SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Jan Palach

1948 - 1969

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Jan Palach (Czech pronunciation: [jan ˈpalax]; 11 August 1948 – 19 January 1969) was a Czech student of history and political economics at Charles University in Prague. His self-immolation in 1969 at age 20 was a political protest against the end of the Prague Spring resulting from the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 by the Warsaw Pact armies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Palach is the 36th most popular social activist (up from 37th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 36th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Social Activist.

Jan Palach was a Czech student who set himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square on January 16, 1969 to protest the Soviet Union's occupation of Czechoslovakia.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jan Palach ranks 36 out of 840. Before him are Shirin Ebadi, Charlotte Corday, Thích Quảng Đức, Emiliano Zapata, Bacha Khan, and Toussaint Louverture. After him are Ferdinand Lassalle, Irena Sendler, Omar Mukhtar, Simon Wiesenthal, Sadako Sasaki, and Lady Godiva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Jan Palach ranks 20. Before him are John R. Bolton, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Hassan Rouhani, Eddie Jordan, Maurizio Gucci, and Linda McMahon. After him are Jeremy Irons, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Nick Drake, Charles Taylor, and Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Among people deceased in 1969, Jan Palach ranks 19. Before him are Sharon Tate, C. F. Powell, Kliment Voroshilov, Allen Dulles, Saud of Saudi Arabia, and Liu Shaoqi. After him are Rocky Marciano, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Iskander Mirza, Brian Jones, Morihei Ueshiba, and Jack Kerouac.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Palach ranks 41 out of 1,200. Before him are Emil Zátopek (1922), Hans Kelsen (1881), Max Brod (1884), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), Gerty Cori (1896), and Peter Grünberg (1939). After him are Miloš Zeman (1944), Bernard Bolzano (1781), Klement Gottwald (1896), Karl Kautsky (1854), Adolf Loos (1870), and Johann Palisa (1848).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Czechia

Among social activists born in Czechia, Jan Palach ranks 3. Before him are Jan Hus (1369), and Bertha von Suttner (1843). After him are Emilie Schindler (1907), Joseph von Sonnenfels (1732), and Miroslav Tyrš (1832).

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