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Ljudevit Gaj

1809 - 1872

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Ljudevit Gaj (Croatian: [ʎûdeʋit ɡâːj]; born Ludwig Gay; Hungarian: Gáj Lajos; 8 August 1809 – 20 April 1872) was a Croatian linguist, politician, journalist and writer. He was one of the central figures of the pan-Slavist Illyrian movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ljudevit Gaj is the 1,191st most popular writer (down from 1,153rd in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 48th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Croatian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ljudevit Gaj ranks 1,191 out of 7,302. Before him are Bernardino de Sahagún, Joanot Martorell, Zachris Topelius, Jernej Kopitar, Monique Wittig, and Michael Connelly. After him are Marshall Rosenberg, Ugo Foscolo, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Sarah, Duchess of York, Rigas Feraios, and Asconius Pedianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Ljudevit Gaj ranks 17. Before him are Bruno Bauer, Joseph Liouville, Albert Pike, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Juliusz Słowacki. After him are Hermann Grassmann, Prince Albert of Prussia, Matsumura Sōkon, Bettino Ricasoli, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, and Fredrik Pacius. Among people deceased in 1872, Ljudevit Gaj ranks 15. Before him are Stanisław Moniuszko, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Franz Grillparzer, George Robert Gray, Aleksis Kivi, and William Webb Ellis. After him are Mary Somerville, Charles-Eugène Delaunay, Mpande kaSenzangakhona, Prince Albert of Prussia, Vladimir Dal, and Immanuel Nobel.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Ljudevit Gaj ranks 47 out of 700. Before him are Veljko Kadijević (1925), Dubravka Ugrešić (1949), Dražan Jerković (1936), Tomislav of Croatia (null), Felix Weingartner (1863), and Ivan Meštrović (1883). After him are Josip Skoblar (1941), Matthias Flacius (1520), Siniša Mihajlović (1969), Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), Francis, Duke of Teck (1837), and Ivo Josipović (1957).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Ljudevit Gaj ranks 5. Before him are Frano Selak (1929), Miroslav Krleža (1893), Marko Marulić (1450), and Dubravka Ugrešić (1949). After him are Matthias Flacius (1520), Ivan Gundulić (1589), Ödön von Horváth (1901), Petar Zrinski (1621), Slavenka Drakulić (1949), Marin Držić (1508), and Antun Vrančić (1504).

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