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Ludvík Svoboda

1895 - 1979

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Ludvík Svoboda (Czech pronunciation: [ˈludviːk ˈsvoboda]; 25 November 1895 – 20 September 1979) was a Czech general and politician. He fought in both World Wars, for which he was regarded as a national hero, and he later served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1968 to 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludvík Svoboda is the 2,009th most popular politician (down from 1,261st in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 47th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Czech Politician.

Ludvík Svoboda was a Czechoslovakian dissident who was most famous for his involvement in the Prague Spring.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ludvík Svoboda ranks 2,009 out of 19,576. Before him are Catherine Jagiellon, Thongloun Sisoulith, Senusret I, Kamose, Bernhard von Bülow, and Antonia the Elder. After him are Ferdinand VI of Spain, Manfred, King of Sicily, Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Marie Walewska, Emperor Xian of Han, and Ahmet Necdet Sezer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Ludvík Svoboda ranks 36. Before him are André Frédéric Cournand, Levi Eshkol, J. Edgar Hoover, Cemal Gürsel, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, and Cristóbal Balenciaga. After him are Machine Gun Kelly, Igor Tamm, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Rudolph Valentino, Folke Bernadotte, and Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia. Among people deceased in 1979, Ludvík Svoboda ranks 19. Before him are Sándor Kocsis, Talcott Parsons, Nadia Boulanger, Mika Waltari, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, and Hafizullah Amin. After him are Robert Burns Woodward, Mustafa Barzani, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Sonia Delaunay, Hanna Reitsch, and Agostinho Neto.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ludvík Svoboda ranks 67 out of 1,200. Before him are Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896), Anton Raphael Mengs (1728), Bonne of Luxembourg (1315), Karl Hermann Frank (1898), Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890), and Karl Renner (1870). After him are Karel Gott (1939), Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (1901), Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (1940), Bohumil Hrabal (1914), Lída Baarová (1914), and Jerome of Prague (1379).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Ludvík Svoboda ranks 17. Before him are Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1547), Emil Hácha (1872), George of Poděbrady (1420), Bonne of Luxembourg (1315), Karl Hermann Frank (1898), and Karl Renner (1870). After him are Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (1940), Jan Masaryk (1886), Maria Christina of Austria (1858), Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), and Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205).

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