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Jonas Basanavičius

1851 - 1927

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Jonas Basanavičius (, Polish: Jan Basanowicz; 23 November 1851 – 16 February 1927) was an activist and proponent of the Lithuanian National Revival. He participated in every major event leading to the independent Lithuanian state and is often given the informal honorific title of the "Patriarch of the Nation" (Lithuanian: tautos patriarchas) for his contributions. Born to a family of farmers, Basanavičius was to become a priest but instead chose to study medicine at the Moscow Medical Academy. He worked as a doctor from 1880 to 1905 in the Principality of Bulgaria. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jonas Basanavičius is the 7,387th most popular politician (up from 7,851st in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 52nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Lithuanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jonas Basanavičius ranks 7,387 out of 19,576. Before him are Gero, Balaji Baji Rao, Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, Tokugawa Ienobu, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, and Yong Ji. After him are Galeazzo II Visconti, Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg, Ueli Maurer, Horwennefer, Ma Liang, and Nicholas Murray Butler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Jonas Basanavičius ranks 32. Before him are Arne Garborg, Alexander, Prince of Orange, Charles Dow, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Oliver Lodge, and Emilia Pardo Bazán. After him are Stephan Burián von Rajecz, Doc Holliday, Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Aristide Bruant, Franz von Liszt, and Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval. Among people deceased in 1927, Jonas Basanavičius ranks 46. Before him are Vilhelm Thomsen, Hugo Schuchardt, Jovan Cvijić, Fritz Hofmann, Victorine Meurent, and Robert Fuchs. After him are Mikhail Artsybashev, Ahad Ha'am, Dawid Janowski, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Stanisław Przybyszewski, and William, Prince of Hohenzollern.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Jonas Basanavičius ranks 51 out of 328. Before him are Leo Jogiches (1867), Leopold Godowsky (1870), Augustinas Voldemaras (1883), Gediminas Kirkilas (1951), Bluma Zeigarnik (1900), and Arvydas Sabonis (1964). After him are Simon Dach (1605), Jonas Mekas (1922), Audrys Bačkis (1937), Antoni Radziwiłł (1775), Sophia of Lithuania (1371), and Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lithuania

Among politicians born in Lithuania, Jonas Basanavičius ranks 25. Before him are Andrius Kubilius (1956), Skirgaila (1354), Birutė (1317), Leo Jogiches (1867), Augustinas Voldemaras (1883), and Gediminas Kirkilas (1951). After him are Antoni Radziwiłł (1775), Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885), Antanas Merkys (1887), Rolandas Paksas (1956), Janusz Radziwiłł (1612), and Kazimira Prunskienė (1943).

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