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Josip Broz Tito

1892 - 1980

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Josip Broz (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Јосип Броз, pronounced [jǒsip brôːz] ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( TEE-toh; Тито, pronounced [tîto]), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 until his death in 1980. During World War II, he led the Yugoslav Partisans, often regarded as the most effective resistance movement in German-occupied Europe. Following Yugoslavia's liberation in 1945, he served as its prime minister from 1945 to 1963, and president from 1953 until his death in 1980. The political ideology and policies promulgated by Tito are known as Titoism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josip Broz Tito is the 93rd most popular politician (down from 51st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Croatia and the most popular Croatian Politician.

Josip Broz Tito was the first president of Yugoslavia, and he is most famous for uniting the country after World War II.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Josip Broz Tito ranks 93 out of 19,576. Before him are Ho Chi Minh, Ögedei Khan, Hannibal, Solon, George IV of the United Kingdom, and Richard I of England. After him are Pericles, Ronald Reagan, Queen Victoria, Mary II of England, Geta, and Caligula.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Josip Broz Tito ranks 3. Before him are J. R. R. Tolkien, and Haile Selassie. After him are Francisco Franco, Edward Victor Appleton, Louis de Broglie, Mary Pickford, Ivo Andrić, Walter Benjamin, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Pearl S. Buck, and Manfred von Richthofen. Among people deceased in 1980, Josip Broz Tito ranks 2. Before him is Jean-Paul Sartre. After him are Karl Dönitz, John Lennon, Jean Piaget, Alfred Hitchcock, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Erich Fromm, Roland Barthes, Steve McQueen, Bon Scott, and Oskar Kokoschka.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Josip Broz Tito ranks 2 out of 700. Before him are Nikola Tesla (1856). After him are Diocletian (244), Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (-63), Rüstem Pasha (1500), Franjo Tuđman (1922), Valens (328), Leopold Ružička (1887), János Kádár (1912), Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711), Pope John IV (600), and Pope Caius (250).

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Among POLITICIANS In Croatia

Among politicians born in Croatia, Josip Broz Tito ranks 1. After him are Diocletian (244), Rüstem Pasha (1500), Franjo Tuđman (1922), Valens (328), János Kádár (1912), Joanna II of Naples (1373), Crispus (305), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), Stjepan Radić (1871), Zoran Milanović (1966), and Ivan Ribar (1881).

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