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Jan Kubiš

1913 - 1942

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Jan Kubiš (24 June 1913 – 18 June 1942) was a Czech soldier, one of a team of Czechoslovak British-trained paratroopers sent to eliminate acting Reichsprotektor (Realm-Protector) of Bohemia and Moravia, SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, in 1942 as part of Operation Anthropoid. During the assassination attempt, Kubiš threw a makeshift grenade that mortally wounded Heydrich. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Kubiš is the 467th most popular military personnel (down from 457th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Czech Military Personnel.

Jan Kubiš was a Czechoslovakian soldier and spy who was a key figure in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi SS-Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jan Kubiš ranks 467 out of 2,058. Before him are Otto von Below, Mikhail Kirponos, Elisabeth Volkenrath, Johannes Frießner, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, and Levin August von Bennigsen. After him are Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Tamon Yamaguchi, Maher al-Assad, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Herberts Cukurs, and Gusztáv Jány.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Jan Kubiš ranks 59. Before him are Richard Stone, Masanobu Fukuoka, Muddy Waters, Charles Trenet, Alan Ladd, and Tony Martin. After him are Heinz Linge, Tadao Horie, Irwin Shaw, Tito Gobbi, Luz Long, and Stewart Granger. Among people deceased in 1942, Jan Kubiš ranks 40. Before him are Hector Guimard, Felix Hausdorff, Prince George, Duke of Kent, Tina Modotti, Leopold Berchtold, and Felix Weingartner. After him are Tamon Yamaguchi, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Leopold Mandić, Lauri Kristian Relander, and Daniil Kharms.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Kubiš ranks 148 out of 1,200. Before him are Franz Benda (1709), Michael Czerny (1946), Barbara Bouchet (1943), Antonín Zápotocký (1884), Bedřich Hrozný (1879), and Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739). After him are František Plánička (1904), Prince Ernst of Hohenberg (1904), Cosmas of Prague (1045), Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (1337), Elizabeth of Bohemia (1292), and Julius Fučík (1872).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Czechia

Among military personnels born in Czechia, Jan Kubiš ranks 6. Before him are Jan Žižka (1360), Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583), Kurt Knispel (1921), and Prokop the Great (1380). After him are Julius von Payer (1841), Otto Kittel (1917), Erhard Raus (1889), Karl Fritzsch (1903), Alexander von Krobatin (1849), and Ferenc Wesselényi (1605).

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