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Janko Bobetko

1919 - 2003

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Janko Bobetko (10 January 1919 – 29 April 2003) was a Croatian general who had participated in World War II and later in the Croatian War of Independence. He was one of the founding members of 1st Sisak Partisan Detachment, the first anti-fascist military unit during World War II in Yugoslavia. He later had a military career in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). In 1992, Bobetko became the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Army (HV). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Janko Bobetko is the 874th most popular military personnel (down from 809th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 96th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Croatian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Janko Bobetko ranks 874 out of 2,058. Before him are Radko Dimitriev, Alexey Kaledin, Joseph Dunford, Julius Jacob von Haynau, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, and Woodes Rogers. After him are Jang Bogo, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Artabazos I of Phrygia, Jukums Vācietis, Adelbert Schulz, and Karl Lennart Oesch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Janko Bobetko ranks 95. Before him are Marina Ginestà, Joop den Uyl, Ashraf Pahlavi, Ross Bagdasarian, P. F. Strawson, and Artur Fischer. After him are Mario Bunge, Ernst Barkmann, Mad Mike Hoare, Raymond Smullyan, Tomáš Špidlík, and Amrita Pritam. Among people deceased in 2003, Janko Bobetko ranks 89. Before him are Denis Thatcher, Prince Carl Bernadotte, Rik Van Steenbergen, Michael Kamen, Kinji Fukasaku, and Michael P. Anderson. After him are Martha Scott, Jacques Deray, Valeriy Brumel, William Steig, Wendy Hiller, and Sébastien Japrisot.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Janko Bobetko ranks 105 out of 700. Before him are Paul Neményi (1895), Marin Držić (1508), Andrej Plenković (1970), Nikola Jurišić (1490), Mika Špiljak (1916), and Antun Vrančić (1504). After him are Herman of Carinthia (1100), Mirko Cro Cop (1974), Josif Pančić (1814), George Martinuzzi (1482), Julian of Antioch (231), and Neda Ukraden (1950).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Croatia

Among military personnels born in Croatia, Janko Bobetko ranks 8. Before him are Svetozar Boroević (1856), Georg von Trapp (1880), Omar Pasha (1806), Ante Gotovina (1955), Viktor Pavičić (1898), and Momčilo Đujić (1907). After him are Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria (1888), Mile Mrkšić (1947), Jure Francetić (1912), Stjepan Sarkotić (1858), Maximilian Njegovan (1858), and Archduke Leo Karl of Austria (1893).

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