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Jānis Balodis

1881 - 1965

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Jānis Balodis (20 February 1881 – 8 August 1965) was an army general, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Latvia (1919–1921), Minister of War (1931–1940), and a politician who was one of the principal figures during the Latvian War of Independence and the dictatorship of Kārlis Ulmanis, when he was officially the number two of the regime as the Minister of War, Deputy Prime Minister and Vice President. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jānis Balodis is the 1,329th most popular military personnel (up from 1,406th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 86th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Latvian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jānis Balodis ranks 1,329 out of 2,058. Before him are Xie Lingyun, Martha Christina Tiahahu, Hugo Österman, Anton Haus, John Burgoyne, and Nam Il. After him are Lodewijk van Heiden, Lucius Flavius Silva, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Rolf Carls, Quintus Fufius Calenus, and Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Jānis Balodis ranks 122. Before him are Felix von Luckner, Giuseppe Amisani, August Hlond, Madge Syers, Vlas Chubar, and Harry Hillman. After him are Ludwig Kaas, Matrona Nikonova, Zoltán Halmay, Daniel Jones, Max Weber, and Heinrich Burger. Among people deceased in 1965, Jānis Balodis ranks 99. Before him are Boris Barnet, Arthur Holmes, Ellen Church, Linda Darnell, Árpád Szakasits, and Fred Quimby. After him are Nikolay Lossky, E. E. Smith, Laureano Gómez, Maria Dąbrowska, Vittorio Jano, and Georges Vantongerloo.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Jānis Balodis ranks 85 out of 323. Before him are Jānis K. Bērziņš (1889), Alexander von Keyserling (1815), Vizma Belševica (1931), Lūcija Garūta (1902), Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven (1899), and Georg August Schweinfurth (1836). After him are Nikolay Lossky (1870), Yevgeny Miller (1867), Yury Tynyanov (1894), Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801), Lina Stern (1878), and Eduard Totleben (1818).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Latvia

Among military personnels born in Latvia, Jānis Balodis ranks 4. Before him are Herberts Cukurs (1900), Wolfgang Lüth (1913), and Jukums Vācietis (1873). After him are Yevgeny Miller (1867), and Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen (1913).

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