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Edward Ochab

1906 - 1989

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Edward Ochab (Polish: [ˈɛdvart ˈɔxap]; 16 August 1906 – 1 May 1989) was a Polish communist politician and top leader of Poland between March and October 1956. As a member of the Communist Party of Poland from 1929, he was repeatedly imprisoned for his activities under the Polish government of the time. In 1939 Ochab participated in the Defense of Warsaw but afterwards moved to the Soviet Union, where he became an early organizer and manager in the Union of Polish Patriots. In 1943, he joined General Berling's Polish Army on the Eastern Front as a political commissar and quickly advanced in its ranks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Edward Ochab is the 9,848th most popular politician (down from 9,517th in 2024), the 573rd most popular biography from Poland (up from 581st in 2019) and the 148th most popular Polish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Ochab ranks 9,846 out of 19,576. Before him are Zhang Zhidong, Menzies Campbell, Lu Xiufu, and Ilyas Khoja. After him are Joseph Serchuk, Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, Jayavarman VIII, Petro Shelest, Alix, Duchess of Brittany, Jules Simon, King Xiao of Zhou, and Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Edward Ochab ranks 140. Before him are Lilian Harvey, Chester Carlson, Antal Doráti, Eraldo Monzeglio, Eddie Albert, and Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are José Della Torre, Vitaly Abalakov, Jim Thompson, Jim Bausch, Artur Lundkvist, and Andrei Kirilenko. Among people deceased in 1989, Edward Ochab ranks 110. Before him are Gilbert Simondon, Ondrej Nepela, Sourou-Migan Apithy, André Cayatte, Arnaldo Ochoa, and Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama. After him are Paul Shenar, Mel Blanc, Betti Alver, Michał Rola-Żymierski, Robert B. Anderson, and Elisaveta Bykova.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Edward Ochab ranks 573 out of 1,694. Before him are Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819), Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855), Bolesław the Pious (1225), Stanisław Konarski (1700), Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov (1793), and Zbigniew Preisner (1955). After him are Joseph Serchuk (1919), Andrew Bobola (1591), George Adamski (1891), Kurt Goldstein (1878), Yitzhak Sadeh (1890), and Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1801).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Edward Ochab ranks 148. Before him are Zawisza Czarny (1379), Bronisław Geremek (1932), Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (1890), Paul Löbe (1875), Werner Lorenz (1891), and Bolesław the Pious (1225). After him are Joseph Serchuk (1919), Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1801), Duchess Amelia of Württemberg (1799), Nahum Sokolow (1859), Władysław Bartoszewski (1922), and Michał Kazimierz Ogiński (1729).

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