SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Iosif Grigulevich

1913 - 1988

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Iosif Romualdovich Grigulevich (Russian: Иосиф Ромуальдович Григулевич; Lithuanian: Josifas Romualdovičius Grigulevičius; May 5, 1913 – June 2, 1988) was a Soviet secret police (NKVD) operative active between 1937 and 1953, when he played a role in assassination plots against Communist and Bolshevik individuals who were not loyal to Joseph Stalin. This included the murders of claimed and actual Trotskyists during the Spanish Civil War, most notably Andreu Nin, and an initial, unsuccessful assassination attempt against Leon Trotsky in Mexico City. Under an assumed identity as Teodoro B. Castro, a wealthy Costa Rican expatriate living in Rome, Grigulevich served as the ambassador of the Republic of Costa Rica to both Italy and Yugoslavia (1952–1954). He was tasked by the NKVD with the assassination of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito, but the mission was aborted following Stalin's death in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Iosif Grigulevich is the 459th most popular social activist (down from 423rd in 2024), the 135th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 116th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Lithuanian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Iosif Grigulevich ranks 459 out of 840. Before him are Matilda Joslyn Gage, Jason Moore, Phyllis Schlafly, Bogaletch Gebre, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Carlos Fonseca. After him are Petro Grigorenko, Giuseppe Pinelli, Gotō Shōjirō, Eugene V. Debs, Irom Chanu Sharmila, and Mirabehn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Iosif Grigulevich ranks 228. Before him are Arne Nyberg, Sándor Weöres, Lewis A. Coser, Harry Andersson, Helene Madison, and Robert Jungk. After him are Zezé Procópio, Martial Célestin, Georges Candilis, Pierre Daninos, Huang Hua, and Helen Levitt. Among people deceased in 1988, Iosif Grigulevich ranks 151. Before him are Abdulrahman Fawzi, Fazlur Rahman Malik, Bernard Leene, Hamengkubuwono IX, José Dolhem, and Emeric Pressburger. After him are Jan Brzák-Felix, Plácido Galindo, Axel Grönberg, Ferenc Sas, Josep Tarradellas, and Roy Urquhart.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Iosif Grigulevich ranks 135 out of 328. Before him are Donald Kagan (1932), Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (1882), Phoebus Levene (1869), Bernard Lown (1921), Henryk Gulbinowicz (1923), and Steponas Darius (1896). After him are Cornell Borchers (1925), Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873), Grigory Gershuni (1870), Stanisław Narutowicz (1862), Napoleon Cybulski (1854), and Meir Vilner (1918).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Lithuania

Among social activists born in Lithuania, Iosif Grigulevich ranks 5. Before him are Emma Goldman (1869), Emilia Plater (1806), Klara Zamenhof (1863), and Romas Kalanta (1953).

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