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Ki Hajar Dewantara

1889 - 1959

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Raden Mas Soewardi Soerjaningrat (EYD: Suwardi Suryaningrat); from 1922 also known as Ki Hadjar Dewantara (EYD: Ki Hajar Dewantara), which is also written as Ki Hajar Dewantoro to reflect its Javanese pronunciation (2 May 1889 in Pakualaman – 26 April 1959 in Yogyakarta), was a leading Indonesian independence movement activist, writer, columnist, politician, and pioneer of education for native Indonesians in Dutch colonial times. He founded the Taman Siswa school, an institution that provided education for indigenous commoners, which otherwise was limited to the Javanese aristocracy and the Dutch colonials. He was honored as a National Hero of Indonesia by Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, on 28 November 1959. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ki Hajar Dewantara is the 11,889th most popular politician (down from 8,499th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Indonesia (down from 26th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Indonesian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ki Hajar Dewantara ranks 11,889 out of 19,576. Before him are Arsinoe of Macedon, Titu Maiorescu, Caspar Bartholin the Younger, Kadashman-Enlil I, Ramón Freire, and Erika Steinbach. After him are Domenico Monegario, Khalid al-Islambouli, Apolinario Mabini, Xavier Espot Zamora, Jan Eliasson, and James Clapper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Ki Hajar Dewantara ranks 152. Before him are Kanji Ishiwara, Alexander Vertinsky, Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, Bodil Ipsen, Larry Semon, and Robert Z. Leonard. After him are Adrian Boult, Erich Pommer, Zhang Qun, James Whale, Alexander Antonov, and Louis Van Hege. Among people deceased in 1959, Ki Hajar Dewantara ranks 110. Before him are Ramón Fonst, Georges Lefebvre, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, Kafū Nagai, Irving Cummings, and Eero Lehtonen. After him are Edmund Gwenn, Kazimierz Bein, Lipót Fejér, Wayne Morris, Reuven Shiloah, and Boughera El Ouafi.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Ki Hajar Dewantara ranks 37 out of 158. Before him are Iskandar Muda (1583), Abdul Haris Nasution (1918), Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (1950), Martha Christina Tiahahu (1800), Ma'ruf Amin (1943), and Sultan Agung of Mataram (1593). After him are Hary Gunarto (1954), I Gusti Ngurah Rai (1917), Fatmawati (1923), Chairil Anwar (1922), Anneke Grönloh (1942), and Pattimura (1783).

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Among POLITICIANS In Indonesia

Among politicians born in Indonesia, Ki Hajar Dewantara ranks 17. Before him are Diponegoro (1785), Adam Malik (1917), Tan Malaka (1897), Sutan Sjahrir (1909), Iskandar Muda (1583), and Ma'ruf Amin (1943). After him are Fatmawati (1923), Jusuf Kalla (1942), Agus Salim (1884), Adolf van der Voort van Zijp (1892), Mohammad Natsir (1908), and Hamengkubuwono IX (1912).

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