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György Dózsa

1470 - 1514

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György Dózsa (or György Székely, Romanian: Gheorghe Doja; c. 1470 – 20 July 1514) was a Székely man-at-arms from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility during the reign of King Vladislaus II of Hungary. The rebellion was suppressed, and Dózsa captured, tortured, and executed by being seated on a throne (itself smouldering according to legend), crowned with red-hot iron, devoured alive by his followers under duress, and then quartered. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. György Dózsa is the 4,071st most popular politician (down from 3,219th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Romania (down from 56th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Romanian Politician.

György Dózsa is most famous for leading a peasant army against the Habsburgs. He was captured and executed in 1514.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, György Dózsa ranks 4,071 out of 19,576. Before him are Tigellinus, Merenre Nemtyemsaf I, Sveinn Björnsson, Liutprand, King of the Lombards, Dmitry Ustinov, and Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey. After him are John Magufuli, Emperor Xuan of Han, Bachir Gemayel, Peter II of Bulgaria, Caroline of Brunswick, and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1470, György Dózsa ranks 12. Before him are Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Catherine of Navarre, Hongzhi Emperor, Pietro Bembo, Francis, Count of Vendôme, and Juan Díaz de Solís. After him are Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, Lucrezia de' Medici, Quli Qutb Shah, Tang Yin, Vincenzo Catena, and Wen Zhengming. Among people deceased in 1514, György Dózsa ranks 4. Before him are Donato Bramante, Anne of Brittany, and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón. After him are Hartmann Schedel, Charlotte of Albret, António de Abreu, Anna of Brandenburg, and Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, György Dózsa ranks 70 out of 844. Before him are Ion Ivanovici (1845), Ana Pauker (1893), Clara Haskil (1895), Sigismund Báthory (1572), Ion Țiriac (1939), and Ștefan Kovács (1920). After him are Iolanda Balaș (1936), György Kurtág (1926), Jean Negulesco (1900), Edward G. Robinson (1893), Petre Dumitrescu (1882), and Orban (1404).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, György Dózsa ranks 34. Before him are Regalianus (250), Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899), Mircea I of Wallachia (1355), Chivu Stoica (1908), Ana Pauker (1893), and Sigismund Báthory (1572). After him are Nicu Ceaușescu (1951), László Rajk (1909), Stephen Bocskai (1557), Petru Groza (1884), Mihnea cel Rău (1462), and Horia Sima (1907).

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