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Lajos Kossuth

1802 - 1894

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Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (Hungarian: [ˈlɒjoʃ ˈkoʃut]; Hungarian: udvardi és kossuthfalvi Kossuth Lajos; Slovak: Ľudovít Košút; English: Louis Kossuth; 19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and governor-president of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–1849. With the help of his talent in oratory in political debates and public speeches, Kossuth emerged from a poor gentry family into regent-president of the Kingdom of Hungary. As the influential contemporary American journalist Horace Greeley said of Kossuth: "Among the orators, patriots, statesmen, exiles, he has, living or dead, no superior." Kossuth's powerful English and American speeches so impressed and touched the famous contemporary American orator Daniel Webster, that he wrote a book about Kossuth's life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lajos Kossuth is the 1,268th most popular politician (up from 1,521st in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 49th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Hungarian Politician.

Lajos Kossuth was a Hungarian journalist and politician who was most famous for his role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lajos Kossuth ranks 1,268 out of 19,576. Before him are Grigory Potemkin, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, William Henry Harrison, Pierre Laval, Alexander of Greece, and Bảo Đại. After him are Mary of Clopas, Benjamin Disraeli, Octavia the Younger, Kwame Nkrumah, Justin II, and Sariputta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Lajos Kossuth ranks 6. Before him are Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Niels Henrik Abel, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, and Elias Lönnrot. After him are János Bolyai, Miguel I of Portugal, Edwin Landseer, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Wilhelm Hauff, and Charles Wheatstone. Among people deceased in 1894, Lajos Kossuth ranks 6. Before him are Heinrich Hertz, Alexander III of Russia, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hermann von Helmholtz, and Francis II of the Two Sicilies. After him are Ferdinand de Lesseps, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Adolphe Sax, Anton Rubinstein, Gustave Caillebotte, and Hans von Bülow.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Lajos Kossuth ranks 39 out of 1,077. Before him are Ladislaus the Posthumous (1440), Andrew II of Hungary (1175), Viktor Orbán (1963), Ernő Rubik (1944), Mary, Queen of Hungary (1371), and Victor Vasarely (1906). After him are Zoltán Kodály (1882), László Bíró (1899), Johnny Weissmuller (1904), Gabor Maté (1944), Emmerich Kálmán (1882), and Sándor Petőfi (1823).

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Among POLITICIANS In Hungary

Among politicians born in Hungary, Lajos Kossuth ranks 16. Before him are John Zápolya (1487), Jadwiga of Poland (1374), Ladislaus the Posthumous (1440), Andrew II of Hungary (1175), Viktor Orbán (1963), and Mary, Queen of Hungary (1371). After him are John Sigismund Zápolya (1540), Coloman, King of Hungary (1070), Orestes (420), Béla III of Hungary (1148), Stephen V of Hungary (1239), and Emeric, King of Hungary (1174).

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