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Józef Beck

1894 - 1944

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Józef Beck (Polish: [ˈjuzɛv ˈbɛk] ; 4 October 1894 – 5 June 1944) was a Polish statesman who served the Second Republic of Poland as a diplomat and military officer. A close associate of Józef Piłsudski, Beck is most famous for being Polish foreign minister in the 1930s and for largely setting Polish foreign policy. He tried to fulfill Piłsudski's dream of making Poland the leader of a regional coalition, but he was widely disliked and distrusted by other governments. He was involved in territorial disputes with Lithuania and Czechoslovakia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Józef Beck is the 7,993rd most popular politician (down from 7,438th in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from Poland (down from 435th in 2019) and the 110th most popular Polish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Józef Beck ranks 7,993 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Gao of Southern Qi, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Louis Riel, Aq Sunqur al-Hajib, Anatoly Lukyanov, and Guttorm of Norway. After him are Li Keyong, John Spata, Petra Kelly, Thekla, wife of Michael II, Maurice Papon, and Marcus Junius Brutus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Józef Beck ranks 82. Before him are T. V. Soong, E. E. Cummings, Erwin Schulhoff, Gerhard Schmidhuber, Mikhail Zoshchenko, and Paul Lukas. After him are Meher Baba, Tivadar Soros, Thorleif Haug, Oskar Klein, Nedo Nadi, and Otto Wöhler. Among people deceased in 1944, Józef Beck ranks 117. Before him are Ulrich von Hassell, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Lina Cavalieri, Petr Ginz, Hellmuth Stieff, and Fritz Witt. After him are Missak Manouchian, Heinz Brandt, Paul von Hase, Hans Krása, Adelbert Schulz, and André Abegglen.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Józef Beck ranks 436 out of 1,694. Before him are Karl Gützlaff (1803), Hugo Haase (1863), Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz (1860), Johann Reinhold Forster (1729), Jan Gotlib Bloch (1836), and Helene Deutsch (1884). After him are Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg (1693), Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1734), Richard Pipes (1923), Kuno Fischer (1824), Zbigniew of Poland (1070), and Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Józef Beck ranks 110. Before him are Gustav Freytag (1816), Zbigniew Religa (1938), Janusz Korwin-Mikke (1942), Karl Gützlaff (1803), Hugo Haase (1863), and Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz (1860). After him are Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1734), Zbigniew of Poland (1070), Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg (1513), Leszek the White (1186), Mateusz Morawiecki (1968), and Arthur Zimmermann (1864).

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