politician and co-defendant in the Slánský Trial in 1952. Though he was sentenced to life in prison, he was freed in 1955; he then settled in France with his wife Lise London. In 1968 he published his memoirs in L'Aveu (The Confession), a book which resonated internationally, adapted by Costa-Gavras as the movie of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Artur London is the 10,402nd most popular politician (down from 9,384th in 2019), the 354th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 310th in 2019) and the 96th most popular Czech Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Artur London ranks 10,402 out of 19,576. Before him are Baron Waqa, Akhmet Baitursynov, Countess Friederike von Schlieben, Dirk IV, Count of Holland, Marco Barbarigo, and Abelardo L. Rodríguez. After him are Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha, Xiang of Xia, Petar Živković, Vera Kholodnaya, and Alexander Ypsilantis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Artur London ranks 113. Before him are Lorne Greene, J. C. R. Licklider, Herman Wouk, Sergio Bertoni, Caterina Boratto, and Hanns Martin Schleyer. After him are David Stirling, Jo Van Fleet, Herma Bauma, Richard Hamming, Paul Castellano, and Tim. Among people deceased in 1986, Artur London ranks 116. Before him are Scatman Crothers, Vitaly Abalakov, Raúl Prebisch, Valentin Kataev, Ruth Teitelbaum, and John Bagot Glubb. After him are James H. Wilkinson, Nicholas Kaldor, Gregory Jarvis, Princess Anne of Orléans, Ivan Papanin, and Étienne Mattler.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Artur London ranks 354 out of 1,200. Before him are Antonio Rosetti (1746), Karel Poborský (1972), Dominik Hašek (1965), Jan Mukařovský (1891), Ladislav Novák (1931), and Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (1689). After him are Saul Friedländer (1932), Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia (1204), Jaromír Jágr (1972), Jiří Holeček (1944), Josef Škvorecký (1924), and Petr Chelčický (1390).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Artur London ranks 96. Before him are Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (1137), Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria (1863), Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1641), Count Gustav Kálnoky (1832), Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849), and Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1873). After him are Václav Talich (1883), Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe (1868), Zdeněk Fierlinger (1891), Rudolf Beran (1887), Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1862), and Bretislav III (1200).

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