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Giorgio Perlasca

1910 - 1992

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Giorgio Perlasca (31 January 1910 – 15 August 1992) was an Italian businessman. With the collaboration of official diplomats, he posed as the Spanish consul-general to Hungary in the winter of 1944, and saved 5,218 Jews from deportation to Nazi extermination camps in eastern Europe. In 1989, Perlasca was designated by Israel as a Righteous Among the Nations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giorgio Perlasca is the 8,644th most popular politician (up from 8,767th in 2019), the 2,176th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,287th in 2019) and the 556th most popular Italian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Giorgio Perlasca ranks 8,644 out of 19,576Before him are Constantin Sănătescu, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, Princess Caroline of Denmark, Francesco Saverio Nitti, Thorvald Stoltenberg, and Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg. After him are Halide Edib Adıvar, Sergio Pininfarina, Tizoc, Domitius Alexander, Anjang of Goguryeo, and Wang Zhengjun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Giorgio Perlasca ranks 111Before him are Trygve Bratteli, John W. Campbell, Suleiman Frangieh, Ai Qing, Jack Hawkins, and Lothar Collatz. After him are Rudolf Kempe, Joan Bennett, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Sylvester Stadler, Kenneth E. Boulding, and Bernard Voorhoof. Among people deceased in 1992, Giorgio Perlasca ranks 96Before him are Audre Lorde, Deng Yingchao, Camarón de la Isla, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Heinrich Eberbach, and Suleiman Frangieh. After him are Nie Rongzhen, Seichō Matsumoto, Ajahn Chah, Néstor Almendros, Wang Hongwen, and Jean Dieudonné.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giorgio Perlasca ranks 2,176 out of 5,161Before him are Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (-300), Ostilio Ricci (1540), Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria (1747), Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy (1635), Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868), and Alessandro Baricco (1958). After him are Sergio Pininfarina (1926), Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720), Leandro Bassano (1557), Attilio Ferraris (1904), Lucio Battisti (1943), and Pietro Nardini (1722).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Giorgio Perlasca ranks 556Before him are Ferruccio Parri (1890), Ippolito II d'Este (1509), Paolo Boselli (1838), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (-300), Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy (1635), and Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868). After him are Sergio Pininfarina (1926), Galeazzo I Visconti (1277), Urbano Rattazzi (1808), Liutpert (680), Aripert II (680), and Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano (1743).