MILITARY PERSONNEL

Jozef Gabčík

1912 - 1942

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Jozef Gabčík (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈjɔzev ˈɡaptʂiːk]; 8 April 1912 – 18 June 1942) was a Slovak soldier in the Czechoslovak Army involved in the Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of acting Reichsprotektor (Realm-Protector) of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jozef Gabčík is the 347th most popular military personnel (up from 357th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 21st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovak Military Personnel.

Jozef Gabčík is most famous for being one of the two Czechoslovakian soldiers who assassinated Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi SS-Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jozef Gabčík ranks 347 out of 2,058. Before him are Matthew C. Perry, François Joseph Lefebvre, Kim Philby, Meng Tian, Nikolai Vatutin, and Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim. After him are Dmitry Yazov, John J. Pershing, Italo Balbo, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Wang Jian, and Georg von Frundsberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Jozef Gabčík ranks 49. Before him are Herbert C. Brown, Chien-Shiung Wu, Elsa Morante, Kim Philby, James Callaghan, and Sonja Henie. After him are Otto Ernst Remer, Shoichi Nishimura, Robert Doisneau, George Emil Palade, Duško Popov, and Isser Harel. Among people deceased in 1942, Jozef Gabčík ranks 27. Before him are Kārlis Ulmanis, François Darlan, Michel Fokine, Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, and Carole Lombard. After him are Chen Duxiu, Yanka Kupala, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, A. E. Waite, and Alexander von Zemlinsky.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Jozef Gabčík ranks 20 out of 418. Before him are Juraj Jánošík (1688), Tibor Sekelj (1912), Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795), Maurice Benyovszky (1746), Vladimír Mečiar (1942), and Ármin Vámbéry (1832). After him are Vojtech Tuka (1880), Ernst von Dohnányi (1877), Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880), Ľudovít Štúr (1815), Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734), and Ján Zachara (1928).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Slovakia

Among military personnels born in Slovakia, Jozef Gabčík ranks 2. Before him are Maurice Benyovszky (1746). After him are Pál Maléter (1917), Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (1833), Paul Kray (1735), and János Pálffy (1664).

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