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Jan Masaryk

1886 - 1948

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Jan Garrigue Masaryk (14 September 1886 – 10 March 1948) was a Czech diplomat and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1940 to 1948. American journalist John Gunther described Masaryk as "a brave, honest, turbulent, and impulsive man". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Masaryk is the 2,390th most popular politician (down from 1,937th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 64th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Czech Politician.

Jan Masaryk was a Czech diplomat, politician, and author. He is most famous for being the Czech ambassador to the United Kingdom during World War II and the first post-war Czechoslovak Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jan Masaryk ranks 2,390 out of 19,576. Before him are Afonso VI of Portugal, Apepi, Jayavarman VII, Cetshwayo kaMpande, Michael IX Palaiologos, and Khasekhemwy. After him are Mikhail Suslov, Chilperic II, Harsha, Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, Pak Hon-yong, and Louis I of Etruria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Jan Masaryk ranks 27. Before him are Theodor Morell, Gotthard Heinrici, Archibald Hill, Erich Hoepner, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, and Hermann Broch. After him are Zhu De, Karl Polanyi, Gerda Wegener, Hugo Ball, Michael Curtiz, and Sergo Ordzhonikidze. Among people deceased in 1948, Jan Masaryk ranks 26. Before him are Karl Brandt, Theodor Morell, Folke Bernadotte, Arthur Liebehenschel, Maria Mandl, and Ruth Benedict. After him are Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Johannes Blaskowitz, Karl Gebhardt, Babe Ruth, Umberto Giordano, and John J. Pershing.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Masaryk ranks 76 out of 1,200. Before him are Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (1940), Bohumil Hrabal (1914), Lída Baarová (1914), Jerome of Prague (1379), Franz Werfel (1890), and Martina Navratilova (1956). After him are Karl Kraus (1874), Maria Christina of Austria (1858), Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696), Jaroslav Seifert (1901), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), and Jobst of Moravia (1351).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Jan Masaryk ranks 19. Before him are George of Poděbrady (1420), Bonne of Luxembourg (1315), Karl Hermann Frank (1898), Karl Renner (1870), Ludvík Svoboda (1895), and Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (1940). After him are Maria Christina of Austria (1858), Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205), Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531), and Petr Pavel (1961).

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